Between finishing off Of the Heart, working on my Goddess page for it and dreaming up my up coming class in Angels in my Studio it seems that I am constantly being surrounded by Angels, Goddesses, sentient beings and female archetypes.
I'm looking forward to having a break next week and working on some purely abstract pieces (today I am stitching together a new journal just for this exploration), as well as getting back to a series I was working on earlier in the year that exists not between the pages of my journals but on canvas. Yet I know that the Angels will be calling me back shortly: Angels in my Studio begins on July 22nd.
Sketch of Goddess
So many projects, so many inspirations, some times I find myself twirling between them without being able to settle into any of them. How do you settle your creative muses when they are chattering so loudly and fast? How do you know where to put your time and your energy? Do you work a project seeing it to the end or do you follow the flow of energy? Do you apply discipline to your practice or is it a more whimsical approach? I seem to flit between the two, sometimes honing skills, learning new techniques and practicing what I know, sometimes going deep to see what's being dreamed, to see how my own unique voice wants to emerge, to see how all the unique and personal threads of my own path want to weave together into a work. How do you dig deep and communicate with the muses? How do you balance the "listening" with the "speaking"?
I found this gorgeous video while doing a bit of research on moon goddesses and menstruation goddesses for Of the Heart. Well worth watching and being inspired...
Video by Stephanie Anderson Ladd of Owl & Crow who runs e-courses exploring goddesses, worth
checking out if you'd like to spend more time working with the
goddesses: In the Lap of the Goddess
I’m a visual poet working in just about any medium I can lay my hands on although I am a professionally trained photographer and a so called “self-taught” artist (of course there have been many teachers on that path). I’m in love with the creative process.
I’m a beauty unveiler, light huntress, moment caresser and visionary poetess.
Ultimately, all of my work is about helping people peel back the layers to experience the intense beauty of each moment allowing access to both their intuitive wisdom and a deeper connection to spirit and self.
(Because the beauty of this life cracks our hearts open and it is through the cracks that light can flow both in and out and connect us back to our divine selves)
That is what I do and I do it through photography, art, journaling and teaching.
I live in the insanely beautiful Blue Mountains, just shy of Sydney, with my family, our cat and all the winged ones who frequent our garden. Each day here is a wondrous delight of tiny miracles through either the glorious light or magical mists.
I would love to work with you, have a look around and see where you are called...
"Where I create, there I am true." Rilke
