On Certainty - Maggie Barrett (Tue 15 Dec 2015)

Untitled - ATP / Redfern (Mon 14 Dec 2015)

Maggie Barrett on Certainty:

When we are stripped of certainty we are in reality. And reality is not always to our liking. Tough Luck.

via The Road to Recovery by Maggie Barrett.

Influence - Maggie Barrett (Sat 06 Feb 2016)

Untitled - Port Augusta (Sun 10 Apr 2016)

Maggie Barrett on Influence:

Only by living in other cultures amid other languages can we fully understand how much we are formed and influenced by the place in which we grew up.

via SLIP STREAM by Maggie Barrett.

On Solitude and Silence - Maggie Barrett / Feeling Our Way Around (Sat 21 Nov 2015)

Solitude and Silence - somewhere between Charlotte Pass and Perisher Valley (Mon 24 Jun 2002)

Maggie Barrett on Solitude:

I have come to know solitude and to embrace its silence

via Let The Healing Begin by Maggie Barrett.

On Writing - Maggie Barrett (Mon 12 Oct 2015)

Spirited Away - Perisher Valley (Mon 24 Jun 2002)

Maggie Barrett on Writing:

Writing [is] the vehicle I use to hear myself think.

via Enough is a Feast by Maggie Barrett.

Sadness - Maggie Barrett (Mon 02 May 2016)

Untitled - North Haven / Adelaide (Wed 06 Apr 2016)

Maggie Barrett on Sadness:

be aware of the seduction of sadness. [..] There is much to feel sad about during the course of life, and certainly one shouldn’t mask it, but neither should one wear sadness too long lest it become its own mask.

via FOR Z, WITH LOVE by Maggie Barrett.

On Sadness, Joy and Curiosity - Maggie Barrett (Mon 12 Oct 2015)

Spirited Away - Perisher Valley (Mon 24 Jun 2002)

Maggie Barrett on Sadness, Joy and Curiosity:

I am banishing sadness to its rightful place in the corner of the soul.

Instead, I invite joy and curiosity: 2 states that so often go hand in hand.

via Embrace Yourself by Maggie Barrett.

Can’t help myself. Such beautifully written words.

Letting Go - Maggie Barrett (Sun 05 Jun 2016)

stairs - Central Park / Ultimo (Mon 06 Jun 2016)

Maggie Barret on Letting Go:

letting go always requires one to feel the pain of attachment. It requires one to head into terra incognito. It also requires one to take responsibility for having chosen to cling to a path of resistance.

via TIME TO BE | Feeling Our Way Around by Maggie Barret