A Short Life Can Be A Good Life

A Short Life Can Be A Good Life - Digital Art

I guess this is as good a time as any to introduce or reintroduce myself. Hey all, I'm Marta aka Marts (to my friends), 47 year old African-Canadian storyteller and multidisciplinary artist who is admittedly more than a little obsessed with her dogs. I use my art to process all the lovely f$%ing growth opportunities that the universe lobs my way. Then I subject you to the product and the story or observation that helps me make sense of it all.

So lately I've been looking at the parts of my life that others would call "broken", "interrupted", "fractured" etc. Things society tends to push us to hide, mourn, or be ashamed of. And I've noticed more often than not, those incomplete pieces and the mess they create can be put back together in a new way to create a very good and beautiful life.

So I used to be an ICU RN but now find myself on the flip side of the equation as a complex patient...I could mourn leaving my career and the health woes, or be grateful for the knowledge and insight it gives me on this new path. I used to be married and now I'm not. But it seems so foolish to throw away a whole person because one version of a relationship didn't work. So now I find myself very amicably divorcing someone who remains one of my best and supportive of friends. I used to be a very driven perfectionist who focussed on always being the very best, until life made it impossible to continue at this pace. My health forced me to live a slower, imperfect and good enough life...that I absolutely hated. Until I paid attention and noticed my loves, the ones that bring me absolute joy every single day...my pups...they were imperfect and good enough and I adored them for their stubborn, cheeky, not-the-best-dog ways. If anything I love them more for it. So logic follows that allowing myself to be as flawed as I need to be will allow me to find more joy and love for myself. I could keep going, but you get the point.

So here is today's creative offering. A chaotic messy beautiful thing, just like my life.

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