SPEND FIVE MINUTES

Yesterday I ate dinner out in the garden for the first time this year. It’s like a new world the minute we can feel warm and comfortable outside again. And while I sat outside I did something I had not done in a long time – I spent five minutes with my eyes closed, thinking that my chair and I was somewhere else, and I payed attention to how my emotions and state of mind changed as I «sat different places». Have you ever tried this? I’ve never heard of anyone doing it, so please leave comment if you’re «in the club»! A minute or so I imagined I sat by the house of my dreams, pretending I had just bought cake and my husband was inside making coffee, and that my next task was to open my atelier which was like a combination of an old barn and greenhouse. The next minute I pretended I was on a hill with a view as far as I could see – the ocean, the stormy sky, dark greenery far away…

When I do this simple task it reminds me how affected we are by our environment, our position in the landscape and our views out on the world and in the rooms we spend time in. It gives me a better view inside myself as well as it helps me to find out what I seek and what I need. I need to be places that does good to me, since I feel I can’t make all places a good one. To paint does not solve all life’s problems 😉 But it helps while I wonder where our path will lead us! I wish you all a good week, and hopefully I will have a little treat for you at the end of the week!

(In lack of outside photos from yesterday I just had to show you how the golden backsplash look in the sunlight and also my favorite kitchen handle, and I think the rug has changed since last time too…)