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In your diary or journal, what will you say about today?
Will you remember a day that is closer than it is far away, or will you jot down dreams and goals for tomorrow?
Will you write about how things have gone off track or ponder the life you hope to get back? Can you find the words you can’t always say?
What will you write today?

Are you looking for inspiration for your journal?
soultalk is offering a
free online journaling workshop
October 1 – 11
In addition to daily journal prompts, there will be discussion in a closed (but open-minded) group, along with ideas, insight, and examples on breathing new life into your journaling practice.
Whether you have been journaling for years, have let the habit slip, or are simply starting out, a soultalk online session will add a little more clarity to your personal writing practice.
The free program is open to, pretty much, everyone.
All you need is a journal or notebook, pen or pencil, and a little time each day to think and write.
Come On Home
will run in conjunction with Mythos & Marginalia’s Homecoming Month, where a talented group of humans from across the globe have been invited to share their thoughts on home.
If you are interested in taking part in Come on Home, or need more information, send an email to soultalk@mythosandmarginalia.com

If we don’t listen,
we will never hear
the unexpected whispers
that come from
unexplained sources.

If we don’t look,
we might not recognize
that which rests
in plain sight
for all to see.

If we don’t speak,
we may never truly realize
the joy of giving voice
to the compelling
thoughts within.

If we don’t confess,
we may never feel
the calm that arrives
with wholehearted
forgiveness.

j.g.l.

Unexpected news.
We can only understand
what we prepare for.

 09/04/2020                                       j.g.l.

By design or by default, art is devised to define, or delineate, the reality of our time and the humankind it represents.
You cannot (therefore should not) take for granted the art that surrounds you. In any state there is an increased perception of life.
Art is life. Life is art.
Live with it.
Art does not need to be explained, it needs to be experienced.
Be open to the experience. There are no excuses.
Do not question the why, or the how, or when.
Look at it from all angles. Art is as subjective as it is relative, it need not be serious (but can be); there is a fine line between the obvious and the obtrusive.
Art is open to mindful interpretation whether romantic or reckless, concrete or abstract, physical or visual. Art confronts your emotions as much as it soothes your soul. It moves you forward.
It is spiritual.
Art is meditation, mediation between all that is unsettled in your heart and everything you find comfort in.
Do not ignore or overlook your art; it is what you are and all you can be, if allowed the presence and place it deserves.

09/01/2020                                               j.g.l.

Nobody, or nothing, can change you, unless you allow it.
   A closed mind offers protection of views and boundaries for you to
maintain, if that is what you want. You must be open to changes, again and again, or you will remain as you are and as you have been.
   Are you content with that?
   There is something to be said about consistency. Are you always the
same?
   Do you know who you are? Do you know what you want to be?
   Change only happens if you want it.
   Do you?


j.g.l.