{"id":46401,"date":"2017-09-01T09:13:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T14:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=46401"},"modified":"2021-01-29T05:38:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T10:38:09","slug":"painting-mermaids-the-spidey-sense-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/painting-mermaids-the-spidey-sense-knows\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting mermaids, the spidey sense knows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I wonder if my urge to paint mermaids the last two weeks was my spidey sense tapping in to upcoming storms. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, yesterday\u00a0I \u00a0woke from a nap with the urge to fill up the car and cans with gas. Then I read a Facebook post that said, “Fill your gas tanks. The south may encounter shortages related to hurricane damage: shutting down gas lines<\/em>.”\u00a0<\/span>I saw Hurricane Irma in the news, forming offshore. The first thing I always do when there’s a new storm forming is check the phase of the moon. I see that Harvey hit Houston 3 days after the storm’s path turned north at the time of the new moon. \u00a0According to what we know about\u00a0New Moon and Full Moon effect on storms and hurricanes<\/a>, t<\/span>he storms to watch will be two weeks afterward at full moon. That\u2019s this Wednesday Sept 6th. Irma might be a powerful one. Maybe my spidey sense knows some folks might benefit from having a mermaid tail. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MERMAID SYMBOLISM<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0I like the symbolism of mermaids. They are able to \u00a0adapt, to live comfortably between several worlds, and co-exist with many species. I’m not a swimmer and don’t care for water sports, but I recall how powerful it felt the first time I tried swim fins on. I could dash across the pool in a flash with very little effort on my part. Feeling so powerful in the water made me less afraid to be in it.<\/span> Mermaid medicine to me has to do with adapting to whatever situation I find myself in, going with the flow yet staying in control of where I’m heading and becoming aware of strengths I never had to test out before, fearless all the while.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The top painting of the 3 mermaids in wheelchairs — In progress, 9 x 12 acrylic. I got inspired when I saw the photo (seen right) of La Vita Bella’s seniors in Dickinson, TX sitting waist deep in flood water in wheelchairs awaiting rescue after Hurricane Harvey.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Woman in viral nursing home flooding photo recounts experience<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After thoughts: In a photo showing the rescue of the residents (see left,) it looks like a mermaid tail to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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RELATED:<\/span>\u00a0Painting mermaid heart rocks<\/a><\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Andrea’s experiences with hurricanes<\/a><\/p>\n

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