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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · 9d

I am a wild swimmer, too! I live on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada, on a small island, and we have a number of swimming lakes, and also a small ocean beach where I spend almost every evening throughout the summer months. Wild. Swimming. Is. The. Best! Especially the ocean. Where is this?

LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · 9d

Art can be simple.
Art can be chaotic.
Art can be awe-inspiring.
Art can be thought-provoking.
Art can be playful.
Art can be heart-aching.
Art can be fragile.
Art can be robust.
Art can be uplifting.
Art can be dark.

Art can be a light that shines our way forward.

Art matters.
your Art matters.

LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Sep 19

autumn leaves
danced with the seaweed
today

an undulating freeform dance with the rhythm
of a gentle sea.

and I danced among them,

taking the waters,
seeking healing,

amd finding some there.

#WildSwimming #Ocean
#SeptemberSwims #sea
#AutumnLeaves #Poem
#NaturePhotography #NatureIsMyMuse #Poetry

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Sep 9

quiet moments;
deeply nourishing.

sweet reminders
that Beauty
exists in all seasons of life.

#BloomScrolling #Poetry #Seasons #Photography #NaturePhotography #PoemOfTheDay #Poem

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Sep 3

paddle quietly, steadily,
in the direction of your dreams;

adjust for the tides that pull,
for the weather that shifts,
keeping in mind the balance
between the darkness and the light.

#PoemOfTheDay #Poetry #Poem #Photography #Ocean #Kayak #Sunset #Dreams

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Sep 2

as September arrives
summer swims
become so precious;

how many more days
will we get to
immerse our bodies in the
generous, sumptuous sea?

how many more evenings
will we sit on her shores
and be soothed by her
gentle lapping rhythm?

savour each one!

#WildSwimming #Ocean #Sea #Sunset #September

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Sep 1

moody sky tonight
reflecting internal feelings of the changing season
looming near.

#NatureIsMyMuse #Poetry #PoemOfTheDay #Poem #Sunset #OceanSunset #Sea #Ocean #MoodySkies

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 31

deep within
lies a beauty so profound,
a truth so steadfast,
a peace so complete,

when we can focus on it,
when we can tune in to it,
we can rest there
and catch our breath again;

balancing
our nervous system,

and return to our
Deepest Knowing.

#BloomScrolling #Poetry #Nature #Poem #Photography.

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 30

relish in the moments
when Beauty seeps in
deep enough
to soothe the aching soul.

#BloomScrolling #Poet #NatureIsMyMuse #Poetry #Nature #Poem #Flower #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #Dalia #Photography

Macro photo of the heart of pink Dahlia flower

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 29

perched,
waiting,

for rain to be done falling,
for clouds to lift and disperse,

for the moment to be right
to take flight.

#PoemOfTheDay #Poetry #NatureIsMyMuse #Poem #Crows #Clouds

overcast skies are the backdrop to crows perched on bare branches above wires that rise at an angle

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 28

morning visitor
enters the garden
on red-tipped iridescent wing,

alighting
on blue painted toenail,

and stays long enough
for a heart to heart chat.

rather quite mesmerized
was I.

a good way
to start a new day.

#PoemOfTheDay #Poetry #NatureIsMyMuse #Poem #Dragonfly #Mystical #PaintedToenails

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 27

dance with me
through gardens of pure delight;

through happy hues
and sumptuous scents,

through sunlight
and shadows
playing gently
upon petals and leaves.

dance with me here
and drink in the nectar
of my unfettered joy.

#BloomScrolling #Poetry #MacroPhotography #Lily #Nature #Poem #Joy

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 26

life as art.

#Sunset #Ocean #Sea

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you. I will listen when I have some time to give it. I appreciate you sharing it with me 🙏🏽

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 25

not sure who needs to hear this right now but

you are beautiful.
just the way you are.

right here.
right now.

in this exact moment
in all of creation
there is just one you;

one beautiful you.
shine on!

#BloomScrolling #Poetry #Orchid #BeautifulYou #MacroPhotography #PoemOfTheDay #Nature #Poem

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 24

If you feel brave enough to share it, I’d love to hear what you’ve created. Congratulations for overcoming what can seem at first like insurmountable obstacles. Well done, you!

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 24

I am always looking for new ways to write the songs that are inside me. And to perform them. Perhaps virtually. Do you ever do that, perform in new ways, adapting to the massive loss losing our instrument can be?

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 24

patiently we wait ‘til
well past sunset,
knowing

that the moon
is dark
tonight,
and the sea
she will be warm.

the stars then begin to
sing in the heavens,
and in the waters, too.

tentatively at first,
and then joyfully bright.

our laughter
then rising
in wonder-filled delight!

#BioLuminescence

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 24

A friend shared your story with me knowing it would resonate.
I too am a singer-songwriter, and I too lost my ability to play, a number of years ago now.
I have performed a couple of times using the virtual acoustic guitar on my iPad. And then the pandemic hit. I’m just starting to get back to it.

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 23

Holder of the Light;
walk lightly,
love deeply,
forgive generously,
dance joyously.

#LightWorker #Light #HoldTheLight #Sunlight #Sunset #GoldenHour #BeachTime #Summer #Love #Dance #Forgive

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 22

vases full of
gorgeous bouquets
filling my home -

such simple pleasures!

living in a rural community
where such beauties
can be found at
roadside stands -
an added delight.

simple pleasures
in our day to day lives are paramount.

what are some of yours?

#BloomScrolling #Bouquet #Flowers #poetry

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yes. Again and again. 🥰

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you. And yes, my practice of writing daily was a saving grace on many of the hard days. And it continues to help with my ongoing recovery

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 21

Aww thank you. It is an awful thing to experience.

I was 4 ½ years ago now… but I only got back into my home just over a year ago. And I’m still recovering.

I have a LOT of poetry - wrote a (lengthy) poem a day for the first year+
Hoping to create a book for house fire survivors.
Loss By Fire 🙏🏽

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LisaSigMaxx she/her 🇨🇦 @lisasigmaxx.bsky.social · Aug 21

taking a moment
to stop
and enjoy
a beautiful vignette
in the dining room
of my newly reconstructed home.

House fires suck.
Creating newly exhausts.

now finally resting
in the beauty created.

#Beauty #Rest #Poetry #ILoveThisWall #Shiplap #HouseFire #Loss #Grief #Reconstruction #FindingSolace

Homey vignette - hand woven basket high on a shelf beside shiplap wall with analogue clock on it. Huge bunches of dried lavender in large vintage fan shaped vase

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