After all the colour and clatter of the festivities, I want to sink into silence for a few days. My plans for 2010 are clamouring for my attention, as if a switch has been thrown and now they are free to run around the playground. But right now i'm more intrigued by the clear white space of a new year, open for possibilities, new beginnings, clear-headed thinking, dreaming, manifesting. Letting go of the old year, and all the mistakes, and welcoming in a new way of thinking - positive, hopeful, optimistic. Ready. Clear. Free.
I've made this desktop wallpaper* for January as a reminder - I find it difficult to say those super-loving affirmations to myself (you know the ones: I am beautiful, I am a radiant being of light, blah blah blah) so i figured if i we say it to each other it would be just as powerful...
You are amazing.
Small: 1024x768 Medium: 1280x1024 Large: 1600x1200 Extra wide: 1920x1200 * The images are for your personal use only and I retain the copyright, etc etc :)
Gorgeous.
Happy new year, S. xoxo.
Posted by: mari | Jan 01, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Now come on, you KNOW you are a radiant being of light! Say it with me...
Posted by: Kelly | Jan 01, 2010 at 10:45 PM
LOL!
Posted by: Susannah | Jan 01, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Squeal! I'm in love ♥ :)
Thank you!
You are amazing!
Posted by: Steffi | Jan 01, 2010 at 10:58 PM
So beautiful these photos bring a feeling of serenity and peace. Thanks for sharing them love. Wishing you the happiest of new years!!!
Xoxoxo
Posted by: thea | Jan 01, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Certainly a beautiful reminder for 2010. I adore your blog and I look forward to reading even more this year.
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Lorelle | Jan 02, 2010 at 12:29 AM
what a gorgeous shot and I love the top one too - I took one very similar today.
Posted by: charlane | Jan 02, 2010 at 01:14 AM
Thanks Susannah and i get what you are saying about affirmations, they just make me feel bad about myself, oddly enough.
Posted by: Karen D | Jan 02, 2010 at 01:22 AM
Thanks for sharing, that is just the feeling and affirmation I need for my Imac's background right now!!
Posted by: Kristy | Jan 02, 2010 at 01:52 AM
Lovely. You, my dear, are amazing. Really. Embrace the silence and stillness of a brand new year.
Posted by: Roxanne | Jan 02, 2010 at 03:51 AM
For those of us who have trouble saying beautiful affirmations about ourselves, maybe we could quick grab some pink lipstick and write BIG affirmations on the bathroom mirror. That way we can start to equate those words with our image of ourselves.
And who can resist smearing lots of pink lipstick all over the mirror?
Bisous, Bisous
Posted by: Sarah Ann | Jan 02, 2010 at 08:14 AM
enjoy the quietness ... "i am amazing" is going to be my mantra for a while :)
Posted by: flowing moments | Jan 02, 2010 at 08:49 AM
Thanks for sharing - that will be a little extra inspiration as the holiday haze wears off...
Posted by: Valerie | Jan 02, 2010 at 03:32 PM
Oh I love this picture.
Thanks so much for sharing....
Posted by: Sarah G | Jan 02, 2010 at 04:45 PM
huzzah!
(and you are amazing.)
Posted by: Leslie | Jan 02, 2010 at 04:51 PM
That's a cracker doll.
YOU are phucken amazing xxx
Posted by: sas | Jan 02, 2010 at 05:32 PM
This is so special.
Thank you precious one.
Posted by: Claire | Jan 02, 2010 at 06:04 PM
Wow Susannah, thank you so much for sharing the beautiful pictures and the perfect affirmation for the beginning of the year! And yes, you are amazing, never doubt that!
Posted by: Paty | Jan 02, 2010 at 08:05 PM
Beautiful! Happy New Year!
You are amazing. :)
Posted by: Ashley Russell | Jan 02, 2010 at 10:36 PM
you are a super woman! this is beautiful!
Posted by: Kim Klassen | Jan 03, 2010 at 07:21 AM
Thank you! This is what I needed :)
Posted by: Sylvia | Jan 03, 2010 at 07:22 AM
Such joy and peace in these images, thanks dearheart.
Posted by: Colette | Jan 03, 2010 at 11:15 AM
thank you for sharing...
this is a beautiful photo...
and a wonderful reminder.
here's to 2010.
Posted by: robin | Jan 03, 2010 at 03:42 PM
Yes. You. Are. ;)
Posted by: lunarmusings | Jan 03, 2010 at 06:22 PM
Beautiful photos, I especially like the first. All the best in 2010 :)
Posted by: Hannah Sadie | Jan 03, 2010 at 06:31 PM
Thank you for making and sharing this with us!!! I definitely need the reminder for sure. :)
Posted by: Eileen | Jan 04, 2010 at 12:46 AM
Love the first photograph too! Best wishes for a Happy, Healthy & Fun New Year :)
Posted by: DawnS | Jan 04, 2010 at 01:20 PM
It's true! You are!
Posted by: Mónica | Jan 04, 2010 at 03:00 PM
Thank you for the desktop wallpaper. I used the one you posted earlier, too -- the list, "saying yes, saying no" etc.
Posted by: Sparkle Princess Diamond Butterfly | Jan 04, 2010 at 05:52 PM
Hi. I just found you...love what you are doing. Was wondering if you could recommend a great point and click camera for a real novice? Thanks, Sue
Posted by: The Zhush @ thezhush.blogspot.com | Jan 05, 2010 at 01:21 AM
thank you!
Posted by: annie | Jan 05, 2010 at 02:14 AM
I have set this as my wallpaper and every time I go to turn on or turn off my pc it shocks me and I think, heh, maybe I am. Thank you.
Posted by: Em | Jan 05, 2010 at 05:05 PM
thank you for sharing this screensaver! i look forward to seeing it greet me every single morning :)
love, love, love your top image in this post - so hauntingly beautiful!
Posted by: miel | Jan 05, 2010 at 08:59 PM
Beautiful! Thank you. :)
Posted by: Diane Whiddon | Jan 06, 2010 at 04:35 AM
Happy New Year!
It's amazing to see your year in reflection, I've enjoyed reading it and seeing all the exciting leaps and bounds, trips and beautiful photos you've taken along the way.
Here's to 2010.
Posted by: jenny | Jan 06, 2010 at 05:03 AM
Your desktop wallpaper is just beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Pins + Paper | Jan 06, 2010 at 06:56 PM
Hi.
I just found your blog by accident. Your photos are simply gorgeous! I'm studying photography at college at the moment so now I have loads of inspiration from looking at your photos. We've got an old Polaroid camera kicking around someone, now I really want to find it!
Holly
Posted by: Holly | Jan 06, 2010 at 08:58 PM
Happy New Year, Susannah! This photograph is so beautiful. It truly is. I feel the same way as you do about this quiet first month in the new year.
Posted by: susanna | Jan 07, 2010 at 03:24 AM
wow. mouth ajar. drool. that first photos is so stunning i don't know what to do with myself. it's jaw droppingly beautiful. my oh my. love to you in the new year. *
Posted by: tifanie | Jan 07, 2010 at 04:17 AM
The new year starts with new dreams,new hopes and fresh determination and enthusiasm.It awakens us in a new and fresh morning with a ray of sunlight.May it brings much happiness,pleasure and joy.
Posted by: packaging supplier | Jan 07, 2010 at 01:44 PM
Thanks for sharing the lovely photos. Have a wonderful new year.
Posted by: Jan's camera | Jan 07, 2010 at 02:01 PM
Thank you so much for sharing this Susannah! Beautiful!
Posted by: Sherri | Jan 07, 2010 at 05:03 PM
Saw this today and thought of you...but I can't decide if you'll think it's wonderful or awful.
http://www.corikindred.com/journal/nows-time-look-and-look-again-what-you-see
Posted by: Traci Post | Jan 07, 2010 at 05:14 PM
heee! yes, i saw Coris camera and i actually rather like it :)
Posted by: Susannah | Jan 07, 2010 at 08:26 PM
Thanks for the wallpaper... it makes me smile every time I look at it. And it also inspired me to clean up my desktop :)
Posted by: wendy | Jan 10, 2010 at 03:10 AM
thank you! this was EXACTLY what i needed, and it has fed me this last week-and-a-half, when i wasn't exactly feeling like a radiant being of anything (except clumsy maybe)
Posted by: Jet Harrington | Jan 12, 2010 at 12:15 AM