10/10/10 - Stage 5: This one took me awhile to finish...had alot of self-imposed distractions but I have noticed that my painting style and color palette choices are changing...started happening after Maui...the energy has changed and morphed in the best way...I have a new series of paintings to start now that I have completed this cycle...one full year of painting...with the last painting reflecting movement of energy at its most vibrant and sensual level...
08/29/2010 - Stage 4: Thinking about womanhood and the flowing movement of dance...This was in a book I was re-reading today by Paulo Coelho:
For I am the first and the last
I am the venerated and the despised
I am the prostitute and the saint
I am the wife and the virgin
I am the mother and the daughter
I am the arms of my mother
I am the barren and my children are many
I am the married woman and the spinster
I am the woman who gives birth and she who never procreated
I am the consolation for the pain of birth
I am the wife and the husband
And it was my man who created me
I am the mother of my father
I am the sister of my husband
And he is my rejected son
Always respect me
For I am the shameful and the magnificent one.
Eleven Minutes
Hymn to Isis.
08/28/2010 - Stage 3: Feeling the need to paint and express myself today. I really enjoy the movement of this piece and I feel completely absorbed in it while I am working on it. The colors are vibrant and full of energy.
08/15/2010 - Stage 2: Adding more color and movement to my latest painting...for right now I guess the theme is movement but I can see my sweat lodge experience starting to show up in my color choices...
08/08/10 - Stage 1: This one is about movement...and that's all I will say about it for now. Canvas is 4ft high by 3 ft wide. It might wind up being a mix media piece by the time I finish with it.
