note to self... Desire, and the Art of Manifestation...art for the art therapist

..... self explanatory really... there is something I want to happen so very, very much... I need to remind myself:

Sometimes, the most tender things need to be nurtured in the dark... secluded from the wide world...

until their wings expand, and they can fly free, to be whatever they need to be...

only then to be seen, in all their shining glory...


that is all
X

Dreamtime - Art for the art Therapist.

Today I entered the creative process, to dream & drift whilst still awake...

to think of things I would not normally imagine...

and create a life far richer than I could ever make in normal, day-to-day consciousness...

My hands worked clay... but at the end of the day, what I had created was unexpected...

The clay went back into a bag for next time...

I had spent time with my self....

sculpting thoughts, instead of physical form...

that is all

X

Small Wonders... life as a garden

I'm reminded that every long view is made up of many tiny elements, like these....


A perfectly blue sky summer's day has me wandering the garden again... opening my eyes to vistas within the landscape, and focusing upon small details as well......

 Lately, I've been continually re-adjusting my outlook... trying to envisage a future life, then looking at the small things that might create a nurturing environment... 
Backwards & forwards... long and short... macro to micro....

Naturally, details vary, according to individual people, but I am coming to understand the wisdom of noticing small details, which combine to create a bigger picture...

I find this comforting... small elements are so much easier for me to grasp...

that is all

X

Be your Self and GROW - Art Therapy for the Art Therapist

There are no "how to be yourself" instructions in Nature...

Tiny seeds already know how to become giant trees...

Everything is born with its own intelligence...

Even humans...

Even Me... 

If I say:"I don't know what do do", I am expressing disconnection from who and what I really am...

I have realised that all anyone can ever really "do",  is become that which they have been born to become...

That is all

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Spiritual Emergancy - Art for the Art Therapist

 A little bird sits alone, without a nest...

vulnerable and weak, after emerging from an egg....

and  hugs itself...

Human hatchlings often find themselves feeling like this when facing times of life transition...

The difference between soul life and death, can be the kindness of other hatchlings who survived their own emergence...

Heartfelt thanks to mine...

           that is all
               X

Valentine's Day... another day when people who are Alone can feel lonely... more Art Therapy for the Art Therapist

The expectation of Valentine's Day, is for romance... and it's hard to romance yourself...

The precious, singular, secret, sparkly, solitary joys that accompany a life Alone are not the same as sharing love with Another...

Sometimes, I get caught up in waiting for someone to say:"be my Valentine"... 

but they never have... 

So this Valentine's Day, I thought I should buy myself some flowers, to show myself I love myself anyway... 

I felt ashamed....

I didn't buy myself anything special, because it felt I had failed... at being half of a couple... and at love...

What I still really want, is to be adored by Another... to be swept off my feet... to be valued and my affection prized...

I want to be loved wholeheartedly... unconditionally...

to be loved, simply because I am Me, and not for any special qualities I have, or anything I can contribute...

but I am not so loved.... 

I am Alone... 

and it's not through failure... it is a circumstance...

The confused Child Within must learn that being One of Two does not prove my worth as a person...

Alone means I can adore being Me... 

I feel romantic alone - I don't need to "surprise" myself with gifts!

I'm always here to keep myself company - I never stand myself up!

Alone, I can love Me wholeheartedly - no strings attached!

... I'll always be Here for Me... 

and You, Little Child Within, to whom being loved, means feeling safe...

                                              that is all...  X

Little Sister of the Moon - Art Therapy for the Art Therapist..

A belated Lughnasadh greeting to you! My harvest has brought me unexpected things, and not all of them pleasant, but I guess you reap what you sow, & now, this Crone's learning to plant what she needs...


Blogging my drawings again, as a way of disciplining my mind to create something new every day... and it's nice to share my process with someone else: 
You...

Today, my first sketch (not shown) reminded me I can choose to enjoy myself, although I feel overwhelmed by a completely new set of life circumstances... Needless to say, that image was rendered in an anxious state, & although the process brought calm, the result wasn't very attractive, so I continued working, because it felt right...

How glad I am that I stuck with it! 

Here is "Little Sister of the Moon", who reminds me it's o.k. to be frivolous... 
to let go of worry... 
to feel beautiful and happy... 

because I am acceptable to Nature, exactly as I am... 

and so are You...

I do not understand what is required of me, or know how to survive in a work-a-day-world, especially in my 59th year, after not having worked in a job for 12 years...

but I know about the moon... 
and women's mysteries... 

and that old women are the Beautiful Wise Mothers of this world...

... that is all...