There is a story I’ve told about my body, and then there is the story my body demands to be told. This has changed many times over the course of my 39 years of life, and I’m sure it will change many more times for the rest of my remaining years. There was a timeContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: There is No Future Without Disabled People!”
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Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: On Embracing Expansiveness
I’ve been reflecting on a conversation I had in therapy earlier this year that about what word would describe how I wanted to feel once I transitioned out of full-time work to focus on our upcoming RV travels and my writing. Every time I thought about it, the word “expansive” came to mind. To meContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: On Embracing Expansiveness”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: The Magic of the Bookshelf
Have you ever walked past your bookshelf at home, or a stack of books, a book cart at the library or a display at a bookstore and felt the irresistible pull of a book, your hand reaching out for it instinctively without your mind even realizing what you are doing? When I was younger andContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: The Magic of the Bookshelf”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Resisting Disconnection
It is so easy right now to slip into the comforting waters of disassociation. Our US culture welcomes it, welcomes disconnection from one another, the slipping into the brain static of a favorite TV show, the endless scroll of social media, the emotional turning away from all that harms us, and exhausts our souls. AndContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Resisting Disconnection”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Bodies are Weird!
Our bodies are beautiful. Our bodies are vulnerable. Our bodies are gross. Our bodies are weird. All of these things are true, and each one of our relationships to our bodies is very different. Some days I’m in love with this resilient vessel, other days I am endlessly frustrated with this skin suit I resideContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Bodies are Weird!”
