I worked on my grandmother’s portrait this morning. She’s wearing a dress that looks to be a bluish, grey taffeta. I decided it was time to tackle that. I had put down some dark shades the other day in blue so I already had the outline. I think it’s coming along. It’s a reproduction and my dress is a little darker in value than the original. I will play with it a bit and see if I can lighten it up a bit.
I’ve been having one of those mornings where you find yourself in the zone no matter what you’re doing. I got up a little after 5am. My throat has been sore and after my covid PCR test was negative yesterday I decided not to worry about it. It’s like, if it’s not covid I don’t care what’s wrong with me anymore. Not covid? No worries. I’m good, even if I feel like shit.
I did some yin yoga and then sat for an hour. At 7am I went to work on my novel. I’ve been reworking my second manuscript, trying to get it finished. After that I made some non-dairy milk, filled up my new Lomi, and started making some dirt. I made a latte with my fresh cashew/almond/coconut milk and peeled a mango for breakfast (mango peels also went in the Lomi).
I was going to listen to a podcast while I worked but didn’t think about it until I was thirty minutes in. By that time I was too focused on what I was doing to change gears. I don’t know if I’m just zoned out because I don’t feel well or if I’m actually in the zone.
So, a weird thing just happened. I stopped to eat lunch and as I was sitting here eating I thought, I wonder if there’s anything in these magazines I could read to inspire my blog. I randomly picked up Unity Magazine and turned to an article called, “How to Stretch Time”, by Lisa Broderick. She immediately starts talking about being in the zone, beta vs theta brain waves, and how we can play with our perception of time. Trip.
So, today has been one of those days when you’re in the zone no matter what you’re doing, and I’m on time. It’s not even 1:00 and I’m already done with lunch. This afternoon I’ll do some drawing exercises before I go meet some friends at the San Antonio Museum of Art (Tuesday is their free day). Lisa Broderick says that if you get yourself into a meditative state of mind you can stretch time, meaning you can get places in less time than if you’re stressed. The more I think of that the more I realize that when I’m not rushed and not fearful of being late I usually get places on time, even when I thought I’d be a little late. But it seems as if when I’m stressed and worried, it takes forever to get places.
She goes into a theory of physics and Einstein and whatnot, which I’m not going to pretend to understand, but it seems like a fun thing to play with. I can say that pretty amazing things happen at a meditation course when you’re in a meditative state of mind. it’s hard to describe, it except that it feels like you’ve taken psychedelics. There was a day at my 30-day when I was going to walk back to my room, which normally would take 10 minutes, but because I was so aware of everything going on around me it took me thirty minutes. I just couldn’t move faster. At one point I thought that it might be a good idea to get back to the room because it was 100 degrees out, but that thought came and went and made no difference. I was on a different frequency.
I’m hoping the rest of the day continues to feel ‘in the zone’ and I’ll take some added synchronicity too. Love that.