Art Journal: The Anchor and the Bird
This girl has shown up in my journals before — with her limbs all twisted and her crooked neck. I don’t know what she means, but with the inclusion of the little bird, apparently this time she meant Faith.
Here’s another recurring image — the fish and its anchor. Does the anchor keep the fish from swimming at all? Or does it just keep it from swimming at its full capacity? What is holding me back in my life?
I suddenly realize that maybe these two images are connected for me today. There is a lot of “stuck” going on in certain areas of my life right now. How can I get unstuck?
Feel like sharing? What is holding you back today? Where do you place your faith?
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I’m less stuck and more distracted. My inner two-year-old doesn’t wanna…. anything! Just sit and read and eat marshmallows.
I think I place my faith in horses and spring and process. If I can breathe horse smells and pat them and ride them, and stick the weather until it finally turns, and keep on making things, then eventually I will be making things that are interesting and good and worthwhile.
Comment by lee — 10 March 2009 @ 3:50 am
@lee: This sounds very familiar to my own stuck. It’s more of a stillness or paralysis — a literal “stuck.” I think you’re right, too — the key seems to be to just keep moving even when you don’t want to.
Comment by Mal — 10 March 2009 @ 6:21 am