Welcome to 2024! Click here or on the photo to watch the introduction to the Creative Energy Levels vlog: Let’s set the tone for this year from a Creative Energy standpoint. If we consider the options available everything comes down to how we talk to ourselves and...
Donna Iona Drozda
The Opening of the North Gate
Our keyword for December is Strength May resilience be radiant within all living beings. That even in the darkest of times, a light shines forth from the heart.” Winter Again, Drozda, Acrylic/pastel/Arches paper, 5×7″ As the North Gate opens at Winter Solstice, on December 21, we enter the twelve...
It’s the Nature of Nature to GROW!
WE HAVE ENTERED THE SOUTH GATE and are moving through the 12 weeks of summer! Summer surrounds us with nature’s vitality, engagement, and creative growth. New life at my tree farm captured on the wildlife camera Into this expansive space, we discover the power of returning to the...
Gratitude to Mother Earth Sailing Through Night and Day …
Happy Earth Day! Caught on the wildlife camera at the tree farm early this month And here, in honor of National Poetry Month is one of my all-time favs by Zen-poet, Gary Snyder: Prayer for the Great Family (after a Mohawk Prayer) Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day–...
BE Light
Growing Together
My thanks to Norfolk Academy, artist Rick Nickle and artist-curator Betsy DiJulio (who made it all happen 😉 for the exhibition ‘Growing Together’. In lieu of a public opening, canceled due to Covid, I have created a brief walk-through. Click on the image to take the 18-minute gallery tour:...
Your Story – My Story – The Mystery
The title of this blog post refers to You, to ME*, and to The Mystery. 2021 is the Natural Year to set the intent to be a Change-Maker. Your story makes you who you are. Overarching each individual ME story is The Mystery. As an artist, I revel in...
Living Life in Widening Circles
Looking at the Natural Calendar, November has us traveling inward. We are continuing the six-month process of sinking deep into our roots. The first 90 days (stretching from fall equinox to winter solstice) can be used for mind-training. In as little as15 quiet minutes a day, it becomes possible...
A Maze in Grace
Dear Gentle Readers, In this post, I find myself particularly reflective. These nine months of being the midwife for the nineteen-year-old, providing space so that she could give birth to her story, has been unsettling as well as moving. She has helped me to experience a profound part of...
Almost Twenty
Dear Readers ~ This week the story told by the nineteen-year-old closes as she prepares to turn twenty. Thank you for being here and for witnessing this one-year journey. Being the scribe for the nineteen-year-old I have learned to trust the creative process in new ways. I have gained...