Fresh Eyes of Spring is starting New. To be in harmony with Nature is to connect to the New Solar Year, the rebirth of all life, Springtime. Plus, everything has a new beginning from the animals giving birth, the broods of birds in nests, the buds on trees, and even the growing trickle of springs with melting snow and rainfall. And it all starts small. From the mundane to the magical, miracles are growing right before your eyes.
We each can use this powerful time to create magic today. Everyday things take on meaning if done in mindfulness. Being aware involves inspiration, inner wisdom, and intention. Therefore having a place to go for quiet time really helps.
This becomes your sanctuary. You create your own world of beauty, a safe haven where your innermost thoughts become the seeds of new life. Listening allows inspiration to find you in your hands-on creativity, writing, dancing, or even gentle yoga and stretching. Also, beautiful instrumental music, colors, incense, and candles are all part of the ritual of finding yourself.
After returning from 2 months in the sun, I found my body stronger and more able to do refined art. Furthermore, swimming, exercising the arms, has given me the confidence to go back to drawing with control. My ‘New for Spring’ is a return to oil paint sticks.
Next, I encourage you all to do a series of something. The above painting is #4, as I played with big sticks of my favorite colors. So different from painting, I was put into a new mindset completely. It was fun, challenging to make it look like something, and not end up with it all blending into brown. As a result, I made a small group of 5″x7″ oil on paper paintings, taking the best of one & elaborating on that in the next one. I feel refreshed in the doing as I am Becoming more painterly with oil again.
Always start with what you know. Art techniques, collage, clay, journals, dance are all ways to get the body moving. In addition, the important thing is to do something without thinking. One creative piece leads to the next. Your inner wisdom remembers what you love.
Fresh Eyes of Spring creates Magic in the moment!
All in all, Intent is everything. Play again. Scribbling, coloring, shaping, blending, tearing, using kitchen utensils as tools, are great fun things to ignite the passion. Also, use colors, paper, and fabrics you have around the house.
We aren’t here to create masterpieces every time. Don’t judge your final piece. Instead see what you like about it. Remember, from small beginnings come huge powerful pieces of new original creations. Actions change the energy and that changes all life. In addition, the act of creating shifts the possibilities in the world.
What you do, think, and create is really energy that ripples out into the world.
“Write it on your heart, that every day is the best day in the year. ……don’t waste a moment on the yesterdays.” R.W. Emerson
Live the best life you can this day. The doing is your new Becoming in the world.
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