Metaphorically speaking...

taken in Cambria California <3 it was a great day

Butterflies are a perfect set up for metaphors.
My favorite butterfly reference is a line from one of my very favorite bands Counting Crows;

"the butterfly in reverse here is me"...

I feel like that often times. Huge leaps forward and then, something sets me back.
A lot of the time it's just me getting in my own way.
Me. Just in reverse.
I want to take this moment to do a shout out to the reverse in me.
Sometimes you have to go in reverse to reposition yourself to go forward.
So with that in mind I will accept, not judge & remember the process.
This marriage to my Art Side, blooming and teeming with possibility will..eventually have to go in reverse.
Acknowledgment is the first step right?

Fly my butterflies.
Reverse as needed.

Oh my Word ....

My word for 2012 is LION-HEARTED

I have been pondering a word since last January...when I watched an interview with Will Smith and his word for the year was ALCHEMY. This totally intrigued me and I thought about doing this for the new year and then the year got away from me. Well not this year.... I am on top of it. Planning, scheming, preparing for the last two months. Had to go offline, had to surrender, had to do some patch work...and now I am ready... ready for The Book of Days w/Effy Wild... wont you join me?

Lion Hearted

Subtle she is not

she is Lion Hearted

getting to the root of it

the gritty tooth of it

binded only by the force of love that moves her

she is Lion Hearted

With a roar she meets the year head on

strong

unwilling to surrender

to all that was

unwritten and yet still

she has no thought of regret

her feet are planted and eyes are set

Lion Hearted 

she's me.