One way to find JOY....
do some collage art!*
I love this lady's smile!!!! ...... the crow is the Native American totem for my birth month.
Oranges, browns and blacks hold this all together. The art quilt designed by Susie Swan, is from a Matisse called "The Amber Necklace". Her quilts were featured in a recent Home Companion Magazine.
On the flip side of the quilt is a guide to doing a deep and healing "inner" smile from yogo teacher Lilias Folan. [ I remember the wise man in Bali telling the heroine of "Eat, Pray, Love" that the secret of meditation was easy, it was to "smile"...."smile with your liver", he said.]
She talked about spending quiet time on READING....literary novels which will help "grow" your
heart...not newspapers and magazines, technical manuals or professional journals. She also said,
"People used to make art to call upon the sacred self...Sitting alone, or even quietly in a group, carving, sculpting, painting, sewing, weaving, quilting, etc., is often the best way to take yourself to the inner place of connection.......try making a collage, cut out pictures that represent who you are deep inside. Or who you once were or dream of yet becoming. Glue them on a sheet of poster board and hang it in your bedroom. Rekindle your sacred spark!"
That was synchronicity for me! I had thought the book would say something like, "clean out the basement", organize your linen closet... ( she does indeed cover these things in the book and goes much deeper into the depths of cleaning than most of us are aware of! LOL!) but the page that opened for me last night said to make collages! So I am affirmed in my cut and paste journey!
4 comments:
Lila - that is a wise author. I, too, believe that creating art connects us with our inner self - and joins us with our ancient ancestors, who ALL considered themselves to be artists. I've just been reading about the ancient Celts and it's amazing how creative and artistic they were.
Julie
"Alone, Not Lonely: Solitude"...
I could not agree more. I always feel refreshed and much happier after spending time with 'me'.
She is a wise woman as Julie says.
You do lovely collages Lila and paintings as well. I think any creative juices I had have been squelched for awhile, I have been spending time with just me lately and its been rather nice. Maybe I will try to dabble in collage at soem point!
Your collages are always so interesting. I think that woman has a great smile, too. And how cool it that to have such synchronicity between the book and what you've been doing. I love when things like that happen.
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