Hello,
Awake and creative.
We're going to stay enmeshed in the mystery for a few more weeks.
Not that we ever leave it,
But with more purposed,
Intentional choice,
Sticking to the dance.
From divine to human and human to divine.
From inspired voice within to the hand that draws it out.
With each quote and each verse we look at.
Let's dig in to week nine.
I've heard it said that anger is the expression of internal fear.
So too,
I think,
Is jealousy,
Envy,
Anxiety.
These are the body's expression of the internal fears.
Things bred in us are planted and grown through experience.
Anymore,
I take these all as opportunity.
When they show up,
I get to choose.
Fear tells us something and our response or reaction to it are how we grow.
In this week nine,
We continue to explore the depth of divine inspiration and how as artists and makers and craftspeople,
It shows up through our hands.
For me,
The working out of these emotions can happen across that canvas and help me take myself on the journey of discovery that is self-regulation while also a deeper divine connection.
In this one year,
On this nine year cycle,
We begin.
Yes,
Of course,
Again,
But not with nothing.
The tools we carry help us to up level in this new rebirth time.
I've made a commitment myself to myself and in bringing it to this space here with you,
Through this commitment to 52 weeks of quotes and thoughts,
To face into that up leveling,
To assuage the fear that wants to tell me a false story.
Have it sit on the sofa and listen.
As I let what comes,
Come.
Stay in the moment.
It's what we have.
My studio is currently filled with large canvases.
To my surprise,
They continue to bowl pieces,
To assemble around the practice of collage,
Which is not my go to,
Never has been.
I admire it.
I love it.
But I tend towards paint.
Perhaps there's another story that will come once these compositions are established.
But that's just it.
They're establishing and all my anger,
Frustration,
Or telling myself that this isn't what I do has been pushed to the side,
Sits on the couch,
And watches me perhaps with a furrowed brow.
But still,
The call I'm responding to in these compositions of collage,
I simply recognize as something outside myself,
Yet also deeply within.
So while I have no idea what I'm doing,
So to speak,
I'm responding to this mystery.
Because I know it's taking me somewhere.
It's my encouragement to you as well.
As we stumble and tumble into week nine,
And respond to Susan Tucker,
Or take her with us,
Into the studio,
Across the canvas,
Strumming the strings,
Tickling the keyboard.
That's the beauty of art.
It's not a medium that requires certainty.
When we don't have scientific proof or religious doctrine to support what we believe we've seen,
Felt,
Or experienced,
We make.
So go out this week,
Artist.
Let uncertainty and lack of proof be what it is.
Find your support in the making.
Awaken Creative.
Today.
