("Dream Sequence-13"- 3"x 7" - Mixed Media/paper) You ever wake-up in the morning and feel like you've just come back from an exciting place? Or know that your dream had some significant meaning, and you try to hold on to it, to remember it, before it fades away? I do that often, in my dreaming and at times, in my conscious life. Dreams are especially hard to hold onto, with its colors or lack of color, feelings, sense of place, things and sometimes people. Which is why I keep a pad and pencil, on my night stand, to capture all the symbolism of my dreams. I think, that's why I'm mesmerized by faces, places and things. I find faces ... Continue Reading »
Dreams
Defining Success
This blog plays a part in my success, because it captures some of my creative processes, dreams, experiences of art and life, as a daily practice, I share with others. Since my creative processes are often done in isolation, my blog is a way for me to interact with others, which in turn helps me to network, connect and share! After some difficult months and major changes, I spent some time soul searching, reestablishing boundaries, redefining goals. My definition of success needed to be adjusted, tweaked and changed at various times in my life. What I defined as success in my twenties, looks very different from what success looks like in my ... Continue Reading »
Exploring the Mysterious
The spiritual and mythical lore of women have, through history been erased, plundered, burnt and forced into a non-important resource. I believe, all of these stories share an instinctual archetype and there is always an element of innate danger in anything mysterious, wild and uncontrollable. The mystery of the feminine is being reclaimed and etched into our psyche again. I love exploring the spirituality of the forgotten feminine, be it in dreams, myths, or truths hidden in mysterious legends. It is one of the things that my art allows me to explore...the mysterious! There is a Navajo legend of the Changing Woman. According to this legend, ... Continue Reading »
Swarming with Dreams
It has been a long week full of exciting things, that I will reveal in time. It has also been a week of taking care of the daily things in the routine of life; you know the stuff, that you do, but you really rather be doing something fun. Oh well, there is always dreams... So after dreaming about birds again last night, lots of birds, lots of birds flying, the whole dream in blue, I decided to post my dream sequence image of swarming birds...:) Sometimes dreams help solve problems or give answers that exist or are needed in the conscious world, but sometimes dreams are just crazy nonsensical dreams. But, how do you tell? I'm open to ... Continue Reading »
Dipping Into Color!
After some surgery, I've been at home resting and looking out of my living room window. I happened to see a cardinal eating from the bird feeder in my neighbor's yard. I always see cardinals as the seasons changed, and they always whisk me to another dreamy zone. I am captivated by their color and songs. I love cardinals and hummingbirds, they continually rescue me from the mundane and add a natural sparkle to my surroundings. I dipped into some of the work I've done in the last couple of weeks, and this little darling came to the rescue! Color enriches life and this Cardinal Goddess has given way to spring time happiness! Just what a girl ... Continue Reading »
Intricate – IF
Lately, I've been working out some dream issues, which to me represent the most intricate designs of the mind. Most days, I'm not sure what my dreams mean...hmmm...maybe they mean, I'm just anxious for Spring, or bracing myself for more of Winter, or missing that hour I lost for daylight saving time or ...there's always the off chance it could be just indigestion! :) lol! I'm just spending time trying to figure out the intricacies of what they mean...how about you? Dream any good intricate ones lately? I'll meet you in the dream world. Peace ... Continue Reading »
Breezy – IF
There is nothing like sitting in a rocking chair, rocking back and forth, it's gentle creaking, and a breezy spring air flows in your window, gently lifting the curtains in your baby's room. The curtains lightly swinging in the breeze, and that sweet smell of a brand new baby filling the room. Now that's an easy, breezy beautiful moment. When my babies were tiny babies, I often wondered, as I stood at their cribs watching them sleep, catching glimpses of adorable smiles, "what are they dreaming..." To the joy of sweet baby dreams...Peace. (This was art created with many, many glazes of watercolor, the butterflies were separately drawn, ... Continue Reading »
