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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.

RELATED: Doing a series of paintings as a form of shamanic soul retrieval
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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My spiritual lesson from the Brighthouse repairman. I am the only one who can amplify my life, I do that by choice of focus

I get rebooted in the lightning flash

I get rebooted in yesterday’s  lightning flash

Yesterday I arrived home just as it began to pour rain and I was happy for a garage to drive into.  As I looked into the back yard, a sudden flash of lightning and thunder startled me.  The lightning was so bright that it whited out the entire backyard. That let me know it hit close.  I found my internet, cable and land line phone lines were down. Brighthouse arrived 36 hours later and he first wanted to find the amplifier that sent a signal to his equipment, which should be, he said, a cable connection that is plugged into an electrical outlet. We looked at every outlet in the house and couldn’t find one. Then at the cable box outside he found a splitter looking thing  that he says is typically attached to an amplifier, and that it had gone bad.  It looked, he said, as though a technician prior to him didn’t have the correct device on his truck when he came out and replaced it using this one, then the tech didn’t alert the office that it needed to be swapped out.  It was coincidence that it went bad right after the lightning strike and that was the cause of my internet, cable and phone going down.  Continue reading →

What’s the difference between work and vacation if I’m on the computer all day? No matter where my body is, my experience is formed in my mind according to my focus.

It’s been a busy few days. This is supposed to be my rest and recupe week after getting the magazine to press, but I’ve mostly worked each day. “What’s the difference,” a friend asked, “between a work day and a vacation day if you’re still at home on the computer all day?” Good question. The answer is: no matter where my body is, no matter what the appearance, my experience is formed in my mind according to my focus. No matter where my eyes are looking, it is my inner eye that sees. It is my mind that takes me on the journey and the mental journey becomes my experience.

I was able to paint only sporadically this week, but I took breaks to watch some tutorial videos.  Although I don’t paint in a photorealistic style, watching tutorials is the same as me attending a class or workshop and I always learn something.    Continue reading →

Armand Della Volpe: It’s not love until the love drugs wear off

Armand Della Volpe speaks with experience as a consciously evolving male. He posted on Facebook “Over and over I hear of women whose hearts get broken when they rush into relationships based upon what the men tell them.  WARNING: Whatever a man says to a woman he is sexually attracted to during the “intoxication stage” is being driven by hormones and is not to be trusted. I’m not saying that men are consciously lying, I’m just saying that most men are clueless about what they really feel when they are inebriated on love drugs. I know this may burst the romantic fairy tale bubble but how can it hurt to wait 18-36 months before making any big commitments while you get to know each other and allow the love drugs to wear off. I know this sounds sexist but my experience shows that this unconscious lying happens more from men than women relative to physical attraction.  I don’t think most men consciously lead women on in order to satisfy their needs. I know amazing men who are lightworkers and are committed to conscious living. However, they are so desperate to be in love, they make rash decisions and say unfounded things while inebriated with brain chemistry. This is lying for sure with dramatic consequences and horrible karma but I do believe it’s mostly unconscious.”

“If you are jumping into romantic love before truly getting to know your partner, it is most likely an act of desperation and desperate actions usually produce desperate consequences.“…yogi armandananda Continue reading →

How I kill my own buzz

This is how I kill my own buzz: I feel all creative and reach for my sketch pad. Then I reason that I should sketch on canvas or watercolor paper instead, just in case it turns out well. Then I have to use the canvas vertically in case I end up wanting to use the art for a mag cover, which means leaving room at the top to overlay the masthead. All I wanted to do was doodle! Note to self: Don’t let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy.

Give people the benefit of the doubt. All that needs to be told is the truth.

Dove_peaceA new advertiser once wrote: “I want a refund, I never got 1 call, I will file a claim if u don’t refund, this is outright blackmail, I want my money back, never got any customers. Pls refund.”   The ad she paid for was in the magazine that had been on the street 4 days. She got confused with the timeline since we spoke 30 days previous. Clearly she thought her ad had been out a month or more, instead of just 4 days.  I wasn’t upset at her note since everyone responds according to their past experience.  I wrote, “I can see you’re upset. You’re just confused about the timeline. I can tell by your words that you’ve been taken advantage of before.  Our emails in chronological order are below, explaining what you were paying for.   If you read our emails, you will see that it is just a misunderstanding. In 22 years I’ve never had a complaint lodged. I promise you I do business ethically.  I do not take your words personally because clearly you have had bad experience in the past.”

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Painting as a method of altering consciousness

Yesterday I wrote that I’d begun the red background owl chick painting in the midst of the out of body experience painting.  While waiting on my owl to dry, I began another, shown here to the right.  A friend said my new painting looks just like her sister and wanted me to do one that looked like her (and her cat.) I told her that if it ends up looking like someone, that’s one thing but realistic faces are too hard for me to do —  the least bit of anything out of place makes it look all wonky. And I do wonky just fine as it is.  Continue reading →

The owl as a medicine totem animal

If Owl has silently glided into your life, you may need to remove yourself from the noise of life and become the still silent observer. After slowing down and becoming stable you will be amazed by the wealth of information and meaning that surrounds you. It may be bringing you the ability to see what others may miss. Open your eyes and truly examine how things are, you will be surprised that suddenly you can see things that are normally hidden from view – like the motives of those around you. External appearances will give way to the truth and meaning hidden beneath.   Continue reading →

Painting is a daily meditation for me

The festival of painting continues! I painted until 3:00am yesterday morning, then 8am-ish made coffee for the man. We’ve got an easy morning routine of chatting about what we’ll do each day. Self employed from home, we keep each other motivated to stay on task! Today I couldn’t goof off until I finished billing, answered emails and returned calls but I was in the art studio by noon.  In true Aries fashion, I’d begun several paintings and had them set up around me in various stages of completion.  In the midst of working on one of an out of body, astral flight, I began the one you see here to the right.  I notice I’ve got an owl in many of my sketches. I never felt a particular affinity for them until recently.  I was surprised to find I’d sketched so many through the years, several different kinds.  The subconscious at work! I wrote here about –-> The owl as a medicine totem animal.

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