I have certainly noticed something: August is not my best month for writing. I suspect that everything must go right out the window and I’ve gotta get my “freedom on” before the Autumn sets in and it’s practically Holiday time. Plus I take a little time away in August to spend with my family on the shores of Cape Cod. It’s bliss, really. I always come back to Colorado wondering how I can get to spend even more time there next year. I’m contemplating that right now.
So, now I am back to the studio and back to work. I’ve actually got four, no five, new projects on my desk. Well, one of them is Carrie Meredith’s bespoke design and you’ve all heard about that. ( One of my next posts is going to be about what I’ve been working on for her. You’re all going to LOVE it, I think). But this is going to be a shorty. I felt that I just had to get a little something up before September is here…tomorrow. I’d like to at least try for a post or two when it’s August. 🙂 So, I thought that I would just ramble on about some thoughts that I have been meditating on this past week or two… here goes:
1) Nothing, I mean NOTHING takes the place of experience. You will never really know something through and through until it has landed in your lap and you have gotten your hands on it. And it will take time to master it. (I never understood this when I was younger. Then, I thought that talent was the THING. I think that I have been wrong about that).
2) People do crazy things. I see it all of the time in small and large ways. It seems silly to get shocked by anything at this point but I still do.
Believe it or not these two ‘meditations’ have produced what feels like deep spiritual lessons that continue to reverberate. I’m still sitting with them. Live and learn, my friends. ❤
* photo credit: this image is actually of the South of France but it looks amazingly to me like the view from E’s uncle’s house on the ‘ocean side’ beach in Wellfleet. I really liked it so here it is.
DSH notebook 
I can’t wait to read your blog post about our bespoke! I’ve had such an amazing experience with it so far. It’s been really cool to just “click” with you so easily, our ideas seem to mesh very easily.
I feel like I’m learning some life lessons too, lately, and at a very fast pace. Have to keep up!
Hi, Carrie! 🙂 Yes, I am almost finished with a post about our work… and I am sending new samples out to you today ( almost a week late… sorry about that!).
I, too, have loved the sense of connection…we’re ‘simpatico’. It flows easily.
Yes, the life lessons…they come in the most mysterious ways. Even when it’s challenging, I still welcome them. And you’re right: it’s hard to keep up sometimes! BIG HUGS to you, Carrie! oxo
Hmm, I never thought about it like that, but August isn’t the best writing time for me either. 🙂
And with today, for some reason I feel energized finally and ready to tackle my old and new projects (both in work and private life).
It seems to me my whole last year was full of well, difficult lessons and healing myself at the same time. There’s still a lot to do, but I feel more mysef than I have in a long time.
Hope your projects are successful! 🙂
Hello, Ines~
August is FABULOUS…but a true ‘vacation’ month. We can just roll with it… 🙂 And you’re right: it’s September and I feel ready to get to work in a whole new way. It’s got to be the programming from childhood to be ‘ready for school’.
Time brings all things doesn’t it? Lessons, meditations and all manner of things. I am happy to hear that you are coming out of a challenging period filled with healing and growth. That’s what it’s all about, I think. Thank you for your well wishes for the new projects… you’ll be sure to hear all about them right here. 😉 Blessings to you, Ines~
Hi Dawn!
I can’t wait to hear about Carrie’s bespoke..
And I hear you on life lesson 1) especially..I am (hopefully) close to the end of my PhD and I’m realizing that talent can only get you so far- beyond that it is all hard work and experience..I am realizing how true this is while working on my writing as well. It is a deeper lesson than it seems
🙂 Hi, Lavanya~
It’s coming up next (about Carrie’s Bespoke…) I think it’s going to turn some heads!! I just have to finish writing about it.
And thank you for commenting! I think it takes just living to realize how much experience means and how you can value it. I wish you all the best with your PhD and your writing as well! I can only imagine how much work you have put in: Brava!! It is a great thing to be proud of.