The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

So another illustration for my book. This one is from a childhood photo. I’m doing a mixture of current and childhood self portraits. I’m pretty pleased with this one.

I am holding a grudge although I am not at liberty to say what that grudge is in case someone connected to that person reads this blog. It’s an old grudge, going back about 10 years. I have never forgiven this person for what they did and continue to do. Although I include them in my loving kindness meditation (as the person I may struggle to give kindness to), I still resent them quite a bit. That’s all I will say about that.

Here is yesterday’s diary of my 60 day habit change journey:

Day 2 of 60 (Sept 3) –

Morning Routine – The first part of the day passed easily. I got right into art making after a healthy breakfast and coffee and finished a drawing (core value #1 complete). After that I exercised and did my morning chores. I don’t have to go on a walk today because I practiced mindfulness while jogging. The only reason I go on a walk is to get 20 minutes of mindfulness in. If I get it done while running, then I don’t have to do the extra walking. I haven’t had any inspiration to write recently. Today I think I’ll get some lines down in my diary just so I don’t completely fall out of practice. It doesn’t have to be fantastic poetry, it just needs to be some lines on paper. I have felt more like doing visual art the past few days. I wrote poetry every single day of August and July, so I’m a little burned out.

Mid-Day Routine – Had a healthy lunch today as part of my mid-day routine. As I said before I didn’t need to go on a walk today because I did mindfulness while jogging. My friend is coming over this afternoon so we will just relax and watch shows. No food cravings yet. Food noise has been pretty low today so far.

Evening Routine – made a healthy dinner and didn’t really have any strong food cravings in the late afternoon or evening. Got through to the evening feeling pretty successful about today. Will meditate and read my book before I go to bed and that will be all my core values done for the day. Didn’t end up writing any poetry, but I was happy with the painting I did and I think that’s enough creativity for one day.

Minor hip pain throughout the day and my leg was swollen.