Equinox Musings with Moby

Tension between opposites: contrast, strain, pain, seeking balance within and without.

Shadow feelings may appear negative at first but are also transformative forces for changes: anger, deep pain, sadness - can transform and transcend us as a species to seek change.

What can you do to make a difference on this planet Mama Earth? Together we can destroy or together we can heal; the choice is up to you.

Musical Ambiance: Moby, Everything is Wrong

Quotes from Moby's album sleeve:

I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual improvement to leave off eating animals. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Your choice of diet can influence your long term health prospects more than any other action you might take. ~ Former Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop

A Shining Star Getting Stronger

The love of life is all that remains. A shining star will appear somewhere.

Salvino Nucera, Re Niliu~Pucambu

The fact is that I don't really care what becomes of these (recent) paintings of mine. I just need to do them.

Q & A

Q. So these paintings were created just for you?

Me: Yes, and no. I willingly share these fits of creative love, expression and heart with the world via my blog, so yes I do care about putting them out there into the world, but I'm not assigning any monetary value to them.

Q. What if someone wants one?

Me: They're not for sale. These paintings are part of one year of Process Painting and I won't have any answers for you until that year is up (some time in October, 2010) and even then I may not be ready to respond to that question.

Q. So why paint?

Me: Today, I was a bit down so I sat in front of a new white board (very large, by the way), played some music, wrote, pondered and eventually put brush to board and in the process felt better and stronger and then the painting process itself grew and morphed and became something in itself; the process carried me along with it. So basically I was able to make a choice: do I want to get out of this bad mood I'm in or stay in it.

Just click the link to see more art in process posts! Musical Ambiance: Planet Soup World Music Compilation

I Won't Fear Love

Are we waking up and discovering "Our shoe's don't fit anymore?" I know we sometimes feel and pray that hope, excitement, peace and love are possible on a world wide scale and on a personal level.

As we travel deep, deep into the center of our souls we release little time bombs, tick, tick, ticking...just waiting to wake us up and then, when we're not even close to being ready, they explode forcing us to face and own up to our shadow, and accept the truth of who we are. So, how do we face our demons?

Do you ever have moments where time just stops and then goes backwards? Or is that just longing for what was?

'All time is now' - sometimes I like this idea, although I can't explain it. Early morning, for example takes me back in time which often makes me sad and may be why I avoid it.

And if I feel a rage I won't deny it I won't fear love.

Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Musical Ambiance: Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Ingrid Karklins - Anima Mundi

Painting is the Heart

Making a living, when successful, can be a real high, but painting is the heart and meditating and psychic reading is the soul.

What to do when feeling lost? My cure: paint, meditate, get out in nature, help others, write, share.

It takes time to direct your attention away from practical concerns involving making a living, spending time with friends, at home and with family and towards spirit and soul and creative pursuits. It takes time to unwind, decompress and recharge and time is what most of us lack, but if your will is strong, I know you will find a way because it matters and you know it.

We are perceivors. We are an awareness; we are not objects; we have no solidity. We are boundless.

Don Juan/Carlos Castaneda

Musical Ambiance: The Best of Yaz

Spiral of Power

So much going on right now! To stem the flow, or rather to direct it towards creative expression, I'm painting it out and getting it onto board ie. my painting surface, which is masonite.

The opposite of patriarchy is not matriarchy, but is fraternity and I think it's women who are going to have to break the spiral of power and find the trick of co-operation. ~ Sinéad O'Connor, Fire on Babylon.

Strength and compassion are required from all of us.

"All the lonely people where do they all come from...We used to worship God as a Mother (and now) we're suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder."

Sinéad O'Connor, Famine.

Musical Ambiance: Sinéad O'Connor, Universal Mother album.