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ZOELAB DAY 79

Here are some photographs that illustrate some of my pluses and minuses of living outside list from yesterday's post:

 
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Minus #7
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Plus #1
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Plus #2 Plus #13 Minus #7 Plus #1 Plus #14 Plus #3 Minus #10 Plus #4 zoelab day 79 11.jpg zoelab day 79-2.jpg
 

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I promised little zoe I would look out for her more. So I decided to honor her today. This is the day she ran a race and she did quite well, because she was a fast runner, but then let everyone pass by her after the finish line, so she did not ‘get counted’ as one of the first to pass the finish line. I honor that child who was afraid to stand up for herself, who was afraid of being weird & was often accused of being overly sensitive. I love her the way she is - with her socks pulled up unevenly, with her shyness & tomboyishness. How can you honor your little you today? #innerchild #tbt #throwbackthursday #1980s #race #runner #kid #innerkid #love #littlezoe #tomboy #innerfamilyofself #selflove Portrait of husband through the filter of rain. #rain #portrait #kitchendoor #photography #husband The road home. #baja #photography #mexico #home #road #magichour #gold #light #shadow #shadowportrait Feliz día de Independencia! Viva México! I am proud to say on this Mexican Independence Day that I am a Naturalized Citizen of this incredible country. Everyday I thank my lucky stars to live in such a diverse country bursting with independent spirit. The ingenuity, warmth and beauty of Baja, and Mexico in general, is deeply fulfilling & inspiring for me. Gracias para 10 años aquí. Espero que un día estaré fluida en español. 🙏🇲🇽💗 #immigrant #mexicanamerican #mexico #mexicana #vivamexico #cactus #ingenuity #vasquevuelas Be All Your Selves. This is my mantra because it is a reminder of the process of becoming whole. I spent a lifetime pretending to be less smart, powerful, angry, spiritual, radical, shiny, sad, weird, insecure, anxious, depressed, scared, childlike, messy & complex than I really am. The truth is The Self is a kaleidoscope of everexpanding mystery. My truth is too big for an insta profile or a concert or any one thing. And so is yours. We all have woman, man & child within us. My music, my work, my life is about integrating the shadows of all these smaller selves. I try to use my own experience as example as much as I can. Getting braver everyday about this. I live my selves outloud to inspire you to remember your own complexity, your own dreams, your many selves, the shadow you’ve neatly tucked away. Self love is a journey of high courage and it is not Selfish. The more you can love your Self the more love you can activate around you. Love begets love. There is more than enough to go around. Every time I doubt myself or my big dreams, I return to my heart which sends me an image of a guitar. I trust this even if I don’t know exactly where I’m going. My story is of a little girl who believed she was powerless and incapable but the images of her souldream would not quit her and so she had to go on an inner healing art spirit journey into the darkest corners of self, recovering the wounded feminine & masculine & child. Everything is my teacher and I am in love with it all. Listen to your heart, my friends. Love all of your selves. Especially the most shameful ones. This is the work to be done. And the great news is we have so many wonderful tools & resources at our disposal to help us with the work. Creativity. Curiosity. Compassion. Consciousness. Art. Drama. Music. Dance. Journaling. Poetry. Storytelling. Comedy. Meditation. Yoga. Sending you so much love. 💗 P.S. If you want to know more about self-actualization, get in touch with me. Send me an email, go to my classes, go to @eldespertardelasmujeres, listen to my music @zoeandthemischief , read my blog. #selflove #selfactualization #love #intuition #beallyourselves #shadow #self #healing #wholeness I don’t often repost others’ content but this hit me so deeply today that my bones recognized this truth and I just had to share. This is by one of my favorite poets, @nayyirah.waheed from her book Bone. #nayyirahwaheed #poet #truthpoet #poetry #truth #beauty #power #ego #insecurity #love Just a couple of moms posing in a party box. Party by @jennyjenjenlove Photos by @marisanack Mural by @dreaming.nicki Fellow poser and idea by @orionandthesea Sparkly good time! Happy Birthday Jen, thank you! 💗✨ #posing #party #moms #strikeapose Getting back into art again. Yes, I am messy. Prepping for an exciting new show next month with @brian_mcguffey_art #prepping #art #messy #artmess #creativity #artspace #messyspace #artistsofinstagram #showyourwork #process #animalesmuertos Here’s something beautiful for you. Happy New Moon 🌚 I will be meditating on this 9-9-9 energy tonight. A sense of completion. An opening to new beginnings do feel it? ✨ #newmoon #999 #sunset #virgomoon #baja #beauty #energy #light #meditation #love #sky #photography #happynewyear #roshhashana
Zoe Emoji. Part of a drawing I made while waiting at the passport office the day we became Mexican citizens. Here is a fun assignment. How would you draw yourself as an emoji? Maybe you’d draw a different one every day, every hour, every minute. ✨ #emoji #drawing #character #selfportrait #illustration #draw #sketch #ink Nighty night, sky. #sky #nightnight #sunset #baja #magestic #darknessdescends Fashion by Pebbles. Throw me a bone. Can’t decide which Hanna Barbera cartoon is a bigger influence. Josie & The Pussycats or The Flintstones. #flintstones #hannahbarbera #wild #brooklyninbaja #bambam #ladymischief #hammock #leopard #pebbles #josieandthepussycats #selfie #genx #genex This is my other baby. Frances. #dog #blueheeler #frances #frannie #frannieandzoe #baby #smile #dogsmile #cute Before I had an iphone, an instagram account, a rock band, or even a flushing toilet, I started an inner revolution. I created a happiness project-daily blogging for a year-as a way out of Postpartum Depression, Isolation and Creative Stagnation. This was before I quit my last ‘job’, before I fully committed to Art For Life, before Art Journal Lab & Dance Lab, my band @zoeandthemischief , @luzgallerybaja , @eldespertardelasmujeres . My blog was a precursor to all that I am now doing, it was a digital art journal, a way to curate my past, clarify my vision, work though my struggles, find inspiration & connection. I share this to remind you that we are ALL capable of doing whatever we set our minds & especially our hearts, to doing. It takes shame resilience, commitment & most especially love. Love for yourself, love of life, love of whatever you most value. For the past years I have been transferring the posts (one at a time) from that project to my current website. That first blog was very much DIY-I designed every single page (w/ iweb) on slow-ass internet in our off the grid homestead. Sometimes I spent several hours on a post, hoping to transmit my message, to make connections. I had high hopes that my blog would lead to a book deal and a large fanbase. It did not. What I learned is that it doesn't take just 1 year to make something big happen, especially something independently created, something groundbreaking, deep & meaningful. I realized that that year was just the beginning of a lifelong commitment. It will take years to develop all my ideas & dreams. There will be (and have been) many disappointments, rejections, and failures along the way. I am dedicated to transparency (everyday I get a little more brave) to sharing the path of authenticity b/c I feel we don't have enough of it. We see the success stories, but we don't see the hard work & heartbreak behind the success. People in the public eye say how they overcame their troubles, as if struggle is a thing of the past. I call bs on that. Everyone struggles w/ self esteem, fear & shame. It is time we are open about this & to create spaces where we welcome all of our experience. This is my mission. 💗⚡ George Nickerson Clements & Rosalie Frances Bangs. My grandparents. Their marriage lasted only a few years back in the 50’s when hardly anyone got divorced. He a Catholic southern gentleman, she a Protestant New Englander. Their marriage caused him to be excommunicated by his church & family. No wonder it didn’t work out. But they had two children and one of them is my mom. Of course there is much more to their story, but what I take from it is the role of religion as a divisive force that created a different kind of commitment for my own parents-a non believing jew & non believing christian who raised us without religion, and instead valued education, art & travel. As a child I was a believer. In everything. I insisted on celebrating Passover and Easter when it happened to fall on the same day, spoke to God in my mind & wrote letters to the Easter Bunny about Jesus and the true meaning of Easter. My brother studied religion & philosophy in college and introduced me to Buddhism & yoga when I was a teenager. The role of spirituality becomes an ever greater presence in my life and I still believe in everything, except for dogma. I am in love with the ritual of religion, the reverence of prayer, the beauty of faith. #grandparents #honoringthedead #virtualofrenda #younglove #bittersweet #heritage #legacy #spirituality #familyhistory #family #divorce
Leaf bug. 🍃🦗 #leaf #bug #leafbug #nature This photo is from my Mexico City photo essay on my blog. When words are less available, I go to images. My August Museletter is out today! This is an easy way to keep up with all my selves in one place. It includes links to my latest blog posts, news, and updates in my work as healer, teacher, artist & performer. Click link in profile to read & subscribe! #legs #photography #photoessay #museletter #artistshealersswnsitivesouls #artists #healers #sensitivesouls #subscribe #blog #blogger #blogging #mexico #mexicocity #ciudaddemexico #cdmx #streetphotography #sunday #reading #newsletter
 

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