Letting Life In- Honoring Charles Bukowski

Hello Bluebird Friends,

I hope you are all doing well. It’s that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere where evening starts early. For the past few years I’ve reminded myself that this is the time to draw in, read and reflect. Have I done it? I haven’t felt I have. This year feels different. There are books next to the bed and my journal is being written in daily.

I hope whatever assists you in this time is beginning for you.

Today’s blog post fairy arrived by way of the ‘Fairy of the Day’ app which always provides me with just what I need. Here he is:

What this fairy suggests to me today, is to share with you one of the inspirations behind the name “Bluebird Fairies.”

It’s a poem by Charles Bukowski and as soon as I heard him read it, I knew it would find a lasting way into my life.

Here’s the poem:

the bluebird

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I’m too tough for him,

I say, stay in there, I’m not going

to let anybody see

you.

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I pour whiskey on him and inhale

cigarette smoke

and the whores and the bartenders

and the grocery clerks

never know that

he’s

in there.

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I’m too tough for him,

I say,

stay down, do you want to mess

me up?

you want to screw up the

works?

you want to blow my book sales in

Europe?

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I’m too clever, I only let him out

at night sometimes

when everybody’s asleep.

I say, I know that you’re there,

so don’t be

sad.

then I put him back,

but he’s singing a little

in there, I haven’t quite let him

die

and we sleep together like

that

with our

secret pact

and it’s nice enough to

make a man

weep, but I don’t

weep, do

you?

‘What’s the connection?’ you may ask.

Bluebird Fairies assist the bluebirds out of our hearts. They make the space right outside our hearts safe. In this safety we can get familiar and comfortable with what’s inside ourselves and we can share this, if we want, with others. That’s what happened to me when I started sharing these private drawings of mine with others.

Earnest little drawings that help us do big things!

Onward and upward!’

Have fun and take it as easy as you can.

Love

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

And, guess what?! I’m doing an artist talk. Please come! If interested contact Sarah (on the flier) or me for the Zoom link.