Cicely Robin Laing
@ozmorrhiza.bsky.social
Artist, writer, photographer, improviser & teller of stories.
Reflecting on 50+ years of nonconformity. I am nonbinary, AuDHD & disabled. I am on a journey of discovery, understanding and caring for myself & others. Mostly enjoying a bit of nonsense & art.
Reflecting on 50+ years of nonconformity. I am nonbinary, AuDHD & disabled. I am on a journey of discovery, understanding and caring for myself & others. Mostly enjoying a bit of nonsense & art.
Pinned
I've been skirting the edge of complete burnout for a while now. Finding it hard to make art, write poems or even play or enjoy my garden.
The world is wearing me down...
Resistance is survival...
Taking it day by day
til I can laugh again.
Until that time... ❤️
#disability #AuDHD #burnout #art
The world is wearing me down...
Resistance is survival...
Taking it day by day
til I can laugh again.
Until that time... ❤️
#disability #AuDHD #burnout #art
Still struggling, but I have my beautiful black cats (and one grey one) to give me comfort. I hope you have comfort beings in your life too!
#Disability #AuDHD #Cats #Photography
#Disability #AuDHD #Cats #Photography
October 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Still struggling, but I have my beautiful black cats (and one grey one) to give me comfort. I hope you have comfort beings in your life too!
#Disability #AuDHD #Cats #Photography
#Disability #AuDHD #Cats #Photography
Hi friends! I'm still here. Working my way out of burnout, a car accident & a bad reaction to medication. Life can be really effing hard, but we continue on.
Still doing a drawing a day & usually managing to get out of bed. How are you doing?
#photography of a lovely day past #AuDHD #disability
Still doing a drawing a day & usually managing to get out of bed. How are you doing?
#photography of a lovely day past #AuDHD #disability
August 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Hi friends! I'm still here. Working my way out of burnout, a car accident & a bad reaction to medication. Life can be really effing hard, but we continue on.
Still doing a drawing a day & usually managing to get out of bed. How are you doing?
#photography of a lovely day past #AuDHD #disability
Still doing a drawing a day & usually managing to get out of bed. How are you doing?
#photography of a lovely day past #AuDHD #disability
I've been skirting the edge of complete burnout for a while now. Finding it hard to make art, write poems or even play or enjoy my garden.
The world is wearing me down...
Resistance is survival...
Taking it day by day
til I can laugh again.
Until that time... ❤️
#disability #AuDHD #burnout #art
The world is wearing me down...
Resistance is survival...
Taking it day by day
til I can laugh again.
Until that time... ❤️
#disability #AuDHD #burnout #art
June 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I've been skirting the edge of complete burnout for a while now. Finding it hard to make art, write poems or even play or enjoy my garden.
The world is wearing me down...
Resistance is survival...
Taking it day by day
til I can laugh again.
Until that time... ❤️
#disability #AuDHD #burnout #art
The world is wearing me down...
Resistance is survival...
Taking it day by day
til I can laugh again.
Until that time... ❤️
#disability #AuDHD #burnout #art
An imperfect garden is a lovely thing.
An imperfect gardener is who I am.
Like a plant plunked down in a strange place.
To struggle, to grow, to fight for space.
Don't know if we'll survive to next season.
But we may bloom, we may spread, we may go to seed.
We may get called a weed.
#garden #poem
An imperfect gardener is who I am.
Like a plant plunked down in a strange place.
To struggle, to grow, to fight for space.
Don't know if we'll survive to next season.
But we may bloom, we may spread, we may go to seed.
We may get called a weed.
#garden #poem
June 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"Struggle"
When you have nothing left... but you keep going anyway.
#Disability #Photography #black&white #plants
When you have nothing left... but you keep going anyway.
#Disability #Photography #black&white #plants
June 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"Struggle"
When you have nothing left... but you keep going anyway.
#Disability #Photography #black&white #plants
When you have nothing left... but you keep going anyway.
#Disability #Photography #black&white #plants
Thinking about the people I miss....
I spent the weekend working hard in my garden. Probably harder than my body wanted. But since I was in pain anyway (thanks chronic pain) at least I got something done.
Here's a lovely tulip from my garden. Reward for my efforts.
#Flower #Photography #Disability
I spent the weekend working hard in my garden. Probably harder than my body wanted. But since I was in pain anyway (thanks chronic pain) at least I got something done.
Here's a lovely tulip from my garden. Reward for my efforts.
#Flower #Photography #Disability
May 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Thinking about the people I miss....
I spent the weekend working hard in my garden. Probably harder than my body wanted. But since I was in pain anyway (thanks chronic pain) at least I got something done.
Here's a lovely tulip from my garden. Reward for my efforts.
#Flower #Photography #Disability
I spent the weekend working hard in my garden. Probably harder than my body wanted. But since I was in pain anyway (thanks chronic pain) at least I got something done.
Here's a lovely tulip from my garden. Reward for my efforts.
#Flower #Photography #Disability
This is about how I feel right now. I'm so exhausted.
(... for so many reasons.)
My cat Jellybean is so sweet. He sometimes gets seasonal allergies too.... and snores a bit when sleeping. His little pink tongue loves to just sit there tempting me to boop it.
#cats #photography #disability
(... for so many reasons.)
My cat Jellybean is so sweet. He sometimes gets seasonal allergies too.... and snores a bit when sleeping. His little pink tongue loves to just sit there tempting me to boop it.
#cats #photography #disability
May 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is about how I feel right now. I'm so exhausted.
(... for so many reasons.)
My cat Jellybean is so sweet. He sometimes gets seasonal allergies too.... and snores a bit when sleeping. His little pink tongue loves to just sit there tempting me to boop it.
#cats #photography #disability
(... for so many reasons.)
My cat Jellybean is so sweet. He sometimes gets seasonal allergies too.... and snores a bit when sleeping. His little pink tongue loves to just sit there tempting me to boop it.
#cats #photography #disability
I love a mutant tulip!
A red one... even better!
Trying to get into my garden as much as I can.
Chronic pain can make that very hard, but I'd rather be with my crazy plants than in bed being bored.
#tulip #flowers #garden #photography #disability
#TulipTuesday #BloomScrolling
A red one... even better!
Trying to get into my garden as much as I can.
Chronic pain can make that very hard, but I'd rather be with my crazy plants than in bed being bored.
#tulip #flowers #garden #photography #disability
#TulipTuesday #BloomScrolling
May 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I love a mutant tulip!
A red one... even better!
Trying to get into my garden as much as I can.
Chronic pain can make that very hard, but I'd rather be with my crazy plants than in bed being bored.
#tulip #flowers #garden #photography #disability
#TulipTuesday #BloomScrolling
A red one... even better!
Trying to get into my garden as much as I can.
Chronic pain can make that very hard, but I'd rather be with my crazy plants than in bed being bored.
#tulip #flowers #garden #photography #disability
#TulipTuesday #BloomScrolling
I need some good news...
Tell me something good that's happening.
#Artist #mood #news #doom #disability
Tell me something good that's happening.
#Artist #mood #news #doom #disability
May 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I need some good news...
Tell me something good that's happening.
#Artist #mood #news #doom #disability
Tell me something good that's happening.
#Artist #mood #news #doom #disability
What do you do when you can't sleep? Dream about sleep...
Then just post a photo of a bed full of fuzzy cats!
My big furry babies take up the whole a whole side all for themselves!
I wish I was a cat, and I could sleep anytime I wanted.
#cats #sleep #latenight #disability
Then just post a photo of a bed full of fuzzy cats!
My big furry babies take up the whole a whole side all for themselves!
I wish I was a cat, and I could sleep anytime I wanted.
#cats #sleep #latenight #disability
May 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
What do you do when you can't sleep? Dream about sleep...
Then just post a photo of a bed full of fuzzy cats!
My big furry babies take up the whole a whole side all for themselves!
I wish I was a cat, and I could sleep anytime I wanted.
#cats #sleep #latenight #disability
Then just post a photo of a bed full of fuzzy cats!
My big furry babies take up the whole a whole side all for themselves!
I wish I was a cat, and I could sleep anytime I wanted.
#cats #sleep #latenight #disability
Rough weekend for my health, but I finally managed to get out into the garden to do a little work & a little nature appreciation.
Tulips in the full sun are intensely wonderful!
*
Wearing a red coat
standing tall in the sunshine
peace bringer of Spring
*
a late night #haiku for a tulip
#flower
Tulips in the full sun are intensely wonderful!
*
Wearing a red coat
standing tall in the sunshine
peace bringer of Spring
*
a late night #haiku for a tulip
#flower
May 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Super excited to have this Bloodroot pop up in my #garden
One of my favorite native plants. I planned on buying one (they are usually sold out) now I don't have to! Came up in my Wild Ginger patch planted two years ago. What a sweet gift!
It's done blooming now.
#wildflower #photography #blossoms
One of my favorite native plants. I planned on buying one (they are usually sold out) now I don't have to! Came up in my Wild Ginger patch planted two years ago. What a sweet gift!
It's done blooming now.
#wildflower #photography #blossoms
May 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Super excited to have this Bloodroot pop up in my #garden
One of my favorite native plants. I planned on buying one (they are usually sold out) now I don't have to! Came up in my Wild Ginger patch planted two years ago. What a sweet gift!
It's done blooming now.
#wildflower #photography #blossoms
One of my favorite native plants. I planned on buying one (they are usually sold out) now I don't have to! Came up in my Wild Ginger patch planted two years ago. What a sweet gift!
It's done blooming now.
#wildflower #photography #blossoms
If you are in the Twin Cities (MN), I invite you to see me get very silly and have some fun tonight!
It's a crazy show where we throw a bunch of creative performers together and improvise a bit of theater!
Join me at Strike Theater see link for ticket details,
www.eventbrite.com/e/friday-nig...
It's a crazy show where we throw a bunch of creative performers together and improvise a bit of theater!
Join me at Strike Theater see link for ticket details,
www.eventbrite.com/e/friday-nig...
Friday Night Improv Club
3 improv groups, randomly selected to play together.
www.eventbrite.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you are in the Twin Cities (MN), I invite you to see me get very silly and have some fun tonight!
It's a crazy show where we throw a bunch of creative performers together and improvise a bit of theater!
Join me at Strike Theater see link for ticket details,
www.eventbrite.com/e/friday-nig...
It's a crazy show where we throw a bunch of creative performers together and improvise a bit of theater!
Join me at Strike Theater see link for ticket details,
www.eventbrite.com/e/friday-nig...
It's been a very gray windy day. Big storms missed us by splitting North & South.
Discovered my cherry tree began blooming today!
Hard to photograph in the wind, got at least one shot.
Hoping my chronic pain will let me garden tomorrow, so many things popping up!
#Flowers #Photography #disability
Discovered my cherry tree began blooming today!
Hard to photograph in the wind, got at least one shot.
Hoping my chronic pain will let me garden tomorrow, so many things popping up!
#Flowers #Photography #disability
April 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It's been a very gray windy day. Big storms missed us by splitting North & South.
Discovered my cherry tree began blooming today!
Hard to photograph in the wind, got at least one shot.
Hoping my chronic pain will let me garden tomorrow, so many things popping up!
#Flowers #Photography #disability
Discovered my cherry tree began blooming today!
Hard to photograph in the wind, got at least one shot.
Hoping my chronic pain will let me garden tomorrow, so many things popping up!
#Flowers #Photography #disability
In the silence
between my heart beats
I wait for hope
--
#Latenightpoetry #poetry #Art #artistsofbluesky #drawing
between my heart beats
I wait for hope
--
#Latenightpoetry #poetry #Art #artistsofbluesky #drawing
April 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
In the silence
between my heart beats
I wait for hope
--
#Latenightpoetry #poetry #Art #artistsofbluesky #drawing
between my heart beats
I wait for hope
--
#Latenightpoetry #poetry #Art #artistsofbluesky #drawing
I'm exhausted.
It's nice to be able to look back on photo memories of sweet fun times. Here is an Easter memory from when my kids were still doing egg hunts. My sweet fluff named Seiss always loved to sit in the sun while every one else was running around.
I think he had the right idea.
#cats
It's nice to be able to look back on photo memories of sweet fun times. Here is an Easter memory from when my kids were still doing egg hunts. My sweet fluff named Seiss always loved to sit in the sun while every one else was running around.
I think he had the right idea.
#cats
April 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'm exhausted.
It's nice to be able to look back on photo memories of sweet fun times. Here is an Easter memory from when my kids were still doing egg hunts. My sweet fluff named Seiss always loved to sit in the sun while every one else was running around.
I think he had the right idea.
#cats
It's nice to be able to look back on photo memories of sweet fun times. Here is an Easter memory from when my kids were still doing egg hunts. My sweet fluff named Seiss always loved to sit in the sun while every one else was running around.
I think he had the right idea.
#cats
Hey! Twin Cities Improv Folks and beyond!
Improv heaven has arrived! Workshops have filled!
Now you can get your tickets for the shows!!!
#Improv #Theater #Laughter #Comedy #Art #Minnesota
Improv heaven has arrived! Workshops have filled!
Now you can get your tickets for the shows!!!
#Improv #Theater #Laughter #Comedy #Art #Minnesota
April 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
My Kitchen Orchid
The sun streaked through my kitchen window
filling my eyes with a distracting glow
I stopped mid dish
soap dripping from my hand
There you were, a tiny bit of perfection
staring at me all exotic and delicate
I got lost in your face
How strange
How beautiful
You stared right back
The sun streaked through my kitchen window
filling my eyes with a distracting glow
I stopped mid dish
soap dripping from my hand
There you were, a tiny bit of perfection
staring at me all exotic and delicate
I got lost in your face
How strange
How beautiful
You stared right back
April 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
My Kitchen Orchid
The sun streaked through my kitchen window
filling my eyes with a distracting glow
I stopped mid dish
soap dripping from my hand
There you were, a tiny bit of perfection
staring at me all exotic and delicate
I got lost in your face
How strange
How beautiful
You stared right back
The sun streaked through my kitchen window
filling my eyes with a distracting glow
I stopped mid dish
soap dripping from my hand
There you were, a tiny bit of perfection
staring at me all exotic and delicate
I got lost in your face
How strange
How beautiful
You stared right back
It's late, I'm so tired
the world is falling apart
Hope, give me good news
--
Late night exhaustion improv #Haiku
An older "Tiny Drawing" from my daily journal series. I try to draw once a day. I don't always have the energy. It has turned into a sort of visual diary.
#Poetry #Drawing #Art #AuDHD
the world is falling apart
Hope, give me good news
--
Late night exhaustion improv #Haiku
An older "Tiny Drawing" from my daily journal series. I try to draw once a day. I don't always have the energy. It has turned into a sort of visual diary.
#Poetry #Drawing #Art #AuDHD
April 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I can not find my mind
burned out & buried
beneath the grindstone
of daily crisis mode
Color drains from my vision
the sun casts only
sharp shadows & grey
reminders of lost pleasures
Spring is lost in fog
yet tiny petals unfurl
I will feel within this mist
for the blooms of hope
... of life
#poem
burned out & buried
beneath the grindstone
of daily crisis mode
Color drains from my vision
the sun casts only
sharp shadows & grey
reminders of lost pleasures
Spring is lost in fog
yet tiny petals unfurl
I will feel within this mist
for the blooms of hope
... of life
#poem
April 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I can not find my mind
burned out & buried
beneath the grindstone
of daily crisis mode
Color drains from my vision
the sun casts only
sharp shadows & grey
reminders of lost pleasures
Spring is lost in fog
yet tiny petals unfurl
I will feel within this mist
for the blooms of hope
... of life
#poem
burned out & buried
beneath the grindstone
of daily crisis mode
Color drains from my vision
the sun casts only
sharp shadows & grey
reminders of lost pleasures
Spring is lost in fog
yet tiny petals unfurl
I will feel within this mist
for the blooms of hope
... of life
#poem
A Chaos of Petals
Fleeting are the blooms
offered to our loving gaze
gifts for this moment
Lost in the deconstruction of time.
---
A bit of late night #poetry sometimes is the only thing that soothes my battered brain.
#Photography #Nature #Flowers #disability
Fleeting are the blooms
offered to our loving gaze
gifts for this moment
Lost in the deconstruction of time.
---
A bit of late night #poetry sometimes is the only thing that soothes my battered brain.
#Photography #Nature #Flowers #disability
April 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A Chaos of Petals
Fleeting are the blooms
offered to our loving gaze
gifts for this moment
Lost in the deconstruction of time.
---
A bit of late night #poetry sometimes is the only thing that soothes my battered brain.
#Photography #Nature #Flowers #disability
Fleeting are the blooms
offered to our loving gaze
gifts for this moment
Lost in the deconstruction of time.
---
A bit of late night #poetry sometimes is the only thing that soothes my battered brain.
#Photography #Nature #Flowers #disability
It's been another very long day. PT & too much running around to do. I'm wiped out!
Jellybean missed me, as he always does when I am not home. It doesn't take long for him to go from gargoyle to lap cat. I've been pinned to the couch for hours now... send help... or maybe don't.
#Cats #disability
Jellybean missed me, as he always does when I am not home. It doesn't take long for him to go from gargoyle to lap cat. I've been pinned to the couch for hours now... send help... or maybe don't.
#Cats #disability
April 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It's been another very long day. PT & too much running around to do. I'm wiped out!
Jellybean missed me, as he always does when I am not home. It doesn't take long for him to go from gargoyle to lap cat. I've been pinned to the couch for hours now... send help... or maybe don't.
#Cats #disability
Jellybean missed me, as he always does when I am not home. It doesn't take long for him to go from gargoyle to lap cat. I've been pinned to the couch for hours now... send help... or maybe don't.
#Cats #disability
Maggie loves the plant area, especially when the sun is shining in and the birds are right in view. I love her long whiskers in this image!
I had a request for another photo of Maggie, so here it is. Happy #Caturday friends! My brain is too tired for a poem tonight.
#Cats #Photography #Disability
I had a request for another photo of Maggie, so here it is. Happy #Caturday friends! My brain is too tired for a poem tonight.
#Cats #Photography #Disability
April 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Maggie loves the plant area, especially when the sun is shining in and the birds are right in view. I love her long whiskers in this image!
I had a request for another photo of Maggie, so here it is. Happy #Caturday friends! My brain is too tired for a poem tonight.
#Cats #Photography #Disability
I had a request for another photo of Maggie, so here it is. Happy #Caturday friends! My brain is too tired for a poem tonight.
#Cats #Photography #Disability
Did you have a hard day too? Here's the sweetest cat in the world curled up in my sink to comfort you.
Maggie loves to get drinks from the faucet. She'll get comfortable and wait, especially if I am not fast enough to serve up the proper trickle of kitty refreshment.
#Cats #Photography #Disability
Maggie loves to get drinks from the faucet. She'll get comfortable and wait, especially if I am not fast enough to serve up the proper trickle of kitty refreshment.
#Cats #Photography #Disability
April 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Did you have a hard day too? Here's the sweetest cat in the world curled up in my sink to comfort you.
Maggie loves to get drinks from the faucet. She'll get comfortable and wait, especially if I am not fast enough to serve up the proper trickle of kitty refreshment.
#Cats #Photography #Disability
Maggie loves to get drinks from the faucet. She'll get comfortable and wait, especially if I am not fast enough to serve up the proper trickle of kitty refreshment.
#Cats #Photography #Disability
No words
No sounds
No meaning
Just overwhelmed
Over feeling
Shut down...
Can you hear me?
-
Burnout can hit in a sort of frenzy. I should be in bed, asleep. But my mind is simultaneously in hyperdrive and also completely shut down. The pain is very real.
#Disability #Artist #Poetry #Drawing
No sounds
No meaning
Just overwhelmed
Over feeling
Shut down...
Can you hear me?
-
Burnout can hit in a sort of frenzy. I should be in bed, asleep. But my mind is simultaneously in hyperdrive and also completely shut down. The pain is very real.
#Disability #Artist #Poetry #Drawing
April 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
No words
No sounds
No meaning
Just overwhelmed
Over feeling
Shut down...
Can you hear me?
-
Burnout can hit in a sort of frenzy. I should be in bed, asleep. But my mind is simultaneously in hyperdrive and also completely shut down. The pain is very real.
#Disability #Artist #Poetry #Drawing
No sounds
No meaning
Just overwhelmed
Over feeling
Shut down...
Can you hear me?
-
Burnout can hit in a sort of frenzy. I should be in bed, asleep. But my mind is simultaneously in hyperdrive and also completely shut down. The pain is very real.
#Disability #Artist #Poetry #Drawing