Vernal Equinox

This is really late, but I forgot I wrote it! It was buried in my website copy work.
Beautiful day! Been in the garden connecting with Mother Earth for a while. The project started as clearing out the dross of last year’s garden, but seems the focus quickly encompassed clearing out my mind in preparation for the Vernal Equinox ceremony and declaration of intention I plan later today.
The Vernal Equinox is the astrological New Year, and it seems to be my time to review the seeds I’ve planted and where I need to go from here, my resolution time.
This time it was replanting the seeds of my life-long dream, which I’ve worked hard gestating through these past winter months. Almost as soon as I reclaimed my dream, and declared my intent doors started opening and things started falling into place (you know the map).
But somewhere along the way the doors started creaking and my support system disappeared. Denial at first, then disbelief, then frustration followed, but still I wouldn’t be deterred and kept working, learning and tweaking on my own. It hasn’t been easy, but it has been rewarding in a lot of ways, and one of the happiest times of my life. In reclaiming my dream I was living to live again not living to die just marking time.

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Ethereal Spirits

Have you ever wished to see an ethereal being, a nature spirit, an elemental?

I’d bet you already have and just didn’t realize it. That shadow or dark flicker just at the edge of vision that’s gone when you turn to see what it is, or those flickers of light just off on the horizon, but then, usually a breeze distracts you, and they’re gone too.

Sometimes, when you’re especially sensitive, empathic, and willing, you can see them outright, but usually just for a moment before the shadow veil (that ephemeral curtain between reality and the ether) drops and you’re separated again. It takes faith not reason, openness and acceptance to hold the veil open and see them for longer periods of time.

I try to bring this vision into a form of reality with my artwork, by carving the faces and forms I see in natures refuse. It is my passion, my bliss, my way of sharing the oneness of all with others.

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Economic Crisis

Christmas just past somehow felt extra special with very little shopping and lots of making, (which is what I like best anyway), and the thinking about each person on my list and the giving was a bigger joy. Reflecting on these emotions at the time, I felt it was a sign-of-the-times as evidenced by the recent election and somehow a cosmic gift of the Economic Crisis. We wanted/needed change and the crisis was given to make sure we did and stayed on path.

A dear friend of mine and I have lived in economic crisis for many years now, so the nationwide/worldwide crisis is nothing new to get used to for us. I do empathize with all those new to the situation and fully understand how stressful it can be, but all is not lost and fear is the enemy. We learned to rely on and support each other. The gifts we’ve received are examining values, reorganizing priorities, and finding new ways of thinking about spending. And right now it affects everyone to some degree, so I also see it as a gift because we are all in it together.

It’s a new year now with the biggest shock and awe behind us. Things are going to change ultimately for the better. Maybe not quite the way we each want or as fast as we would like, but every time I stretch myself beyond the next several months I feel excitement and anticipation. So I’m celebrating the arrival of 2009 by making resolutions for what I want to bring into to my life instead of what I want to give up.