Archive for fear
Christine over at Abby of the Arts (one of my favorite blogs) posted this Meister Eckhart quote last week, and I can’t stop thinking about it:
All beings
are »»
Filed under: Birth, Illness, Joy, Making art, Meister Eckhart, Poetry, Rilke, Spiritual Path, artist as vessel, fear, womb | artist as vessel, fear, Illness, Joy, Meister Eckhart, Poetry, Rilke, womb|9 Comments
Peace
Peace flows into me
As the tide to the pool by the shore;
It is mine forevermore,
It ebbs not back like the sea.
I am the pool of blue
That worships »»
Filed under: Art, Healing, Mysticism, Poetry, Sara Teasdale, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, fear, surrender | fear, Healing, Mysticism, Peace, Poetry, Sara Teasdale, St. Francis, surrender|3 Comments
It’s been a rough week. I haven’t posted because I have been in darkness. But, as always, darkness has it’s uses in pointing out the Light.
For »»
Filed under: Poetry, Spiritual Path, fear | fear, Poetry, Spiritual Path|14 Comments
Post Updated: I’ve bumped up this post from last month because I added photos of the sculpture it inspired at the end.
This poem by Thomas Merton »»
Filed under: Mysticism, Poetry, Sculpture, Thomas Merton, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, creation, creativity, fear, via negativa, womb | artist as vessel, creation, creativity, fear, Mysticism, Poetry, Sculpture, Thomas Merton, via negativa, Virgin Mary, womb, Women Mystics|2 Comments
I saw an angel close by me, on my left side in bodily form. This I am not accustomed to see unless very rarely. Though I have »»
Filed under: Artists, Bernini, Death, Elie Wiesel, Joy, Judaism, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Reb Nachman, Sister Wendy Beckett, Spiritual Path, St. Teresa of Avila, Women Mystics, Zen, fear | Artists, Bernini, Death, Elie Wiesel, fear, Joy, Judaism, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Reb Nachman, Sister Wendy Beckett, St. Thersea of Avila, Women Mystics, Zen|2 Comments
Max Beckmann is one of my favorite artists. I grew up a few blocks from the LA County Art Museum and there was an utterly stunning Beckmann »»
Filed under: Artists, Blogs, Making art, Max Beckmann, Mysticism, Poetry, Sister Wendy Beckett, Walt Whitman, fear, kabbalah | Artists, Blogroll, fear, kabbalah, Max Backmann, Mysticism, Sister Wendy Beckett, Walt Whitman|1 Comment
Since I posted yesterday it has really sunk in, the only thing stopping me from making art is myself. I feel totally liberated. How exhausting it has »»
Filed under: Art, Drawing, Healing, Processing, fear | Drawing, fear, Healing, Processing|1 Comment
My beach in St. Thomas
Happy first day of spring! I am back! My trip was amazing. I learned so much and have so »»
Filed under: Guidance, Spiritual Path, fear | fear, Guidance, Healing, Spirituality|5 Comments
Detail of one of my paintings
Tomorrow, January 9th, I’m going in for minor heart surgery. I will be discharged on January 10th. I know the Divine is »»
Filed under: Annunciation, Art, Blogs, Cycle, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, Illness, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, fear, surrender | Annunciation, Blogroll, Cycle, fear, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, Illness, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, surrender|8 Comments
A man should shine with the divine Presence without having to work at it. One must be permeated with divine Presence, informed with the form of beloved »»
Filed under: Meister Eckhart, Mystics, Poetry, Tagore, fear | fear, Meister Eckhart, Mystics, Poetry, Tagore, The One|8 Comments
The greatest spiritual crisis facing humanity today is rectifying our relationship to the Earth. Sadly, our culture has taught us that physicality »»
Filed under: Birth, Boneventure, Earth, Elisabet Sahtouris, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, John Muir, Lex Hixon, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Plotinus, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Thomas Berry, Women Mystics, creation, fear, surrender, via negativa, womb | Birth, Bonaventure, creation, Earth, Elisabet Sahtouris, fear, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, John Muir, Lex Hixon, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Plotinus, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, surrender, The One, Thomas Berry, via negativa, womb, Women Mystics|2 Comments
Today found about something might change quite dramatically in my life. If it comes to pass, I will share it here. But for now, I’ll just say »»
Filed under: Blogs, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Virgin Mary, fear, icons | Blogroll, fear, icons, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Spirituality, Virgin Mary|No Comments
Today
my life is mirrored in
a morning Glory.
-Arakida Moritake (1473-1549, member of the Shinto priesthood)
Making art is such an adventure. Yesterday at the etching studio I thought my »»
Filed under: Arakida Moritake, Art, Etching, Mysticism, Poetry, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, ceramics, creation, fear | Arakida Moritake, Art, ceramics, Etching, fear, Mysticism, Poetry, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, Spirituality|No Comments
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