Well I didn't see that coming! Lol

Well I can hardly believe how quickly the last 6 weeks have passed!...Only one more week of Simona's fabulously invigorating ChakrART free workshop left!!!!

She has very kindly set each weeks class up as a pages on her blog, so if you feel inquisitive why not pop over and have a try...you never know where it may lead you :D

So this week is the 6th chakra...Ajna or the 3rd eye chakra.

I use mine quite a lot, but in times of stress (or anger) my vision becomes cloudy and tainted with "wishful thinking"

I was truly surprised by the image my meditation brought so clearly...a yellow dragon, flying through the air...twisting and somersaulting. And the air was more like long strands of silky grass, streaming passed as the dragon raced by....weird or what....but all the time I kept getting "close-ups" of the bright shiny eye.

I decided that what the image symbolised, was the intense effort I was having to use to activate that particular chakra, because of all the cluttered thoughts that had built up in my head...causing tension headaches.

I used to use a sparkly purple geode to enhance my 3rd eye...when I got it out of the box, it had turned black!!!

I guess I have some serious focussing to do, to re-energise my poorly little crystal...my chunk of purple amethyst however(in the background) was as sparkly as ever :D

Enjoy :D XXX

Don't be invisible....

Today I am sharing my art journal page for Simona's FREE ChakrART class, the 5th Chakra "Vishudda" or the Throat chakra.

It is the chakra that is about communication, expression and creativity...and I don't think it is conceited of me to say I don't have much of a problem with any of those aspects of my personality :D

So I focussed on giving my opinion of "giving your opinion"...

The first image that came to mind while meditating was of someone in chains apparently being martyred.

I guess that is how I see people when they are (in my opinion) over reacting to someone else's opinion. I am not talking about seriously horrendous matters that effect society as a whole, but stuff like a preference of style or technique or even a colour combi....geesus...the drama!!!

So let's just remember folks, You don't have to be a drama queen/king to have an opinion, nor does it make you a drama queen/king for having an opinion. It is how you express that opinion that makes it a drama!

At the same time you don't need to be invisible for fear of being of a different opinion to your friends...the truth, however quietly spoken, will be heard. It is never drowned out by the shouting of lies.

Sermon over :D Enjoy :D XXX

Life is a Masquerade...

My "A Piece a Week" this week is my 3rd ChakrART journal page. 

Whilst meditating on this chakra I visualised myself at the bottom of a spiralling  tunnel, but as I asked for strength and renewal I felt myself being drawn out of the depths, and the spirals turned to rose petals...

The page I had ready to work on also looked like it was covered in roes petals...specifically a rose I used to have called "Masquerade" which actually changes colour as it opens.

This made me think of how I have a tendency to hide from weakness...as in I don't allow myself to appear weak...ever. I in effect, mask my true situation health wise(because I know I am not "that poorly", there are many who are worse off than me health wise)

But what I have realised through this meditation, is that my true energy comes from my garden...if my garden is feeling unloved and bedraggled, how can I expect it to give me strength?

So I need to get my head out of the soft comfy petals, and get down and dirty with the soil again!

"I" didn't used to care if it was raining..."I" dug in the ground all the same..."I" didn't wait around for others to be able to help me move stuff..."I" just moved it....

If "I" learn nothing else from Simona's course, I have learned that no one else can put the sparkle back in my life..

.only "I" can do that

Enjoy :D XXX

Shocking revelations......!

As you know I am working on an art journal covering Simona's ChakrART workshop, and into the second week I have to warn you this course is not a wishy washy walk in the park. It makes you think really honestly about your self.

This week we are studying the second Chakra...Svandhishtana...the chakra of pleasure and sexuality and FUN.

Well I was totally confident how this was going to go, as this is the chakra I knew was unbalanced(being the region of my surgical adventures). It was obviously this that had caused the imbalance and was quashing my "smiley muscle"....but boy was I wrong!

as I looked at the base page I was to use I kept thinking "pfft..no orange AT ALL on here. Just looks like a load of fireworks"......BAM!!! right between the eyes!!!

I realised I had been resenting my hubby's ability to still enjoy sexual gratification, while I was physically now deprived of that pleasure...at least to the extent we used too. But it isn't because of him...it isn't his fault..there is no blame on his part.....I have chosen to focus on the fireworks and not the love.

Then I picked up a piece of scrap paper to use as a page protector...and these are the words that jumped out at me...can we say "Bitch-slapped by Karma!"

So I will drag myself out of my self-pity.

I have the "relevant skills, knowledge and experience"!!!

                                    

I used to dance and sing and dye my hair orange all the time...just because I could...

...and wear black eyeliner and glittery lipstick when I went clubbing...

(the teeny writing says " I have been spending far too much time inside my own head. I need to get out more!")

So I've put on a bit of extra weight...so I've been a bit poorly....so what? I liked dancing and I liked singing and I liked sex!

And I AM going to like them again!!!!

Enjoy :D XXX

Starting with solid foundations

This week I finally got to join Simona at Timeless Rituals for her FREE ChakrART workshop 

She is teaching us how to rebalance our 7 main Chakra, to open our selves to our own creativity.

This week we are starting with the 1st Chakra which represents strong foundations....no better place to start really lol :D

Each week I will be making a journal page to explore my own Chakra...

the journalling reads..."I am strong...I am a builder of safe places"

This Chakra also represents patience...something you know I lack where art is concerned...so I have set myself another task for this workshop.

I am going to make a "Chakra Panel" to hang in my art space...wait for it...and I am going to take 7 weeks to make it.....I am....

I am using the back panel of a clip frame that broke...16 X 20 inches....

Yesterday I gessoed the board and tore images from a National trust magazine to make a collage layer.

My roots are ancient...they need fresh air, open spaces and solid earth to thrive...

just had to have this pair of stonking walking boots for the base of my piece(I have a pair just like them)

Today I added a paint layer. I worked with the colours representing each Chakra, in the order they appear in the body, using a different method to apply each one...

I LOVE THIS BACKGROUND!!!!!

How much energy can you feel from that? :D

I waited for it to dry...I did...

then instead of blocking out the background to reveal one of my bubble people, I decided to work the other way round...

The whole point of this workshop is to rebuild your own energy, so with each Chakra I work on I will add to this panel, to rebuild myself...I will...I will not look up the Chakra in advance...I will add the appropriate "feelings" to this piece after I have made the relevant journal page each week.

I will learn to savour my own creativity!

Enoy :D XXX

Made myself an art journal :D

During last month I made myself an art journal, and decorated the cover with shiny painted aligning planets :D

The shiny makes it hard to scan, so here is a close up to show how strong the colours really are...

I watched a few vids on youtube about decorating blank pages so that you have a starting point when you decide to use your journal....so this is what I did yesterday(and yes there are a lot of 3 folded pages :D)

(Watersoluble crayon/acrylic paint stamped on with bottom of my barrel pencil sharpener+ thick coat od white gesso)

(acrylic paint dripped on and spread with a sponge + white gesso rubbed down with baby wipe)

(inktense pencil scribbles worked over with wet brush/acrylic paint rubbed on with fingers + thin coat of white gesso) 

(drips of acrylic paint spread with sponge roller + thick layer of white gesso/textured with paper towel)

(acrylic paint stamped on with plastic box/ black acrylic dry-brushed to form grid + thin coat of white gesso)

(water soluble crayons spread with wet brush + coat of white gesso rubbed down with baby wipe)

(acrylic paint dry brushed on + thin layer of white gesso)

(inktense pencil doodles worked over with wet brush + thin layer of white gesso)

(soluble crayons with very wet brush + thick layer of white gesso)

ooooowwwwww...pretty colours!!!

I added a coat of gesso to all the pages so that anything I use over them will stick easily, as shiny acrylic is hard to write over, and soluble wax crayons will re activate if you want to paint over them :D

Hope you like :D

I think I am going to use this journal for Simona's Free ChakraART workshop, starting on March 4th. This sounds like a wonderfully spiritual workshop, it only lasts for 7 weeks...and it's FREE

Rather than work through the pages in order, I will choose which page "feels" right for each Chaka :D

So excited :D 

Enjoy :D XXX