listen i LOVE wellness and movement. but the amount of targeted shit i get on here to optimize this and that, to look a certain way, to implement just the right protocol and spend a million dollars is tooooooo much for this grl who already has perfectionist issues. i’m just out here trying to lift heavy and protect my bones, touch grass and enjoy my life. ✌️
april was good to me. it was full of improv (always!), writng poetry, and i got to see the final of a film i acted in (i’m so proud of it!!) i picked up the fresh hell that is lagree, spent time with some sweet kiddos who continually remind me that i’m fun, and had many walks with sweet heidigirl. we’re so glad the warm weather is crawling its way back! the farmer’s market is here, spent some time on set (should i become a grip?) and i have another tremendous nyc trip that’ll live in my heart’s scrapbook. kyle continues to grind through grad school and i cheer him on as best i can, relishing in the dime a dog night and independence day viewing (my first time!) we were able to have together! i am so grateful to this life and open to receiving whatever it sets in front of me. xo.
gosh and i have either an unrelenting cold or allergies, lol. 🤷♀️ i suppose all will be revealed in the fullness of time.
new york city giddy! ✨
i came out for a long wknd to catch @toucheamore perform stage four - an album that is incredibly important to me. it’s celebrating its tenth anniversary and has been a steady companion in all my stages of grief over this last decade. i am so grateful this album exists, and thankful for my friend mike who first introduced me to this band. 🙏
the city had other invitations for me too! i came upon @jemila_macewan ’s seeds of meditation project in the park and after a few hesitant steps i sat with her and meditated - in the middle of washington square park! i can’t explain what happened, but it moved me to tears. i suppose it was the power of simply being and finding a steadiness among the chaos that was all around us. i wasn’t sure i had it in me. but i do. when i told my cousin about the experience she said, “you are so open to the world.” a compliment i’ll carry with me forever. ☁️
a silly bartender told me i look like i’m from vermont, i learned about an irish family who came to live in nyc in the 1800’s at the tenement museum, took a day trip to see dear family, totally freaked over the awesome exorcist exhibit at MoMI (this movie scared the sheeeeet out of me in 7th grade), drank wood fired spro, overheard and delighted in dozens of languages, found myself incredibly present and hugged a tree in astoria park. 🌳
i always learn something about myself in big cities. and i’m leaving today with a profound sense of peace. who woulda thought? ✌️
apr 6 - “ready, aim,” prompt!
—
to every comma,
thank you,
for the space you have given me.
a juicy pause,
a weightless suspension,
an inhale held on purpose,
a kind of,
in between life and death,
you are.
without you,
it’s all a bit muddled,
messy,
don’t you think?
so, here’s to you,
Aldus Manutius,
maker of break takers,
moment savorers,
friend to the weary laborer,
you are.
#comma #poetry #sspoetryprompts
apr 5 prompt “running away barefoot”
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ground control
i wedge my way out heavy boots
slip off my cotton socks
step onto hardwood
.. not there yet
feet are seeking rocks
through the door, down concrete stairs
i carve a path just right
my deepest sigh, i find cold grass
eyes shift toward the light
outstretch my palms
and welcome in, a cosmic ancestry
invitation, perpetual
overhead and underneath
#grounding #sspoetryprompts #nationalpoetrymonth #touchgrass
wow, march was incredible! i’m sorry to say goodbye to it. 🥹
i got to spend another month with my sweet little family - sunday park days are back!! ☀️
i got to play a total DREAM role in @kahlilnewton ’s short film, for which i made a playlist called “let’s cry it out” to prepare for. this song is on it! embodying the role of ms.thompson allowed me to continue to process and share my own grief in new ways. i’ll always believe that art can be a connecting point and a balm for us all. 💫
i got to host an oscar’s red carpet bash (again!), play a TON at the theatre, be supported by friends and celebrate friends, drink spro, go slow + go fast. i felt really present, grounded, confident.. and crave that even moreso now.
feeling the fullness of being human - and certainly feeling lucky. ☘️
apr 4 (caught up) prompt is “savior complex with imposter syndrome” lol.
—
internal validation
do birds ask the sky
of the “right” way to fly?
or roses to roots
how to bloom and bear fruit?
do raindrops seek proof
how to splash on a roof?
or stars seek permission
burst forth fiery ambition?
does the earth need a nudge
to turn?
..who’s the judge?
#sspoetryprompts #validation #humannature
apr 3 poetry prompt “bravery looks different now”
—
softer, now
bravery
once meant
grinning to bear it
tension tight as a tree’s trunk, solid
armor of bark to defend
but as i grow older
i find
bravery is not about strength
but softness
i let the world’s aches and pains
bruise me like a peach
and it’s all much richer this way
life lived ripely
‘til we’re sickly sweet
this is bravery
#bravery #peach #poetry #sspoetryprompts
april 2 - “countdown to liftoff” as our prompt! 💫
—
countdown
five
i hope this means
maybe things can be different
four
i wish everyone had a home to live in
three
what if we could see the universe in each other?
two
every moment is a countdown of its own, isn’t it?
one
if only we remembered we already are..
#poetry #sspoetryprompts #liftoff
