She Dreams of the Sea

She and The Healing Woods

 

She

She'd been sitting alone

I hardly noticed her at all

One day I began to cry

I didn't know why

She heard me

curled up

and sighed

Days dissolved

months

years

Her sighs turned into moans

then she began to scream

and she didn't stop

I could no longer ignore her

I turned to her

Finally I saw her

I recognized her

I knew exactly who she was

She showed me her talons

they were weak and brittle

She showed me her wings

they were weak and brittle

I watched as she shed her skin

I was no longer me

She was no longer she

we were one

 

I walked into the moist

the muddy

woods

I remembered the song of the rain

I sharpened my talons

I caressed my wings

What If and A Wild Place

A Wild Place

 

  What If?

what if today

I awoke at sunrise

flew with the ravens

played with the wolves

what if today

I sang at moonrise

howled at the stars

what if today

I slept in the forest

no worries

no cares

what if today

I floated in the river

no worries

no cares

what if today

I chatted with the cedars

chanted with the clover

what if today

I stopped fighting

repressing

silencing

my wild

my free

my true

nature

What if?

From the Heart

 

 2012 is here!

And I have many magical ideas dancing around in my mind, spirit and heart.

There are several projects that I want to work on/play with this year.

One project is to create a series of little magical painted

dream worlds/realms/lands.

I am going to paint at least one for each month

(but I'm sure there will be more).

Here is my first one for 2012.

I call it “From the Heart”.

I imagine angels and fairies pouring love and joy down from the sky

and up from the earth to the little village.

Have you ever felt that you were being showered with love and joy

from divine unseen realms?

I hope you have.

xo

Magic,  Joy and Beauty,

Julie

(ps... prints of “From the Heart” are available HERE )

(pss... the watermark (name and blog site) will not be on the print you receive)

The Magic of Snow

 

The last few years instead of New Year's resolutions,

 I set intentions and picked a word for the year.

Sometimes I pick a word for each season in the year.

This year my word is:

magical!

Yes my intention is that 2012

will be a magical, beautiful, wild and joyful year.

 

Have you chosen a word for 2012?

May the Winter Solstice bring more light into your life

May your heart be filled with love

May your home be filled with warmth

May your celebrations be filled with laughter

Merry Christmas

Joyful Yule

Happy Holidays

Love,

Light,

Beauty,

Joy,

Peace 

and

magic,

 

Julie

xo

Snow Date

 

Every snowflake is a gift from Winter . . .

A Winter Day

 

branches shimmer

white fields sleep

peace

Tiny Tea Fairy

 

I love tea, hot cups of tea on a cold morning, tea houses, tea pots.

I made this little tea pot a while ago, when I used to throw pots.

 

 

I thought it would be fun to use a tea bag to paint on.

I opened the tea bag and soaked it in tea for a while

to get a nice background color.

 

 

Then I painted The Tiny Tea Fairy with gouache and watercolor.

I then sealed it with a thin layer of gloss varnish.

 

And that was that!

Art Every Day Month, Day 30

Jes

 

It's the last day of November and the last day of "art every day month".

The last day of "art every day month" last year

I looked back through all my paintings.

I realized that I was given messages and words of wisdom for myself

and anyone else who wanted them.

You can see that post here

This year as I look back on my paintings this month,

I realize that instead of wisdom there are questions . . .

Do you ever feel like you're being watched? Do you have any thoughts about 11-11-11? Is there such a thing as a unicorn pegasus? Do you think you will continue after November? Where would you love to be today? Which one do you like better? What color is your day today? Has anything surprised you lately? Has anything magical shown up in your life? What's been showing up in your life lately? Do you somethings feel like you've forgotten something important? Is he son of green man perhaps? Are you ready to say goodbye to November?

So many questions.

Maybe I am not a year wiser but

a year more questioning, seeking, maybe more carefree.

So maybe carefree is a wiser way to to be.

 

I send a big thank you to Leah  for creating " art every day month"

and to all my bloggy friends, old and new.

And I hope we will continue the journey together.

 

Xo

Love and Light,

Julie

Art Every Day Month, Day 29

 

This woodland fairy spirit only comes out in November.

When November is gone, so is she.

 

Are you ready to say goodbye to November?

Art Every Day Month, Day 28

 

 The Queen of the Fairies

She shares her fairy dust with you today . . .

 

Make a wish . . .

 

xo

Art Every Day Month, Day 27

 

I'm never quite sure who or what is going to show up in my art.

Lately I've been saying I wanted more laughter in my life.

This guy certainly made me laugh as I saw him emerge!

Yes I think it/he is a boy.

But I'm not sure who he is......son of Green Man perhaps?

Son of Green Man after his first taste of coffee??

Art Every Day Month, Day 26

 

Star Being

She knew she came to Earth to help

 

but she couldn't quite remember what she was supposed to do . . .

 

Do you sometimes feel like you've forgotten something important?

Art Every Day Month, Day 25

  Guardian

 

Angels have been appearing in my art lately.

Today an angelic guardian showed up.

What's been showing up in your life lately?

 

I'm linking in to:

aedm and ppf

Art Every Day Month, Day 24

Angel of Peace

 

Today is Thanksgiving here in America. And for me it's a day to focus on gratitude and peace. Focusing on gratitude has become a practice for me.  I have found that the things I am most grateful for are the simple beautiful things in my life.

laughing with my love

my funny four legged furry children

hot cups of tea

the cardinals at the bird feeder

sunsets

Something I love to do this time of year is to sponsor a turkey from:

 farm sanctuary

 

I've been told that I'm unrealistic because I believe one day there will be peace and kindness for all of Mother Earth's creatures.

But that is my belief.

I hope your day is beautiful,

peaceful

 and filled with

lots of things to be grateful for.

 

Love and Light

xo

Julie

Art Every Day Month, Day 23

 

Moon Goddess

Has anything magical shown up in your life today?

Art Every Day Month, Day 22

 

Some mermaids can sleep and dream under the sea . . .

 

I've been painting mostly intuitively this month.

So I'm surprised that the first mermaid didn't show up until day 22.

Has anything surprised you lately?

Art Every Day Month, Day 21

Wingless Angel

 

 Clipped

 

There was a time

she knew how to fly

There was a time

she was one with the sky

There was a time

the clouds sang to her

There was a time

the raindrops fed her

There was a time

the roses danced for her

There was a time

she knew how to fly

There was a time

There was a time

before her wings were clipped

There was a time

 

 

That's the end of the poem.

But not the end of the story,

because she realized she knew how to

regrow her wings  . . .

Art Every Day Month, Day 20

Cave Fairy

 

Today is a a grey rainy day, the perfect day to play with mixed media.

What color is your day today?

Art Every Day Month, Day 19

 

Bird Beings

 

 

Today is a crisp Autumn day.  It's the kind of day where I love to stay inside, drink lots of cups of steaming tea, look out the window at the last leaves on the trees and paint. Today I played around and experimented with two versions of the “bird being”. I'm just curious, which one do you like better?