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Haiku #26

Even a puddle
©️ Amanda Reilly Sayer
Reflects the truest essence
When you look deeply
Haiku #25

© Amanda Reilly Sayer
When your well is dry
Emptied from your industry
Find a silver sea
Haiku #24 (The Path Ahead)

©Amanda Reilly Sayer
Where grass is greener
Does not matter. When you know
Your soul path’s urging
Open Path
Image

The Knowing Tree

© Amanda Reilly Sayer
For now
We may know a tree
In the glow of evening
Or midnight blue
Before awakening
That can be enough
Knowing
For now
The Ocean As You

© Amanda Reilly Sayer
You are
Effervescent
Surf rippling
Waves
Composed of
Salty tears
Your flow
Persistent
Wipes the earth
Clean
New
What now?
Rushing tide
Empty well
Now full
How will you
Honor
Your gifts
Abundant
The ocean
Swirling
Infinite
You
Title this abstract landscape painting!

Untitled, 10×10 acrylic on wood panel
I’m struggling to come up with a title and need your help. Any ideas?

What does the image evoke for you?
Thanks in advance for anything you’d like to share – critique, encouragement, title suggestion, or a combination thereof 💚
Accept Your Gifts (Part 2)

When someone asks good questions, we often discover new things about ourselves and gain insight by the chance to more fully articulate our experience. I am so grateful to have been interviewed for this amazing podcast – Accept Your Gifts – which encourages all of us to live our most creative lives. I’ve previously blogged about part 1. Here is a description and link to part 2.
In part 2 of this series, podcaster Tracy Crow, an author, writing coach, and Marine Corps veteran, talks with Amanda Reilly Sayer, a pediatric psychiatric nurse practitioner, about the “paintings I’ve pulled out of the fire…and some actually go in the fire!” As Amanda explains, “It’s a beautiful thing to be on your journey…and to watch someone grow.” She says that each painting also reminds her of the story behind the creation of each — its layers, imperfections, transparency. And, Amanda treats us with a reading of several Haiku poems!
You may find both part 1 and 2, along with other creatively inspirational interviews here. I hope you’ll check it out and let me know what you think!
Accept Your Gifts (Part 1)

I’m honored to have been interviewed for a podcast that encourages folks to live their most creative lives, an idea that will almost certainly resonate with other WordPressers.
In part 1 of this 2-part series, podcaster Tracy Crow, an author, writing coach, and Marine Corps veteran, interviews Amanda Reilly Sayer, a pediatric psychiatric nurse practitioner by day, to discover how and why she turns to painting, poetry, and photography. “It’s important to me,” she says, “to think about how I can inspire or offer gifts to other people…sharing the love, paying it forward.” In a frank discussion about emotional pain and healing, Amanda says grief and emotional pain can be transformed through creativity. The act of transforming, itself, is an act of creation, she explains. “Where are your wellsprings?” she asks herself and patients.
Check out Part one of my interview here: https://acceptyourgifts.podbean.com/e/ep-24-part-1-pediatric-psychiatric-nurse-practioner-blends-science-and-art-to-refill-her-well/
And consider scrolling through the other interviews. There are some real gems here!