HeyJaredSherry Hanck's Messy Mind Messages
This is a place of refuge for my messy mind, a playground for thoughts that need to jump, swing, run, and play.
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Movie Night (opens the original)
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Like the movie I’m about to share, this piece is a bit raw. I decided not to edit it and to keep any flaws, contradictions, and idiosyncrasies that may appear. This comes from my muddled messy human brain.If you’ve seen Backrooms, I’d love to hear your overflow of ideas (you must have some! LOL). Share<a class="image-link image2 is-view
Sacred Doodling (opens the original)
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Doodling has always been a meditation for me, a way to focus my listening when distractions threaten my concentration.This is my doodle for Yom Kippur 5787.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="594.5439560439561" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/
I Still Dream the Rainbow (opens the original)
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The Power of Art as Remembering (opens the original)
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Revisiting this image was like therapy today.The last few days have been tinged with sadness and a throbbing L5 S1 (which usually shows up on my left side, but now is telling a story on my right lower back).The pattern of my back pain is that it usually arrives just before I’m about to do something that brings up questions of my worthiness to do the thing.First, it was a Warrior’s Assembly of meditators in 2002- I was so new on the formal path, I couldn’t see where I belonged. I had my train tic
Saying Farewell through Collage (opens the original)
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I’ve always been intrigued by vision boards - and only once did I ever actually sit and create one. (I’m still finding cut-out magazine bits - most of which no longer hold any meaning.)To be honest, I didn’t love the process. Then I chose to be in the room with Colleen Attara (her name will come up a lot in this series since she was the guide that inspired this process for me. What she does with mixed media, is what I aspire to do with yoga and meditation - bring beauty, love, creativity, and co
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