Our days over here are filled to the brim...with all sorts of things. I just have no idea how the year has slipped by...I mean
...it's almost October!! Of course, we are in Ca. so it's still pretty much barefoot during the day; the evenings are a bit chilly though. I have to say that I actually miss snow (I
am Canadian, you know!), bundling up and wintry days. Any-hoo...these past few weeks have left me more sleep deprived than usual. Tara, who normally sleeps right through the night, has been getting up a few times at odd hours. So I wake up and sit in her rocking chair with her until she falls back to sleep..and I have been
exhausted in the mornings. I shortened her afternoon nap though...so things are back to normal. I think.
Despite being super tired I have been painting up a storm over here these days! These are some backgrounds that I am working on....it's actually quite fun and meditative after a long day to listen to Dr. Estes' audio tapes and play in paint.
There are no mistakes, you know. Everything in creating is sacred....
elemental. And whether a part gets covered up or not in the final painting...it's there;
vital and important. I am going to post a painting in progress soon. I always mean to take pictures but then completely forget once I get going...does that ever happen to you? I think I have to post a sticky note on my desk as a reminder!
I have been reading/working through Vein of Gold by Julia Cameron and am absolutely loving it to pieces! I highly recommend it to anyone looking for their creative gold. I used to do morning pages a gazillion years ago when I read the Artist's Way but then...I can't quite remember why but... I stopped. Well I started back up again and it feels so good. It's meditative in the sense that it clears out all the garbage from your thoughts and inspires creative ones. All our angers, pains, sadness come pouring out and as we empty..we fill ourSELVES up with inspiration, ideas, joys, blessings...I am really going to try and stick with it for awhile. The whole book is difficult work with each chapter focusing on different aspects of the psyche/creative process. It's actually more like a workbook with all the exercises. Dreaming and hoping all sorts of things over here and working through some difficult things also. Dear friends... I hope you are full too...with dreams and hopes, love + art, tears and poetry...with
life.
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I might have to check out that book. I feel like I need some sort of schedule or plan for my day. That morning work sounds like good practice. :) Did I tell you last time that I can't believe how big Tara is getting? She looks like a handfull, too...(I mean that in a good way!)
Inspirational as always, sweet girl. Love your words, your passion and energy.
Have a beautiful day!
Busy, Busy, Busy - me too! It's great. The weather here is getting better so that always helps - although it's still over 100, but I've got lots of inventory. Go well my friend!
I just found my morning pages notebook and wondered "why did i stop this?" and am trying to restart! May have to check Vein of Gold out later this winter when the weather keeps me in doors and inward!
Love seeing Tara flying :) She has grow so! And all of your busyness ... very inspiring! I have been buried under family duties but soon, ah soon ... I can feel the creative breezes blowing ...
thinking of you dear friend. It is always a dose of pure sunshine to come here. MWAH!
xo Lis
Yes, my lovely friend, filled with dreams and art and tears and poetry and the deep blue sea and the paint and paper and everything else....and it's all good.
Hi Soraya, I'm back and trying to get at least a little caught up.... It's been 10 years since I read artist's way. It was my very first book of that type and it really changed my life in a big way... still doing my pages, but kind of on my own terms. I know several people that seem to be reviving them lately. Obviously a powerful concept!! So glad to see you painting, learning, growing (and hopefully sleeping too!!)
I also enjoyed Vein of Gold and remember just how excited I was to discover The Artists Way so many years ago. Love the photo of your canvases!
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