Meditate or nap
Stretch, Hatha or Flow Yoga
All up to the mind.
Art Prescription: I haven’t slept well in about three nights and it occurs to me that it’s either hormonal or a busy mind. So, off to yoga I go today to set a big intention of calming my nervous system so I can slumber…hope it works! Course it did not help that my husband’s phone alerting him to a new text message went off at 2:00 a.m.!! 2:00 a.m.!! Curse!! Back to my mantra, “All is well…All is well…and all that is, is well.”
Respect, honesty
Over time, reliable.
Brick-work of a bond.
Art Prescription: “Free from desire you realize the mystery.” Tao De Ching
Dark grey clouds rise up
Loud thunder rattles and booms
Big rain drops fall hard.
Art Prescription: During a storm is the perfect time to work in a sketchbook or journal…all cozy inside.
Graceful, walks on stilts
Turns head, big eyes look at me
Prays, licks paws, cat-like!
Art Prescription: An insect to love, Praying Mantis. They start off about the size of a mosquito, and grow to be several inches long. I once had the same Mantis live on my basil for about two months! At the time I wanted to write a book called “Manni in the Herb Garden,” a children’s illustrated guide to herbs. I found this bug fascinating to watch, and it’s true the way they lick their front limbs and clean their face it very cat-like. They turn their head in a way that gives them immediate personality. When I watered my basil this particular fellow would come up to the top of the plant to get a drink. There are so many things to find and observe in nature! And if you have time to sketch even better!
September blue sky
Yellow-brown leaves spiral down
Nature heads for rest.
Art Prescription: It’s still pretty hot out there. We rode bikes on Tobacco Trail today. Now grilling some fresh NC eggplant, squash, pepper, and onion, to go over a pasta with some NC feta cheese! There are subtle fall hints in the air. Nature is just a little more quiet, done with their big spring and summer jobs…ready for a bit of a rest. I love living in an area that has definitive seasonal change. It’s refreshing! Here is a painting that I started as a demo last weekend at my Art Prescription workshop.
I sit in child’s pose
Aromatic coffee brews
Cup of warm wake-up!
Art Prescription: I’m a ritualistic person. Maybe I’m boring, but I like my life to have a pattern, a familiar routine, creature and other comforts…it’s the small things that make daily life full of grace. Like, my husband always makes me coffee. When he hears my feet hit the floor, he hits brew, and I come downstairs in a half awake state to the gurgling sound of the drip machine and a waft of java aroma. I bend to the floor in child’s pose to wake up my muscles. At least one cat comes and claims me as theirs, licking my head. My grandfather did the same for my grandmother. Her coffee would be waiting for her on their kitchen counter. Wonder how many years this ritual took place? Which leads me to the full moon. A good time for setting wishes.
What is wealth? Fortune?
One’s worldly substance, purpose
What does your life mean?
Art Prescription: Long busy day at my nursing job caring for people from all walks of life with minor and major health problems. One thing about my health care career is the constant awareness of how for each and every one of us, our lives could be changed in a moment. So was does wealth mean to you? Do you spend your days with substance, purpose? Does your life have meaning and direction? For some of my friends wealth is a first class ticket to anywhere in the world, for others it’s running marathons and staying fit, some find wealth raising healthy happy kids, some in going to church or temple and spending quality time meditating, some find it in being able to go a day with-out their addiction, volunteer work for the needy feeds wealth…Basically what I’m getting at is that we each have to carve our own and very personal definition of wealth and then do the very best we can at attaining it. If you know what IT
is…what are you waiting for?
Fragile skeleton
A dried form of brown beauty
Stands tall in meadows.
Art Prescription: As much as I love spring, I love fall. The dried foliage to me is not dead, but graceful forms of intricate detail. This is the season to find much adored seed pods of all kinds. For every flower there is a seed, and nature’s designs awe and inspire me. Recently I’ve been noticing dried Queen Anne’s Lace along roadsides and meadows. These seeds will be next year’s crop.
Home work and house work
Unpaid time spent nurturing
Clean, cook, water, love.
Art Prescription: Time does not always equal money!!!
Blue Willow china
Collectible favorite
Simply blue and white.
Art Prescription: Are you familiar with Blue Willow, a china pattern from the turn of the 19th century? I have always loved the combination of blue and white. I’ve painted blue watercolor on white paper…and now am experimenting with white ink on a dark ultramarine blue background. Ooooohh!
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