truly spacious

now and again

"Every week, little by little..."
said Caroline Myss to one of her callers this evening.  As well as the words in the pic; 'constant refinement' and 'choose again'. 

"Do I want the present moment to be my friend or my enemy? The present moment is inseperable from life, so you are really deciding what kind of relationship you want to have with life....

One decision changes your entire reality. But that one decision you have to make again and again and again - until it becomes natural to live in such a way."  Said Eckhart Tolle, on Page 201 of A New Earth. 

Keeping on keeping on, choosing again and again and again.  And again.

Little by little; we grow finer.
 

The EckHart+Oprah web class last night was the final one of the series. The classes are all now available in archives, to view free, as and when. Such a great and encouraging ten week awakeningThing.

(More pic visible via click).

xxx

that which is beyond

Turns out there was a Hans Coper stamp, issued in 1987. Less than a month after I became disabled, so it rather escaped my notice at the time...

Anyway, here we all are now, and tonight I did this drawing, inspired by the stamp pot, as I listened to Caroline M do her incisive thing.

As always, this clicks larger and more vibrant, and is in the tablet drawing gallery too.

Oprah and Eckhart were in fine form/space last night. The class is, as all the others are, available, in the now, online.

Once again: God Bless The Internet!

Thank you for visiting.

xxx

"Once you realize and accept that all structures (forms) are unstable, even the seemingly solid material ones, peace arises within you. This is because the recognition of the impermanence of all forms awakens you to the dimension of the formless within yourself, that which is beyond death." - EckHart Tolle, in 'A New Earth'.

aligned

"Through complete acceptance of the form of the Now, you become internally aligned with space, which is the essence of Now. Through acceptance, you become spacious inside. Aligned with space instead of form: That brings true perspective and balance into your life." 
(Page 253 of 'A New Earth', by EckHart Tolle.)

The form of the Now changed a bit overhere yesterday, in many departments, really.

The Butterfly Tree in the playroom was among the transformedness. Sometimes it is just time to make changes, eh. 
No matter how long the thing has been meaningful, previously.

Thank you, Lani, for other transformative support. Getting to complete acceptance of the form sometimes is assisted by a receptive spacious friend.

xxx

 

shakeitallabout

Tuesday evening.
Caroline Myss on the radio, Wacom in my hands, and Artrage on my laptop. Good recipe.

Tonight's Archetype focus was 'The Outsider'. I missed a few minutes of the show, due to a brief cyber-jam-up.
The minutes I didn't miss were rich; awakeners.
The suggested shift from considering outsider as insider.
Of valuing interiorness, the riches learned.

Thank you Ms Myss, you did the thing again. The perspective shift that banishes previousness and opens new territory to experience. Thank you Thankyou.

And when the same technical hitch as last week occurred while uploading the pic, I went at it and followed through on some new download fix business, which all worked juss fine, so here we are now.

Newness.  Thank you Artrage,  Thank you, Joy Lavinia Swift - my sweetsmart laptop - and Thank You, Hans Coper for the pot in the pic in the book which I gazed upon while making this drawing.
And Thank You for visiting. If you only have one further linkclick in you before you move on through, I'd say; go for the Hans Coper one. It's a fine gallery of several of his Things. 

And if you are moving on through looking for clues, you might find some to enjoy over at the Oprah and EckHart classes. Last night was week eight, and delightful as ever. I've come to relish my weekly moments with them. God Bless The Internet. And having eyes, ears, and all the rest, through which to perceive, eh.

(This pic, as always, clicks bigger and juicier. And is now in the drawing gallery.)

Welcome, Taurus time, 2008.

xxx

essence plus

After a few technical hitches, I present online this evening's drawing. As ever, it clicks larger.

The first one vanished without trace, and this one required a few juggles to reach jpeg, unusually.
I think Artrage isn't so sure of my new Leopard as it was of my old Tiger. Those felines are Mac things, for my unMac visitors. I believe there are still a few.

Anyways. Workarounds. Years of doings lead to ohI'msureIcanfiguresomething, which is a comforting place to have reached. That, and having a techywizard pal for backup when I run out of ideas.

Caroline Myss tonight was talking about reaching Higher Potential, and the phrases that stayed with me are:

praying for patience in the cocoon

courageous choices

I will be a witness to your presence here on Earth, and you will be mine.

Tonight's pic is, (as was the first one, which none of us can be witness to now), sparked by a pic in my new Hans Coper book.
The book is having a strange effect on me. I don't recall ever feeling almost sick with Beauty, previously. Honestly, I can only look through the book for short blasts.  The swooning is very nearly physical.
Tonight's session of focussing on one pic was the longest I managed yet. Maybe I've developed some stamina that will let me endure longer exposure.  I'll get to scanning some pics and posting, when I can.
There is something so deeply gutsy-pure about the things Mr Coper made.  I've read that he wrote that he was concerned with "extracting essence" from pottery. Even pics of his pots cast some kind of essence extraction spell on me.

It's very mysterious to me that suddenly these objects are feeding me as they are. Mysterious and rich.
And it transpires that many of them live in a gallery of which I may become a neighbour, if my cocoon-discernings are onbeam. It all hangs together so intricately, in the delicate choreography.

O I just recalled another thing CM said. It was about doing things before we know the why of it, like the kid in Karate Kid being put to washing a car. A Soul with Stamina, in development, following directions.

I was happy to hear that, as I put together a new stick weaving frame that had called me to be bought and worked with. I know not what I do just yet, but I trust the resonance of the call, and act as accordingly as I can muster.

I want to point to another new-to-me artist, whose work is also touching me strongly at the moment.

She is Lori K. Gordon, and her Katrina collection is Beauty-fully documented.

I google-imaged "new shrine", and got to see exactly the quality I was looking for, and a whole bunch more, in her work.  The 20 min vid about her work there is an essence-moving view, too.

xxx

080408

Tuesday ritual here again.

The pic, as always, clicks much larger. And is now in the drawing gallery too.

This one sparked by the cover of a book about Hans Coper which I just bought. 
A new discovery.
What I have seen of his work so far makes my Soul sing.

Once I have my new book in my hands, I'll post some pics from it.

xxx

'Sometimes it snows in April'

 

Woken early by windowsill droplet sounds,

to the biggest snow in central London for a while.

Watching big flakes meander and flurry,

from the warmth of my bed; Sunday blessed. 

xxx

growth

Things are Happening. xxx

first April drawing

My weekly drawing, done while Caroline Myss spoke to me, and to everyone calling in and listening, about the dark night of the soul, this evening.

I began my drawing based on my memory of a pic of a work by Andy Goldsworthy, which lit me up again recently.

There is so much Beauty to view via an online search of his work.

His cold sculptures remain amongst my faves.

From time to time, gazing at images of the creations which that man has brought through feeds me so sweetly and deeply.
This is the first time I drew directly-ish from them. It may be the first of many.

(This pic clicks larger and much juicier.)

Welcome, April 2008.
Thankyou, March. You were kind, if a little hasty.

xxx

mixed media

I made a new Spring Gardening gallery today, of some pics from this week, when I spruced up my windowboxes.

If you have moments, do drop over - and enjoy the carousel and slide show options, via the lower menu. Allsorts of viewing possibilities.

Making the gallery was crazyeasy.
I'm going to make more new albums over there, before long. I do love my Mac, and where it has all evolved to now.

And I love my new Larch and Oak treelings, and my Festuca Glauca, Sea Thrift, Red Sage, Hedge Germander, Snowman Lavender, Boulevard Conifer, and all my little seeds, who I will introduce as and when they peep through...

xxx

mirrors of the moment

Book cover medley, from books seen and swooned over, at the Selvedge bookshop. I don't own these. Yet.
Thanks S, for the Selvedge reminder. 
They say they have over 500 textile-related titles there now. I believe they do. *Swoons again*

Thanks Cynthia, for The Spirit Books, and all the treasures at
Susan Puscinski Gaylord's lovely site. 
Susan PG showed me how to make a stick and elastic book earlier.
For which I am truly grateful.

Also, I made some pics today of windowboxes which I planted. I am so happy with the pics and over the moon with my new wee green pals. The pics will be on here soon.  I might get to keeping a visual documentation ongoingly. If I can keep it all together, eh. There are at least 17 other unspoken projects waiting in the wings for their truly spacious moment.  And and and.

Aries is ahappening.  ZoomZoom. Zoom.

xxx

changing relationships

Caroline Myss was talking this evening about 'The Archetype of the Equinox: Changing Relationships with the Light', on her radio show. I missed the beginning - good that I can enjoy an archive visit to catch up.

I took some notes:

"planting seeds in the springtime that you actually intend to nurture."

"A darkness worth shedding."

"Winter experiences"

"Time to find the light, Persephone"

"Trust the New Beginnings."

"In a cocoon; magnificent Butterfly."

And I think they say plenty, for the moment.

This new pic clicks larger.

xxx

one more egg

More Happy Blessings

xxx

egg Love

Fine pic by Auntie P.


I can't eat eggs, but I do enjoy looking at them.

They are astonishing manifestations, really. 


Also see: these lovelies, and these.
 
And three Beauty-Full Lapwing eggs, in the nest.


xxx

s*p*r*i*n*g*b*l*e*s*s*i*n*g*s

All this, and Equinox Blessings Too.
Happy Leafy Resurrections to us all.

There are a some more lovely vintage Easter cards,in the archives here, between 4th and 8th April last year. The 8th is my fave there.



xxx

"Let Me See Clearly"

Tuesday : CM + tablet + Artrage = a fine time altogether.

Ritual or routine?

Awakening or fear-based?

The choice is ours.

(pic clicks to see it more clearly.)

xxx

Present

Happy would-have-been 86th birthday to my dear departed Daddy.

I've made a new gallery of some of his lovely pics. 
Click this pic, and enjoy your visit! xxx

time, time

The clocks changed by an hour in the U.S., but not here... I missed the radio show tonight.... so I got creative and listened to a recording of Ms Myss teaching about 'Your Power to Create', while I made this pic.
The unheard-as-yet radio show theme is Survival Ritual, and my Tuesday evenings have become decidedly ritualistic. The thing gets done, and I want to see what's cooking when the pen meets the tablet. Week by week, I have acquired a taste for this kind of being-listening-healing-doings. (Click pic for clearer seeing.)

Eckhart and Oprah's class was good last night too - it was nice to breathe together with thousands for a moment. It's available in archive now.

I put a few quotes from last week's chapter over at Hungryghosts*r*us.

xxx