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Finding the Play in Work, and the Work in Play: A Journey of Joy and Purpose

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This picture brings up something I've been thinking about a lot and marinating over. The message has been kind of ruminating around me and it's begging to come forward this week.   The picture is of a bouquet of flowers, peonies actually, in a vase. The vase sits on the earth or on the ground and underneath where the bouquet of flowers sits are all the flowers deep roots. The two seem as if they should be separate, but they are connected. As an artist    or creative person and someone who is spiritual I have always struggled on which direction to go towards, fully. The spiritual world is exciting to me because there is an endless supply of questions, curiosity, things to learn places and areas to grow.  It reminds me of the first time I went snorkeling. It was in Aruba, and it was like looking at an entire other world under the water. Functional, beautiful, orchestrated, thriving. Then I started to think about how what I was exploring in that moment, was just a pin drop of the

Courage: Sharing growth, love and creativity

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A rolling stone gathers no moss .  This image came from a reading. It was a heart with moss growing on the bottom but at the top butterflies were flying out. To me this image represents transformation. Growth. Love. And what happens when we share our growth instead of keeping it to ourselves. This image came to me this week, and it seems to be in line with the message from last week, don't hide. As an artist or a creative person, I never understood why people would create anything and then just keep it to themselves. Even if it wasn't perfect and yes, I did/ do you have a perfectionism complex which I keep attempting to shed...if you tech-savvy folk haven't already noticed. But the point is, well there are several points. The joy of growth or the joy of the journey is so much more important than the destination. As well as the joy that comes through creation, growth, through love is meant to be shared and expressed.   "the first law of thermodynamics, states that the e

Don't Hide: Embracing Your Spiritual Truth and Living Authentically

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Sometimes the simplest things hit us in the most powerful ways. This simple image is very moving to me. An eye with the earth and diamonds inside the pupil. This sketch was for someone who had a very strong and natural connection to their spiritual self.  The image served as a reminder of that connection. What it evokes in me, the universal message, is what wants to come forward this week and is a peek into my personal spiritual journey.  The message: Don't hide.  I was a weird kid. Spiritually curious. Not religious, just curious. I was passionate about understanding what and who God really is. Why I am here? Why are any of us are here? Where do we come from? This mostly came off as a challenge to religious authority. But my true intent was curiosity not rebellion, though that may not be what it seemed like on the outside.  I was also very curious about energy and the science of mysticism.   Not gonna lie, I loved Star Wars, not like a super fan, but I did like the movies. After s

Embracing the Unraveling: A Journey of Letting Go and Personal Growth

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The Unraveling - Time to Let Go.  Every time I am being asked to level up, learn a new lesson, or grow, it feels like what I call "the unraveling". The best way to describe it is, as if the skin I'm living in has become too tight and is shrinking. Like the world around me is falling apart. I have a harder time listening to my inner voice and instead of digging in deeper to do just that, I  usually follow up by a forcing forward and not feeling in "flow". The repetition of this feeling has lead me to recognize it for what it is, what I now call the unraveling. A time to let go of the old skin, shed it and start a new.  The image today is the best representation of this feeling and this week it has been begging to come forward. The image is of a person standing at a threshold, a doorway, holding the snake skin that they have already been shed, looking at the light ahead but stuck in the familiar and comforting dark of fear. Scared of the light and the unknown ahea