unleashed; learning to dance with the eye of the storm

I am 48 years old, and I am finally becoming the living, breathing art piece I was always meant to be.

For decades, I’ve moved through the world like a nomad of the soul. I have hauled nets in the cold waters of Alaska, steered rafts through the roar of Colorado rapids, nurtured spirits in the classrooms of Colombia, South America, led women on bikes through the Zapotec lands of Oaxaca and the Incan beauty of Peru. I have been a teacher, a snowmaker, a gardener, and a guide.

Today, I am an Advocate for Immigrant Rights, a Somatic Breathwork Facilitator, and a mosaic artist living in a van on an animal rescue farm, mucking stalls in exchange for a place to park my home.

I am a Highly Sensitive Woman. I am an artist. I am a spinster by choice and a rebel by necessity.

Why "Writings Unleashed"?

This is just the beginning; with a memoir in the works; there are stories inside of me that my soul longs to share. Universal lessons that may be healing and validating for others, women in their midlife years in particular moving through their own storm.

For too long, we have been leashed.

Leashed by a system that HARMS, violates and profits from us; perpetuating old ideologies, oppression against us + people of color & LGBTQ and vulnerable populations; capitalizing on our exhaustion and fight.

Leashed by a "programming" that tells women our value is tied to marriage, motherhood and caretaking; an endless well of giving. 

Leashed by a society that fears our raw, authentic power—especially when that power belongs to those they seek to oppress: women, children, BIPOC, and the LGBTQ+ community.

I am here to cut the leash.

In this space of writings unleashed, I do not perform. I reveal; and support others on their journey of awakening by speaking, writing, creating and expressing.

I talk about the "Fucked Up System": The one that robs our souls and demands we "just survive" instead of truly living while turning a blind eye to the injustices happening around every corner.

No. I will not  

Here I embrace the Taboo: I speak openly about the things society whispers about—the grief of the unlived life, the rage against the machine, and the beauty of being "alone" but never lonely.

I continue to "Unlearn and learn again": I peel back the layers of conditioning that told us to be small, quiet, and compliant and to NOT speak up and out against the cruel injustices; our own and those of others around us.

Here; I/you/we learn to Dance with the Storm: We don’t wait for the calm. We find our rhythm in the middle of the chaos, using our breath, our bodies, and our voices to reclaim our magic.

This is my wild expression  

This blog is not a polished portfolio; it is the dirt under my fingernails, the salt of the Alaskan sea, the sand of the Caribbean & Pacific, the aches and pains whispering in my body from years of working and playing hard throughout the Rocky Mountains and the somatic release of a thousand suppressed screams. 

It is Tierra Azul Designs in its truest form: Creative. Raw. Unapologetic.

If you are tired of surviving and ready to start unleashing—if you are a seeker, a misfit, or a storm-dancer—then you are home.

Let’s get wild.

XXX ~ Amy