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 root of the matter … we are here to grow UP^ and there is no more potent time to express our creative gifts than during this 90-day quadrant.
Let’s connect to some of the month’s potential by using our keywords directory.
Keep in mind that these words are listed to give you a boost. This is the natural time to grow and in taking on your own hunt for what makes your heart sing you truly do Grow UP^.
Here are a few keywords to support you in creating balance:
Self-esteem
Boundaries
Discipline
Organization
Loyalty
Patience
Sustenance
Self-control
Core strength
If you, or those around you, or the content that you consume via books, news or videos, etc.,
are out of balance, you will notice some of these qualities. Decide then if you are going to continue
leaning into these negative zones. Consider this short list of indicators:
Intolerant
Limited
Bored
Fixed opinions
Poor
Crude
Pained
Deprived
Violent
This is the natural month to Grow-UP^ and
build on your creative vision for this year
Be focused, disciplined, and have a structure. Protect and honor your heart. Realize this is your art/life and you form it. This month’s creative energy provides a real opportunity for development regarding your creative vision. Be organized and willing to go the extra mile for your creativity.
The most valuable work of the heart ever:
Most of what we find frustrating and difficult in other people’s characters can be captured by the term ‘immaturity’.
Whatever its manifestations, immaturity has two fundamental causes.” …
Two Reasons People are Immature
6-minute video from The School of Life
The four weeks ahead give you the time to be natural and to advance in your growth.
Think of the classic metaphor of the butterfly emerging from the fluid phase within the cocoon. Consider the transformation calling you forward. Take note of your resistance and make a pledge to face and transcend that which wants to hold you in a stuck pattern. What is necessary for your emergence during these summer weeks ahead?
Since the creative energy of July places an emphasis on your heart’s work, ask:
‘What change, motion, transformation am I being called to engage?’
‘What is the true work of my heart at this time?’
I created this design in 1993 for the twenty-year anniversary of Roe V Wade.
I share the design in this wearable art form to acknowledge the power of taking a stand for all women and girls.
Order yours here:
The work of my heart
In addition, I have introduced a series of nine of my black and white graphic images as wearable art T’s!
Take a look using the link above, choose your favorite, purchase for yourself and send a gift to a friend.
Creativity, Vision, and Purpose
July is a month of extraordinary creativity.
Fruits and flowers take an abundance of forms.
The eggs of bluebirds hatch, leaving tiny shells the color of sky
beneath nests noisy with the cry of hungry young.
This cycle of hatching and maturation brings us into
heightened awareness of our own life purpose,
the gifts we have been given to share with the Sacred Circle of Life.
In exploring our life purpose this month,
we will also explore the attitude with which we work,
for when our activities are dedicated to the good of all,
creativity flourishes, the energy of mind and body flow freely,
and we share the joy of our essence as a blessing to the world.
Watch her 1-minute video at the link above to learn a simple breathing
technique for relaxing the nervous system
Leave a comment on what your takeaway is from reading this month’s blog
and also share what is creatively hatching for you … we grow together 😉
See you next time,
Iona
