dancing moon

i love the way you

wax and wane

dancing yourself

whole again

-stacy wills (2/8/11)

inspiring women

i recently had the privilege of taking part in a unique project celebrating the importance and value of women's circles. the project is the brainchild of ceramic artist, janet akers of vicksburg, ms. she provides each member of a participating group with a bisque figure to decorate. janet plans to exhibit the completed project in march 2011 at the southern cultural heritage foundation. the figurines you see here represent the amazing and inspiring women i am blessed to call my friends.

this is my contribution...her name is "blossom."

there came a time

when the risk

to remain

tight in the bud

was more painful

than the risk it took

to blossom

-anais nin (1903-1977)

thoughts on creativity

...i found i had to give up my idea of what a painting should be: portraying a beautiful scene in a pleasing way. instead, it is about the alive act of moment by moment listening to the flashes of thought at the periphery of perception, and responding in color and form...creativity is a process...it takes practice and intuition...it is full of surprises and discovery and cannot be known ahead of time.

-natalie goldberg (b. 1948)

fierce

take a chance today

feel the fierce exuberance

welling up inside you

give yourself permission

to color outside the lines

with every crayon

in your box (and then some!)

climb to the tip of a crescent moon

and dive headlong

into a waiting sea of rainbows

throw away the safety straw

you've been sipping through

and take great gulps

from the cup

of your beautiful life

-stacy wills (1/27/2011)

return to center

i find myself craving

a return to center

a center with margins

with room to grow

protected womb-space

hushed and holy

a sacred place

where dreams can ripen

undisturbed

-stacy wills (1/18/2011)

the woodpecker

a downy messenger

came knocking on

grandmother cedar's door

[every tree is a door]

in her beak, this invitation:

find your rhythm

find your rhythm

keep pecking away

at every deception

until truth is revealed

listen to your body's wisdom

protect that which is sacred

the womb of your creativity

hear the echo of

your own heart beating

home is within

home is within

-stacy wills (1/11/2011)

coloring outside the lines

there she is again

that dark haired woman

from my dreams

the one who insists on

coloring outside the lines

-stacy wills (1/3/2011)