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Fierce Love

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Deborah

With gratitude to my friend Jane for inspiring these thoughts in our conversation today. By the end of January and the official end of the Painting the Feminine course with Connie Hozvicka, I felt discombobulated. Confusion over love tossed me … Continue reading →

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The Heart of Art

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Deborah

As one painting journey ends, another begins. I am struck with the gift of all the online opportunities to pray for this earth of ours through the blessings of art. I spent the month of January totally immersed in Painting … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged acrylic, art as healing, art as prayer, art as wisdom, blessings of the unexpected, Connie Hozvicka, healing arts., intuitive painting, oil pastels, prayer painting, Prayer with a Paintbrush, process painting | 1 Comment

Grooving on the Healing Nature of Art

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Deborah

Our well being, and our planet’s, depends on creating our asses off. I’m serious! We need to bring beauty back. We need to honor the spontaneous expression of wonder and surprise. We need to remember what makes us hummmmmm, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aliveness, art and healing, art and wholeness, Connie Hozvicka, creating and thriving, mystery, Terry Tempest Williams | 2 Comments

Light Obsession

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Deborah

Darkness calls me with its power. I love night’s beauty. .. the magnificence of day blind stars, the aurora borealis yanking audible awe from my throat, moon sprinkling diamonds on snow, the forest breathing more slowly as trees, quite literally, … Continue reading →

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The Sacredness of Relating

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Deborah

This last month has flown by. Praying True, the global group on Facebook mentioned for the first time in my last post, grows in giant steps and deepens my commitment to living a life of reverence. And you know what … Continue reading →

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The Web

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Deborah

Dear Readers of my blog, I am walking an unprecedented road and yet I forecast it back in August. Do you remember? I tell you about sitting on the couch with Victoria and sharing with her my last two … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Thread?

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Deborah

I don’t know where time goes. Do you? A month has passed and I need more time so I have left my part time job at an art gallery. I have no idea how money will flow, but I know … Continue reading →

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Dead Zone – Part 2

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Deborah

I’m laughing at my stubborn refusal to post again until I have finished the salmon prayer painting for August. I have just finished the painting and now I will finish the story of our traipsing through the wood along the … Continue reading →

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Making Prayers for the Salmon

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Deborah

Six weeks have flown without posting. EEEEgad. Summer is my only excuse and the fact that I’m working two part time jobs. So as I begin to write again, I shift gears. Those of you who follow my blog know … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Global Earth Exchange, making beauty, praying, Rad Joy bird, salmon, solastalgia, wounded places | 5 Comments

Stepping Back

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Deborah

I am blessed and blissed by this image. “Tidal Wisdom” could also be titled “Handcestors.” I love the misspelling of the word ancestors which popped out of my fingers on the keyboard early on in the painting process. Some of … Continue reading →

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