Monthly Archives: October 2010

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Elaine
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Safe Fear

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Elaine

This is a book I illustrated and it seems perfect for Halloween weekend. I remember how black cats and witches so captured my imagination when I was young. This was the safe and non-traumatic kind of fear (colorful witch cut-outs … Continue reading →

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Autumn Wind

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Elaine

Who has seen the wind? I love Christina Rossetti’s poem by the same title. The trees bow down when the wind is passing by in her poem, so in and through my art today, I bow down when the wind … Continue reading →

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Abundant Creating

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Elaine

This is a page from a marvelous book of poems I illustrated by April Halprin Wayland, Girl Coming in for a Landing (Knopf). It feels right for this morning because I feel creative at the start of a new day. … Continue reading →

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Birch Bark Moccasins

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Elaine

In a recent dream, I saw a pair of birch bark moccasins. The white papery bark was very appealing. I tried them on (they fit!). I walked around in them and really liked them. The next day I looked up … Continue reading →

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Spirit Painting: Angelic Circus

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Elaine

This Spirit Painting was commissioned by Susan Thomsen, for Pat, who is a dear friend of hers.  Immediately as I began the meditation with paint brush in hand, I felt a surge of color, light, drama (the fun kind), angelic … Continue reading →

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Art and Intuition: Drawing Out Intuitive Intelligence

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Elaine

I’m thrilled about an article I wrote which is in this month’s Intuitive-Connections Network newsletter. Dr. Henry Reed is a Jungian analyst, former Princeton professor and author of The Intuitive Heart.  He is Director at the Edgar Cayce Institute for … Continue reading →

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Illuminara Angel Deck

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Elaine

I made a painting for a friend who had a baby boy about a year or so ago, and decided this angel painting would be fun to see reduced in size, on a deck of cards.  I’m planning to use … Continue reading →

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Statues in the Moonlight

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Elaine

I created this drawing about ten years ago. I was remembering my visit long ago to Giardino di Boboli in Florence, and how enraptured I was by the statues as I took a walk through the garden.  Statues have always … Continue reading →

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I Ching Divination

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Elaine

A friend gave me the Book of Changes, or I Ching, when I left Atlanta and moved to Boston. I used this as a guide practically every day. It offered wonderful concepts of ancient Chinese philosophy and very often resonated … Continue reading →

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