As An Artist, What Is It That I Do?

People will sometimes ask me, as an artist, what it is that I do. To explain, I tell them that I am a translator of creativity. I take an experience and from this, I create it in an outer form. This is the continual quest of an artist. This translation may come in the [...]

By |2021-01-12T08:16:30-08:00January 10th, 2021|Authentic Self, Response to Art, video|0 Comments

Mountain Companions in the Rain

What miracles have you experienced in your life? “Don’t crash,” he said, as he gathered up his instruments from the flute circle gathering. “I won’t,” I promised. “I won’t crash. I’ll drive carefully.”  I said my goodbyes to all the people who had come together to play music on that Friday night. I [...]

By |2021-01-05T08:56:33-08:00December 10th, 2020|Blog by Diane Mathias, Miracles, storytelling|0 Comments

Why Authentic Writing Is A Vital Tool In My Survival Toolbox

I have a survival tool kit that is different from my “bug-out” bag.  My bug-out bag holds emergency items in case I have to leave my home in a hurry due to earthquake or fire. I have this bag packed and ready: some food a phone charger emergency and legal papers cash, a [...]

The Thanksgiving Watermelon

Perhaps someone else out there is afraid. Perhaps someone else is also facing uncertainty.  May I tell you a story? It is November 28, 2008, which was Thanksgiving morning... I suppose that before you actually hear the words of my story you must first understand about the magic. Not many folks [...]

Words I Would Leave Behind

“What words would you leave behind?” I was asked. And so I began to share (in the video below) what my years have taught me. These words are not spoken lightly. They are words from truths that have driven me to create courses and talks, artwork and writings. These are words that bring water [...]

By |2020-10-21T11:39:07-07:00October 21st, 2020|Authentic Self, Blog by Diane Mathias, Courage, Encouragement, video|1 Comment

Growing Into Bold, A Timeless Calling

Growing into bold is a timeless calling which requires choices, courage and action.  Today we are all invited to enter into this place. This is not a time to wait for everything to be perfect, nor for you to have all the skills you think you need. This is not the moment where you [...]

Learning A New Language For A New Time

I realize how we must learn a new language for this new time... I know many languages and yet, in this time I am aware of needing to learn a new language that goes beyond my words. I need a new language for this new time. A New Language.  [...]

A Reflection of Untreated PTSD from Childhood – The Undertow

Untreated PTSD from childhood may show up when we encounter stress in later life.  In my youth there was no diagnostic label of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly referred to as PTSD.  It was during a time of great stress as an aging  adult that this memory of being caught in an undertow emerged. [...]

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