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What if it truly doesn’t matter what you do but how you do whatever you do? How would this change what you choose to do with your life? What if you could be more present and openhearted with each person you met if you were working...

Imagine what could happen if we were willing to…

2. Imagine what could happen...

Take a risk. Practice being brave. Do something we’ve always wanted to do. Make space for ourselves. Make space for what we love. Slow down. Breathe deeper. Reach inward. Open outward. Share our stories. Listen. Pay attention. Ask...

3. love the questions

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the...

Finding a way in…

Maya Stein every once and a while a writer comes along who knocks my socks off. Maya Stein is exactly one of those writers. her poetry blesses me, stretches me, reassures me, inspires me. each time i read...

this and that and the stuff in between.

i realized today that i’ve been pretty quiet over here in the blackbird nest. i blame summer for that. fresh air, warm sun, gardens, patios, campfires, books begging to be read…all these beautiful...

the best in us.

human beings can be messy and mean. but sometimes they are brilliant and creative and delightful and they make sweet surprises like these folks and their art made of old books and photographs and found...

i choose this still

a friend introduced me to Magpie Girl the other day. i was a bit taken aback by our virtual meeting. i saw in her words so many of my own ideas, my own thoughts, my own questions…and the fact that we...

you’ve got an elbow in your ear.

cut and paste self-portraits at MAKE art...

you step out. you step back.

for anyone following my rambles and wanderings, you’ll know that the hanging of delicate architecture at the Silver Bean Cafe this summer, has been a noteworthy event in this little bird’s life. i...

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About Blackbird Studio

Blackbird Studio is the home nest and creative space for Raechelle Vyn, in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Raechelle is an Expressive Arts Practitioner, a passionate maker-of-things, and a strong advocate for feeding the creativity that lives inside each of us.

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By Erik Rasmussen

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