01/12/2026
After writing yesterday’s post, I kept thinking about the creative process in principle. We’re always imaging our world. Most of the time without realizing it. We inherit concepts early. Ideas about who we are, what’s expected of us, and what we end up thinking is likely to happen. Those impressions settle in & become the reference points we reason from. Attention organizes around them and choices follow. Over time, life arranges itself to match the image.
For a long time, I lived from an image shaped by anxiety. My physical body was in a chronic state of alarm. For most of us, physical sensations come and our mind tries to make sense of what we're experiencing. Thoughts appeare that matched the state, and we identify with them as a way of seeking comfort in understanding what we're experiencing. In doing so, we reinforced the condition. Effect fees cause & cause fees effect.
At the time, it felt personal. Like something was wrong with me. Looking back, I can see it was consistent with what I was living from.
What changed things wasn’t trying to replace thoughts with better ones. It was learning to notice what I was identifying with. To see thoughts as information rather than instructions. When I stopped using them as material for my self-image, they lost their ability to organize my life.
That’s when I began to understand reason as a creative tool. If we accept a concept as a premise and reason forward from it, we live it into form, whether we want to or not. If we learn to question the premise itself, different outcomes become possible. It takes time and repetition, support and patience.
For me, that support looked like environment, friends, structure, botanical tools & time. I created a space that expressed the kind of coherence I was learning to live from. That’s what this shop has been for me, and what I see it's become for others. People often arrive here before they have language for what they’re working through. The space affirms what’s possible and gives enough structure, tools, and support to stay with a new way of being long enough for it to take hold.
I’ve seen this same process shape my health, my nervous system, my relationships, and my work. An image is held, attention gathers, conditions adjust, and eventually, something new takes shape.
I’m currently working on an offering that breaks this process down more deliberately, using the tools, structure, and supports that have made the biggest difference for me. A way of guiding others who feel ready to work with their inner images more consciously and create a life that reflects something different.
Until then, you’re always welcome to stop in to connect. I’ll be in the shop Friday through Monday, 9-3. We can talk about what’s here to support you now and what this season is asking of us. ✨️🫶🏼
