I have been creating a lot in my journal. Some not so pretty, but playing. And that is what I have decided to do in this journal at the moment. Let loose. Make mess and create and learn. And there has been some ugly stuff. And some stuff that has turned out better than I [...]
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Sometimes we polish that crown that has become tarnished with our blood sweat and tears and we see what was hidden behind it. The beauty that has always existed only we couldn’t see the beauty for the grunge on top! All we need to do every now and again, is polish that crown. Declutter our [...]
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Sometimes doorways appear where you least expect them. And when you find them, the path is often messy to get there and it takes some courage to open it.
The research proposal I have been preparing and submitting with a Māori Health Services Provider looks at women who were imprisoned while pregnant, and the effect that [...]
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And then there was this baby.
I wasn’t 100% with this either. And took it down to play. Not sure if I could name what was up with this. But before I knew it, it had changed drastically really. And the mood is quite different. And I saw a Seeker in this. Searching, for that elusive [...]
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I wrote about this piece and I had it on my wall and the more I looked at it, the more it wasn’t working for me. I couldn’t tell you why. Just didn’t work. And I remembered that you need to take risks when you think something is nice. That is how you move it [...]
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I think I am very affected by the seasons. I feel the pull and push of seasonal shifts in my own moods. The summer has been quite all over the place this year and so have I.
Not in a place that I could even put words to where I am. Thinking about [...]
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Goodness, so much to say and yet not. Living but not story telling living. The basics and it is good. But extraordinarily ordinary too.
I don’t know where I am. I am putting one foot in front of the other. I don’t know if I am on the right track. [...]
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This is also what I have been working on.
I have titled it ‘Seeking’.
Again, fears are screaming at me, but one step at a time.
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Okay, here is my latest piece. Titled “Living in between the Cracks”.
It has been so hard for me to release this out into the world. In case I suck. Really suck and I am no where near good enough and who do I think I am. The voices are so loud at the moment. But [...]
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Here is my contribution for this week.
As she came out of the wilderness wearing woven leaves she was bearing her heart, all she had left.
This is a mixed media piece, graphite, coloured pencil and acrylic paint.
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My name is Natasha White, I live in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and this blog is about my journey to define and pursue my joy.
