ByTeri Dluznieski
As a medicine person, I am a firm believer in synchronicity. I remember once, someone noted to me: if the universe is trying to get your attention, and you don’t hear it, it will just turn up the volume. Reminds me of someone trying to drown out outside noise in some ways. But in this…
ByGiora Carmi
Another 4 in the morning. It is a harder night for me and I have already woken up many times. I just feel like doing a drawing. This time I use the watercolors. It goes pretty fast till I get the feeling that I have to stop. I collect some words and go back to…
ByTeri Dluznieski
Chaga protrudes from the tree trunk like some nasty gnarly demonic gnome. Absolutely not the most attractive or appealing presentation. More often than not, hikers pass it by, never noticing its presence. It looks like a charred brain tumour, with a slightly crumbly and rough exterior. What a paradox, that something so uninviting possesses such…
ByJulia Chi
We are sitting in a cafe in Cyprus, our new office. We have Derek with us, Malcolm of Running Crazy has nick named him ‘The Pink Panther’ because he loves to wear pink… He has pink shorts and a pink watch and pink sun glasses. I asked him if he has always liked pink… He…
ByGiora Carmi
I felt the need to draw in the morning. I still need to do it most mornings to see where I am. This is what I drew. And this is what came from Going-in-with-words. Baby, Keep the world in you Even if you are falling, falling The world is playful Even with all…
ByTeri Dluznieski
I had to make a trip to the Emergency room. My housemate had an injury that was in decided need of interventionary medicine. Western medicine is great for this. It is what it is designed and intended to do. It “fixes” things when they are broken. It intervenes. I am grateful for this. Honestly. While…
ByTony Samara
It is one thing to meditate when everything is flowing, but another thing to be in the midst of chaos, in the marketplace. Will meditation, the meditation of relaxing your body and being detached from the situation, be possible to practice in this situation? That’s the challenge that life always confronts everyone with. You think…
ByGiora Carmi
Time passes. It doesn’t really, but we say so. I still had to work on my guilt and fear. But again pain got hold of me, as you saw in the last entries. At night, I imagined doing a drawing of my guilt. It was like a big, dark cocoon, flying diagonally in the middle…
ByJohn Osborne
There are two main types of arthritis, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis occurs when the joint cartilage wears away and rheumatoid arthritis is a result of the inflammation of the synovial membrane that eventually leads to bone loss. Both are quite common and very painful. They affect the normal lifestyle of the person in several…
ByTeri Dluznieski
Okay- I have been selling the Cilantro Detox Pesto at the farmer’s markets. It has been a huge hit. It is really easy to make and it tastes great. You can serve it on Pasta, put it on bagels, mix it into rice or quinoa. You can even just eat it by the teaspoon, once…
ByGiora Carmi
It is 4 in the morning. I have not slept for hours due to the pain. It is pretty strong this night. I take the little hand-held and turn it on. The little screen almost blinds me. Trembling with pain I draw. My stylus slips and catches the yellow color. A short yellow line is…
ByTeri Dluznieski
In order to understand dreams and work with them, first we need to understand a little bit about how the brain works. The brain has 3 basic levels, the limbic, which is responsible for.. well.. everything. It is a basic binary element. It either makes or does something, or it doesn’t. Like a computer, 1’s…