Amanda Fall — The Phoenix Soul

I know it’s hard to keep creating these days, when everything is a 🗑️ 🔥. But trust me, we NEED your creative genius more than ever, your kind & innovative vision, your messy magic. Keep going. Trust your process. We need you. 💫 #artmatters

Something about writing & receiving handwritten mail is so comforting and encouraging, especially with the world in its current chaos and cruelty.

I’ve been watching brilliant birds as they peck through the dog yard. Gross, I know. But they find nourishment even here. Artists & writers have done this since forever. Right now the muck is more prevalent than ever. But we can still seek out beauty & life in the mess.
#artsaveslives #writerslife

On MLK and Inauguration Day, a Reflection on Hope

A read for today by my friend Marisa Renee Lee.

www.vogue.com/article/on-i...

Poem for today. From @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social's book, Good Bones: bookshop.org/a/862/978194...

#poetry #books #maggiesmith #writing

Thank you for sharing. 🧡

Please, keep making. Keep creating. Keep claining and reclaiming any magic, any beauty, any meaning you can find, right in the middle of all that hurts right now. We need hope, more than ever. We need protest. We need change. We need art. - The Phoenix Soul

I know so much feels like a dumpster 🔥 right now. So much hurts. This is exactly when we need your creative voice. This is when we need art most. Keep creating. Keep making. #artmatters #keepcreating #artsaveslives

So grateful for kindred like you.

🖤

This. This. This.

More poetry this year. More wandering in the woods & oceanside. More art & making creative messes. More connection with people who support and celebrate kindness, messy humanity, and realness. More laughter. More ragged hope & determined dreams, despite/because of it all. Please.

Did you know your iPhone has a Background Sounds option under Accessibility, Audio/Visual? I just learned this. It can layer with music, so right now I’m listening to rain sounds on top of Zoe Keating cello music. So soothing.

Yours is such a warm and safe community.

This helps. Thank you! I used to share much more openly about my daily life on FB and I miss that honesty but it just doesn’t feel good there anymore except in groups.

No kidding. Even if I had that to spare, it would 100% go to the paint instead!

I’m a chronic overthinker and can’t figure out if I should be posting different content on each, then get overwhelmed and don’t post anything. Urghhh

I’m just saying, acrylic paint lasts a lot longer 🤣

We’ve rearranged approximately thirty-eleven times since 🤣 Ahhh, suspected-ADHD plus a small space. I’ll get photos or a video tour soon!

Thanks so much for sharing! I’m still figuring out which app is coming or going and missed your notifications.

I just saw someone asking if they could get “a full set of acrylics” for under $50 for their birthday. I thought, Wow, I could use some acrylic paint too, but it really depends on brand, but maybe a few decent Golden . . . Ohhhh, they meant nails. 🤣 #artistproblems #artistlife

Spending the last day of 2024 rearranging my new tiny studio, which I share with my kiddo (and the bedroom 🤣). We are setting up so we can both create much more art in the new year. What are you up to today? (If you’re working outside the home, I hope you get time to chill soon.) #artistlife

I'm bursting with excitement to tell you! I created a vibrant, joy-inducing printable planner for 2025. I designed it with my photos taken on the Oregon coast, added kind-hearted affirmations and mantras, and intentionally made the whole thing as kind and gentle and soulful as I could. 🥰

When you're tired, remember even breathing is a great song.

for my fellow poets, for everyone

Messy Magic free guided journal releasing 2024 and embracing 2025. Designed by Amanda Fall of The Phoenix Soul.

Messy Magic is BACK! This free guided journal offers a gentle, thoughtful approach to looking back at the year & peeking forward into the next.

Join us in compassionate presence with our real, messy, uncomfortable, growing, evolving lives.

Where do YOU feel awake, alive, full of wonder?

For me: walking the woods, wandering ocean side, making wildly colorful creative messes, watching birds floating from tree to tree . . .

(Prompt from my guided journal, Messy Beautiful You)

I did this morning. 😭 Thank you for this.

Love that book!

Poetry is a balm in these chaotic, heartbreaking times.