Happy April, I made a thing.
Photo is by Mi Min from Unsplash
Prompts are random quotes from Shakespeare

It's a tossup between Never on Sunday and Pepe le Moko, which I saw before I turned 10. Breathless and Rififi were also around the same time.

Throwback to that time I worked in a 2nd hand bookstore with resident cat who took her role of testing the quality of every single box in the store very seriously.
And yes, she has her own staff picks shelf.

Just in case you're not having the best day, here is a shelter kitty who has just been handed a green frog.

YES! Rescue all the cats!
(This is Leaf and he would like his dinner, please and thank you.)

Good news!!
I volunteer at an animal shelter where a kitten tested positive for deadly panleuk which meant 2 weeks of gowns and gloves, and no solid snuggle time for these sweet darlings.

Just learned they've come through quarantine with clean bills of health and can soon find their forever homes!

A gentle reminder;
I am not my thoughts,
I am not my past or the result of anyone else’s expectations.
My artistic expression doesn't have to align with palatable, relatable, reasonable or sensible.
There is nowhere I should be by now.
Movement is key, direction is subjective.
Growth is not linear.

I'm a perfectionist who refused to "art" until I was good at it, which is a brilliant way to never start anything.
So I started drawing.
There is a delightful freedom to being terrible at stuff and doing it anyway.
"When I'm good, I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better" -Mae West

Rhymey prompts to keep the creative fires lit.

I hope you are free of impedance and able to access what you need to thrive as well as survive.
Be kind to yourself.
Don't forget to breathe.

#poetryiswhereyoufindit
#amechanicofdreaming
#stillbarefootandweird
#writingprompts

Gratitude illuminated.
To everyone in that lovely tiny town where I used to dwell, who pitched in and helped me buy this piano, you have my thanks. As a result of your kindness, every note rings with joy. Community means so much, stay connected, be excellent to each other.

Oh, and ceasefire now.

Superb might be subjective, in this case.

A bit late, but I was stuck in traffic.

#poetryiswhereyoufindit
#amechanicofdreaming
#ceasefirenow
#writingprompts

I hope you are lifted and held
Well loved and loved well.
I hope your voice is your own
and your self feels at home
And your body sustains
strong health and good brains
That your heart feels relief
From the burden of grief
And that we eschew the malarky
Of the damned patriarchy

#happyceasefirenow