tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post5823550837600958198..comments2024-03-22T17:39:44.420-07:00Comments on 37th Dream/ Rumors of Peace at Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise: Calendar Series: 56th Month / Across the Water (1989)amhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-66866724837063114132007-03-25T10:01:00.000-07:002007-03-25T10:01:00.000-07:00your work is beautiful. I forget sometimes that do...your work is beautiful. I forget sometimes that doing what you love clears the mind and heals the heart.bee_girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069051658399562262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-79891222441710151002007-03-24T09:12:00.000-07:002007-03-24T09:12:00.000-07:00loren -- Every day in the last few days since I po...loren -- Every day in the last few days since I posted this, I've gone out walking for around a hour in the rain in Whatcom Falls Park and am feeling distinctly better. I, too, think of my depression as "natural" rather than clinical. It is situational and part of how I process difficult experiences. Thank you for your thoughts on sinus headaches, allergies and natural depression. <BR/><BR/>lori -- Thank you for your kind words and perspective. Along with walking, my recent commitment to painting in watercolor and gouache on paper on a daily basis for 40 days and beyond has helped. Your photos, drawings and poems remind me on a daily basis of the healing power of creativity.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-77319178269937181382007-03-23T19:15:00.000-07:002007-03-23T19:15:00.000-07:00Wishing you breaks in your internal cloud-cover......Wishing you breaks in your internal cloud-cover...<BR/><BR/>Ditto and echo for Loren's comments re: exercise -- very useful when I want a dark mood to shift and clear. <BR/><BR/>I look at those moods as weather, or the deeper tones on a palette, and that also helps.Lori Witzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744273435691506484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-22376777957344882962007-03-20T11:23:00.000-07:002007-03-20T11:23:00.000-07:00I always have mixed feelings about spring because ...I always have mixed feelings about spring because it's the only time of year that my allergies can really cause me problems, including blinding sinus headaches.<BR/><BR/>It seems ironic that finally breaking out of the gray, wet winter can have such opposing effects.<BR/><BR/>I think exercise has always been my means of coping wth "depression" though I don't think I've ever suffered clinical depression, just the "natural" depression that followed a stint in Vietnam and the breakup of my first marriage after seventeen years. <BR/><BR/>Still, there were years when I was teaching when I had to hold on like dear like to make it through the end of the year, and those were usually years when I had to sacrifice exercise to get through all the work that needed to be done.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, we'll get some extended sunshine soon and that will help you break out of your depression.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152302644577926337noreply@blogger.com