I have been in fast forward.
I thought when I wrote the previous post about preparing for Imbolc that
Imbolc was today, instead of next week.
I had projected forward in time and actually believed the beginning of
this week was January 30th. Then, I woke up this morning sure it was Friday. What on earth is going on? My internal clock is usually so accurate that
I don’t need to set an alarm. I guess I
just got really excited that a new Sabbat was coming up. Yesterday was a day of
positive messages. I received a great
deal of positive feedback about my teaching and my classes from a variety of
sources. When something like that happens, not only do I feel great but I take
it is a spiritual message. I know messages are sent to us all the time from the
realm of the spirit. It is up to us to
interpret them but first we have to slow down long enough to receive these
messages. I have been moving fast and in fact I have been projecting myself
into the future. Yesterday was a
reminder to slow down, be highly observant and to listen to all that the spirit
realm puts in front of me. One of the messages about this that I heard
yesterday came through the radio. An
economist was talking about how we need to live in tuned with today. He said economically we’ve been borrowing
from yesterday and tomorrow rather than living within the circumstances of
today. As I listened I was painting. In the studio I am working the mandala
again. I started two new ones. They are not ready for showing thus I am not
posting an image just yet. One was
created with gouache and it is a disaster.
I will draw over it and re-paint it.
The other is being done in acrylics and I am pleased with it so far. I drew it primarily using the compass, ruler
and the French curve. I love my French
curves. I am using a small and large one.
I am experimenting with all the possibilities they have to offer and
there are many. The ruler and compass serve as positioning tools, to center the
images derived from the French curve. Not
surprisingly, the image I am working is a continuation of themes I have been
working for years. The mandala is about
the magickal energy emanating from plants.
For soul food and inspiration as I work, I have revisited by heart
series. Not quite Valentine’s in spirit,
I wanted to see if I could make landscapes out of the single repeated motif of
the stylized heart shape. These took many hours to create from colored
pencils. With Valentine’s Day coming up
soon it is fun to look at the playful shapes and forms that can be suggested by
hearts.
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Thanks for stopping by my blog! I love this stylized hearts piece. It reminded me that I used to do a similar practice with repeated and overlapping circles (there I go with the circles again). Mine was never this pretty though--I can see the hours of colored pencil work in yours. Very nice :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I had fun with the hearts and I can imagine the circles you used would lead to a lot of inspiration. Thanks!
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