What I Didn’t Tell You About That Apple Jelly

There was apple jelly in the peanut butter sandwiches I ate as a child. Did you notice?  I mentioned this briefly in the last blog, "Learning to Listen to Tree Speak".             "As a child I spent many spring, summer and fall hours outside.  My home was often one of upset [...]

By |2015-12-09T16:39:48-08:00December 9th, 2015|Blog by Diane Mathias, Healing, storytelling|Comments Off on What I Didn’t Tell You About That Apple Jelly

Synesthesia: Yes I Smell Emotions

Yes I  smell emotions.  I see colors when I hear music.   The first time I heard the word synesthesia I was doing research for a paper in bio-psychology. There it was, right on the computer screen. I didn’t even know how to pronounce synesthesia but the definition described me perfectly.   I sat for hours, [...]

By |2015-12-03T19:08:43-08:00December 3rd, 2015|Blog by Diane Mathias, Creative Works, Poetry|Comments Off on Synesthesia: Yes I Smell Emotions

Allowing Myself to be Seen

What do I mean when I say, “I accepted a 30 day writing/blog challenge to allow myself to be seen?” It means that as I write these blogs I am not wearing the teacher’s hat. I am not facilitating a transformational writing or music class, nor am I holding the space for sound work [...]

By |2020-01-23T09:22:02-08:00November 28th, 2015|Blog by Diane Mathias, Creative Works, Growth and Transformation, Self Compassion|Comments Off on Allowing Myself to be Seen

Self Portrait

I am a brown-eyed girl. My eyes are seeing eyes; they have always been seeing eyes. They watch for healing, and to behold wondrous acts of courage. They look to see transformations. Eyes are for seeing light; Eyes are for seeing in the dark. Eyes are a wondrous thing.   My ears know that there [...]

By |2015-11-26T18:33:46-08:00November 26th, 2015|Blog by Diane Mathias, Creative Works, Intuition|Comments Off on Self Portrait
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