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THE SUN & THE SCORPION

A personal journal of heartbreak and healing in Mexico.

If your heart is burning down, or you’ve lost touch with your soul, welcome
home. I hope this is a place to help you find it again. It’s something of an
autobiographical site, but since my one deep and unshakeable belief is that
we're all ONE, I welcome you inside the autobiography. Let’s create a mythology
together of what can happen when the heart starts to burn. If you haven’t read
The Sun & the Scorpion, find it here. Otherwise, explore, add, and find help for
your burning heart.


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I’M ISLA...

AND I’M A WANDERER. THE WANDERING STARTED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF A SHATTERED HEART
AND FEELING TERRIBLY LOST, BUT AS I’VE HEALED, THE WANDERING HAS CONTINUED. I
WANDER AND WRITE, WANDER AND WRITE, WANDER AND WRITE. LIFE IS ART, AND I KEEP
PAINTING OVER THE PARTS I DON’T LIKE.

I LOVE WIND-IN-MY-HAIR ADVENTURE, BUT ALSO READING ALL MORNING SPRAWLED ACROSS A
CHAIR. I LONG FOR THE DAYS OF CARRYING CANDLESTICKS TO BED AND RIDING IN
CARRIAGES, BUT ALSO FOR THE DAYS OF STAR TRAVEL AND FOOD REPLICATORS. I GREW UP
IN THE TEXAS COUNTRYSIDE, BUT ALSO SPENT TEN YEARS LEARNING HOW TO BE A NEW
YORKER. WHEN I WAS YOUNG, ALL MY FRIENDS WERE OLD—NOW I’M GETTING OLDER, ALL MY
FRIENDS ARE YOUNG. I’M A WALKING CONTRADICTION. HAVING NEVER FOUND THE BOX I FIT
IN, I KEEP LOOKING.

THIS PICTURE OF ME WAS TAKEN WHEN A NEW SELF WAS EXPLODING OUT OF THE CRACKS OF
THE OLD. I WAS FEELING A LOT OF ACUTE AND VIVID PAIN, BUT THE REAL PAIN HAD COME
BEFORE—THE YEARS WHEN I WAS BIGGER ON THE INSIDE THAN I WAS ON THE OUTSIDE. AS
ANAIS NIN ONCE WROTE, “THE DAY CAME WHEN THE RISK TO REMAIN TIGHT IN A BUD WAS
MORE PAINFUL THAN THE RISK IT TOOK TO BLOSSOM.” I WROTE ABOUT THE DAY THAT
HAPPENED TO ME IN MY JOURNAL THE SUN & THE SCORPION.

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