http://breatheasme.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:39:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en it was hard enough for me to muster up enough courage to dip a toe in the water and join in on Misty Mawn's journaling adventure (along with an amazing group of artists)...but when i went to her blog and discovered she was asking for self portraits i recoiled... *sigh...i can't ... http://breatheasme.com/2009/01/05/me/ as i sat with my art journal and looked over the playful piece i created the other day it struck me how layered and dimensional i am...even a bundle of contradictions...i have many moods...many thoughts...many emotions...sometimes i am a little girl...sometimes i am a sensitive woman...sometimes i am sad...sometimes i ... http://breatheasme.com/2009/01/04/time-and-purpose/ a walk in the park with my camera and i am once again drawn to the details... as i wrote earlier today...photography expands my vision…as if i have grown a whole new set of eyes…making me feel expansive and limitless…tiny growths on a remote trail... as i lie down on the ... http://breatheasme.com/2009/01/03/unseen/ this is the first journal page for Misty Mawn's 31 days of journaling... when i sat down today i just felt like playing...like a little girl i played with paint and markers and gel pens and glitter (the sparkles don't show up in this image)...i found myself giggling and so contented...with ... http://breatheasme.com/2009/01/02/heart-full-expressions/ new year's day...a symbol of beginnings...fresh starts...resolutions...trying new things...hoping new hopes... yet there is still the same sort of haziness i bring to every day and every year...am i really living centered in my heart's purpose...and would i even recognize what that would feel like...? there is a passion in my heart ... http://breatheasme.com/2009/01/01/welcome-new-year/ in the final hours of another year passing, this is my final december view...i am contented and grateful...with a bountiful harvest of amazing new friendships in the creative community...and a heart full of life and love...it is with hope and excitement that i welcome a new season of sharing, healing ... http://breatheasme.com/2008/12/31/harvest-of-hearts/ this photo was taken just after sunset at Corona del Mar beach...i had intended to make it there by sunset but just missed it...the colors and the clear view were spectacular nonetheless... ...as the sun sets on another year i find it is a time of both reflection and looking forward...a ... http://breatheasme.com/2008/12/29/looking-back-looking-forward/ ...what if the last time you saw or spoke to someone you loved was the last time?...would your parting have been different from the one you had?...would you have looked into their eyes just a little bit deeper...would you have lingered in that hug a little bit longer?...would you have ... http://breatheasme.com/2008/12/26/holiday-wishes/ fashion island in newport beach, ca...a 115-foot christmas tree is the centerpiece...cut in such a way that it never falls to the forest floor...preventing damage to itself and the other trees around it...20 tons and over 23,000 lights... yes...115 feet! the ornaments are enormous...some bulbs bigger than my head even the palm trees ... http://breatheasme.com/2008/12/22/one-night-before-christmas/ watching the world whirling by...i stop...suspended inside myself i wonder what the hurry is all about...where is it i am trying so hard to get to so fast...how effortless it seems to be carried away in the flow...but then to just stop...to notice...to simply look at where i am right ... http://breatheasme.com/2008/12/19/suspended/