Dear Moon Muser,
I am immersed again in daily painting and in a world I'm creating called Faerieality. A world of bibliomancy and listening for the voice of the gods and goddesses calling me to them, of color and light, black and white, oh and especially sage green and hot pink, of mushrooms and prehistoric horses, of jellyfish that look like tacos and fairies riding octopi.
While glum skies, rain and freezing cold threaten outside I visit and play in the internal, eternal realms of Faerieality which will one day become an oracle deck, wheeee!
If you'd like to play with me in Faerieality please enjoy the first painting I’ve released this year from the new and upcoming deck. To learn more about the inspiration behind this painting please click here.
Rights Included by Kathy Crabbe (Faerieality Series
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Dialing Back on Facebook and Instagram
For the sake of sanity and to not simply be just another cog in the Machine that is Facebook and Instagram (both are owned by META) which is detrimental to all creators I choose not to devote my sacred time to posting very much on these platforms (and I continue not to view their feeds). If you'd like inspiration to follow my lead I suggest these resources as recommended by artist, Julia Bausenhardt.
Video by Julia: Why I quit social media and blog post.
Books:
Cal Newport - Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport - Deep Work
Jaron Lanier - Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Sherry Turkle - Alone Together
Nicholas Carr - The Shallows Documentary: The Great Hack: https://www.thegreathack.com
Articles:
Paul Jarvis - On the Facebook Like button, and why it’s awful: https://pjrvs.com/like/
Social media is a threat to democracy: Carole Cadwalladr speaks at TED2019: rb.gy/cllfsx
Rights Included (detail) by Kathy Crabbe (Faerieality Series)
Face Your Demons
I'm also doing shadow work with my dear friend, astrologer Chad Woodward (love his lengthy and wise new and full moon newsletters) and a year long tele-course in 4 parts (so you can join at any time), run by my spiritual mentor, Francesca De Grandis.
This shadow-work involves totally and 100% screaming into your darkest, deepest shadows, and insecurities and whatever you just plain HATE about yourself by fully and totally LOVING IT, ACCEPTING IT and recognizing that your soul NEEDS this experience 100%. This is transformational work and a technique you can learn about in the book Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliot.
Word of the Year and a Challenge
My word of the year is Simplicity and it's been sooooo hard for me NOT to complicate things by pursuing new online avenues for sharing my work such as: Patreon, Ko-Fi, another IG and a new website, etc.
With Aries Rising I just love starting things! but this is NOT simplifying my life, is it?
Join With Me
So instead I look to larger groups and organizations to submit my work to: zines, galleries, neurodiverse groups and live in-person events, now that they're back - yay!
For the first four months of this year you can find me and join with me at these virtual and in-person spaces.
March
All month - Faerieality Solo Show - Grace Mellman Library, Temecula
March 11-12 - Yorba Linda Women's Club Art & Craft Fair
April
April 1 - Brea Pet Expo
April 15-16 - Idyllwild Art in the Park
Magickal Women Neurodiverse Artists Group - zoom meetings
Creative Cronies Moon Diary - my art is featured
Demon by Kathy Crabbe (Lefty Oracle Deck)
Full Moon Oracle Card from the Lefty Deck
Demon Affirmation: I journey into the dark to discover inner truths.
Find all oracle decks here.
It seems appropriate that the Demon card cropped up for this Full Moon especially after all the Shadow Work that many of us have been doing. It is essential that we look into these depths instead of running away from them because if we don't they will continue to come back to bite us in the bum, as the saying goes.
About Kathy Crabbe: I have been called by Spirit to live a creative life and to be of service, both through my artwork and my intuitive guidance.
Sparkly Blessings!
Kathy 'Kat' Crabbe
Temecula, California