No mud, no lotus

muddy layers, muddy colors, muddy mud.. muddy practice with mud. no mud, no lotus, though.

 

Mandalas and Coffee

feeling another lotus mandala today ✌🏻

(and coffee. lots and lots of coffee)

 

Balance

some days you create masterpieces and some days all you create is mud. it's all about balance. muddy, muddy balance.

 

Breathe

sometimes I need a reminder to just breathe, so I am painting it into a work in progress today ✌🏻

 

Hearts

I have carpet cleaners coming today and a million things to do to get my house ready for them before they get here, but I am painting a little bit instead. Oops, don't tell anyone. Here's some mixed media fun that I am playing with (including some crayon hearts given to me by my 5 year old niece ❤️💚). No idea the direction this painting is going and that's okay..

 

If You Were a Mermaid

If you were a mermaid, you might look like this. 

You might also want me to paint you a body, but you'd have to wait..

 

Art Heals

I woke up today feeling an inexplicable, weird blend of despair and lethargy. I came into my little studio to paint a bit, with no clear goal or idea in mind, and found myself starting to cover an already finished painting with dark, dark gray. I covered almost half of it before I realized what I was doing. To counter it, reached for the white, and ended up painting myself a message. I guess I now know part of what is weighing on me. And what I should focus on today. Doing what I can.

 

Intuitive Painting

when I spread paint around intuitively, without any goal in mind, sometimes even with my eyes closed, I am always amazed by what comes out. this showed up for me this morning and is really speaking to me.

 

Morning Mantra

painting (and burying) a mantra 

into the background of this one today.. 

this one aimed directly at myself 

as I work through some deep shit. 

don't allow your wounds 

to turn you into a person you are not.

 

be the good

Believe there is good in the world. 
(there is. it’s you and it’s me. let’s go do good.)

Self - love

I am free to love who I am. And so are you. So what are we waiting for? Let's do this.

Work in Progress

A lotus mandala painting in progress, complete with positive affirmations ✌🏻️💕

I Am a Work in Progress

Sometimes I am afraid of letting things go or afraid of being bolder, so at those times I make myself do it. I slap on bolder paint, I cover up parts that I am attached to, I go darker than I am used to. Still a work in progress, every day.