Inside the Heart

The shadow knows.

Heard that expression growing up.

Today I drew “Shadow” in my Wild Woman Mystery Cards deck.

Underneath it all, in the darkest part of my soul, or anybody’s soul for that matter - what does it all mean? How do we truly unleash who and what we are?
This got me mulling over my notes from last week’s Creative Mornings talk.

Inside guest speaker, Jessica Hische, billed as Letterer, Type Designer and Crazy Cat Lady she said, “I do whatever I feel like doing, most of the time.”

Shouldn’t we all?
Passion comes along with doing what makes our heart sing. I know this. Most may. But are we doing it?

I feel like shit today. Woke up with what I knew to be the stomach flu. Caved in. Missed my favourite two classes of the year: Typography and Motion.

That really sucked.

The universe decided I needed to look inside today.

So I am.

When asked recently what my dream job would be I responded truthfully.

“To be creative. I am an artist.”
I love to write. Take pictures. Edit video. 
My hope is to inspire. Years ago I became a photojournalist, so I could do something to make a difference.

Colour and design make my soul sing. So does music, forward thinking and living outside the box.

These days I’m learning all the tools: Illustrator, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro X, Motion, InDesign, HTML, CSS3, jQuery, etc. etc.

I know I’m different. Who cares to read my blog?

Some. Thank you to those that do. I hope I inspire you in some way.

There’s two projects that have been festering about in my psyche for a while: People, Purpose and Power, and Flab for Food.

Time now to embed these ideas. To do something.

Am sure I wasn’t the only one that could relate to what Jon Tan said during his guest stage discussion with Jessica.

“Keep playing and keep failing. It just costs time.”

What’s time if we can’t live doing what we enjoy?

Time now to stop thinking about what the world needs and instead focus on what you need.
By unleashing what truly lies inside your heart.

The rest of the world will benefit.

Activating Flab For Flood

Last year over the course of five months I lost 27 pounds. It felt AMAZING!

But it wasn’t easy. And I didn’t do it alone. I conceded to assistance from Weight Watchers.

The principals for losing weight are pretty simple:

• East less
• Move more

It’s ironic isn’t it that people that want to loose weight and can’t do it alone (like me), pay money to get help to do it.

Meanwhile, half the world is starving while the other half (or more) remains overweight.

Posted in my galley is a Micro Movement Wheel of Delight. In the centre (the objective) it reads: Increased Income Using My Creativity.

Earlier today a pal stopped to check it out and asked me about all the segment projects I’ve got percolating.

Once I’d done the ramble he concluded Flab For Food caught his attention the most.

Later in the day I zoom off to TEDxJuandeFuca. During an intermission I meet an inspiration. He tells me what he’s doing to make a difference to humanity globally. I start my pre-amble on my Flab For Food embryo.

My intention being: for every pound of flab lost, a pound of grain gained for a developing country OR a community in need.

Instant positive feedback. He suggests aligning with a grain producer. Tapping into all the fitness clubs.

The logistics side of my brain is still trying to figure out how to activate it. I pitch it to him and he says to talk about it.

Here I am. Figuring I can once again reach out to my readers.

How would you activate Flab For Food?

All input, ideas and suggestions are appreciated.

Sincerely,
Jane Victoria King