by Bela Johnson | Jan 2, 2026 | climate change, creativity, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptDo you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?View all responses This is a good prompt, for me. I do not play.I never grew up playing much—learned discipline and work instead. I have a psychology degree.I know play is considered...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 24, 2025 | belonging, creativity, motherhood, Uncategorized, writing
“Peace does not mean to be in a placewhere there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.It means to be in the midst of those thingsand still be calm in your heart.”— Anonymous Wisdom, it turns out,can live on a refrigerator magnet.I needed these words —after a month...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 22, 2023 | climate change, community, creativity, philosophy, sustainability, Uncategorized
Hundreds of times a day, epiphanies arise and I am open to them,whether in the garden or walking the dogs, and I would call these momentsinformation leaks from the Universe, as if the sky had tiny holes and bitsof drift were floating down like dandelion fluff or the...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 13, 2021 | creativity, human interest, musings, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
Some things are not meant to be,though I still save space for them,not knowing divine timingor even my own mind sometimes,and what is this compulsionto occupy perceptual emptiness,is it simply creativity seekinga natural outlet, the crashing surfcarving out caves on...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 30, 2020 | creativity, inspiration, nature, photography, poetry, Uncategorized
We wait for it, court it, this breath the newborn has little choice but to take, the drawing in, and from whence does it come? Some think they know, call it muse, the artist cares only to the degree that it serves, insinuates itself, etheric substance filling up and...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 5, 2019 | art, creativity, lifestyle, Uncategorized
He’s out in the shop again, the fine clean scent of western cedar wafting through my office window, drawing me out to see what perfect hands are crafting now from raw; The straight-grained lines of red, variegated with a neutral light, white as a crosscut wafer...
