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A written account of daily musings, poems, short stories, & personal experiences. |
I have been working on some short stories and poetry. Feel free to peruse what I have and leave criticism or accolades as you wish. Thanks for stopping by. ~~Sherasi |
I have been focusing on cave paintings. |
I'm working on several keyhole paintings of cave mouths. |
I am ashamed and afraid of our government. Here is my poem why:
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I've been trying to put into words how I feel in situations being On the Spectrum (autistic).
Also, I painted a new painting that expresses how alone I feel, isolated at times. |
The quiet night peacefully shrouds the painless silence that death endows. My life is waning, as does my health, will Thanatos follow Hypnos in stealth? I perceive the shadows in the depths and hear his steady unbroken steps. Come, my Love, my life is barren make haste, lead me to boatman Charon. |
I am a 4th year recovering alcoholic, haven't gone on a bender for longer than that. I know my reason for drinking lie directly with poor coping skills. So all these past 4 years I've been doing, what we call in AA, "service work". This involves opening up meeting halls and rooms prior to a meeting, making coffee, getting books and literature out, working as a group representative with the district meetings and also, for some, being the treasurer of the group. I'm doing all of this simultaneously for about 5 groups a week for 4 years ('commitments' usually last a month, or 2 years with officer positions in the group). I've begun to feel 'obligated', and it is becoming a hardship emotionally and physically. You see, I also have 3 autistic children and I myself am autistic. My husband and I are now getting back together (no longer divorcing) and looking to buy a new house. All this has put a huge physical, financial and emotional toll on me. Part of the problem is my alcoholic THINKING (yes folks it's a disease NOT a "The HELL with you all" attitude) includes over-thinking, obsessing thoughts, OCD and other poor forms of thinking. I've had to re-lay out my brain pathways with cognitive therapy which takes a great deals of effort and it can be exhausting, Where ALLLLLL this is leading is I've finally begun to prune down the things I don't NEED to be doing and being OCD with (such as the service work). I am feeling a relief and a bit of fear. I don't know myself very well, that is I've never sat down more than a few minutes doing nothing. When I do I feel guilty and go bake cookies or something. SO,I need to learn to be still in my own body and my own thoughts. That is HARD, but it is something I need to learn to do. Part of all this is my increasing writing efforts and increasing time with painting and my art. I am now, working on taking it easy... I'll keep you all apprised with my work in progress.
(Here are some of the examples of art) |
Along the coast of Oregon There lies beaches and forest. Sand is driven by constant wind, salty coarse plants and rugged growth struggle to survive the rough sands. Early morning finds a foggy mist with ghostly images of Elk come to lick the salt from plants. |
Well, the house didn't pan out because the basement is unfinished and there were a lot of odd little spaces which you couldn't do anything with them. Never-the-less we are contunuing to look and get our credit rating up higher. I've also written some new poetry:
And I've painted a few new paintings: |
Cultivation It is a new year and a new beginning. Changes in my emotional space, changes in my creativity, painting, writing. Cultivation of my relationship with my husband, resulting in a renewal of our life together, now we seek a home for our family. And I am eager for the Challenges. |