Solitude in the studio

Tilly on the path to the studio...

...looking out on the roll and swell of the hills.

The foxglove is in bloom and the door stands invitingly open, a trail of muddy paw prints leading within.

"The most important thing," says folklorist Clarissa Pinkola Estes, "is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for your very life."

This morning's prayer: May we all find solitude, silence, and work space when we most need it. Which is now. Which is now.

This post is for Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman, in support of Lock-down Week.