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inspired by...

~the altar in my art shack~

 

~my garden's gifts~

 

~layer one: with flora blowley~

 

~picking up a pen~

 

~playing with wax in courtney cerruti's class~

 

~jess greene's work~

 

~mati's paints~

 

~and more wax~

 

~autumn's fruit~

 

~tail of the yak displays~

 

~printmaking with susan schwake @teahouse studio~

 

~stephanie's wall~

 

~the harvest moon~

made in a recent printmaking class

 

since returning from an incredibly inspiring weeklong retreat at Big Sur~ matrilumina~ I have made it a priority to endulge in more community based art endeavors~ such as this printmaking class, a wax collage workshop and flora's online painting course.  and it feels so good! i've come to realize that making art within a community is just as important to my health as exercise and the food i eat. next up.....squam by the sea!!!

 

 

 

autumn arrives...

 

~bringing an air of nostalgia~

 

~and endings~

 

~a sense of solitude~

 

~and the potential for magic~

 

~under the harvest moon~

matrilumina....

 
 a gathering of beautiful souls

 

on a sacred

piece of land

 

giving ourselves permission to be free

 

to embrace growth

 

while honoring where we have been

 

to be seen

 

to be held

 

allowing the mystery of our paths to unfold with grace

 

while bravely stepping into new ways of being

 

to be nourished by the earth

 

cleansed by the sea

 

to share our stories:  hopes, fears & dreams

 

to practice gratitude

 

to be given tools

 

to receive daily reminders

 

that each of us have something precious to offer

 

that we are so deeply loved

 
that it serves us best to be open

 

to embrace our truths and purpose

 

and let our light seep out into the world

 

 ***

 

with abundant thanks and gratitude to the humble, wise, loving visionaries who created matrilumina:

 

pixie, christine & maya

 

it was such an honor to be included in the first of many such gatherings...

 

a summer roadtrip...

 

~through a magical kingdom~

 

~with windows in all the right hues~

 

~roaming free~

 

~through old spaces~

 

~lit from within~

 

~abundant~

 

~with room to grow~

 

~over golden hills~

 

~to the sea~

 

~breathing the salty cold~

 

~set ablaze~

 

~off kilter~

 

~safe~

 

~a path~

 

 

~timeless~

 

~treasures~

 

~to go~

 

~tools of the trade~

 

~priceless~

 

~fill me up~

 

~let's go~

 

~and be~

 

 

 

 

second date

~pizza n wine~

 

~vanilla soft serve~

 

August Break

inspired by the amazingly delightful, sparkling, inspiring and truly lovable Susannah Conway

 

summer:  feeling light, carefree and open to possiblites.

the magic that is summer...

 
~savoring peaches~

 

~quiet moments:  journal by flora bowley~

 

~at my table~

 

~sweetly dreaming~

 

~in my pages~

 

~colors exploding~

~
~on my doorstep~

 

~and at the market~

 

~lazy mornings~

 

~fridays at the teahouse~

 

~preparing for the magic~

 

~of stories shared:  susannah conway~

 

~while plants are blooming~

 

~like new friendships~

 

~with ones who have depth, warmth, wisdom and open hearts~

 

***

 

all of this....

 

~reminds me to see, feel, understand or otherwise have faith in~

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on a summer day...

~the magic of pink and aqua~

 

~estimate of the extra push above~

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with Pa's calculation

 

it's true it seems.  sometimes you just have to push through it to get there. 

 

~so i took to the streets, far up in the hills~

 

~found sweet little houses~

 

~blooming succulents~

 

~a message from the Great Horned Owl~

 

~secret number signs~

 

~red windows and roses~

 

~serenity~

 

~fog in the distance~

 

~a little gate~

***

and returned home with some fuel for my pages...

 

~to make myself happy today~

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~my next home~

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~up close~

 

~my journal designed by flora blowley~

inspiration returned...

~what lingers beneath the surface can be crippling at times~

 

~and yet when the little things soothe~

 

~and i'm able to allow inspiration in~

 

~on a warm sweet summer day~

 

~i opened the door to the forgotten art shack~

 

~and built pages~

 

~equal to~

 

~remembering~

 

~my search~

 

~while just BEING~

 

~and letting bits go~

 

***

 

with gratitude for my fridays at the teahouse studio, for a new inspiring and soulful friend~ miss mati rose and her book daring adventures in paint each of which got me back in the art shack creating this weekend.  thank you...

my wings....march 30, 2012

~what happens when the path you are on disintegrates~

 

~when the dream disipates~

 
~and you feel alone~

 

~time slowly passes~

 

~and you remember your wings...broken on the ground~

 

 

a journal on loss

~the journal~

 

~every girl's dream~

 

~a family:  & it's my turn now~

 

~the brutal manipulation of my body~

 

~yielded five embryos~

 

~feeling lost & alone, panic sets in~

 

~and then the loss hit like a brutal storm~

 

~the cold remains~

 

~and me~