Kayce Stevens Hughlett's Blog, page 2
March 5, 2021
Being Audacious: it's an inside out job
We journey in the bodies we’ve been born into, with the resources we have … with our naivete and our audaciousness. We are each unique and we are connected like threads in a great masterpiece.
February 28, 2021
Black History isn't simply a "month"
In this piece I share a few of the voices and resources I’ve been exploring this past month in the hopes that you will find something that sparks your own invitation to know better and do better. To enter in with eyes open to discovery, knowing once you begin there will be things you can’t “unsee.” This work is not for the faint of heart, but most things worth achieving aren’t.
February 14, 2021
Who am I to stay silent?
Wrestling with social justice ... my perspective
January 19, 2021
mind wanderings from abolitionism to zen
Over time, I have collected a bag full of trickster practices that I use to encourage myself to write or paint or get out of bed when life feels overwhelming or uninspired or just plain scary. One of them is what I call an #abcprompt. Learn about it + resources for social justice, mindfulness, and more
January 7, 2021
Winter Wonderings
I feel the rumblings rise up in futility like Don Quixote swinging at windmills.
December 2, 2020
Packets of Love & Inspiration
by Kayce Stevens Hughlett
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Preparing packets of love to send into the world
September 21, 2020
100 days of love
I’m committed to love and light. Not the squishy, rom-com, everything ties up in a perfect bow kinda love (although I am fond of that, too). But rather the deep in my bones, I will fight on your behalf and stand by you, I will tell the Truth even when it’s hard kind of Love.
September 9, 2020
On purple scrub brush & blue mist dreams
Gathering with other writers is balm for my soul. In our recent group, the leader shared an exquisite poem by Natalie Diaz called "If I Should Come Upon Your House Lonely in the West Texas Desert" and asked us to write from whatever words or images beckoned us. Following us is what emerged. Enjoy!
September 2, 2020
On curiosity, education, & privilege
White privilege is never having to consider the color of one's skin, because it is the default "color" on which the United States is based.
If a reader experiences anger or discomfort with my statement that says 'I’m privileged,' then my invitation would be to consider what's happening. Why the response? What if they turned up curiosity toward the topic or themselves rather than rushing to fix the problem or dismiss my point of view? In my experience, curiosity is expansive and leads to conversation. Rigidity and judgment push empathy to the back seat and overshadow the issue at hand.
If a reader experiences anger or discomfort with my statement that says 'I’m privileged,' then my invitation would be to consider what's happening. Why the response? What if they turned up curiosity toward the topic or themselves rather than rushing to fix the problem or dismiss my point of view? In my experience, curiosity is expansive and leads to conversation. Rigidity and judgment push empathy to the back seat and overshadow the issue at hand.
September 1, 2020
I believe ...
I carry many tools in my Mary Poppins' bag for healing, grounding, and living in this complicated world —meditation, journaling, card pulling, SoulStrolling, art making, ... Word or image prompts are two of my favorites, and today's post is a relatively unedited selection from my morning journaling.
