Summer is...

Summer is... love, beauty, and a time to deepen into your essence.

What is your essence? Your essence is the vibration of your soul. When you peel away the layers of life, you discover your True Self, beyond the roles you play in physical existence. So as you rest into Being, you experience your Soul’s vibration. This is a time to deepen your connection to your Spirit and experience the Beauty in the world around you...

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ~ Which one are you? 

Discover your season in the Life Cycle of Creativity Quiz

You can Click here to take the quiz!

True Art

I learn a lot from painting pictures.

I've learned that life is just like painting. Well, after all, life itself is a creative process...

Sometimes I leave a painting for too long and it loses my interest. And like a neglected dream it is in danger of never becoming fully realized in this world.

It's no longer new and I need to get excited about it again.

‘I played with an idea, and grew wilful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made it iridescent with fancy, and winged it with paradox.’ ~ Oscar Wilde

To be playful with creativity and ideas inevitably brings new visions, insights and the excitement that is so important to life itself.

It's the spark of new dreams that keep me going... 

But it is perseverance that makes them real. This is the true art.

 'True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.' ~ Albert Einstein

Fine Art, Fashion, Yoga, Dance ~ new designs!

Daisy Dared to Dream

Daisy was not content to be just another pretty wallflower. She always sensed there was more to life.

Oh, she was happy and grateful to be her bold, beautiful self, but she was restless...

Daisy wanted to travel.

She wanted to go and be and do... She wanted to see the world.

So Daisy dreamed. She imagined traveling to distant lands; the beautiful sites she would see, the people she would meet...

She dreamed and imagined and played with ideas... until one day...

Stay tuned for more adventures and incarnations of Daisy... 

Daisy travels the world...

The Cycle of Creativity Quiz

Creating a life and work I love takes time. It is a journey... 

And along the way I've discovered there is a cycle to the creative process... A never-ending cycle of becoming, blossoming, creating and transforming... Everything that is created in this world moves through these seasons... cycling continuously through life, death and re-birth.

And so I created a quiz!

Where are you in Life’s Cycle of Creativity?

Spring ~ This is a time of awakening and new beginnings. What is the dream that lives inside you? 

Summer ~ You are blossoming and in love with life. How can you deepen into your essence? 

Autumn ~ You are emerging as a greater expression of who you are and ready to give birth to your dreams. Now you want to create and express your Self in the world.

Winter ~ After much activity it's time to rest into Being. You are processing, renewing and transforming... What do you need to let go of so you can open again to the new? 

What's your dharma?

‘It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.’ ~ The Bhagavad Gita

Everything in nature expresses itself in it’s own unique way. Flowers, plants, trees, animals... they don’t try to be something, they just are. And by being who they are, and doing what they are meant to do, they naturally serve other plants and animals synergistically as part of the eco-system.

So I ask myself ~ Am I living my destiny?

Everyone has a unique talent or gift. Our purpose in life is to express our gifts and by so doing, we will then naturally be in service to others. Our gifts creatively expressed in service to others aligns us with our soul’s purpose; our ‘dharma’.

An oak tree is destined to become an oak tree.

And a rose is a rose is a rose....

So what are you destined to become? What’s your dharma?

You can ask yourself ~ What are my unique talents and gifts? What do I love doing that takes me to a place of timeless awareness?... And, how can I serve others by doing what I love?

What do you really, really want?

I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Greater Than You, and keep doing what you love. Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world. ~ Judy Collins

I’m preparing for my upcoming show... And feeling quiet and a little contemplative.

Sometimes life has a way of distracting us from what is important and what we really want for our lives.

Sometimes we think we want something... but we don’t really.

Or we think we have to do everything!

Sometimes it’s hard to know if what we think we want is just what someone else wants for us.

Or maybe we no longer want what we thought we wanted! It just doesn’t matter any more...

So it is important to take time, now and then, to be quiet and ask yourself ~ What do I really want?

Then see what comes up...

And see what needs to go.

Never let go of your dream.

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...

1. What are you most proud of today that you once thought you would never achieve?

When I began living in alignment with my true self, I made my dreams a reality.

Since I was five years old I imagined myself as an artist, yet it became a secret dream I kept inside when life experiences took me down other paths. For many years the dream seemed so far away... It felt like a long, lost child that I knew in my heart was still alive. I had to trust that the dream would find it’s way home.

I never let go of my dream...

Click here to continue reading on Leanne's blog.

Life is a Tapestry... and Continual Emerging of Self

Tapestry

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​

New Pillow Designs - Emerging Red and Tapestry pillows

Visit the Essence Art™ Boutique

Emerging Red and Tapestry pillows

What's your style?

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