Rebelle Society

wisdom

Notice What Pulls You, and Love What You Love.

Through many rounds of trial and error, I have learned again and again that a human and the world are like two magnets. The more I trust my instincts for living, the more I become attuned to the interplay between my magnet and the magnet of the world. Conversely, the less I trust my instincts  ...

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art

Can You Imagine Not Doing What You Were Born to Do?

I also cannot imagine working within four walls, where all of my creativity and ideas will die, and I cannot imagine a life without my passions and freedom, in any sense of the word freedom -- mental, physical and creative. I intend to follow my dreams instead of creating a life full of regrets  ...

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you & me

The Power of Standing in My Own Truth.

I have been uncovering all of these deep dark hidden feelings and letting myself actually feel them. I am finally learning that instead of questioning every feeling that shows up, I can embrace it and learn from it. Those emotions are the key to knowing where I am in relation to the particular  ...

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art

Fear no Art, for You Are the Maker of Worlds.

As an artist with many other non-artistic things to do, I have often found it difficult to switch gears. Then I changed my mindset on the whole coming-home-from-work thing. I'm an artist when I take out the trash. I'm an artist who just happens to answering phones. I'm an artist who is writing  ...

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you & me

Make Space & Be Kind to Those Who Reject You.

To God I turned, and in Him I learned that all is just as it needs to be. This moment, this space, and the even greater distance between my lover and I, is what is and what shall remain to be. I chose to deepen my faith, and I miraculously fell into the grace. I did not fall easily though. I  ...

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poetry

Tradition: I Remember Womanhood. {poetry}

Fitted suit, tilted fedora and a doe-eyed expression before death of a betrayed love, Moved along by the crevasse of Astaire’s curved embrace, Soothed in conversation to the lullaby of Jimmy Stewart’s draw, Serenaded by Sinatra under a painted moonlight.

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wellness

Navigating the Storm of Chronic Pain.

  I have so much good in my life. So much to be thankful for. And as I inhale at this very moment to write, and follow the rhythm of my breath as anyone normally would, it hurts. It hurts to breathe in, and for as long as I can remember and until I noticed not too long ago, that is the  ...

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