Open...or closed?

Something has shifted.

I was in yoga class the other day and the instructor said that at any one moment we have two choices: to be opening, or closing to what's in front of us. And it hit home for me: I have had a big CLOSED sign up lately. CLOSED to almost every facet of my life. That means I was CLOSED to new things coming my way! Oh no!

The instructor also talked about getting through resistance. You can either fall into a mental swamp when you get into a position that's uncomfortable: oh my god, I hate it here, why am I here, let me back out of this, I think I'm going to pull something, I can't do this.... This holds true for asanas - yoga poses - or for your random life situation.

OR you can breathe through it and see what opening this seemingly uncomfortable place brings.

Stop resisting your life, I told myself. So I hung out the OPEN sign and things are moving. Forward.

Helloooo, 2011!

Tracey Emin's "You Should Have Loved Me," 2008.
Courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art - on current exhibition

Today I braved Maine-like windchills to go the North Carolina Museum of Art. I was thoroughly impressed with the exhibitions, the space, and the redesigned grounds.

Above is the most delectable piece. Raw, gorgeous emotion. I saw Tracey Emin's "Love Poem" (another neon, in glorious hot pink) in Vienna a few years ago and it left me breathless.

Oh...speaking of breathless, she says girlishly. Said trip to the museum was a first date. With a lovely redheaded boy.

And he brought me flowers!