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arrived.    for some months now,   i've been kind of adrift.      a Circumstance of Drift.   Since that evacuation,  when Onday fell,   when the Garden died.     something happened.     and tho it was  uncomfortable,   there was an   "understanding"   that i should just

wait.

not imagine      FIXing.   just wait.    

and i have.   not knowing.    waiting.           and here we are.

more circumstance and last Friday night i find out that Betty Edwards had written this book.   published in 2020.  She would be in her 90s.    somewhere in my 30's i met and took my first drawing class with Kay Gould Caskey.   It was based on Edward's first book…Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.   a whole world opened to me.       and in the last year or so?,   i've circled back around.   Drawing.   Just drawing.  Pencil.  Paper.     Two simple things that the Life i now live can accommodate.    and i find that it brings me  deep connection to and with my life as i breath through the days.     

i have not opened the cover.  have just sat,  holding it in my hands.   reading:  "decoding the way we perceive, create and learn"

decoding the way we perceive, create and learn

i am so excited…..yes,  i think….this is what has been happening while i thought i was only Waiting……..those lizards,  Uno and Dos down at Jack's gate    this is what they have been teaching me,  what i have been so so grateful to learn        i  am SO ready . This is just sheer Happiness.

  

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11 responses to “i’ve been waiting”

  1. dee Avatar

    Organic change. Happy to read.

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  2. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    I’m happy for your Happiness …

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  3. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    I think when the unexpected, even if thought of, happens, as well as the unforeseen, we go into a state of inertia and all we can do is wait…wait for a sign, wait for what needs to come forth, slowly makes its way. And so you began with paper and pencil, images came forth, then your signature black and white ribbon, the bookmark tags for Emrie until now…whatever creative gifts we possess are inside of us, coming out when called on, retreating, at times, as we deal with what life presents at any given moment but they do not disappear. They are always there, nudging, telling us that a day will come and now, it appears that that day is here…and this is so very good.

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  4. Yvette Avatar

    So happy you are happy!

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  5. maria Avatar
    maria

    i know , so it is , like the breath we can breath superficial, sigh for, the breath go’s on while we wait and be patience
    thanks Grace to make us part of this

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    and me back to you

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    they are always there…yes. and how it will unfold now.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    the ripples of happiness

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    Maria…Thank YOU for being here, for understanding

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  10. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    I recently watched 2 or 3 interviews of her on YT. Interesting. The nervous system is so complex. One can usually take it for granted while young. I’m so right-side dominant, it’s a wonder that I don’t tip over.

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