"The hallmark of a divine experience, regardless of what form it takes, is that it gets your attention and leads you to think something out of the ordinary might be happening to you...
~Caroline Myss
These are left to right.... "I will stand to the side and reflect" and "First layer of looking inside to see the reflection."
Throughout life you encounter extraordinary opportunities and challenges that require continual transitions and adjustments." ~ Caroline Myss
I can say as an artist, most of us would create whether or not we had an audience or art appreciation. It is therefore, a bonus, it is a gift, when you find others that seem to relate to your art and it is understand.
Yet, I have been considering and will be considering the looking glass, perception, and reflection and have realized that each day is truly, only a day, to try to understand self.
How do I show my expression? How is it seen? Am I so expressive that I lose sight? It is a beautiful thing to love what you see and enjoy art or another person. Yet, I am going to also look at people and art like I was standing near a crystalline, calm, lake, too. There is value in that....
Probably, actually, more value.
Art brings out our passions, as it should, but if I am a whirlwind of joy or expression, I can be caught up in a gust and not see, not listen.
Being understood is a joy and an affirmation for an artist,
understanding self is the ultimate joy and affirmation. When you begin to understand yourself and even the way others understand you clarity comes.
In 2003, one of my favorite people gave me a book that I peek at once in awhile, I must need it at slow intervals, and at times I can't relate to it and at times it is so revealing. Of course, I am sure this is based on my perception at different times.
It is Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss. There are many parts I just can't relate to, and then at times,
there it will be,
and I will open it and find some insight into self that I must have needed.
Myss states, (as I oddly open to just the right page for what I need)
"Move your attention into your fifth chakra, whose energy helps you formulate how you intend to communicate externally within a situation or relationship...Do I allow the perceptions of others to open my mind or to help me reviewing actions" (pp.198-99)
Amazing, that serendipity, when you look at your reflection and see that you love, but might need to reflect on how you express.
The artistic world is continually one of growth. I am growing and reflecting. I know this.
Be gentle with yourself, with your art, with others, and the richness of every experience will shine through and not glare. I am going to always ask from now on, what is my art trying to convey? What are my words trying to convey? Am I effective or not listening?
I am glad I have decided each day I will patiently look at myself as I fluid concept and try to present my heart in clarity.
"Dal centro della mia vita, venne una grande fontana..."
"From the center of my life, there came a great fountain." Louise Gluck quoted in my bookclub book, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
I will shine some light into me and look at the reflection on the waves and enjoy what I find that will bring me to a better artist, friend, and person. It is a day to celebrate!
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