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| Ma'halia |
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| Compilation of Photographs at Alfred Nichols Gardens by the lake, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia. |
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| My Koru necklace a symbol of new beginnings. |
So, I have written here for a while. I wanted to write when I had created three characters, I have been working on, two female and one male. So, far, I have completed one; "Ma'halia." the other two have been hovering in the background, awaiting for me to grip my brushes and finish them. These characters have come out of nowhere following on from my exploration into symbolism. They were quite clear, strong, joyful characters. Each with their own distinctive style. As I was creating the characters and their scenery, a fourth came into my mind, another female, unlike the others which appear full bodied in my mind, so far I am only seeing her head.
My usual visual moments are as I am waking and in a flash bang I can see them. During this creational spurt, I also envisioned, stylised symbols for the zodiac, for now they will have to wait. Alongside these characters, has been two large canvases just urging me to create upon them and their visions are vivid as my other creations. With the large canvases, I have been working on the compositions, which is not my usual approach for my art works, only for large canvases, it helps me focus on proportions and scale. With my usual art works, I can create without the composition process, as I am able to take what's in my mind's eye and produce them accordingly. I believe this is because I am used to working with the sizes of the canvases.
Since, I last updated my blog I have started two pages on facebook. One to share my Art and Photography along with this blog and another to share my Spirit Guide drawings - like "Silas." I have been an intuitive reader for many years, since I was 21 years old. However, my connection with Spirit started much younger, I was 6 years old when I had my first experience, at the time it didn't feel out of place to see this woman but there was something I couldn't quite work out why she didn't fit in with the rest of the people in Victorian costume - I was at a Victorian fair at the local Town Manor, so she didn't seem out of place as others were similarly dressed. I don't often talk about this side of me, it's something that I have shared privately with people I have connected to in the past. Now I'm opening it up to others in a public way and this is thanks to the 'quickening affect' I have been getting through this challenge of creating photographs and art works that connect to the depths of me.
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https://www.facebook.com/RawSkinAu?ref_type=bookmark is my Art and Photography page.
Many changes have occurred during this time, blasting away at the old me, transforming and transmuting me on many levels and heightening my art work and photography. It has spurred me on to improve myself. It hasn't been easy, as I have stated before, at times, I have wanted to run, bolt the door or just hide away under the doona (duvet) until it's all over. Sometimes, it's good to retreat and other times you need to push through and help the shift change up gears. Connecting to the depths of you helps you intuitively know when to do this.
Emotions run high with me at the moment, roller coasting still with them, often wanting to burst into tears, giving into that and letting them flow, along with the laughter and the good times, keeping it real. I have been shifting through a few issues, writing and working with my art and photography to connect to the depths of me, letting them go. So many realisations, that at times it has been quite overwhelming. I am slowly turning that corner, slowly emerging from the crud and making in-roads, reclaiming my power and ground. Other times, I have had to retreat, pull back from pushing myself, to nurture and nourish.
Today has been one of those mixed days, beautiful time out in the morning in one of my favourite places in the hills with a friend, it lifts my spirits so much to get out in nature, the joy, love and energy I get makes me feel so alive. It was good to get out for that hour and half. I got out in what I call my Soul garden at the Alfred Nichols Gardens in the Dandenong Ranges, it's one of those amazing hideaway places.
I even had some lovely chats with my friends further afield, love the laughter from my chats along with seeing how much my friends are enriching and enhancing their lives, love it, so proud of them. It's beautiful to see your friends reach for their dreams, push through their fears and create the lives they want, a joy to be friends with them. Now, I have the desire to cry - it's a releasing, powerfully shifting cry, not a sad cry, so the tears will flow and I will let go. Even sad crying is good, we all need a good release at times.
For the last few days, I have been trying to create and finish, the characters that have emerged in my mind, as well as one large canvas piece. So now to finish the characters I have been creating and share them with you. I know they will be finished and it doesn't matter when they are, just that they will be. As I write this and share it with you, I'm listening to a variety of music, it's my bedfellow in creating, in connecting. I'm also wearing my "Koru" necklace. The Koru traditionally signifies new beginnings. This necklace came from New Zealand and was given to me. So whilst, I go through these shifts and transformations, welcoming these new beginnings and opportunities, I also recognise the need to be present and work with what is for me at any given time.
I think it's important to recognise that my creations will be finished and it doesn't matter when, just that they will be. Working with honouring all that is with me in the present <3
Photographs by Andrea George using a Nikon Coolpix P520
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