For food, I got started with a simple "Thank you to everyone who got this from where it started to here." Thanks for the kind words!
As for the block, I don't have quite the same thing, but I did struggle for a while with prayer "feeling Christian," since the only prayers I had ever said growing up were Christian ones, praying felt like a Christian activity. These days I don't feel that as much, I think through sheer repetition.
And your thought about "more art than heart" is a good one - I know you were directing it at your own efforts, but thanks for putting that idea in my head, it'll be a good antidote to getting too cutesy with the metrical forms and what not.
Lastly, sadly, I do not have that devotional - I've been considering getting some of her devotionals (like the Odhinn one), as I like her approach to prayer and piety, but I haven't done so yet. I may poke around alibris and see if I can find Skalded Apples (heh).
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Thanks for the kind words!
As for the block, I don't have quite the same thing, but I did struggle for a while with prayer "feeling Christian," since the only prayers I had ever said growing up were Christian ones, praying felt like a Christian activity. These days I don't feel that as much, I think through sheer repetition.
And your thought about "more art than heart" is a good one - I know you were directing it at your own efforts, but thanks for putting that idea in my head, it'll be a good antidote to getting too cutesy with the metrical forms and what not.
Lastly, sadly, I do not have that devotional - I've been considering getting some of her devotionals (like the Odhinn one), as I like her approach to prayer and piety, but I haven't done so yet. I may poke around alibris and see if I can find Skalded Apples (heh).