Growth

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 I am currently taking part in ZineWriMo month. This means I am attempting to daily focus on writing and creating new zines.  One week down and one zine made! Well, one rough draft of a zine. 

Friendship During Job Hunting

While I am waiting to get a new printing of Bebe Pies Issue 1, I thought I would share a glimpse of one of the articles in the zine. I write about looking for work and share some tips that help me to not spend my days wallowing in despair. Here I share my trusty tip number 2 for dealing with job hunting: 

Tip 2: Have a friend who is not afraid to tell you the truth.

Perhaps you will run into a job ad that asks for you to create a project specifically for the application, or you will attempt to make one of those new creative resumes that the interwebs are all over (resume that looks like an Amazon Ad? Pfft. I can do that!), or you have the brilliant idea to ditch the job search and return to school for your 4th graduate degree. During these times of creative brainstorm, you need a friend you can run some of your ideas past. You need someone who can balance being supportive while telling the truth. Job searching can mean spending a lot of time on your own in front of the computer. It can be difficult to discern the great ideas from the mediocre ones from the poor ones. It is beneficial to have the support of someone who can tell you when that new resume does not highlight your best qualities or saves you from signing up for another pottery course cause you may have found your new calling. How can you tell if you have a friend who fits the bill? If you share an idea or a rough draft of a project and they respond with either “It's good” or “It's fine” then they are not the friend to go to for advice. “It's good” and “it's fine” are two things you say when you do not have the guts to say what you really think. Now, if on the reverse you have a friend who is quick to criticize everything you do – they are not of much help either. What you need is the person who loves you enough, to be honest, and knows what your strengths are (in case you forget them for a moment or two).

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Work In Progress

Still working on some new zines for Canzine. Originally, I was focusing on my recent long distance move for my new zine but that all changed when I started obsessing over my current job searching. So, the new issue will have a focus on surviving the job hunt with other fun stuff included. I have also been working on a cute set of Kiss Bandit postcards using public domain pictures. Can not wait to get them printed and use them for my own snail mail.

xoxobebpies

Coming Up

Currently working on Issue 1 of the Bebe Pies zine. This first issue will mainly focus on long distance moves and radio loves. Oh, and cute puppies. 

Medatative Walk

Before my mom and I set off on our 'Camino de Santiago' adventure we prepared physically. We researched how much ( or, more accurately, how little) to bring on the journey, plotted our path, and practiced walking with our backpacks. This was all well and good, but I had forgotten to prepare for one of the fundamental aspects of a pilgrimage: meditation.

Meditating is often associated with a seated position. It takes place in an environment one selects for its tranquility. When we picture meditative walks there is the scene of a leisurely pace and a warm day with a calming breeze enveloping the meditator. A pilgrimage is filled with drastic changes in temperature, an uneven pace, and many distractions. It can be difficult to find stillness in movement at the best of times; add a heavy backpack, swollen feet, and a downpour of rain and it can seem like a lost cause. With some pre-pilgrimage practice, I believe I might have been able to put more intention and thought into some of the steps I took while on the pilgrimage.

While the Camino has come and gone for me, I have now been attempting to hone my walking meditation skills. At the moment, I focus on one foot at a time as it lifts off the ground, moves forward, and once again feels the ground beneath it. It's nothing momentous but it feels like a good start.

*this post originally appeared on an old form of the bebepies blog. 

Hello :)

My mom gave me the name Bebe Pies when we were on the Camino de Santiago. I wrote a zine about the beginnings of that journey. I am currently reworking that first part of the story while also writing part 2. I hope to share some of the rough drafts of that zine and other here. I love zines but am rather slow at putting them together. The zine muse is not easily scheduled...at least for me.

My Instagram acct. often features my love for vintage clothing and playing dress up. I love to make things but they rarely turn out how I pictured them in my mind. I often feel as though I am a Pinterest fail come to life. The joy is in the making, not the final product, right?

I hope to share stories and photos that are works in progress here. Some are audio stories, others were written for the page.

My sidekick is a Tibetan Terrier named Agent Cooper.