the limitless universe, the space of our limitless spirit...

The message of Jesus reaches into the depths of our humanity...into those spaces of life where we create and imagine, dance and sing, write and envision, laugh and cry, mourn and despair, hope and love, and where everything deeply human dwells within us.

"spirit dancer" - 2008

This message reaches into our art. I believe that our art is another message of eternal life as it lives and reaches beyond us. It is a bridge between heaven and earth and experiencing the oneness with all.

Every human being has a light, a radiant spark of God's divine nature, installed in his/her own nature. The idea of opening this light to the world is what all artists and craftspeople have been doing since the birth of time. And I will venture to say that opening up our light will be most important in the third millennium as people search for a spiritual connection.  For an artist, our art is the portal to our souls.

I believe that all of us are called to co-create in the universe together with God. Everyone, if willing, can open up their divine origin, hidden within the depths of our human souls, and give something of value to the universe.

"repose" 2008

Finding your radiant spark, tapping in to the divine inspiration, and then allowing it to flow through you into the limitless universe is your charge in this life. Finding that space of your limitless spirit is a lifelong quest.

Spiritually advanced human souls have already set forth on their journey... can you be far behind? Afterall, you were led to this place today... Have you set forth on your journey or are you afraid to take that first, necessary step?

Millions of enlightened souls have entered their own dark night of the soul. This is where the journey first leads you. It is uncomfortable and, at times, frightening but very necessary to grow into our spiritual maturity. Once in spiritual maturity you are free to co-create with God and the universe with the gift that is uniquely your own.

We are challenged not to become so immersed in the illusory existence of the manifested universe that we forgot our divine nature. 

Einstein & Picasso: The Beauty that Causes Havoc...

Here is a link to Einstein and Picasso lecture. This lecture is part of Einstein Fest at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada.

by Arthur I. Miller, professor, history, University College London  October 17, 2005

Picasso's Les desmoiselle d'avignon

The most important scientist of the twentieth century, and its most important artist, went through their periods of greatest creativity almost simultaneously and under remarkably similar circumstances: Einstein's special theory of relativity and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. It turns out they were both working on the same problem: the nature of space and time and, more particularly, simultaneity. When they produced these astonishing works, Einstein and Picasso were not the distinguished elderly figures that later became so familiar: they were in their twenties, unknown, feisty, dirt-poor, and prone to getting into trouble.

the energy of incomplete work...

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here are some paintings that are incomplete..or so i thought when i started this post...but the more i look at this top image the more sure that i am it is finished...so it is...

'a single tear' - 2009 acrylic, plaster on canvas

back to the topic...do you know the energy of incomplete work...

how many incomplete, half finished, or unstarted works are stealing your energy?

everything has energy...and things undone are thieves of creativity...they steal little bits of your energy by remaining in a state of limbo..subtly leaking energy...and the more little bits of energy that are being taken from you, the less creative energy you have to devote to the present works begging to be born...

i took a walk around my studio yesterday...i noticed several pieces that i have begun, with great intentions, yet abandoned somewhere along the way...they call to me every time i enter the space..."remember me?"..."help me" ..."finish me"...

if you have left some things unfinished in your life or your studio, perhaps they are using energy that could be better used in your present...for the present IS your life...

how to spot your energy stealers...attune your senses, mentally take orientations, be alert to negativity and energy stealers in your personal space...

then neutralize them by taking an action toward finalizing them or repurposing them or omitting them..undertake a mental and physical spring energy cleaning...

sometimes i even pick these unfinished works up and remember the moment that image came to me...the need to create it...other times i actually take it to my table and work at it...then put it away again...

i have come to understand that, if i did not stick with it until it was finished, perhaps it should be abandoned entirely...repurposed, reconditioned, reinvented...the materials used in another way...and when i do this i often find a remarkable work that developed out of fragments of other work from other times in my life...

so i am starting a series called 'fragments' that will use these old, unfinished works...in a different way, a new way...with new energy...i am also clearing away, simplifying my life...starting tomorrow i will begin selling my collection of art making supplies...please bookmark the blog or favorite it so you can see when new thing are added...it could be just what you need to finish a work...

Today's Intention...uncover the unfinished work in my life that is leaking energy...and finish or repurpose it...

heart broken open...

i had such a profound experience during my meditation this morning, i feel compelled and led to share a portion of the awakening...

'heart broken open' - 2009, journal sketch

i do not usually bring something so personal to this place but i am encouraged to believe that it just might help others who are struggling with something at this very moment...

during my meditation i was feeling heartbroken, desolate and in pain...both physically and spiritually...as i look inward, i find that i am unable to ask for help and, even when it is offered, i find it difficult to accept...yet, i have the capacity to willingly offer and give help as empathy is a large thread running through my nature...and i admit that i might, just might, need help at this time...

while journaling after my meditation this morning, i had a moment of clarity when i wrote, "the brokenness of my heart might, just might, be necessary for me to open my heart and accept help from God, friends, and even the universe."...albeit a forced opening, but an opening nonetheless....

'heart in a box' - 2007, acrylic on paper

now this opening of my heart is extremely painful...no, it is excruciatingly painful to the point i want to keep my heart in a box so it will be protected (actually it has been in a box for most of my life...you can read about it here and here...and even here...I write about trust issues a lot)

so my heart must be broken in order for it to heal...healing comes on gentle whispers to me, not in a roaring flood...healing is a gradual, sometimes difficult and almost always painful, journey for me...

'pieces of my heart' - 2009 acrylic on canvas

this opening up and pouring forth from my heart to yours is perhaps necessary for my healing to begin for a step toward acceptance begins the long journey into healing...from what was a small fissure, the tiny crack in my heart seemed to grow and the pieces of my heart were flung asunder...like a million tiny stars that blanket the sky on a clear night....

gathering these pieces of my heart together, fusing and mending it slowly is where the healing is leading me...that tiny fissure that i thought was bad and frightened me at first glance...is perhaps best viewed as a good thing, a necessary thing...for true authentic healing comes by going through the pain and coming out on the other side better...stronger...more alive...

i am not writing today in sadness or self-pity...that road has taken me nowhere over the past year...i write wholly within acceptance and awareness of my smallness in this vast universe of ours...embracing the fact that i am in the midst of healing...my spirit and my life...and it is painful...

my heart is indeed broken open...pouring forth to those of you who are ready to hear my story...and begin your own journey...

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