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Musings and reflection Prompted Self-Realization

October 27 – Forgiveness

by Trish / 29/10/2020

It can be tricky. I’m sure that sometimes it can feel like the only thing keeping me upright is this notion that I have to press on for fear of disappointing someone. I can even pretend that I’ll be disappointed if I don’t follow through, but that’s not quite right. Here’s an example. I have a picture in my head of how I want something to look. A story, a living space, a work space, a head space, my hair…

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October 20 – Resolution

by Trish / 21/10/2020

I had the words for this earlier, but they got twisted around like the sock with the heel on top of my foot that would feel so much better if I’d just take the few seconds to fix it, but today it just feels beyond me. I convince myself that I want to wallow in this moderately uncomfortable place, it’s so familiar. That one where I know there are things I could do, things that need doing, things that would…

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Musings and reflection Poetry Prompted Self-Realization

October 18 – Monsters

by Trish / 19/10/2020

They tell me I am small, delicate, brittleReminding me though I am grown, I am littleWrapped forever in red, no matter how clothedI’m a creature for sin, as woman I’m loathed.Encouraged to stay cloaked, below a hood I must cowerAs I am an enticement to those who devourAnd I must be vigilant, avoiding the wrathThough it’s my own fault if I stray from the path. I’m warned never to wander, for I’ll come to harmDon’t look too close at things…

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October 11 – Ghosts (a freewrite)

by Trish / 11/10/2020

“I am the sum total of my ancestorsI carry their DNAWe are representatives of a long line of peopleAnd we cart them around everywhereThis long line of peopleThat goes back to the beginning of timeAnd when we meet – they meet other lines of peopleAnd we say: bring together the lines of me.” -Unknown (1 Giant Leap – My culture) Everything lined up so that I could be here, in this moment, half clothed and half crazed, words racing toward…

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October 10 – Transition

by Trish / 10/10/2020

Transition.Point a to point b.The longest distance between two places is a shortcut. There are no short cuts. I spent so long looking for the easy ways, refusing to put any faith in the long game because one never knows just how long we have.But is that any reason to live in fits and starts, and never finishes? And now I find myself blessed with the grace of aging, perspective broadened enough to see the benefit to the long game,to…

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October 6 – Confession

by Trish / 06/10/2020

I never had the close quarters ornate webbing separating me from he who would absolve me covered by curtains everyone can see my feet and they know exactly who is in here experience. The only time I can recall confessing to a priest was some event where there were chairs set about the church at intervals and we got to choose who poured out those secret sins to, in the hope that a clean slate would be forthcoming. I remember…

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Self-Realization

The state of things

by Trish / 21/05/2020

Are pretty quiet, for the most part. Except for the never ending tumult of information that threatens to drown me at every given moment. Yes, every given moment. It is indeed quiet, but there is no real calm here. And it’s taken me longer than expected to realize that is what’s happening. None of my fairy tales prepared me for this. There is no template for hunker down and see what happens. There was always talk of quests and items…

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This is not a new years post

by Trish / 01/01/2020

This is not that thing where I insist that this time it will be different. It won’t. I am still me, regardless of what the marketer that came up with ‘new year new you’ would have me believe. It’s a fallacy to consider that I’ll instantly change habits and follow through on goals, that I’ll be more humble and more amazing in the same breath. Easily adapt to a fitness plan, a diet plan, a plan to be more of…

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Happy sundered thumbaversary aka learning how to reattach myself to the things that matter

by Trish / 10/11/2019

11 years ago today, I had my thumb pulled off during an event which shall be forever known as “the spinny machinery omg can we go to the hospital right now incident”. It turned out pretty well for me, the stars aligned and I was flown to a hospital where my thumb was reattached. But in the moments leading up to that one, it was suggested that my thumb stay severed and the argument that swayed them back into the…

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Musings and reflection Poetry Self-Realization The Mechanics of Dreaming

The commodification of art, aka I made a thing you can buy!

by Trish / 25/05/2018

Hello. It’s been a while since I posted here and the reason for that is because I’ve been writing a book. To be fair, the book was mostly already written, and it was just a matter of putting it together. But so I have, it has a cover and everything (THANK YOU AUTUMN!!!!) and there are just a few incidental details to take care of before it gets printed. One of those details is, how many copies should I print?…