by jlouden | Aug 27, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Here is a video I recorded earlier this year. I thought it was particularly poignant to share with you now because I am in the midst of a giant transition, writing this from a friend’s ranch in Montana before we finish our epic drive to our new house in...
by jlouden | Aug 19, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I write this from my almost empty studio attached to my almost empty house, a house I have lived in for 14 years, longer than any other. The air is scented with cardboard and our voices echo if we yell to each other. I packed stupidly and have dresses to wear and a...
by jlouden | Aug 12, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
On Facebook a few months ago, a friend bemoaned that no one was talking about another tragic murder of a black man by a police officer. “Where is everybody?” she asked. My face grew hot reading her comment. I wanted to post something immediately. I wanted to have an...
by jlouden | Aug 5, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I have long practiced “metta” or loving kindness, a Buddhist practice of compassion, using the metta recitation I learned years ago. May I be a happy. May my heart remain open. May I be healthy. May I be a source of healing for all sentient beings. The metta...
