Ordinary Goes in Search of Awe|dinary
Preparation for travel requires a collaboration between the important list written by the executive function and the itinerary prepared by the adventurous soul and artist.
Month: May 2025
Memory
The twig recalls the feet of the bird No matter how lightly grasped It bends then quivers As it is released Remembering Until it stills Gone The bird has flown
The Freedom of Shadows
A quiet reflection on the nature of shadows, identity, and the gentle absurdity of overthinking. This poetic piece drifts from childhood memory to present-day musings—packing lists, shadows on the ceiling, and the lightness of being—offering a soft meditation on simplicity, freedom, and the homes we build for our work.
After the creating
A poem about the artist returning to self after creating all day seen through the metaphor of the hawk.
Scattering seeds
“I asked a Billy button how it felt to fade—
It said, ‘I’m turning to seed,’
and me, newly a grandmother,
understood completely.”
Queenslander
The Queenslander is an iconic type of architecture; it inspires nostalgia and comfort in people who have called one of these houses home.
Fire and breath
Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian writer of Ukrainian-Jewish descent whose singular, poetic voice reshaped modern literature in Latin America. Her work often drifts beyond narrative into something more elemental—part thought, part sensation, part prayer. With novels like Água Viva and The Hour of the Star, she wrote not to explain the world but to touch its mystery. “I write out of pure longing, not ambition,” she once said—and that longing pulses through every line she left behind.
Overcoming Morning Anxiety: A Creative Journey
When Imagination Wakes Me
At 3 a.m., it’s not cortisol but imagination in disguise—whispering through undone tasks and shadowy corners. I rise, make coffee, and write. The mind settles when given ink and quiet.
Letting the sunshine in
We cannot give away, what we do not have inside. Let the kindness in, so we can carry this beautiful feeling and shine on others.
The listening mouth
A poem that asks how a writer can hold space for people to arrive at their discovery without explanation, honours presence and personal insight over the presumption to give advice, or explain anything.
