May 2008 Archives
I am opening to a New Life. I am choosing to share my voice in the world, in a way that will create more unity in my life, as well as others. I enjoy my life. I have designed my life, these past few years, to live by my own rhythm. I love to sit with trees. In fact, I will continue to do so. I also know it's my time to share and to be seen. The trees, as well as many other beautiful creatures, have been reflecting to me, the importance of sharing my art and voice, in the world. This is why I started the blog; to support the evolution of this change, and a place for me to crystallize this vision. My new life is also an opportunity for Mother Earth. I have discovered that this is really why I am here at this time, in the 21st Century. You see, I have made an agreement to come into alliance with Mother Earth, in peership, so that I can help support the evolution of our One Family Planet.
In a state of beingness, we feel our bliss. When we are present to this experience, we have the opportunity to heal and grow. When I paint, I often feel blissful, and other times I feel my growing edge as I move with it. As I trust the process, I experience a new way of being, and my drawing or painting has an opportunity to grow beyond what I ever imagined.
When we create, be it a painting, a song, a dance, we are sharing a
REFLECTION of who we are.
As the summer is upon us, our allies of the snake family are out enjoying the sun. Snakes are very nurturing and protective of their space. They love lying on rocks in the sun, and carry a powerful vibration of the Earth. Snakes are a great reflection to move slower during this time, while listening and being mindful of how we are in relationship with everyone and everything.
The Universe as experienced in a flower...
Divinity in nature...
One beautiful spring day, I sat with one of the most amazing trees, I've ever met. I have spent many powerful moments with the "Baba Tree". On this particular day, I had the most spontaneous artist journey. I experienced my sense of seeing opening in a whole new
way. I first experienced a powerful vision of light and movement. I then could feel the movement and change within and around me, as the tree invited me to share a multi-dimensional experience. In bliss and being quite present, I began to paint a "larger than life" painting, a painting created with pure energy. There was no paint, no drawing tools; it was the most freedom I've ever felt as an artist. The next morning as I brought out my pencils, they started to dance across the paper embodying the very movement and energy that I had experienced the day before. I was in awe of the intensity that came through me, filled with such ease and grace, as this image opened before my eyes.
Drawing inspires me to be in a co-creative relationship with Nature and everything in the Universe. As I put my pencil to paper, the magic begins. I am always excited to feel and see what is going to open. As an image reveals itself, I feel my roots and the cultural connectedness I had been searching for all my life. In many cultures, Art has been celebrated as a tool for divinity. It has shaped many cultural experiences and has helped many to heal. Art inspires us to be in relationship. Art is a reflection of our soul, our beauty, our deaths and rebirths. Art heals. Art is. Art encourages us to BE.
Last night, under the moonlight, I opened to a new way of being in relationship. I am always amazed by the magic that opens when basking in the moonlight. As I opened to the experience of simply being and enjoying the sacredness of the space, I opened to a deeper experience of Unity and Mutuality with All. In this experience, I opened to the magic of being the creator of my life. I could feel the support of the trees, the spirits of the stones, the moon, the critters scurrying around me. Here I was with a few candles, a sacred spot on the Earth, feeling connected, creative, and part of the world.
