Chakra Angel

"Chakra Angel" by Primal Painter

In response to the crazy weirdness I've been feeling for WEEKS, I thought I'd do a little evaluation of how my chakra system looks right now.  I created "Chakra Angel" a few days ago with the intention of seeing what the heck's up.  Frankly, I'm tired of feeling all discombobulated. (This is my word today, so I might have to find a reason to use it again.) (Why is it my word? I dunno, it's just a weird word.....discombobulated... hee!...who came up with that one, I wonder?)

I see a huge crown chakra at the top, nice, I'm glad to see that.  One thing I usually don't have a problem with is a good strong connection to the Source, you know, God, the Universe, a Higher Power..  Sometimes I get all discombobulated (hee) with my Higher Self, but the Source is almost always a constant.  

I'm surprised to the see that the sixth chakra,  the second from the top, is smallish and dark.  I always fancy myself as being an intuitive type, but according to this, my perceptions are.......discombobulated.  

The throat chakra, well I'm not surprised to see that one compromised.  I've always been an internal type of person. Sometimes I don't say what I mean, or I mean things I don't say or I don't say anything at all. Instead  I'll fume or bury or pretend.  Not exactly the ideal scenario, not that I want to yell and scream....or do I?   

The heart chakra, not bad.  What a surprise! Cool! Two weeks ago that puppy would've been closed up, maybe not even visible, so there's been some progress. Awesome!

Wow, the yellow solar plexus, the third, is HUGE! What's up with that I wonder? The third chakra is about self identity, how I see myself, how much do I believe in myself, how confidant I am.  This is a good sign...but maybe it's too big, too open?  A third chakra that's too open can cause stomach and digestive issues from not feeling safe in your environment.  I don't have any of that so maybe I'm good..

The second chakra is  not looking too bad. Good deal.  I'm glad the work I've done on the second chakra is holding up although it's slightly out of alignment.  That's easy enough to fix.... Visualize each chakra in perfect alignment with the others, listen for thoughts popping up as to why it got out of alignment in the first place.  

The first chakra is looking a little puny. I'll do some more work there. Extending down from the first chakra are the start of some decent grounding cords but they don't seem to be too strong.  I'll work on those, too, as I do have a tendency to float away into la-la land. (but, but...I  love la-la land!)

A new way of diagnosis, cool!  Did you see the moon face at the bottom of the angel?  Did  you know that you can actually airbrush with Gimp?  How fun is that?! I'm going to start doing more hidden faces, images, and figures.  I love art that has surprises!  I'd really like to learn how to use the "layers" tool so I can superimpose  photos onto each other.  


There's some kind of tool, or computer where a person can actually hold a pen and draw on the screen instead of the clumsiness of using the mouse.  (I'm terrible at drawing with the mouse!)   Anyone know what those things are called?  They probably cost a gajillion dollars or maybe even two gajillion dollars, but sure would be fun!


Well, I'm off.... Maybe someday I'll learn how to put page tabs at the top of this blog and include a chakra guide.  I forget sometimes that not everyone is familiar with chakras, Reiki, and other energy work terms.


Have a good one!!


Laurie

Funny Dog Tease Video

Heeheeheeeeee!!! Nothing like a good laugh to start out the morning!  We have five dogs, and apparently I carry on conversations with them where I use a different voice for their responses. Apparently I even use voices with an accent, what's up with that? I don't even know any accents!


I don't think any of our dogs are Spanish or French, but then I guess I don't know for sure.  Maybe in a past life, who knows.   Actually, the accent I use is probably of no particular origin, maybe it's an accent with Dogland origins...  Or Muttvania....Or Puppydelphia.....Or Poochawotami...  lol   Oh man, sometimes I amuse myself.


This is a totally subconscious thing I do with them.  Someone pointed it out to me awhile back, and I thought "Huh, I really need to get out amongst the humans a little more, ya think?"  I don't know, I have a tendency to like my make believe world here in Laurie Land, although a little more human contact might not be horrible.


This weekend I'm going out in public, so that should satisfy the human contact thing for awhile.   It's our annual May Fine Arts Festival Artrageous Parade, so there will be plenty of bizarre make believe stuff going on, so maybe it won't be too much of a culture shock. For being so small, this town is a very colorful place with lots of action! We're frequently in the news for one bizarre thing or another. Anyway, if I remember, I'll take pictures and do a post about the parade.


Well I'm off to mow the lawn before the next rain comes in this afternoon.  The grass  has reached about 10" high, which should be loads of fun with my untrusty pushmower..


Have a good one!


Laurie

Heart Chakra Challenges

"Angel Heart" by Primal Painter

I'm super excited to have been featured on one of my very favorite blogs of all time  Dreams of Fae!  Taylor Lynn is an amazing young girl, an excellent writer, a fantastic photographer with a great eye, a thinker, a protector of the environment, an animal lover, an avid reader, she's just got it all!  Her blog is definitely a must follow.  And while you're at it, check out her personal blog Perfectly Sensible Nonsense which is just as awesome as her business blog .  To see her photography skills at work, check out her Etsy Shop The Forest Faery.  Thanks Tay, I'm honored that you thought of me!

I created this Energy Art Angel (above) a few days ago in response to the issues I've been having with my heart chakra painting.  (What? Issues with the heart chakra? Surely not.....)   Gah!  That's right, mucho crapola has been tied up in the ole' heart chakra.  

It's just as I expected, and as hard as it is,  I'm grateful to have the opportunity to clear out some of these issues.  This angel is infused with the movement and colors of several chakras  with the flow of energy going up and out, passing through the crown and transforming  into light and forgiveness.  The area around the heart is dark, but the light is illuminating the pain and 
the anger, bringing them out of the shadows. 

There's some interesting symbolism in this image, for example, the shape way above the angels head is in the shape of a shield (a light source is at the base). Do you see it?  I thought it was interesting that a way of protecting the heart is in the saying "Shield's up."  There are others, too, but somehow my posts always get sooooo loooonnnnggggggg....

My heart chakra painting started out good, it was really pretty actually.  Then I took a break, looked at it a few days later and thought "Wow, this isn't real, this is how I want to be, but it's certainly not how I am".  So I set my intention to paint my heart chakra as it is now.  So now it's  muddy, dark, messy, and  ugly.....and then the issues arose.  I guess it takes being authentic and honest to get to the root of things and bring about true healing.  I sure wish I could just fake my way through things, but I've tried that....over and over.... and it doesn't work!

I stumbled across the following message somewhere, can't remember where.  I really need to work on paying attention! Anyway, I thought it was a good message:

Daily Channeled Message® by Dyan Garris 

Sometimes all we can see is what is directly in front of us. In our inability to see the bigger picture, to see the potential that is around the bend, we sabotage ourselves. And sometimes our expectation and attachment to the way things are "supposed" to look when we get around that bend is what sets us up for disappointment. When you can move along the path knowing that whatever shows up along the way and whatever things look like when you get to the clearing, they are all in perfect order, no matter what you believed was "supposed" to happen, then you have just freed yourself. Today's energy asks that we try to see both the forest AND the trees and KNOW that the rest will come. 


The Clearing Card 

The Clearing 
"The clearing you have come to here
May be a place of rest
Patience then is needed now
Before you can resume the quest." 





Well, the sun is actually out today, it's a miracle!  We actually had three more inches of rain in the last two days on top of the 18" we'd had over the past week!  Everything's so green and bright....wheee!!!


I'm about done with all this seriousness...I think the next post should be frivolous and fun!




I'm off!  Have a great one!


Laurie

Reiki Attuned Energy Art Necklace

 "The Beginning" Energy Art Necklace by Primal Painter

I just started listing energy art necklaces on Etsy and Artfire in the past few days.  I know I need to work on the focus (my eyes are getting blurry, darn it!) but I was wondering if I could get some opinions on the presentation.


For the first one I added in the blue gradation for the background. I think I might need to make it lighter, though.


The second one shows the size and how it looks as a necklace. It's  1 1/2" in diameter but I'm wondering if that's too large for the average person. 


The last photo just has a white background without the cord on it, but maybe that gives the impression that it's just the pendant without the cord. 


Right now, I have them listed at $25, but I thought that may be too high. Maybe $20 would be better.  I don't want to go much lower than that because of the time involved in creating the print, and the work that goes into making the pendant, not to mention the cost of the cord, listing, the print, the selling fee, the paypal fee....  I also offered a free 30 minute distance reiki session to go along with them. Not a bad deal I thought, but don't know how other people would see it.


The questions I have are this:


1) For a first impression, which photo would look best? I have a tendency to go with the first one because I'm into color, but sometimes my taste is way off from other people's taste.


2)  Is it too big?  I can make them smaller. I blurred out the skin texture (sun damage lol), does that look weird? I also added in the black "shirt".  Does it look fake and weird?  I see there's a blurry part on the shirt, I could fix that.


3) Does having the pendant without the cord on it give the impression that it's not a necklace?  It clearly says it comes with an adjustable length leather or cotton cord in the description, but how many people read the description?  


4)  Does the description make sense?  Is it too long?  Too much information? You can see the description HERE.




I've been fragging over these questions for days, and finally it got through my thick skull that I have some bloggy friends whose opinions I greatly value and could give me some insights! Takes me awhile sometimes..........


It's beautiful, warm, and sunny here today, yay! I'm torn between laying out in the sun and soaking up some rays and feel good light, cleaning up the yard, and working in the studio on my heart chakra painting. Gee, could it be possible to do all of the above?  


I dunno, the basking in the sun sounds pretty good after the 18" of rain we've gotten over the past week! And I can do that for HOURS (hence the sun damage). I've always been a sun worshipper and never been into the whole sun block thing. I guess there's a price to pay for such reckless self-indulgence!  Maybe I'll amaze myself and try to do it ALL! Or not, we'll see.


Have an awesome day!


Laurie

Crazy Assed Weather

"Dream Angel"  by Primal Painter

I love this angel, the colors, the movement, the feeling, everything about it makes me gaze at it and feel better about things.  I've really needed to feel better the last few days, so yay for Dream Angel!


We've had so much rain in the past five days (or maybe longer, it feels like forever) that many of the roads around here have been washed out and flooded.  Several people have been washed away in their cars, the rivers are at dangerous flood levels, people have been evacuated....it's been something else. Twelve inches so far and more coming this afternoon.


We've had hail three days in a row.  The first day, the hail was the size of tennis balls and didn't just fall out of the sky, it  SHOT down on us with unbelievable force at an angle.  It felt like we were under attack!  The ice balls would hit the rocks, the trash cans and the CAR and the WINDOWS and just explode like mini bombs.


I was  screaming and shrieking about windows getting smashed out, so my boyfriend Jamie ran out to the car to cover up the windshield (he was too late) and got pelted with hail so big that it drew blood and made big welts on his arms.  I've never seen anything like it and I'm OLD!


My yard is littered with copious amounts of leaves and branches, my flowers are shredded.....Man! Crazy sh*t!  For some reason, and I don't know if it's the weather or what, but I've been super emotional.  I have to wonder if it's because of the work I've started doing on my heart chakra painting.  My heart chakra is so deeply wounded that opening it up is releasing floodgates of emotions, kind of like the flood gates that have opened up in the sky.  I anticipated this happening but it's still intense!


It also doesn't help that I've been having horrible migraines, too.  I had some serious brain and head injuries that make me susceptible to post traumatic migraines.  I hate drugs, and the pills I take to get through them are brutal on my system.  No headache today (thank you God!) but I look and feel like complete and utter hell.


Well, on that depressing note, maybe some sunny happy pictures are in order! Here's a few pictures of some of my flowers before the shredding..

My eyes are starting to get blurry on me (another side effect of the migraines, no it's not age darnit!), especially the eye I look through the camera with, so it's getting trickier and trickier to get things in focus.  I already have to wear reading glasses to read, but they don't work with the camera viewfinder.  Not quite sure what I'm going to about that little glitch.


Well I need to get some things done before the next storm and the next migraine, so have a good one! (I made one of the tags for this post "whining", gah!  Sorry.....)


Later,


Laurie

Happy Earth Day!

"New Growth" by Primal Painter

Happy Earth Day!  Every day should be a day to celebrate this beautiful planet that we call home, but it's awesome  to have an official day of recognition.  What a great way to raise awareness of how important it is to respect, nurture and regenerate the Earth rather than abuse, exploit, and treat it as if its disposable.

In honor of Earth Day and Good Friday, I wanted to share an awesome Artfire Collection that I was proud to be a part of.  It was curated by  Pretty Gonzo .  She makes pretty earrings at an incredible price and has some cool vintage items.

This Collection is called "Symbols of Renewal to Celebrate Easter."   It's full of all kinds of different symbols from different cultures.   Such a great concept! I really love symbols and things that have meaning.  Go check it out if you have time, Pretty Gonzo writes a nice introductory to it that doesn't show up here.

Symbols of Renewal to Celebrate Easter

Curated By: PrettyGonzo

ArtFire.com

Unique Gifts

Have a fantastic Earth Day and Good Friday!

Laurie

Synchronicity and Life Purpose

"Going With The Flow" by Primal Painter

I've been a big fan of James Redfield for years who wrote the  Celestine Prophecy series of books. If you haven't read the Celestine Prophecy books, they're centered around synchronicities, spiritual insights and awakenings. I don't have his latest book, "The Twelfth Insight" yet, but I'm going to order it today.

I'm also going to start reading the series from the beginning because it's been a few years since I've read it. A movie came out a few years ago called the Celestine Prophecy, but unbelievably I haven't seen it yet.  I'm  going to see if our video store has it, and will be getting it as well. 

Why all the excitement about James Redfield?  Well, I got a notice in my email, that a James Redfield had followed me on twitter.  What?!  Surely not THE James Redfield!  But it was!!  I went to the link from his latest tweet, and below is what I read.

Global Prayer Project sponsored by James and Salle Redfield

Beginning on April 14, a predicted second phase of Unity Consciousness is due to enter the world according to the Mayan Calendar and other prophecies. Again, this deeper spiritual consciousness is something that we can feel personally and see operating synchronistically in the outer world. Remember, this Unity Consciousness, called a 9th wave of divine creation by the Mayans, is predicted to come into our perception in a series of in phases. The first phase, called a Seeding phase, began on March 9 and was characterized by the expansion of the democracy movements in the Middle East and a new emotional empathy with those suffering from the shocking earthquake in Japan and the economic turmoil, especially in the US. The second phase, due to arrive on April 14, is called the Germination phase.


Obviously, this new consciousness is what I have been calling the Twelfth Insight, and I have pointed to the necessity for all of us to "Tune in" or open up to the emerging energies of this spiritual consciousness as though we are -- as the Mayans suggested with the names of these phases -- cultivating a consciousness within ourselves like a farmer would cultivate a plant. This week, let's offer our prayer and visualization toward enhancing and uplifting this process. Join us as we seek to bring the arrival of this new consciousness more readily into public awareness in a way that transcends the fear, pain and anger so many are holding onto.


Wow, how very synchronistic!!  I got a crazy wave of goosebumps when I read this and also when I read other articles on their website CelestineVision.  In my last post, I compared the awareness of my life's purpose to a cutting from a plant with no roots, but finally feel as if  I' ve sprouted  some roots.  According to the Mayans, March 9 (my daughter Andi's birthday, how synchronistic!) was the beginning of the Seeding Phase, and April 14 begins the Germination Phase. Maybe a seed is what I was, not a cutting, but I was close! 

Another strange synchronistic date for me is December 21, which is also a Mayan prophecy date, the big one, which some have misinterpreted as being the end of the world but in my opinion is more along the lines of the beginning of a new level of spiritual consciousness. 

On December 21, 1984, I was the victim of a very brutal attempted murder and rape that took place in my own house while I was in college. I repressed the memory of the rape for 17 years (it happened while I was unconscious from multiple head and brain injuries), and when it finally bubbled to the surface nineteen years later, I thought I was going insane. 

This incident is what triggered me to seek out help.  I was led, very synchronistically I might add, to getting my Reiki degrees and learning about energy work.  Maybe I'll write about that story some day, it might be good for me, although will undoubtedly be disturbing for readers.

Also, I ran across one of my old notebooks from years ago where I had "Lightworker Studio" written all over the page. Wow, trippy. Maybe I'll change my biz name to Lightworker Studio and start to live my life like somone who believes, like someone who's sprouted roots, rather than someone who just says the words.


So anyway, I'm a little blown away.  I wonder what will happen today?  Expecting synchronicities is how to keep them coming, according to the Celestine Prophecy.
 
"Live every moment of every day with awareness and intention." I think this will be my  new tag line that I'm going to repeat to myself over and over so I don't doze off again.

 
Have a good one!

Laurie