Kira Elliott http://www.kiraelliott.com Abstract Artist Mon, 01 Jan 2018 20:02:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Where have I been? http://www.kiraelliott.com/where-have-i-been/ Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:56:31 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3900 I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” ― Frida Kahlo Autumn is happening in Detroit. I sit with my cup of green tea looking out the window at a maple with bright golden leaves in my neighbors yard. I had to pull out an extra quilt last night even with the furnace […]

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]]> How to Embrace Idleness http://www.kiraelliott.com/how-embrace-idleness/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/how-embrace-idleness/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:54:56 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3847   “Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it.” ― Tom Hodgkinson Learning how to embrace idleness is hard. It is Saturday morning. Arctic air has settled in Detroit and it is snapping cracking cold outside. If I look closely I see the tiniest of snowflakes […]

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]]> http://www.kiraelliott.com/how-embrace-idleness/feed/ 0 How to Make the New Year Easy http://www.kiraelliott.com/x-htm/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/x-htm/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2017 17:48:56 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3839 “Your life is not a problem to be solved but a gift to be opened.” ― Wayne Muller I am sitting at my desk, my legs folded up under me wondering, how to make the New Year easy. On my desk sits a cup filled with hot black french roast coffee, a pink pen, a […]

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]]> http://www.kiraelliott.com/x-htm/feed/ 2 Sleep is Magical- Mindful Practices to Help You Sleep http://www.kiraelliott.com/sleep-is-a-magical-thing/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/sleep-is-a-magical-thing/#respond Sun, 20 Nov 2016 12:59:16 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3818 “Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward […]

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]]> http://www.kiraelliott.com/sleep-is-a-magical-thing/feed/ 0 A Quiet Revolution http://www.kiraelliott.com/a-quiet-revolution/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/a-quiet-revolution/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:09:31 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3802 “Just because we are working hard does not mean we are making anything happen.” ― Wayne Muller It is cold. Cold enough to turn the furnace on. The leaves on the maple in the backyard are turning yellow. My neighbors maple is blazing red. The oak and walnut trees have shown their brilliance and released […]

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]]> http://www.kiraelliott.com/a-quiet-revolution/feed/ 3 This is What I Know http://www.kiraelliott.com/this-is-what-i-know/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/this-is-what-i-know/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2016 13:39:43 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3793 “And how do we learn to assert the authority of our own clarity and reclaim an unshakable trust in our own wholeness and deep inner sufficiency?” —Wayne Muller This is what I know. I am not sure where to start? I have months of journals stacked next to me. Me waking early, coffee in hand, […]

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]]> http://www.kiraelliott.com/this-is-what-i-know/feed/ 8 Depression Sucks http://www.kiraelliott.com/depression-sucks/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/depression-sucks/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2016 18:39:37 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3756  “When you’re lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you’ve just wandered off the path, that you’ll find your way back to the trailhead any moment now. Then night falls again and again, and you still have […]

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]]> http://www.kiraelliott.com/depression-sucks/feed/ 5 A Good Death to a Good Life http://www.kiraelliott.com/good-death-good-life/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/good-death-good-life/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2016 23:31:38 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3740 “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. ” – Anatole France I lost last week. Well, I lost my productivity last week. By choice mind you, but still as I sit here at my cluttered desk in the early gray morning, the furnace still clicking on even though it […]

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]]> http://www.kiraelliott.com/good-death-good-life/feed/ 3 This is My New Normal http://www.kiraelliott.com/this-is-my-new-normal/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/this-is-my-new-normal/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2016 21:33:53 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3727 “Do not wait for the healing to arrive. It will never come. The holes will never leave or be filled with anything at all. But holes are interesting things.” ― Augusten Burroughs I am sitting still looking out the window at yet another flat grey day that is reflecting how I feel inside. Fat red […]

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]]> http://www.kiraelliott.com/this-is-my-new-normal/feed/ 3 How to Lean Into the Good http://www.kiraelliott.com/how-can-i-rise-up-and-not-blow-up-my-life/ http://www.kiraelliott.com/how-can-i-rise-up-and-not-blow-up-my-life/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:13:21 +0000 http://www.kiraelliott.com/?p=3707 “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” ― Desmond Tutu Spring is beginning to open up here in Detroit despite relentless snow each day. I am feeling the pull for something new, to lean into the good, instead of craving for […]

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