Wander & Wonder

Climate-friendly and slow travel, equitable access to outdoor recreation, and nature’s awesomeness

daily practice

When you go slow enough, you create things

Illustration of a person with a heart on their chest arms up surrounded by a painting, a water droplet, a plant, friends, a gray cloud with a sun behind it, a heart, writing

Heidi Beierle 4/4/23 Heidi Beierle 4/4/23

On celebrating accomplishments - ta-da!

Celebrating accomplishments demonstrates love for who you are. It might be difficult, but it’s important to recognize your efforts. This self-nourishment supports personal gratitude and love that extends beyond the self to your greater community interactions. How do you demonstrate “I love you” to yourself?

Heidi Beierle 6/26/22 Heidi Beierle 6/26/22

A wild spring into summer - friends, prompts and comics

Friends and prompts are integral to maintaining a creativity practice. Unexpected things can happen when other people are there to give you support and cheer you on. These surprises are a little bit of wildness to remind you of what’s fun about creativity and to keep you inspired.

Heidi Beierle 2/10/22 Heidi Beierle 2/10/22

Make a mark - iteration as practice

Being a creative is a matter of acknowledging and nourishing your creativity. One mark at a time. Over and over and over and over again. This is called practice, and it’s how all art and creative works get made.

Heidi Beierle 10/31/21 Heidi Beierle 10/31/21

Accomplishments and creative pinch points

I often forget to acknowledge the small acts of creativity that are part of my daily practice, especially when I have a big, difficult task. I still do both, but it requires adjustments, especially motivating myself to visit the difficulty day after day and managing how I feel.