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pandemic healing

Greetings from inside the covid-19 global pandemic. How are you holding up? Well, I hope! I write to you from my lovely home in Seattle that has become a beautiful ghost town during the pandemic. As always, I am focused on healing, transformation, and self-expression. In addition to taking my own advice and continuing my own healing work, I’m also focused on pandemic healing.

Here are some visual poems I made with that intention.

I hope they bring you some solace. I’ll be making more so check out the playlist on YouTube if you want to stay with up them. I’ll also be updating the pandemic healing page on my website with whatever else comes up during this time. In the Aries New Moon horoscope Chani Nicholas said:

“Aries offers itself to the collective without shame.”

It’s true. We do. It means we aren’t always polished and perfect but we take action. We do the thing. We face the hard stuff and keep going like Jon Snow in Battle of the Bastards. These #artmagic2020 offerings are that. Me offering myself to the collective. Right now. I did that with my fundraiser for single mothers and ended up having some misguided Mickey Mouse report it which stopped my ability to pay the women who need the money. I naturally had receipts and GoFundMe put it right back up so we can still receive donations (hint, hint), and continue to offer support to single mothers working hard to keep things going for their families during this crisis. Trolls have never stopped me and they never will just as this virus will not stop humanity. #WeShallOvercome

Wishing you strength and health, now and always. If you need some tools to keep you going, check out my online course we can do hard things (with ease) or book a transformation coaching session. It’s my joy to help you take compassionate action in your life now and always.

Big love, everyone. We can make it through this! 💖

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30 things to do right now

How are you holding up during this COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic? I’ve been working all morning on a fundraiser for Seattle single mothers. As we sat chatting a few minutes ago, my son said, “I think a lot of people, except you, don’t know what to do with themselves right now.” Maybe that’s true! Here’s a short list of 30 things to do right now to keep your body, mind, and spirit in good shape if you need it:

Finish a project
Mend something
Plant seeds
Water your plants
Laugh!
Listen to music
Play a board game
Read or write poetry
Journal
Make art
Help someone
Give what you can
Dance
Create
Meditate
Walk in nature
Call a friend
Sing
Drink water
Ask for help
Reach out
Reach back
Learn a language
Start a project
Exercise
Sleep
Write letters
Work on your novel
Organize your drawers/digital files/photos.
Learn a new skill

I know these 30 things to do right now are all just reminders of things you already know but sometimes it helps to have a list. Drop your own ideas in the comments if you like. As I recommended in my newsletter this week, I’m going to go take a walk and drink in the wonder of nature. 🌱

Sending you all my love. 💖

abundance

how to take compassionate action during a global pandemic

By now I’m sure you’ve seen the news. #covid19 is spreading and it’s not an easy time. I’m writing today about how to take compassionate action during a global pandemic. we can do hard things (with ease) is an online course I started offering in February 2020. I’ve decided to drastically reduce the price while the planet is facing this threat to our physical and mental well-being as a way of serving my community. It’s filled with tools for overcoming anxiety and cultivating practices for making life more manageable and beautiful. You can check it out here if you’re interested.

do what you can

The course is designed to help you learn to do what you can as a way of taking compassionate action and avoiding overwhelm. In my city, #Seattle, our schools just closed down without notice. This means that a lot of people are scrambling to figure out what to do for childcare and homeless families are struggling even more. Someone created a Facebook group called “Seattle Help for Parents and Caregivers“. What a brilliant example of how to engage! People are sharing ideas, resources, food, and whatever else we can think of. Below was my offering today which I decided to share here with my community here in case you might find it helpful.

As a homeschooling parent and educator, I have a couple of tips for navigating this time:

🌱 If you’re looking for educational resources while schools are closed, I’ve found the Khan Academy to be invaluable. Sal Khan even added some meditations for kids recently!

🌱 Some basic art supplies are helpful. A simple composition book, pens, and some magazines can be used to create a visual journal which is a wonderful and therapeutic way to offload stress for kids and adults. I decided to make this how-to video from a class I’m teaching available for free for this group. http://bit.ly/VisualJournalingVideo

🌱 The Seattle Public Library allows access to Kanopy which has both educational programs, documentaries, and films.

🌱 TED is a great resource for educational content.

🌱 An idea for helping with science and giving them something to care for: Plant easy-growing seeds in some soil in an egg carton. It’s calming and fun to water them and watch them sprout! Here’s a video of my own seeds as inspiration.

🌱 Finally, the great outdoors is always a good place.

In addition to the free visual journaling video I shared above, I’ve also made this meditation available for people who might need some calm but might not have the resources for the class at this time.

engaging creativity

I’ve found that engaging creativity is a powerful way of finding solutions and staying connected to your spirit. Misery seeks an object. Self-expression allows for the concretization of feelings so we can let them pass through us rather than staying stuck. Draw, paint, sing, dance, play a game, or do a free write. If you need some help with that or just need someone to talk to, book a session with me. I’m happy and honored to assist.

Thanks for visiting the blog! Have you signed up for my newsletter yet? It’s the best way to stay connected to my work in these digitally shifting times.

Big love, everyone. We can make it through this! 💖

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visual journaling surprise

Took a nice walk in the rain with my friend the other day and played with visual journaling at the KEXP Gathering Space. It was fun to spread out magazines and supplies, watch the disco ball (!!) spinning, and watch what came up which was this little visual journaling surprise!

Making fun of capitalism is one of my favorite parts of collaging due to the nature of advertising. There was an ad with a womxn dressed in yoga clothes with a bunch of jewelry on. I still don’t know what the ad was actually for but I got a laugh from my friend a random dude sitting next to us so that was a win for me.

I think this little entry was one of all-time favorite mini-collages. Art-making makes me happy. Fortunately, I’ll be doing even more of it since my daughter got me a bunch of canvases for the Solstice and I won $100 from Dick Blick! My order will arrive next week. SQUEE! 🦄✨

Join me on Patreon for behind-the-scenes peeks into my creative process and The Luscious Chronicles.

What about you? Making any art in 2020? Drop a comment below. I’d love to hear about it.

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I want to be alive with you

Kymberlee della Luce booed up. — Me today all booed up with myself.

I want to be alive with you: Me reading a selection from Tokopa Turner’s book “Belonging” for your soul and mine. May it bless you.

This piece says everything about what I want (and have) in community. In my relationships. In my work. And what I offer folx.

After a couple of years of strange relationship dynamics, what I know for sure is I have some really loyal and dear folx in my life and I’m so grateful.

And especially I have a spectacular relationship with myself. I like being my own soul mate. In 2019, I left behind relationships steeped in gender roles the way I left behind gender essentialism in 2018.

I have so much more to say about how much pain binary/nuclear family/heteronormative BS has hurt me in my life. But for now, I just want to celebrate being alive. With you.

Big love in 2020 and beyond, lovelies.

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