I appreciate the day!
I enjoy slow days like today. I enjoy it when there is no rush.
Yesterday morning I bought myself a new online painting course
I already watched the beginning of it. The instructor is really amazing and she has a great intuitive approach to painting (aka
allowing the painting to evolve, rather than pushing towards an imagined end goal, sounds really Abe-ish as I am thinking about it right now...
) She showed how she has a small altar in her painting studio with little trinkets, candles, plants and some incense going on. She explained how before she starts her painting practice she always lights the candles, makes herself a cup of tea and burns a little bit of incense, just to really be in the moment and get out of her head. I lovvvved that!!! I immediately got up and set up a small space in my studio with colorful gemstones, carved indian figures and a Buddha figurine my father gifted me and a rock crystal. I love the idea of tuning in with myself and having that little moment for myself before I work in there now. It feels so self-loving and grounded. Like I am appreciating and blessing the room and myself and whatever I get to make in there... I can envision myself painting in such an environment while soul soothing music is being played from my phone.
Also I went on the most amazing walk yesterday. I love that I live in the city but also next to an area with fields, woods and rivers. I love nature. Yesterday was beautiful. The weather was cool, grey and rainy. But I loved it. It was fitting to the whole experience, because at this time of the year Germany's nature always looks a bit harsh, and I like that. Mossy trees, dark branches, earthy and stone colors, mushrooms growing on tree trunks, the soft fresh rainy air in my face, magical places in the forest that are swamped, with unruly branches going in every direction. I love that!! I like to feel connected to nature. I love how it is wild, untamed. I like to see how it changes with the seasons. I love how it makes me feel.