The photos above are from the art show I was in this past Saturday at Zinnia in South Pasadena. 350 wood panels. 6 of them were mine. It was a great show and amazing to see all the panels together - creating another - bigger creation. 2 of my panels sold the first hour - not sure if the others sold as we had to run home with baby for his feeding time. But it was exciting to make new work and share it with others and then see some of it sell!
this photo was taken yesterday after a flurry of printmaking happened in about a half an hour. I just ADORE making prints and once I get going - WATCH OUT! There are prints all over the dining room and table and coffee table. I'm calling it an Art Explosion!
Must go to Max's first halloween party.....he's going as a hotdog and we are mustard and ketchup. Can you guess which one is going to be in red and which will be yellow??
Someone taking the Mondo Beyondo Class just posted it for us. I had to share it with you all.
I'm in the middle of taking action in shifting my creative life into the vibrant vision I have been dreaming about for a LONG LONG time. Fear is a common feeling, lots of old thoughts rushing in my head about my ability to achieve what I really want. I'm not smart enough, I don't really have anything to share, This work is mediocre, etc........... Nice eh? I would never talk like that to anyone else about their dreams or talents. Funny how I let myself get away with it when it has to do with ME! however - this class I am taking - Mondo Beyondo - is helping me remember that my thoughts are not the truth. They are just thoughts. They don't run the show. I do. The "I" that knows that these dreams need to happen. And CAN happen. And are in the process of happening RIGHT NOW!
I've been updating and changing my website around, making new work, picking dates for my photography workshops and getting support for all of these things from many different places and people.
I learned this week that the universe is like the most talented dance partner ever. He holds me and leads the way and makes me look so graceful and it feels easy. Just take a step and it flows smoothly and feels so good! ( I'm remembering my last dance lesson and how it made me giggle inside with glee when the dance teacher lead the way. ) I'm being held around my waist by a hand that knows how to move me in the right direction. Turning my waist at the right moments, and without much force - but with a feeling of knowing that helps me release my control and allow him to move me around the dance floor.
I'm learning how to take action toward my highest dreams for myself and my life and also how to allow the universe to really hold me and show me the way and trust in that. That trusting thing is harder for me than just pushing, controlling, getting intense with it, obsessing about what the "right" thing to do is, working and working and working on it - etc....and in the end I feel exhausted, disconnected with my community, separate and unhappy. So the consequence is so much greater even though it feels easier in the beginning.
Must go spend time with my baby and husband and my cat now and BE in my life and allow the dreams to actualize in the exact way that they are suppose to.
inside this envelop is a list of all of my wildest dreams. I hid it for a week and tried to forget about it. I went to where I thought I'd hid it - and it wasn't there. I actually forgot where I put it. When it finally dawned on me where it was - I retrieved it and have been looking at it on my art table wondering if I should open it or not.
A lot of the dreams I wrote on the list are already starting to come true.
I could open it and take a peek - re-write it - and put it in another envelope and tie it with a bow or I could leave it sealed for a while longer or for years.
What would you do?
Would you be curious what you wrote last week and see if anything seems like it needs to be deleted from the list - or edited - or updated? Would you open it and add to the list? Would you open it and burn the list? Would you open it and post it all on your blog for the world to see?
or would you put it away in a secret place and try to forget and allow the universe to do it's magic?
Go to Zinnia at 3:50pm on Saturday October 24th for an art opening featuring 350 panels of art made by all sorts of creative folks. Including me! I printed block prints directly onto the wood panels. I love how they turned out. The opening is called 350 and is in conjunction with 350.org Which is bringing awareness to climate change. why 350? it's what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Learn more on their website. It's an international day of awareness and important for all of us to participate on any level.
The panels will be for sale for 350 pesos ($26.58 ) a portion going to 350 Carbon.
Today was the first day of Mondo Beyondo I signed up so I can get started creating my dreams with a group of like minded and supportive people. I've been so excited about this. Just recently I've started dreaming again about what I want my creative life / business to look like. It looks like so many things! But happiness, ease, laughter, simplicity and being more focused on what I love are some key factors I refuse to give up this time around. Yes - what I am saying is that I gave up all of these things when I had my business going on at full steam before.
I've learned many lessons. And feel ready to create something fresh / new / vibrant.
Here is a little video that made my day today as I waited for my confirmation e-mail to start the mondo beyondo workshop.
enjoy as I enjoy the pause in between saying goodbye to my old business / creative life and the beginning of the new dream.
I'm a photographer, printmaker and proud mama to Max Harrison who has an extra chromosome. Also called Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome.
I teach photography workshops and sell my photography, journals and linoleum carvings on Etsy.
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