‘Facing Her’, Drozda, Acrylic/wood, 16 x 20 “, private collection Welcome to our first week on the January art/life trail ride. What a turn in the trail this is! From your current vantage point see yourself gently and safely sinking deeper into the feminine half of the Natural Year. The two quarters making up the fall […]
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Eat My Words
Welcome to the art/life trail ride for the last day of 2015. It’s been quite the ride has it not? Now as we turn the page on the Gregorian calendar it may be helpful to remember that here on the art/life trail we have eleven weeks remaining in the Natural Year. We follow the path of […]
May You Be Peaceful
Welcome to our weekly art/life trail ride. Now on the other side of winter solstice we come to the gateway into the Mystery where we will explore for the coming 12 weeks. My Holiday wish to you and yours… May You Be Peaceful May All Beings Be Peaceful May we gift ourselves with Metta: May I be […]
Buffeted by the Storm
Welcome to our weekly art/life trail ride. We’re coming up to the close of the calendar year and as we peer out we can see…up ahead…here on the path; a sign post. Clear indicator Notice Look ahead The winter solstice on December 21 is a day of equipoise…a day of equal light and dark… a day to […]
Everything Wants to Be Round
Welcome to our weekly art/life trail ride. December 11:The New Strength Moon: Twig reflection, Drozda, 2006 On our art/life trail ride keep in mind that Strength and balance are represented by the circle. … the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. …The sky is round. and … […]
Shake Your Wings
December Sky at my retreat farm, Drozda You knock at the door of reality. You shake your wings, loosen your shoulders, and open. Rumi Welcome to our weekly art/life trail ride…Like many of us I stepped back from routine last week to be with family. I’m deeply grateful to have a wonderful and funny clan […]
The Most Irreplaceable of Beings
Morning Song, Drozda, Acrylic/mixed media on canvas, 36 x 48″ Private Collection “Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could write as well as you. Care for nothing in yourself but what you feel exists nowhere else. And, out […]
Do You Mind?
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long. Walt Whitman Welcome to our weekly art/life trail ride. Were you able to pause, ponder and piddle last week with a bit of putzing added? It was excellent to hear from […]
Pondering, Piddling and Putzing
Welcome to the art/life trail ride. This week we’re taking a deep breather and enjoying the surrounding view. Savor the company of your favorite trees while reflecting upon the current design and the detail of the art/life that you’re living. As we travel the wheel of the Natural Year there is a great divide. It’s […]
Howz’it Goin?
The trick is to Treat Welcome to the art/life trail ride…we are well into the fall segment of the path and the tricks and treats abound. For example…I had this post completely written and saved and as I hit the button to publish the entire post disappeared. I cannot find it. TRICK!! The treat is […]