Holy Tamole! What just happened here?! It’s been almost two years since I have created a post. I want to thank all the people who visit my website and browse older entries. My blog, previously full of updates, simply hasn’t made the list of things to do in the almost past two years – and I have good reasons why.
I’ve been raising my family. Clive was with me continuously, then to my surprise he joined the Navy. With a great deal of reflection I decided I shouldn’t be so surprised; I had only taken him to nearly every oceanside in the USA. We spent our time in Northern California at Shelter Cove (a gorgeous black sand beach), we spent our time in Malibu (a lot of time), coastal Texas – Galveston often and Mustang Island, of course Florida – namely St. Augustine but Destin, too. Charleston; every beach I could get to.
In light of that, I shouldn’t be so surprised by life. And I shouldn’t be surprised I’ve relocated to a little coastal town called Ocean Springs. It fits me, but so does Santa Fe. What does the future hold? I don’t know … and I’m not trying to figure it out today. I spent almost a year thinking about where to move and watching where the doors opened. Places on the short list were: Santa Fe, New Mexico – Childress, Texas – Galveston, Texas – Ocean Springs, Mississippi – Key West, Florida.
I met with a psychic in Key West in February who said I would do well there, but also there would be a lesson and that was enough to scare me. No more lessons! I promise, I’ve had enough. He said Santa Fe was the most peaceful match and that Ocean Springs would drain me – but Ocean Springs is where the doors opened. Many doors opened in Ocean Springs. And, I’ll either stay here or this will be my gateway to Santa Fe or Key West.
There are things I don’t need to know right now.
The move was a lot. I had friends that helped and I hired movers but the experience was still disarmingly disruptive to my life. That said, things are quieting now. I moved to Ocean Springs for a quieter and intentionally slower pace of life and now, three months post move, I’m finding so much joy in that. The cosmic help I find with writing is returning to me in this environment. It’s like voices I can hear only when life gets quiet.
I had a fortuitous time painting at my Texas apartment just before leaving; all the dining and living room furniture pushed to the side. I painted three canvases simultaneously: 6′ x 4′ and two 5′ x 4′ – a tryptuch I will be bringing with me to the upcoming BCAF Memorial Park show in Houston October 10-12. It was a wonderful experience painting this tryptych and I don’t see where I would have the opportunity to paint in such a space again anytime soon. Even if you’re not shopping for wall art in that size, I hope you’ll stop by to see it.
I’ll be back in Houston for Memorial Park for the first time in three years!
Per usual, I have no shortage of stories I could write about, my life is almost too adventurous for my personality. I could thrive in my apartment in near solitude for a year letting the dust settle on all the travel and life happenings. And I plan to do more of that. I like my apartment in Ocean Springs; it’s surprisingly affordable here and that decision has taken all financial pressure off of me. I’m reclaiming my time, becoming less busy; my creativity is feeling reprieve.
I’m great at getting things done. I’m interested in creating a life of less doing.
Less is more? In certain seasons, I can see it is. My creativity wants to write again. I’m looking at creating children’s books with details of my abstract art. Those who know my art well know that images, including cosmic characters sometimes enter my abstract paintings. One person in Florida in 2019 showed me the face of Christ in one. There are pixies, also angels, birds, fish. I love them all. In the space of a painting, there are backgrounds where the characters have a land or sea to live in. This is something I’m looking forward to unfolding; it’s an idea that came to me a year ago.
This is being written on a Saturday. Saturdays are great days – but so are all the other days! I hope you find what you are looking for today. I hope you’re blessed with rest, fun and adventure, love, sacred space and more love. I’ve missed writing. And I’m going to most sincerely try to post consistently. I have the open space.
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