Wings of Crepe © 2012 Jane Waterman
Interior life

Strength or Weakness?

Day 17 – My strengths and weaknesses list post I’m afraid this post will reveal one of my weaknesses, which is a categorical dislike of absolutes (just kidding). Going back to my discussion of positives and negatives of a few days ago, you’ll find that I approach strengths and weaknesses

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Soul Clouds #4 © 2012 Jane Waterman
Interior life

On Connection

Day 10 – Should people post about their (or loved ones) health on Facebook? Why/why not? Note: This prompt inspired this post, but it’s about so much more. Connection is important to us all, but perhaps more so to the chronically ill, who are often extremely isolated. Connection is a

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Autumn Glass © 2012 Jane Waterman
Interior life

Mindfulness is a River

Day 7 – Be mindful. Write about what helps you stay centered in the present. In only seven days, I feel like blogging has taken me through the gamut of my experiences: through joy, silliness, sorrow, despair and hope. I’ve travelled through the past, explored the present and trawled the

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Bleeding Heart © 2012 Jane Waterman
Healing toolkit

On Blogging – From Catharsis to Hope

I once heard it said that catharsis, on its own, does not lead to relief from our sufferings. I don’t think I truly understood that statement until last night. In the small hours yesterday, I took the opportunity to blog anonymously on a writing prompt related to something difficult, and

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After Munch #8 © 2012 Jane Waterman
Interior life

Silent House

I will try to connect All the pieces you left I will carry it on And let you forget I’ll remember the years When your mind was still clear All the flickering lights Filled up this silent house From Silent House (Finn, Maines, Robison, Maguire) I love the song ‘Silent

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Contraction © 2012 Jane Waterman
Interior life

Dark Matter

Recently, I heard it described that depression is a liar. It deceives us into believing all hope and joy is sucked out of the moment in which we live. I don’t know if it’s a liar so much as a thief, sneaking in on little feet, gradually drawing all the

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Interior life

Lessons from a Chaotic Life

I’ve seen chaos personified over the last few weeks. Through the eyes of someone I love dearly, I’ve seen fear of what might become, fear of change, grasping for the rigidity of what is right now, while all the time the world of work and bills and society keeps plodding

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Conflagration © 2012 Jane Waterman
Creativity

Compassion for my Younger Self #2

These are not the colours of my sadness and pain. The colours of the emotions I feel for the younger self I wrote about yesterday. Her sorrows are deep purples and blues, stretching into long twilights, the one searching the stars for one that might assuage her loneliness. Her longings

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Interior life

I Remember

As much as I want to write, I can’t find a starting place, so I’m going to use one of Natalie Goldberg’s ideas from ‘Writing Down the Bones’. I remember… I remember the year I was ten or eleven years old. We lived in a huge rented house, with dark

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The Fall of Winter © 2012 Jane Waterman
Interior life

The Fall of Winter

I seem to have my sleep cycles back to front at the moment, but to be honest, I’m just trying to get through the days. Today was a startling spring day in the Cowichan Valley. I say startling because when I came into the office in mid-morning, the light was

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