{"id":37978,"date":"2014-08-25T13:59:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T17:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=37978"},"modified":"2015-03-12T13:03:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T18:03:38","slug":"the-evolution-of-pele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/the-evolution-of-pele\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Pele"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"evolution<\/a>I’ve never been particularly drawn to Pele, of the Hawaiian-goddess-of-the-volcano-and-fire fame. I’ve never studied the mythology and I’ve only just now looked her up, after it came to me to paint a version of her . I’ve been working on a series of paintings depicting archetypal women as a form of shamanic soul retrieval.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 It came to me during meditation yesterday that I wanted someone who would sit in the coals of the fire and burn up the dross.\u00a0 As gold is heated to burn away impurities so its essential character can be revealed, just so the intent of my soul retrieval project was to do the same with me.\u00a0 I saw someone sitting in the coals of a fire, with fire all around her, laughing.\u00a0 The image of molten lava came to me and a volcano appeared behind her.\u00a0 The name Pele came to me, so I began adding her to the series.\u00a0 I’ve learned that Pele\u2019s fires and lava are what builds and rebuilds the island she sits on.\u00a0 Through volcanic activity, it is always being renewed.\u00a0 Just so, this creat-ive force comes into our lives to cleanse, transform and rebuild.\u00a0 \u00a0 I’m still working on this one, she’s now sitting in a lava flow.\u00a0 Who knew lava would be so hard to paint \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

RELATED: \u00a0Update from the art studio<\/a>
\nThe new art studio is coming together<\/a>
\nMy former dining room is now the art studio<\/a>
\nThere\u2019s the painting on canvas and there\u2019s the Photoshopped digital version<\/a>
\nI’m doing a series of paintings as a form of shamanic soul retrieval<\/a>
\nI begin painting from out of body, astral flight sketches<\/a>
\nPainting is a daily meditation for me<\/a>
\nPainting as a method of altering consciousness<\/a>
\nIntroducing Moon Gal with Raven<\/a>
\nIntroducing Junelle, with open hands to take your pain away<\/a>
\nIntroducing Rosa of the Aqua Eye<\/a>
\nEvolution of Ganesh with Bass<\/a><\/p>\n

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