Today’s photo is from last night, because I’ve been wanting to take this exact shot for two weeks but when I walk by on the weekends (it’s not part of our usual weekday strolls around the pond) the light of the nascent sunrise reflects off the windows and makes it impossible. But last night Keely decided to just go around the block for her last walk of the day and I detoured just a little to grab this image.
It’s the display window for Divas and Devils clothing store at the corner of Monroe and 6th. It is changed out regularly and is always interesting, but I suspect most people barely register it as they speed by on the major artery that is Monroe St., on their way to work or shopping or school. The outfits are outrageous but then all the flower décor amps it all up to campy and I think it is brilliant!
Yesterday was intense for me — I met with friends and talked about my issues with writing, with my business, with my self-worth. It was heavy, but necessary and in a lot of ways freeing. Still, I think I’ve got an emotional hangover this morning, feeling scattered and fragile and tired. The solution, of course, is more coffee. *slurps*
Or maybe not. In any case, there are some deep threads holding this psyche together and some of them are rotted out, some of them are copper wire, some of them are 0g steel. I won’t drag this lightweight blog post down with the details but there are things I need confront and change and other things I need to acknowledge and accept as-is. Life was not meant to be easy and good things take effort to create, but joy is supposed to be an integral part of the process, which is something I have not honored for myself. So that’s the subject of today’s life theme for me, I think.