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Sunday Evening Post!

Good evening!

Before I get started I would love to hear what you think of my latest piece. It was good practice, and I can see what potential it has. I am very glad of that because I watched a video of an artist stating that it usually takes an artist a year or so to get good at their chosen craft. Which I am understanding because I am still in the really early stages of my art, and I am still trying to find my voice, and my style. I want what I create to be a representation of me, and I can admit I am not there yet.

So on to my update of today!

I have spent the majority of my day in my art studio creating as many soul collage cards as I could find photos for! I now have cards for:

  1. The Diva
  2. The Helper
  3. The Desirer
  4. The Carefree
  5. The Wisdom
  6. The Introvert
  7. The Creator
  8. The Sensualist
  9. The Vanity
  10. The Socialite
  11. The Materialist
  12. The Mother
  13. The Traveler
  14. The Child
  15. The Procrastinator
  16. The Growth
  17. The Naturalist
  18. The Wordsmith
  19. The Diseased
  20. The Lover
  21. The Loyalist
  22. The Family
  23. The Dreamer
  24. The Spiritualist
  25. The Eccentric
  26. The Lost but not Alone
  27. The Farmer
  28. The Actress
  29. The Entertainer
  30. The Protector
  31. The Homemaker
  32. The Relaxer
  33. The Player
  34. The Romantic
  35. The Observer
  36. The Mother
  37. The Curious
  38. The Authentic-Self

I may be completely addicted! Soul Cards are so much fun to make, and after you have spent all of this time making them, when you go back to try and “read” them to try and decide what part of you is being represented in these cards, it is quite PHENOMENAL because they are truly representation of a part of your authentic self.

Anyway, on to a different subject! I have literally on 4 more days until my sweetie and I have a TWO WEEK VACATION!! We CAN NOT WAIT!!! We are going to spend a week camping over at the coast, and then the next week we will spend a couple of days in Roseburg to visit with family, and the rest of the week we will be DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY home-homebodies!! Doesn’t that sound just DELIGHTFUL!??? I don’t remember having ever taken this much time off at one time – EVER!!!

OOOOH!! I CAN’T WAIT!! While I go off to dream of some more activities/outings I can do with my sweetie…

Have a FABULOUS evening! 😉

Getting In Touch with the Inner Me!

Good evening!

I don’t know exactly where to start, but I had the opportunity to take a Soul Collage class and I am so VERY GRATEFUL that I did. First of all this class was given by the FABULOUSLY GRACIOUS Glenda Goodrich, AKA GG! This was a full class of  9 very different ladies, all different ages, coming from very different backgrounds, each with different life perspectives.

It is very difficult to describe this class; more something that you need to experience to really understand, but if I had to try and describe what it is to you I would have to say that this is a class that uses imagery to help you tap into your inner self to help you answer questions and guide you throughout your life. It is kind of like a process to help you build your own deck of personal cards to help you look at anything you have going on in your life with new eyes.

Here are the three cards that I had made, and what they symbolize to me, (please note: these images are not mine and may be subject to copyright laws):

This card represents to me Womanhood.

I Am One Who embodies happiness, wisdom of myself to come, am comfortable in my own skin, and able to live my life in my own way without worry about what others might think of me, while living generously, and with compassion for others .

This card represents Vanity:

I Am One Who looks through a skewed looking glass, I am my inner critic, constantly judging and critiquing and never quite feeling like I measure up, and reminding myself that I never will.

This picture represents Compassion:

I Am One Who loves boldly, deeply, richly, and with my full self. I am the nurturer, the comforter, the nurse, and the protector.

Are you still scratching your head? Well, I was confused too until I actually made a couple of cards, and then did a “reading” for myself using them. A reading is where you look at your card, and you tell yourself what you think your card is trying to “tell” you – AKA what was trying come through to you from your subconscious? During my self-reading of my first card I had quite the emotional breakthrough, which was embarrasing, but also quite surprising, in a very good way. Anyway, while I was describing what I felt my first  card was saying to me, and for some reason I realized that every quality that I have been so envious of in others were actually qualities that were already there in me, and I just needed a way to tap into those feelings. Well, I started crying and wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to finish. Thankfully I did, but what I realized afterwards is that I was crying tears of amazement, happiness, and joy. Not what I expected to get out of just another art class. No, that is NOT what this class was.

I know I have said this before, but I just can not say it enough, I am so thankful that I was able to take this class. I highly recommend anyone interested in taking this class, to do so. For me it was eye-opening, and I believe will ultimately be life changing and healing for me. Soul Collage cards are a going to be a great resource for stopping and listening to what my authentic self is trying to say. What a GREAT and extremely helpful resource to add to my already growing artist repertoire.

GG, I know you didn’t invent the technique, but I thank you for being brave enough and generous enough to pass on the technique! I am grateful!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS evening!

This card represents to me womanhood.

I Am One Who embodies happiness, wisdom of myself to come, am comfortable in my own skin, and able to live my life in my own way without worry about what others might think of me, while living generously, and with compassion for others .