Recently I was interviewed by Leanne Chapman for her Pearls of Wisdom ebook and blog series.
Leanne write’s about reclaiming yourself and following your own unique path to your dreams. You can visit Leanne’s website here to receive her ‘Pearls of Wisdom’ and follow along on her blog tour.
Here is an excerpt from my interview with Leanne...
Read MoreTapestry
The more willing you are to surrender to the energy within you, the more power can flow through you. ~ Shakti Gawain
Tapestry weaves the stories of her life and transforms them to new ways of being. She is the forest floor... earthy, deep and full of riches.
Tapestry provides the nutrients for new life to begin...
Emerging Red
Red is the dynamic energy that flows through all living things... and emerges as herself.
Red is smart and knows what she wants. She takes decisive action to bring her dreams to reality... she creates herSelf as she desires to be.
She walks her own path...
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ~ G.B. Shaw
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Emerging Red and Tapestry pillows
Your style is the way you paint, the way you dress, the way you move... It's the way you live your life.
Style tells people who you are and what you want to be and express in the world. It gives people a sense of who you are.
Your style is expressed through art, music, fashion... It's the car you choose to drive and the way you decorate your home.
It's your life~style.
You cannot develop style by trying to be someone else. Style comes from knowing yourself... what you like, what you don't like, what inspires and ignites you. Your style comes from your essence and reflects your intrinsic nature to the outside world.
'Create your own style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.' ~ Anna Wintour
Just as every flower, tree, landscape or sunset is a unique expression of nature, so too are we all unique. To know and develop your style is to know and understand your Self.
What makes you come alive and be uniquely You? What is the essence of You?
What's your style?
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. ~ Oscar Wilde
I like to figure things out for myself, and it isn’t always the easy route...
I may have a destination in mind, but the path is not always clear.
Sometimes I get lost and have to retrace my steps... but then I just keep on going.
I’m driven by a sense of discovery and adventure.
I’ll say to myself ~ What if?...
'Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.' ~ Emerson
I’m creating my own path... It is unique to me.
No, it isn’t always easy... but then, the greater the challenge, the greater the reward...
‘Your work is to discover your work, and then with all your heart, to give yourself up to it.’ ~ Gautama Buddha
Life is a series of beginnings and endings.
(And I do so love new beginnings!)
To have a beginning, I first must have an ending...
I need to finish one chapter before I start the next.
As I add the final touches to my trees, I’m already thinking about my next painting.
I have the idea, the vision... the canvas...
But...
‘The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.’ ~ Robert Henri
And so, I remind myself...
It’s all in the being.
Be where I am. En-Joy where I am.
And it will be done...
Once upon a time in a garden, lived a beautiful rose.
She wore a red velvet dress and surrounded herself with brilliant blues and greens...
Rose was happy and had everything she could wish for.
Her garden was her kingdom. It was nature in full bloom... colourful flowers, wild grasses, bees, blue sky... and a warm, gentle breeze. It was the garden of love and beauty.
Nature’s living bouquet.
But as seasons come and go, Rose’s world began to change...
And slowly, Rose died a little death.
“Do not watch the petals fall from the rose with sadness, know that, like life, things sometimes must fade, before they can bloom again.” ~ author unknown
Rose Dress by Anne Gudrun
But the Essence of the Rose lives on...
Rose is in every golden pink sunset and every blossoming garden.
She is a summer day...
She is love and passion... ruby red... her element is fire, burning bright with desire... and in the fullness of life!
When you experience love, you experience the essence of the Rose.
'The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart.' ~ author unknown
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'If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive.' ~ Eleanora Duse
One day the sun came out.
Well... it seemed a long time since she shone her brilliant face...
It was as if the curtain lifted and the orchestra began to play - Everything came alive!
The birds sang madly... the air was exhilaratingly fresh... and all the colours of nature became intensely brillant!
Where did these little pink buds come from? And all these happy yellow daffodils?...
The sun came out to play and all of life played along with her...
Awake, thou wintry earth -
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth
Your ancient gladness!
~Thomas Blackburn
“If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. ”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Trees are wise.
Their path in life is clear. They spread their roots underground... drawing nourishment and energy from the soil... a firm foundation for Being.
And then they rise up... reaching to the sky. Solid, strong... yet flexible to move with any passing storm... They see a lot in their ancient lives.
Trees just are. They don’t need to go anywhere... Yet they are always creating.
They are observers of life, like grandfathers of the earth.
So when I walk amongst the trees, I listen for their wisdom...
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
~ John Muir
How do you fill your cup?
Snow White needs quiet and solitude. A tranquil stream or peaceful garden...
She can immerse herself in books, escaping to faraway lands...
You might find her sketching in nature,
Or sleeping... dreaming... under a cherry blossom tree.
Rose Red seeks energy through inspired action. She likes to move...
And dances like the wind.
Travel and adventure... it is people and places that fill her up.
'We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled.
The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over
and let the beautiful stuff out.' ~ Ray Bradbury
