rites of passage tend to decimate social systems and webs of support. And because we all have gifts to share in

One of the reasons I work so much with handwritten art is to distance myself from my desire for perfection, clean lines, modern sensibilities.

To find the balance of authentic work and easeful practice. To begin again, every time you stray from the path.

Ritual nourishment and love of our physical body are the foundation for creativity, contentment, and joy.

Roles, identities, communities are stripped away.

We don't always identify them when we are in them, but in retrospect we can view our lives and find where things have inexplicably, irrevocably changed.

There is no perfection, only devotion.

creative lineage,

The initiate moves out of the self they were relative to others or in a social context. This is often a phase of acute loss even if the cause is seemingly beneficial.