The first time I met Izzy she was a 15 year old student of mine at Imhoff Waldorf (charisselouw.blogspot.com/201...) High School and reading one of the classics…for fun! In other words, not your average tenth grader, but exactly the bookish creative soul that I was at that age.
We went on to have oh so many adventures together - trekking in the mountains, grabbing all the accolades on stage, navigating the rich waters of the Waldorf Main Lessons together.
After graduation she was a regular at my Flow (charisselouw.blogspot.com/201...) circles. And those early days of moving, meditating and making together are probably my favourite memories of my entire life. The tremendous healing that took place in those intimate sessions are very dear to my heart.
Our Izzy moved to England, studied Eurythmy (this was Izzy’s Grade 11 Eurythmy performance as choreographed by Sandise Richie Lingani Ngxumsa ( richie_sand...) ).…
…met a guy and came home for a last hoorah before becoming an exceptional mom.
Getting to meet my godstar Juno (charisselouw.blogspot.com/202...) and his lil bro Judah this last December was a life-light. So grateful for this precious time together. Gallery hopping wasn’t quite as seamless as in the past, but what fun we had!
Artists like Izzy help me feel happier about being alive.
Or as Wendy Cope puts it in The Orange:
The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I’m glad I exist.
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