by kellyrae | Thursday, December 3, 2009 | Life in Progress |
if you look closely, it reads “fearless” along her neck. i love this new painting. original available here. matted prints are here. so, i’m totally going to try gwen’s best of 2009 blog challenge – love this idea! you guys should totally...
by kellyrae | Friday, August 28, 2009 | Life in Progress |
(photo by andrea scher) last week when the lovebombers gathered, katherine painted words + phrases on our bodies -talk about a powerful exercise. the words and phrases we chose were delicate, yet powerful tellings of our stories and of our spirits. when it was my turn...
by kellyrae | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 | Life in Progress |
(photo by tracey clark) jen and i have been getting several emails asking for advice on how to create a gathering of women similar to lovebomb. here’s the quick and dirty of how we did it. of course, you can do it however you’d like, but the most important...
by kellyrae | Sunday, August 23, 2009 | Life in Progress |
because i did. there was dancing…..here we (me + andrea) are cracking ourselves up doing the running man and the ride-the-pony moves: and more pure joy: dear universe, please don’t let me ever forget how much fun it is to...
by kellyrae | Friday, August 21, 2009 | Life in Progress |
(photo by ali edwards) (photo by brene brown) it’s late. i should be in bed. or packing up my artful messes. or cleaning. but all i can think about is all that happened these last many days. i wanted to share what it looks like when you spread out a sheet, open...
by kellyrae | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | Life in Progress |
(photo by tracey clark) (photo by jen lee) i’m stumbling over my words today…bear with me as i sound downright dramatic, like a teenager in love. i’ve been in manzanita, oregon for several days with the lovebombers (a group that started last year...
by kellyrae | Sunday, January 4, 2009 | Yearly Recaps |
dear 2008, you were an insane year if i do say so myself. so much activity. so much whirlwind. sometimes i wasn’t sure of my footing, and other times i savored the flight. in the end, even with all the rolling ups + downs, you were nothing less than magical. and...
by kellyrae | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | Life in Progress |
photo by denise andrade like so many other women, i’ve struggled with how i look. my hair is too thin. my skin is splotchy. my arms are too flabby. you know how it goes. i grew up in a household where the women seemed to undermine their beauty over and over...
by kellyrae | Sunday, August 17, 2008 | Life in Progress |
(the magic of manzanita, oregon. captured by the eyes of karen walrond) the truth is is that i wasn’t sure if i should blog about the love bomber retreat. i worried about hurt feelings, bee stings of the heart, friends feeling left out. lord knows these are all...
by kellyrae | Friday, August 15, 2008 | Life in Progress |
this photo magically captures the intense pride and warmth and beaming of how i felt the entire time (karen has a talent for capturing the essence of who we are, whether we know it yet or not). tears are welling up over here as i sit on this red couch of mine. i...
by kellyrae | Thursday, August 14, 2008 | Life in Progress |
(andrea scher, jen lemen, ali edwards, karen walrond, me, hula, mati rose, myriam joseph, jen lee, brene brown, jen gray , alex, tracey clark – photo by tracey) many months ago jen lemen and i had a vision, a hopeful retreat idea to bring a few women together on...
by kellyrae | Thursday, August 7, 2008 | Life in Progress |
mati and i hopped a plane to portland yesterday. totally happy to be here, completely outside of my daily grind. love it. we went to get haircuts and massages and oh my, vacation is lovely. have i mentioned lately how much i adore this city and how i can hardly wait...