ah. always good to have power back on. seems super strange to have the luxury of it? not sure about it. i don't like this 'power from without' thing. i would rather be an energizer type of creature that could generate it's own power for all of it's personal requirements. do you ya know what i mean?
have a great week. and the balance of this sunday left.
A painting, a person, a neighbor who paints, the planet...everything is connected. When I work as honest to the point of almost being brutal with myself but not that, still kind and gentle even tho' feeling a bit bumped about - magic happens over time in the process of painting. When my neighbor is painting and she changes for the better because of it, that makes it easier for me to change also.
A painting, an oil...about a woman and a dog called "frequency gown" started out being about the woman and the dog and their relationship. Over time, after some technical difficulties (still being worked out but getting there)....they both turned. They BOTH started looking out of the painting as an invitation to the viewer. I didn't plan any of this. I was just daddling along, doing my best to be present, listen to colors that i hear and see off the right side of my head.
Maybe it doesn't transfer as much as in person. These are small thumbnails. Yes, I know the one on the right is smiling more, that is not what I am talking about. lol. And yes, I know the person on the left looks way more extraterrestrial the the woman on the right. Am I over-exaggerating?!
Maybe a trip to my studio is called for where it can be seen in person until moving out to an unknown yet to be determined destination. Can you see why painting is a source of constant entertainment?
I think Diorama can also be spelled 'diarama' but it reminds too much of something that way.
The first Diorama I made was the first really magical 'artistic' happening that occurred in my life. I didn't know what I was doing but I had a plan and ideas kept popping in my head - I was making my first and only Shoebox Diorama. I was in 6th grade and my teacher, Mr. Daugherty instructed us to make one about a book we read. I only really half listened to the instructions as what seemed like a common factor I carried with me through my school life, so I was pretty much on my own in terms of what it was I was supposed to do. Things came together in a most extraordinary way: cotton balls, twigs, everything I needed I found literally at my fingertips. I got an A in the project for something I was entirely into. (A first in school life experience, being 'entirely into it.')
I have been working on some now for quite a few years. They are simple and meant to be added to (there is a small shelf behind the beaded wire balcony) with little artifacts. I 'upcycle' cardboard, tape, plaster-fy, glue a print from one of my paintings and paint it.
In these days, sometimes people might act unconnected to themselves and act in what seems quite abrasive ways. This is when I employ something called 'engaged detachment' (I permit the ALL-ONE to Be without assigning Critique, Condemnation, or Value Judgement: I understand the IS-ness and I Validate the ALL-ONE-ness) and also The Attitude of Mastery called "I Am Grace" (I Allow the ALL-ONE-ness to Be what IT IS regardless of whether it suits me. I Live Perpertual Forgiveness) - Ashayana & Azartan Deane.
Why? Because sometimes it is the only thing that helps.
Often, not always, a painting I am working on begins speaking about something that hasn't even happened or is about to happen. I put this up to the nearly common occurrence that I have come to accept, that being, a part of me, a part of my conscious intelligence is speaking through images. I have known about this for some time and it continues to be a source of excitement and comfort.
See painting above: A story about how i must (i am the black and white cow bunny) put many of my eggs in one boat (basket) and start traveling down toward my favorite watering hole (rt 1A south) to live at some point. The two fish heads on either side (appearing as two land masses on left and right) are talking to me with alert faces that it is time to get used to the idea of moving -
My art focus is about staying sane and connected to Oneself in a World seemingly gone haywire.
While creating I aim to maintain my sense of humor about things and keep my energy intact, true and my joy sustained as I paint hopefully in a bouyancy that is easily transferred to the viewer.
I also like to work with all the good fairies, some of them disguised as dogs and cats and other animals.
Peace Flows Mug by TobinArt
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Peace Flows
As I get better at calling in Peace from my first eternal god-source, i
find that it is perpetual and sustaining and wonderful.
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