Sunday, October 04, 2009

WAKING

Waking up on Sunday morning
REFRESHED
Spent the last two days fasting
Can't seem to get past 2 days
I think it has something to do
with my interaction with Keegan
I start to go into deep self places
and don't give him the attention he needs.
Sometime a week retreat somewhere
will provide the solace and emptiness
a full 5-7 day fast requires.

My normals routine would be to go
to the market this morning
but right now feel like working on
a brochure I am doing
so I am going with that.

I love this self portrait my son did this morning.
He's getting very good at these.
Inspiring me to do some of my own.
It's been a while.






Saturday, September 26, 2009

Nikki 9-25-09


Finally posting some things from the last month
Where does the time go?
Tonight was inspired by an amazing woman
Poet Nikki Giovanni spoke
at Bucks County
Community College
She was funny, honest,
relevant, rambling
and real.



“Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love”
- Virgil


"The creative process is a process of surrender,
not control.”
- Julia Cameron

“Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice.
Better than knowledge is meditation.
But better still is surrender of attachment to results,
because there follows immediate peace.”
- Bhagavad Gita

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Art and gratitude JUNE 13, 2009


Journal pages from June 12-13

A peaceful night of rain, music and art
after a change in plans.
Gratitude for life and feelings

Monday, May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009




capacity for happiness 1


universal stage 1

Today I am grateful for:
fun on facebook and friends
new PJ Harvey album and MUSIC!
coffee, chocolate and energy for art

Journal pages 5/11/09






Sunday, April 26, 2009

New Moon Intention Flags


Tonight we held the new moon gathering even though the new moon was yesterday.
I meant to take pictures of everyone's wonderful creations, but only remembered after everyone had headed out the door.  So these are the two I did.


This weekend I am grateful for the warm/hot weather and lots of sun!
Intense long conversations which spark, connect and inspire.
Spending time with old friends and watching Keegan
connect with a kindred spirit.
The new moon gang.




Tuesday, March 17, 2009

St Patty's Day 09

Today i am grateful for:
Keegan being honored with the Enthusiastic Reader Award
The beauty of the day and the sky
This poem:
LETTING GO TAKES LOVE
To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective, it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny, but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more
Remember: The time to love is short
------ author unknown

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

New Moon artmaking

ART MAKING - NEW MOON - FEBRUARY

MANDALA GIRL

Grateful for yesterday and today's sunshine

Helping friends by walking the gang of boys to school yesterday

Sleep





Friday, February 27, 2009

Trees in the storm


Today I am grateful for

Catherine noticing my sad energy and cheering me up

Keegan being the wonderful kid he is

Time to process at work and get to the soul of the sadness

Good friends with words of love and encouragement
As I started to picture the trees in the storm, the answer began to dawn on me. The trees in the storm don't try to stand up straight and tall and erect. They allow themselves to bend and be blown with the wind. They understand the power of letting go. Those trees and those branches that try too hard to stand up strong and straight are the ones that break. Now is not the time for you to be strong, or you, too, will break.


Monday, February 23, 2009

magnetic pages

a few more quick journel pages

i am grateful for

my weekend in connecticut
good friends, good food, art

communication & hopefully understanding


Wednesday, February 18, 2009

journal pages from January

grateful heart


seeds planted


allowing
the
universe
to
provide

today I am grateful for communications full of love
showing everything will be alright

time spent making posters and getting to know a friend better

van morrison

a lovely dinner with my son


Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Inspired week






Some quick pieces made within the last two weeks
More in the journal, but still haven't photographed them.
Some will become paintings this spring when the basement again becomes a studio.
As for now, it's just pouring out - into the journal
Flowing with life - love - energy
Be grateful







Friday, February 06, 2009

the constant lesson


Letting go
the hardest lesson
The UNIVERSE will provide
Thank You
the world is kind

Made three pieces of art tonight
more to come soon


Monday, January 12, 2009


A start....working with imagery again