Fairy Baby from the Paideia Tree of Life mural/2011
In the New Year, its exciting and necessary for me to ask myself, “What do I most want to nurture this year?” I want to keep learning from my dreams and deepen the feeling of connectedness and awareness between myself and the world around me. Two nights ago I dreamed of standing in a field with others, having a casual good time, when suddenly animals were in a stampede. Then another species of animals came from the other direction, also in a stampede. We decided the field was not the place to stand, so we went off to the side. As I stepped aside, I turned to see the most beautiful if not haunting stag, freeze mid-leap, with such a look in his eye. I wondered that animals know and sense very deeply and teach us so much. (There are so many fun ways to analyze this dream!). All the next day I had the feeling of the stampede dream, of the dignity of the stag, of the impulsive fear response in animals as part of their nature and ability to survive, of my own similar nature, and of awareness in general.
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Detail from a recent Spirit Painting/2012
I was taught that the prayers of a mother for her child are the first ones heard by God. I believe it.
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This is a detail from a recent large Spirit Painting commission/2012
The last few months were spent focusing on intuitive readings and Spirit Paintings. The one pictured was very important to me because mediumship was part of the process (mediumship is often a part of creating a Spirit Painting, and it is deeply meaningful for me). I sensed the wonder of our dual nature and the taming of our spirits from unaware, unconscious reactors to stimuli, to that of evolved beings who seek to know and understand, who consciously make choices. We become tame by life’s experiences. The rampant lion made an appearance in this painting; it arrived and I welcomed it. There is a primal power associated with the rampant lion, as well as that of royalty and courage. All of this to honor one who has crossed over.
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This drawing I did in my sketchbook last night is about how knowledge in the form of quick flashes of imagery come to my mind. In developing your “quiet knowing” you may experience this. Imagery is very powerful for us, and can connect us to our inner wisdom, the divine and eternal sense of ourselves. We have our own unique experiences and these experiences are part of how we understand the entire world, and our ever-shifting place in it. Visual imagery connects us to what we know, what we feel and what we understand, in a flash. The impact of a single image can be enough to unlock enormous potential within.
One of the reasons I created ILLUMINARA INTUITIVE JOURNAL with CARDS is to help anyone who wishes to develop their intuition, to do so via a natural response to visual imagery. When looking at a specific image, the idea is to allow the personal unconscious memory and feelings within to surface (it will naturally, without effort) and to then acknowledge that. Once we do this, we know what our own personal meanings are and what our signifiers are. And we can then create and be playful with this inner knowledge. Pay attention to the images your mind offers to you–if you see flashes of imagery in your mind, take note (and dream imagery counts)!
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Tagged Archetypes, consciousness, creativity, drawing, Dreams, Healing, imagery, intuition, light, Manifested wishes, personal unconscious memory, Sketchbook, Spirit messengers
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Sketchbook entry for dreaming new ideas, plans, creations and pathways/1-22-2012
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I am reposting the magic snow painting I created for Heather Strauch, PT. This painting causes snow to fall (it snowed in October, the day after she moved it from her wall to transport it home) and it snowed when I worked on it, A LOT. So we say it’s magic. I had almost posted it a few days ago to ask everyone to stare at it and wish for it to snow, because I was longing for a white winter.
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2 cards from ILLUMINARA INTUITIVE JOURNAL with CARDS
“Play with the cards to get into the fun side of tapping into your natural creativity and intuition.
Open your journal. Make sure you’re comfortable and relaxed, and there are no pressures or distractions. This is your time to listen inwardly. Pick a card at random, or one which appeals to you. Before you can think to edit your thoughts and feelings, begin writing in the journal. Write everything that comes up for you when looking at this card. Write until you cannot think or feel anything else which needs to be said.” Excerpt from ILLUMINARA INTUITIVE JOURNAL with CARDS/Elaine Clayton/Schiffer 2011
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Sketchbook Dream Journal Entry/2012
In this dream, I visited a magical kind of house where there were friends and family present. There were fascinating colors, people and works of art there. And out in the garden, under a stone bridge where there was some over growth of vines, were two creatures. They were enormous and could speak. Someone said that they were “The Waterloo”—sacred cows that, when your garden becomes over grown, you may invite them to come clear it all away. They were named Shamaya (shu-my-yuh) and Kamee. They were peaceful and intelligent. I watched them graze.
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One of my drawings from GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING, novel told in poems by April Halprin Wayland/Knopf and Crown Books for Young Readers
It’s the “space in between our thoughts” that connects us to our spiritual and intuitive knowing. The first time I went to yoga at around 20, all the problems in my life went away the moment I allowed the breath and physical movements to be my focus. We breathe into harmony in yoga. Today at Kaia Yoga in Westport, the most wonderful yoga instructor Johanna Hall, talked about the “space in between our thoughts” and I felt that expansion inside of me open the world for me, outwardly. When we breathe, we allow. The breath of life comes to us, and we were given life with this breath, wholly without our controlling it or even being conscious of it at first. Yoga is so powerful because we are able to allow the breath of life to bring us into well-being.
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This morning I closed my eyes, said a prayer and asked for guidance in order to better understand myself and the world around me at this moment. Eyes still closed, I chose these two cards and began to journal whatever came to mind and heart about each image, and then I contemplated what the two might mean together.
“I hope that using them (Illuminara cards and journal), and keeping your own journal and recording your own intuitive process, will open the gates to the unlimited potential within you to know, to create, to enlighten, and to activate everything you want and need in life.” From Illuminara Intuitive Journal pg. 32
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