Blog the other way — creative process
de mon coeur (from my heart)
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My creative expression is intuitive, as you know, so sometimes, I end up painting messages to younger versions of myself to help them understand that the mistakes they think they made, or the path they chose, was just fine because it all made me the person I am right now. A person I love more than anything or anyone. And I believe that more Black womxn and girls need these messages.
Testing, Testing
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I haven't done this in a while. Blogging in general, but definitely blogging on my site. And that almost feels like treachery. Like I'm letting you down, dear reader. But here we are. A new blog post and much to discuss. As of press time, it is February 8, 2021. We have survived one of the craziest years of my life, and are inching ever so steadily to the one year anniversary of the beginning of the global pandemic. While on lockdown, I was still creating, but there were so many other things to contend with, I didn't really feel...
When Art is Therapy: My Inner Child confronts a monster
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I had trouble with this piece for sure. I doubted my inner child's choices and methods, I made excuses for the parts of her that were being represented. I felt it unfair to paint her this way. But in allowing it to happen, surrendering to that child's truth, I've been able to see all of us in a new way. And I'm grateful.
Why it matters: a note on Thank You notes
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But this is a business built in love whose mission is to raise the collective vibration one brush and key stroke at a time. And that little detail makes a world of difference in my mission.
the 3 women
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Sometimes when I create something, I'm pulling from a download from Spirit. Such was the case with this painting. I saw the three women, I saw their hair and their clothes, and I saw what order they were in. When Spirit gives me these visions, some of the specifics are often missing. So I didn't know until I got in the fabric store which color fabric belonged to which woman. But I knew the general shape of their clothing and its "personality". These women are 3 in a generational line. Now whether they're mothers and daughters, or 3 women...