Today is day 4 of the Slice of Life Story Challenge and Spiritual Journey (first) Thursday.
A group of bloggers commit to writing a post on the first Thursday of the month around a topic. I am rounding up the posts today. (Place your link in the InLinkz at the end of this page.) The topic I chose was March Spirit Wind. The lioness of March winds roared through here on Monday bringing a new cold front. March weather is fickle. One day may be sunny and 70’s and the next rainy and 40’s. In this topsy turvy weather, I long to find quiet time.
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
and know that everything in this life has a purpose.
Lately I have been using magazine collage to explore creativity. I am finding that it leads to inspiration for writing. The process of design, finding images I love, cutting, placing, gluing bring my mind to a place of rest where creativity can flow.
Linda Mitchell sent me some poem seeds that I carry with me in a ziplock bag along with pens, scissors, glue. I tossed out some seeds and this poem fell out.
Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence.
Rachel Naomi Remen, gratefulness.org
I hope you can take some time to be quiet and let the Spirit Wind wash over you. Sacred moments can be found when we take time to rest and be open.
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Reflections on the Teche 
Wow! I love the collage and the fun that jumps out of my screen. I can just imagine you playing with the images and having fun. I’m getting ready for work…but I want to run to my craft cave and play. Maybe after work.
My post took an unexpected turn–I love it when that happens. Instead of the word, wind…I ended up glomming on to the word spirit. Oh, well! It was fun.
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I added your link to InLinkz. You are my inspiration for this latest endeavor.
I love the magazine collage idea and am already thinking of how I might use this in my teaching life! Thank you for the inspiration and your voice.
I’ll be posting soon about how it has inspired student writing.
Your collage is gorgeous. Margaret. I love Remen’s work and have often given her books as gifts. This is a theme I enjoyed; that invitation to get in touch with the silence in ourselves is healing, restoring the spirit. Thank you for all of this.
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Margaret, your slice for SJT is a glorious experience in silence now that I am alone in this house. The winds of March have left a chill so finding the warmth of silence is just what I needed. “Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.”- a beautiful invitation to slow down and find purpose. Your creative collage speaks of finding the creative spark in an alone endeavor. Thanks for offering such an inspirational topic to ponder. “The craft of life” is a wonderful way to speak of our spiritual journey.
Love this line from your post: “Sacred moments can be found when we take time to rest and be open.” Your collage and poem make me want to play with words and images. Thanks for the invitation to be creative and for hosting our March gathering. And I love the Remen quote too. Guess I should just say that I loved your post!
These are gorgeous. I can see how the process of design allows for inspiration. The slowing down and selecting and placing. Maybe also allowing for one to listen in the silence.
I love your quotations, your collage, and seed poem. Your words “The process of design, finding images I love, cutting, placing, gluing bring my mind to a place of rest where creativity can flow,” especially speak to me. Thank your for reminding me how the silence of crafting, gluing, cutting, drawing, painting, collage… you are using your right brain, which leads to creativity, rejuvenation, and peace. I used to love creating art for my students to make. Thank you for inspiring me to do it for myself. I still have a lot of magazines, old cards, calendars, crayons, paints, construction paper, tissue paper… left. Great post!
Great post! I can see I’m going to have to start doing collage. So fun! And I love the poem that resulted from your seeds!
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