I am officially engaged in a meaningful and satisfying way with creating imagery with AI tools.
December 31, 2023 – Phew! I took a break from blogging (writing here)starting in August and instead kept a simple journal for myself to keep the flow going, unedited, for my eyes only… but on this last day of 2023, I will say a few things that are with me now. (Posted January 3, 2024)
My last post HERE is still important; it’s a crowdfunding drive for a friend’s surgery in Haiti. It’s fine to have created a future of possibility, but I cannot forget that it’s the critical actions that move us ALL closer to achieving the outcomes we need and desire!
I’ve been tasked with creating a new place to stand—for Haiti, the world, and myself. It’s not far from what I already created long ago, but it is closer to what I mean when I say peace, freedom, forgiveness, aliveness and unconditional love are always available.
I am creating a world where people live in natural harmony.
My stand is that all of our pasts are acknowledged, accepted, and completed.
The outcome is that our human family has learned well to listen deeply and to love freely. We have moved beyond our inclinations toward strife with renewed motivation and expanded capability to create our lives. Together, we have achieved the peace and sufficiency we needed and always knew was possible.
Learned: (or am reminded): when I confront something “excruciating” by taking new actions, something will indeed happen that wasn’t going to happen on its own; I can be more outwardly loving for no reason except to acknowledge and communicate the importance of someone being in my life; I often disagree with the rewrites Grammarly offers. I like the way I say it.
Grateful: for the people who have it to give and did, for those who didn’t have it to give and did anyway, for those who didn’t and said so, for those who considered it and may still be considering it, and even to those who are in their own circumstances and are beyond considering such things (I’ve been there, too.); my healthy and thriving octogenarian parents; 3.
Accomplished: So much.
Thinking about: maybe it really is the constant pushing that makes us unwell, more than germs and viruses (but they do help pull us down to get some rest and care!;
I like the sound of this one:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2szMMv9faANs25EvpjKaL8?si=f88cd0c438164294
Reading/Listening/Watching right now: Barbra Streisand wrote a book about her life and work, and she reads the audiobook as if she is talking (generating from as opposed to reading out loud). It’s a divine experience. I said to myself, “I’m glad I’m alive during this time to experience such a gift.”
Seems: like I am not free – like I’m very not free… when I catch the hardship of another and feel powerless to do anything about it.
Seemings From Before:
• like sometimes, I have no choice—like to get through is to go through;
• like there is a realm of realms I don’t venture to experience;
• like no matter which endeavors I choose, I seem to add a level of complication nobody else would add for design’s sake;
• like some human-caused calamities are being considered acts of god, and some acts of God are being considered man-made;
• like I need to be being a particular way that is invisible to me;
• upon realizing that “I am so loved,” it’s like I DON’T GO THERE;
• like I get thrown back, pulled back, or pushed back, even though I get there is no back;
• like low barometric pressure gives me extra inflammation;
• like there is now so much content churning out about every single thing that someone—anyone—could be interested in that it is pressing my “just give up” button.
Ecology of Practices: MOVED TO HERE:
A Quote About What is Hidden:
“The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
~ Heraclitus