To Find Purpose

September 16, 2011

... to find purpose,

undress your heart to reveal what is already You...

and then move into there.

(beautiful words of Chameli Ardagh on a conference call yesterday)

Original mandala made from my painting Essence

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Taking a break from social media to help cleanse the creative palate, tend some details + commitments, and narrow the sensory focus for a bit. See you on the other side, loves. #creativeenergy .
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Depth and simplicity are two of my favorite ways of experiencing things and, essentially, of being at home with my creative spirit, in my skin and on my path - even though, admittedly, I am at times easily whisked away from my true self by shiny+ infatuating complexities, entertaining distractions, and easy patterns or habits or comfortable ways-of-seeing and contributing. I find that simplicity, though - unlike easiness or even staying comfortable - has to be quite a conscious perspective & choice in this busy world, and allows room for true depth to emerge and breathe... and the deepest discoveries point us back to simple and timeless truths. Sometimes we find deep and simple in delicious layers, energetic movement and a sense of fullness - and sometimes we find them beautifully nestled within the most unlikely places when we simply choose the quiet spaciousness and receptivity of LESS.
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It is enough... (1 more evening page because graphite + white paint is joy tonight) .
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Evening pages after swimming with my love #summertime #creativelife #creativepractice #loveyourlife
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I keep looking at this little island paint-sketch in the studio. be•longingly. .
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