It’s tempting to hold back—especially when being seen has meant being misunderstood. But we aren’t meant to live as spectators. My work exists to invite people back into relationship with life: through meditation, tarot, art, and writing experiences that hold space for connection. Each offering is a small gesture toward re-entry. When we begin to show up, others do too. And that’s how it happens: we co-create something better, together.
UPDATED! Tarot & Meditations September Newsletter
So sorry for the previous mysteriously disappearing email!
What I wanted to share with you this month is that I am starting September with a return to my painting practice. I haven't seriously painted since I graduated from college in 1997. Although I had numerous opportunities to practice my skills while teaching high school art classes, I find it hard to get back into the state of mind that painting used to take me. Admitting this feels like a challenge to my meditation practice. The state of mind is essentially the same but I find it difficult to achieve while painting the way I used to.
If you too are looking to start up a painting practice, you may be interested in the free course I am participating in this week. Louise Fletcher puts out an podcast I love called "Art Juice" with fellow painter Alice Sheridan. Luise's painting course is called "Find Your Joy" and it begins with a free week that she calls the "Find Your Joy Taster Course." The goal of the course is not to produce finished masterpieces, but simply to loosen up and find your joy while painting through a series of exercises.
Check out my first assignment! (acrylic on canvas, 20" x 30," 30 minute time limit, limit of 3 colors plus black and white)
This image is based on a photo I took on a long hike yesterday. How are you connecting with your joy and your creativity this month?
Upcoming Events
9/04/2023 Two of Swords Meditation (Zoom)
9/11/2023 Two of Cups Meditation (Zoom)
9/14/2023 Second Thursday Tarot Reading Practice (Zoom)
9/18/2023 Two of Pentacles Meditation (Zoom)
9/24/2023 Tarot Writing Workshop (Zoom)
9/25/2023 Two of Wands Meditation (Zoom)
xo
kim
tarot & meditations
It’s tempting to hold back—especially when being seen has meant being misunderstood. But we aren’t meant to live as spectators. My work exists to invite people back into relationship with life: through meditation, tarot, art, and writing experiences that hold space for connection. Each offering is a small gesture toward re-entry. When we begin to show up, others do too. And that’s how it happens: we co-create something better, together.
Hello March! If you’re near Philadelphia this week, something special is happening this Friday, March 13, 2026. A project I’m involved in called Amethyst Gate is hosting a Literary Performance with open mic. I’d love for some of you to be there to participate from either the audience or the stage. You can register for free from Eventbrite. Below I’m sharing another excerpt from the latest post on the blog. It’s from the same piece I mentioned in the previous newsletter, though this passage is...
Hello February! You will notice our art workshop is no longer listed in the offerings below. This month’s Second Sundays Asemic Art Tarot Workshop has already passed, and for now I’m choosing to pause this series. The last few sessions have been small, and while they were meaningful for me, I don’t currently have the time or energy to keep scheduling them without rethinking the format more carefully. Rather than continuing by default, I want to make space to consider what would make this...
Hello 2026! This month I decided to bring my art and tarot knowledge together to create an exercise you might find useful. I ended up writing quite a bit about my own tarot reading practice, specifically about the difference between projective tarot reading and intuitive tarot reading. You may be surprised at how I use both and why. The full post turned into a writing exercise you can try for yourself with any tarot or oracle card. After the excerpt from this blog post below, you will find my...