I’ve lost my grip on The Simple Life. I don’t have my calm. It’s funny because I changed the heading
on this blog to The Simple Life in California but it isn’t true at all at this
point. We moved into a tiny little
cottage but honestly it is a mess most of the time and not simple. I don’t make bread anymore either. I’ll tell you there is a lot that goes
on and down when one moves across the world even if it is to a world that you
think you know. I don’t know this
life in Cali, I’m learning it all over again.
I’ll say this doors are flying open for us here and that a
good feeling.
I think if I had a studio to paint in I would feel like I
was still in the simple life, for me it has a lot to do with painting.
I hope these photos reflect something of The Simple Life and
then YOU might feel encouraged as I do when I look at them.
Here are some quotes to inspire you. Both quotes are what
I’m feeling right now. It is so
important that we live true to ourselves.
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it
logical;
don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow
your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
-Franz Kafka
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to
soar.”
-Helen Keller
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| Oh if only this was my paint studio |
Carry on,
Natalie
I just want back through your posts because I didn't realize you had moved back for good. I knew you usually came back for the holidays so it didn't seem odd to me that you were in California. I'm convinced that simplifying one's life requires parting with a lot of possessions. It's not a bad thing but often difficult to do.
ReplyDeleteNothing is ever for good is it? I'm just playing with you. You can't imagine how many beautiful things I gave away and sold in leaving Italy so we are really down to the bare minimum. It feels nice to start fresh.
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