I always enjoy taking time to hop into your writing. I appreciate your thoughts, art, ideas and insights. I find your words gently comforting and inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to share.
I feel these things all the time. I love space and live in the country, yet I crave time in the city. I need uninterrupted time alone, but then need to be around people. My creative time and the freedom to explore is often hard to protect. I chafe at routines and restrictions yet get little accomplished without structure. I know I have always been like this but I feel it more keenly lately with the state of our poor world. Reading helps a great deal, that and being outdoors in nature. Those are good resets. I’m looking forward to seeing your pottery listings. 🩵
Thank you, Janet. I so appreciate your comment and resonate. I have been finding this to be so very true with myself. I definitely need more structure in my days, being self-employed makes it challenging, but even more necessary. ❤️
Love you Misty. You sound positive. Thank you for sharing your explorations and thoughts and dreams. I’m always looking forward to your posts, your ideas, and all you have to share ♥️
I'm an INFJ and absolutely love my solitude along with expansive skies and natural landscapes. You're right, being with people requires a "quiet compromise to be present." As I grow older, I am learning to appreciate community...but solitude, solitude is where I meet myself in the deepest and most meaningful way. I am the middle child of 7 children.
Hi Kathy, Thank you for your comment. Just reading your words, I am picturing the expansive skies I, too, long for. And I can only imagine what it must be like to be a middle child of 7. Part of me has always wanted such a life, as it was always so quiet and predictable in my home. :)
I love your post, I so resonate with it. I take care of my ill husband and we live in a small space. I can’t do my art because I need solitude. There are places and people I can refresh my self but my soul needs quiet and space. Peace my friend, there are many like you.
Hi Peggy, Thank you for your words. It's comforting to know there are others like me, thank you. My heart goes out to you. Being a caretaker asks so much of a person and comes with many sacrifices. I hope your soul finds quiet and feels nourished. ❤️
For me, you really encapsulated the feeling of living so close around others, and missing the land, the trees, a place of your own in nature. I grew up in the country, in a small town, and now live in the suburbs pressed up against so many. When I was younger I daydreamed about making, about having, about being. Now I daydream about lying in the grass alone. <3 Sending blessings to your journey.
Ahhh, yes... I had all the same daydreams; now I want to plant myself in the grass, surrounded by chickens. :). Nothing can quite compare to long hours lying in the grass... Thank you for sharing, Kelly. I hope you and your family are doing well and sending blessings to you. ❤️
So happy I found you here. Your words, art, and beauty are such a balm. I feel so much like you—wanting to hide and have my own quiet places. And yet, in recent years, especially since Covid, I’ve realized it’s not healthy for me to live only in that solitude. What once felt like a beautiful island of alone time and color and art-making has, at times, turned into loneliness. We’re putting our country home on the market and moving back to the city, hoping to realign that balance 💕
I’ll be super simplistic Misty and say that I LOVE EVERYTHING about this writing and the images. Those ‘words’ 😭the reflections, the grappling with changes, autonomy and attachments. YOU! Thank you for the beauties you gift to us.
I always enjoy taking time to hop into your writing. I appreciate your thoughts, art, ideas and insights. I find your words gently comforting and inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to share.
Thanks so much for commenting, Deb. It means a lot to me. ❤️
I feel these things all the time. I love space and live in the country, yet I crave time in the city. I need uninterrupted time alone, but then need to be around people. My creative time and the freedom to explore is often hard to protect. I chafe at routines and restrictions yet get little accomplished without structure. I know I have always been like this but I feel it more keenly lately with the state of our poor world. Reading helps a great deal, that and being outdoors in nature. Those are good resets. I’m looking forward to seeing your pottery listings. 🩵
Thank you, Janet. I so appreciate your comment and resonate. I have been finding this to be so very true with myself. I definitely need more structure in my days, being self-employed makes it challenging, but even more necessary. ❤️
Love you Misty. You sound positive. Thank you for sharing your explorations and thoughts and dreams. I’m always looking forward to your posts, your ideas, and all you have to share ♥️
Aww, love you right back, Jeanie! What I wouldn't give to share a visit with you. ❤️
Me too, Misty , so much 😍
I'm an INFJ and absolutely love my solitude along with expansive skies and natural landscapes. You're right, being with people requires a "quiet compromise to be present." As I grow older, I am learning to appreciate community...but solitude, solitude is where I meet myself in the deepest and most meaningful way. I am the middle child of 7 children.
Hi Kathy, Thank you for your comment. Just reading your words, I am picturing the expansive skies I, too, long for. And I can only imagine what it must be like to be a middle child of 7. Part of me has always wanted such a life, as it was always so quiet and predictable in my home. :)
I love your post, I so resonate with it. I take care of my ill husband and we live in a small space. I can’t do my art because I need solitude. There are places and people I can refresh my self but my soul needs quiet and space. Peace my friend, there are many like you.
Hi Peggy, Thank you for your words. It's comforting to know there are others like me, thank you. My heart goes out to you. Being a caretaker asks so much of a person and comes with many sacrifices. I hope your soul finds quiet and feels nourished. ❤️
Your words mean a lot, thank you.
For me, you really encapsulated the feeling of living so close around others, and missing the land, the trees, a place of your own in nature. I grew up in the country, in a small town, and now live in the suburbs pressed up against so many. When I was younger I daydreamed about making, about having, about being. Now I daydream about lying in the grass alone. <3 Sending blessings to your journey.
Ahhh, yes... I had all the same daydreams; now I want to plant myself in the grass, surrounded by chickens. :). Nothing can quite compare to long hours lying in the grass... Thank you for sharing, Kelly. I hope you and your family are doing well and sending blessings to you. ❤️
I'm 100% like you. I was reading and agreeing with it all. ❤️
I feel in good company, thank you. ❤️
I am like you. An only chlld must have some solitude. I am an only child.
Thank you for your comment, Phyllis. Yes! I love knowing you are an only child, too. ❤️
So happy I found you here. Your words, art, and beauty are such a balm. I feel so much like you—wanting to hide and have my own quiet places. And yet, in recent years, especially since Covid, I’ve realized it’s not healthy for me to live only in that solitude. What once felt like a beautiful island of alone time and color and art-making has, at times, turned into loneliness. We’re putting our country home on the market and moving back to the city, hoping to realign that balance 💕
I’ll be super simplistic Misty and say that I LOVE EVERYTHING about this writing and the images. Those ‘words’ 😭the reflections, the grappling with changes, autonomy and attachments. YOU! Thank you for the beauties you gift to us.