Self-care Saturdays: October 29, 2016
On Self-care Saturdays I share a collection of things to uplift and encourage from art to recipes to news and more. It’s all about sharing and passing love and beauty around. Have a beautiful weekend and take care of yourself and others.
This article by Zadie Smith on the connection between dancing and writing is inspiring. I used to dance (now I just dance in my living room) and I can easily see how dance can serve writing. I think this is true of all art forms. The two that I operate in the most are photography and writing. I absolutely use one to inspire the other. Though I don’t dance on stage or in classes anymore, don’t paint, don’t draw much anymore, and so on, I love appreciating and spending time with these other art forms and they help my writing and photography.
What can an art of words take from the art that needs none? Yet I often think I’ve learned as much from watching dancers as I have from reading. Dance lessons for writers: lessons of position, attitude, rhythm and style, some of them obvious, some indirect.

Be careful. This video may make you cry. I certainly did.
Children are so inspiring sometimes. This little boy has a beautiful heart.
The Narrative by Sho Baraka is definitely one of my favorite albums of 2016. It’s full of history, truth, the gospel, and more. It’s a beautiful and full body of work. I highly recommend it. Sho recently sat down with Forth District and did a long interview on First Spins where they go track by track. If you have time to watch the whole thing you can listen on sound cloud (below). Otherwise, I’ve also included the first 30 min. which they did in video. Buy the album here! First part of interview
Full interview
Gorgeous places
Rollin’ in #fromwhereidrone ]+[ 📸 by: @jannikobenhoff
A photo posted by From Where I Drone® (@fromwhereidrone) on Oct 29, 2016 at 9:33am PDT
Angry birds #fromwhereidrone ]+[ 📸 by: @gavman18
A photo posted by From Where I Drone® (@fromwhereidrone) on Oct 17, 2016 at 11:11am PDT
Do good.
A photo posted by annvoskamp (@annvoskamp) on Sep 8, 2015 at 7:49am PDT
Be encouraged.
I will never get over these words as long as I live. There is none like Jesus.
A photo posted by Jen Hatmaker (@jenhatmaker) on Oct 25, 2016 at 5:29am PDT
Eat well.
I was in a Caribbean mood this morning. 🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴 Banana Papaya Guava Ginger Romaine Hearts Dates Acai Powder H2O Garnished with coconut, papaya, pomegranate, hemp seeds, and Mandarin oranges #YesBabyilikeitraw #smoothiebowl #greensmoothie #whatsforbreakfast #801010 #rawvegan #livefood #hclf #hclfvegan #bestofvegan #veganfoodlovers #essenceeats #feedfeed #organic #miamivegan #hemp#hemp
A photo posted by Yes Baby I Like It Raw 🇭🇹 (@yesbabyilikeitraw) on Oct 27, 2016 at 7:47am PDT