Flutter Truths

Thank you Flutter. Your questions are wonderful.

1.The name of your blog is Truth Cycles. What insights can you give into the meaning of this and how it applies to your life and writing?

Truth, for me, operates on many different levels. What is true today might not be true tomorrow. Today I feel like a strong powerful warrior, tomorrow I worry about loosing focus. The day after I don’t care, my entire being is focused on hiding away.


Some days I remember to let go of all self judgement. I curiously observe the ebbs and flows of energy taking the leap into chemicals through my synapses and back again. Some days I don't. Sometimes I go for a run and the wind sweeps me up into the leaves where it dances their sound into and through me.

Certain truths I can only ever discover by forgetting. There is a special kind of self love, that I discover when I run out of reasons, that leaves me vulnerable and open to affection and hope.


2. Through your gorgeous photos, we have all fallen in love with your dogs. What place do they have in your life and if they could speak one sentence, what do you think they would say?


My dogs keep me sane. They remind me to play. They love me. Their furs are soft, they are huggable and they love to have their stomach scratched. They completely emerge themselves into moments of elation. They can run extremely fast. Fey can run up to fifty kilometres an hour. Watching them I get caught up in their joyfulness.

They also ground me. Running away is no longer an option. Travelling ligh is difficult when accompanied by three dogs, a reluctant boyfriend, a very large dog basket, a huge bag of food and lots of bones.

The one question they would most definitely ask me:
“Why do you spent your days sitting in one spot and staring into that small box? Are you done yet? Look how gorgeous we are, can we go for a run now? Now! “


3. Your poetry is breathtaking. What inspires you most, to write?

Blush, thank you.

What inspires me are the truths gained from understanding me, my dreams and my surroundings. I burrow deeply into myself trying to recognize what I am feeling.

At times I am struck by a moment’s beauty. Knowing that I have a blog to recreate and share this beauty on makes me look closer. I stare and listen, waiting for a metaphor to appear so that I can catch it and release it later to run over the page and into my writing. And when I watch it dance a second time I get caught up into the magic again.

And sometimes I want to share just to get a wow that is beautiful .


4. If you could choose one thing to change, in your life, what would it be and how would it change the way you live?

I would change my job. Into one where I can research fields that interest me. Where I am not merely bartering my time and skills for money but am supported in my search for meaning. Where I can add value. As I gain understanding I will grow a subtler awareness of myself, other people and my world.


My job will leave me more time for studying, writing, painting, taking photos, cooking, travelling, playing with my dogs and being me.

And I will have time to blog every day :)

5. Define beauty as it applies to you.

Beauty is recognition.