Welcome to the SoulCollage® blog party where you can see what SoulCollagers have been assembling. Thanks, Kathryn Antyr at True North Arts for hosting! I had a great time putting my SoulCollage® cards together–some old, some new–and creating a story of Heartwork…
Work of the eyes is done now.
Go and do heartwork
On all the images imprisoned within you:
For you overpowered them:
But even now you don’t know them…
~ Rainer Rilke
“When you look back on a lifetime
and think of what has been given to the world by your presence,
your fugitive presence, inevitably you think of your art,
whatever it may be, as the gift you have made to the world in
acknowledgment of the gift you have been given,
which is the life itself…
That work is not an expression of the desire for praise or recognition,
or prizes, but the deepest manifestation of your
gratitude for the gift of life.”
~ Stanley Kunitz
(Thanks Mili Dillard for making these poems available.)
Let the blog roll begin…
Tags: Blog Party, chakra, SoulCollage, spirit guides, totem animals
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About The Author
I am in a stage of new beginnings, of starting over on the other side of the continent from California, where I spent 38 years of my life. The first year in North Carolina was a bit of a shock to my system. Not so much culture shock but the shock of transplanting myself and starting over as a therapist, artist, and wild woman. I had to figure how I was going to do it differently than I had been doing it. Because I knew I needed to change the way I worked outwardly to match the way I was feeling and moving inwardly and make it more playful, and at the same time, deep and meaningful.
I knew I wanted to work with women primarily, to help them find their way on the heroine's journey to wholeness. I knew I wanted to bring more creative expression to my work because that was what was working for me--a way to bypass all the analytical thinking, perfectionism, and psychological paradigms largely created by men, and find more more intuitive ways of Being, Creating and Flowing with Life, in keeping with the Divine Feminine.
I like working with the triple goddess: maiden, mother and crone, which describes the three stages of life as well as inner states of being--the innocent/adventurer; the nurturer and active doer; and the wise being who has the advantage of overview and doesn't care as much what others think of her as long as she is being true to herself. The triple goddess is found in most all cultures and traditions and helps us move out of dualistic thinking patterns and find our way to a more integrated and balanced way of life.
As I forge a new path, I want to connect with women all over the world, to help women own their power, and to both explore and offer tools for self-discovery and self-care. Creating my interactive e-book, "In the Lap of the Goddess: Connecting With the Divine Feminine," is my first creative step towards sharing with women the knowledge and wisdom we all hold within us, reflected in the goddess throughout history, across time, and in every corner of the world.
Wow! This is a powerful presentation. So much resonated with me. From the tree climbing child in nature to the source card. Fantastic.
Thank you, Gemma! Had such fun making it.
Stephanie,
How wonderful to find you through the blog party. Our journey has been so similar – on the other side of the continent. The cards and the slide show are magnificent and inspiring.
I didn’t realize I had been soul collaging in a different form for so long- since before blogs at http://randomactsofthinking.com and http://www.flickr.com/eyesee360
I feel like we could be soul sisters. Beautiful work. Thank you Thank you for sharing it!
Don’t want to leave this page!
Betsy ~ Starbear
I am pretty much speechless- it’s stunning! A great work of spirit.
I absolutely love, love, love your slideshow. The cards, the messages, the story, the music, the beauty that is your soul shining! Thank you for participating. I hope many people swing by to witness your slideshow.
{{soul hugs}}
Kathryn, Collage Diva
Thank you, Kathryn! You inspired me to do a story with the cards this way. I’m looking forward to telling more stories with SoulCollage.
WOW!!! STUNNING!!! Thank you for this gift of sharing – beautiful story, beautiful images. You should really think of publishing this as a small book. I really love it.
How inspiring you are to me. Soul sister, you. Congratulations on this work. Maybe you should have it on a slide show viewer in your home. Just Great.
Thank you, Kim! We should get together sometime and make art!
Finally got to see the slide show today(my browser didn’t like it–glad I stuck with it)…utterly breathtaking, as are your many Goddess images. And I love the idea of the shadowbox, too. Your blog is a treasure.