red is love

red is love
red is conspicuous
red is daring and bold and outrageous
red is compassion
red is protection
red is frivolous
red is sexy
red is wanting to be seen
red is an accent
red is a splash of thunder
red is sensual and seductive
red is forbidden
red is comforting
red is life coursing through my veins
red is the hurt and wounds that won't heal
red is a warning sign, a red flag that something needs attention
red is luscious lips
red is my beating heart
red. is. love.




copyright 2010 Alisa Barry

stay open to surrender when the shadows loom

luminous and luscious
life's ebb and flow
moving, changing, guiding us on the path

broken open and falling apart
lost and not knowing even the next step
of where we are to go
of who we are going to be.

allowing the uncertainty.
embracing the unknown.
giving gratitude for the mystery,
knowing that behind the veil
there is a universe conspiring on our best behalf.










copyright 2011 Alisa Barry

finding our medicine.

{give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.}










* quote by david whyte

copyright 2011 Alisa Barry

finish & focus

i'm finalizing
and finishing
and getting ready to focus.....

on my art.

{mission. mantra. motivation.}

moving in a new direction.
declaring a new way of being.
being with what and who I really am.
letting go feels good.
declaring feels daring.
defining what this is.

no more hesitation anymore.
this just feels right. finally.






copyright 2010 Alisa Barry

birth day beginnings + a few of my favorite things

today is for favorite things. rosewater bath, pho + a foot massage, matinee movie. red wine with my love. 


happy birthday to me.








copyright 2010 Alisa Barry

honoring the emptiness

sometimes there is no better place to be than no where.
just here.

no wandering or running
in search of something or someone,
distractions or to-dos.

being content with just being.
allowing the space to not have to be filled up.
what a relief.










copyright 2010 Alisa Barry

beautiful benediction 2011

{May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art – write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. 


May your coming year be a wonderful thing in which you dream both dangerously and outrageously. I hope you’ll make something that didn’t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and you will be liked and you will have people to love and to like in return. 


And most importantly, because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now – I hope that you will, when you need to be, be wise and that you will always be kind. And I hope that somewhere in the next year you surprise yourself.}


* quote by neil gaimen via open culture + the improvised life 




copyright 2010 Alisa Barry

early morning rising

the day is dark
and the birds are the only ones yet awake

car engines hum in the background,
tires swishing by on the hard pavement road

it's quiet.

if only i could have a few more hours of this emptiness.





copyright 2010 Alisa Barry

1.1.11

{one.} 

you, me and all of thee.

wholeheartedly. vulnerability.  courage, connection + compassion

 no resolutions to be made. only life to be lived. 










copyright 2010 Alisa Barry