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 11/22/23 Heidi Beierle 11/22/23

The beingness of slow travel

I’m not bothered about the many places in America I haven’t seen. But making the investment to travel to Europe meant time I spent not seeing sights felt wasted. A death doula’s wisdom turned that around for me.

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.