All-in-one Postcard!

I received a post card in the mail last week! It is always a treat to get something that is not a bill or an advertisement or a necessary piece of correspondence, but this was particularly exciting because it contained all three elements of my blog title: Food, Art, and Flora!

Below is the postcard:

Now, I will admit, this is an odd sort of picture, yet perfect for me! In case you are not certain about the elements I have labeled below... Food in the form of chiles. Art in the form of painted mailboxes. Flora in the form of the wreath and paintings of plants on the mailboxes.

Dear friend, thank you for thinking of me and sending the postcard!

Art and Resistance.

I am reading a book right now called "The War of Art", by Steven Pressfield. It is about overcoming the blocks that prevent us from doing the creative work we feel called to do. The following section significantly altered the way I look at resistance, so I thought I would share it with you.

In some ways I think this is like breaking through a big brick wall. 

Resistance and Love

Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you're feeling massive Resistance, the good news is, it means there's tremendous love there too. If you didn't love the project that is terrifying you, you wouldn't feel anything. The opposite of love isn't hate; it's indifference.
The more Resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art/project/enterprise is to you - and the more gratification you will feel when you finally do it.

Where does the time go???

What happens to a blog when you work way too many hours? What happens when you are training for a marathon and the mileage has suddenly ramped up significantly? What happens when you get home from work and all you want to do is crawl into bed and sleep? What happens when you have a gazillion-mizmillion ideas you want to write about, but cannot seem to make the time to put anything to paper?

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing happens.

You look back and there are no entries. The photos you took three weeks ago are still waiting to be formatted for the web. The fizzmillion ideas you have are still floating in your head, bumping up against the other thoughts about work and cleaning the toilets and doing laundry and paying the bills and checking on your family and getting your oil changed and... You get the idea.

My commitment to you, wonderful reader, is to post something at least once a week. It will continue to involve food or art or flora, but it may be less about my exploration in those areas and more about some of these thoughts bumping around in my head.

I would appreciate any feedback (positive or constructive) on what you have enjoyed about these postings, if you have learned anything, and what you would like to see more of on here. In the same vein, if something just doesn't work for you, please let me know about that as well.

I have enjoyed writing these posts and watching this space evolve. I look forward to further posting and exploration and appreciate any and all feedback from you!

Thanks!