Daily Archives: August 9, 2014

I like being able to digitally correct my painting faux pas

Janelle clone 8-9-14 4amJanelle clone 8-9-14 EYE copyI didn’t notice until after I’d begun painting this one that her eyes were so close together.  I snapped a photo and took it into Photoshop and moved the eyes farther apart.  That probably made her more esthetically pleasing to some, but there was a reason for her eyes the way I did them.  Our eyes are our windows, providing our perspective of the physical world.  I’ve painted them close together and a bit skewed so she can examine closely and see from all sides.  Now I’m off to meditate to find the symbols to include in her palms.

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Update from the art studio
The new art studio is coming together
My former dining room is now the art studio
There’s the painting on canvas and there’s the Photoshopped digital version
I begin painting from out of body, astral flight sketches
Painting is a daily meditation for me
Painting as a method of altering consciousness

Doing a series of paintings as a form of shamanic soul retrieval

I wrote earlier in My spiritual lesson from the Brighthouse repairman that being without internet and phone after the lightning flash led me to contemplate what a lost signal meant on my path to personal growth. I’d been feeling a little off signal and like I was ready for a reboot. Now that I’m back in the art studio after years away, I’m feeling re-motivated and back in the slot.  I know one reason is that art is a form of meditation for me, and more meditation and self reflection is always good for me. In shamanic fashion, I’ve been working on a series of paintings for the purpose of  soul retrieval, showing the spirit version of the various fragmented parts of myself, each bringing back a healed part.

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