Close Your Eyes To See

I love experimenting with colours and lines and feeling things into being...Where my other pieces of artwork just flow from random scribbles I set out to draw a face in this one. So some technique was involved in layering the colours to deepen the eyes and after I completed it I was surprised to hear my inner critic say.  "Maybe my high school art teacher was wrong...maybe I do have some artistic talent." All these years a part of me believed that I was not talented in art in the traditional sense but creativity and artistic talent are two very different things...

Now I am an artist...and that's not something that I set out to do rather it is something I was born to be. I use to ponder the whole destiny thing and felt that concept slightly stepped on the toes of my free will. I do believe that we are born with a predisposition for deeply understanding certain aspects of divine knowledge and wisdom that lies deep within our own Soul's. In a way there are certain lessons that we have an energetic aptitude for creating and thus learning so we can inspire and connect with others in unconditional love. The secret is we have to close our eyes to see this purpose and beauty playing out deep within ourselves though...I'm not sure who said close your eyes to see but there is a lot of truth in that little quote...

I'm beginning to see that by applying my soul's deeper wisdom into my life it enables me to cut through the illusion of separation, freeing me from the constraints of my self created prison and pushing me forward  into experiencing the richness of the core of my Being.  Intellectually I know now that it is from this perspective that the magic in life can, will and does happen...so today as the emptiness of my paper asks to be filled...I celebrate the fact that the fullness of my heart has such a deep desire to express my love so passionately and freely into the world...if we were all to express our love so freely the whole world would lighten up and I have no doubt that we would inevitably stumble into our Joy!

Focus On The Process

The seeds to the meditative process that I have stumbled into called Intuitive Energy Artwork were planted in me through many of my life experiences. Bits and pieces of wisdom and higher truths were freely given to me along the way. I've held these seeds close to my heart as they have made up my personal belief system. One of these seeds I found in college while studying curriculum development. Maria Montessori's approach to allowing children to focus on the process of their experiences and not be concerned about the final product was advocated. There was something profoundly true in that statement and I could see how that fit beyond the walls of the preschool classroom into all areas of my life..Focus on the process not on the product became my mantra for many years.

My artwork has helped me to realize so many soul lessons...

When I begin an Intuitive Energy Art piece I really don't know what image will come through and what the end result is going to be and this is exactly the place where creativity flourishes. Some people call this the void...It is not in the knowing and the certainties of life that we create, it is in the letting go of our ego level expectations and getting out of our own way so that Source can flow through and our Soul can lead us to our highest potential.

Through witnessing our inner dialogue that contains both the light and dark, those negative and positive thoughts that create our feelings. We can go into the darkroom within ourselves and become an active participant in the co-creative process. There is a sacred process of development going on deep inside of ourselves, and unfolds in perfection. As we gain clarity in our minds and feel peace in our hearts we can then feel balanced and start creating from this space in our life. So often we work backwards and try to achieve those things that we already are...Joy springs forth from us as we align with our own soul and cultivate our meaning and deeper purpose in life.  

Once we touch our deeper purpose we touch JOY! We can then rise above our earthly cares and embrace each other in truth and light. This deep connection that we all long for shows us the infinite possibilities that we have at our fingertips for experiencing heaven on earth...