Summer Growth
I know, i know, i suck at updating. But really, if you were as busy as i am? You wouldn't want to be sitting at your computer either.
These last few weeks have been some of the most positive and creative i've had in a very long time. I've started painting again, and drawing, and it seems like the more creative i let myself be, the more inspiration comes pouring out. I used to think i could never be an artist, because i need to have somebody tell me what to create in order to get ideas. Silly me! I just needed to learn to trust myself. The ideas just keep coming.
I went through all my old artwork last week. Do you know that i haven't created a piece of art since 2005? I have some making up to do! I picked out a few of my best pieces and got the framed and hung around the house. Incentive and reminders that i can create things worth looking at.
A big part of this creative renaissance has come from Cara, my inspiration fairy. She's been at our house off and on for about 3 weeks now, and the amount of creative energy and passion that rises when the two of us put our heads together is downright inspiring. She's going to model for a piece i'm working on tonightt, my first time painting a person from life. It should be a fun experiment.
Things with my family are....strained. I haven't actually spoken to my parents since Father's Day. My brother finally told them he's enlisting, and apparently it didn't go all that well. He told me some of the things my mother said about me......they're not things any child should ever hear from their parent. I'm appalled at best, and trying to decide if i want to call her at all or wait for her to realize how far she's pushed away her children. I don't know that my brother is making decisions he won't regret down the road, but it's not a family's job to discourage and judge. It's their job to give advice and warnings, but to be supportive and loving once a decision is made. That is what i am doing for my brother, and what i will continue doing always. An' harm it none, do what you will, my brother! I love you, guy!
Yesterday, i went and spent the afternoon and early evening with my Master's family. It really put things in perspective. Carolyn is quite possibly the most generous, accepting, compassionate person i've ever met, and i'm so lucky to be able to call her family. We watched a documentary on Burning Man, and realized that it's only 7 weeks away. The man burns in 61 days! Talk about feeling fired up! There's so much to do before then, and yet i cannot possibly wait!
Saturday night we were invited to a bachelor/bachelorette party at a castle in Hollywood. It was such a priviledge to be included! The performances were amazing, the people were all so wonderful, and the location was a dream come true. I got to swim in the 90º heated moat, surrounded by lovely bodies and lovelier souls, and my Master and i performed, playing with me tied to the spiral staircase in front of the fireplace. It was HEAVEN.
I started classes with a new bellydance teacher last week, and am going again tomorrow. Her name is Heather, and the style is Tribal Fusion. It MUCH better suits where i want to go with my dancing, and i love her energy and style. It's so much more fun to dance to music i really love, and i love that she includes a yoga stretch portion and talks so much about chakras and energy in her dance. She's also just starting up a troupe....i'm definitely going to work at it and see if i can't perform with them! I'm anxious to get back into performing....i really miss it.
So that's really all the news that's fit to print. Or at least all the time i have patience spend printing it. Sorry for not updating more, but life's just so exciting!
Love you all (especially those who use this as their primary means of communicating with me)!
These last few weeks have been some of the most positive and creative i've had in a very long time. I've started painting again, and drawing, and it seems like the more creative i let myself be, the more inspiration comes pouring out. I used to think i could never be an artist, because i need to have somebody tell me what to create in order to get ideas. Silly me! I just needed to learn to trust myself. The ideas just keep coming.
I went through all my old artwork last week. Do you know that i haven't created a piece of art since 2005? I have some making up to do! I picked out a few of my best pieces and got the framed and hung around the house. Incentive and reminders that i can create things worth looking at.
A big part of this creative renaissance has come from Cara, my inspiration fairy. She's been at our house off and on for about 3 weeks now, and the amount of creative energy and passion that rises when the two of us put our heads together is downright inspiring. She's going to model for a piece i'm working on tonightt, my first time painting a person from life. It should be a fun experiment.
Things with my family are....strained. I haven't actually spoken to my parents since Father's Day. My brother finally told them he's enlisting, and apparently it didn't go all that well. He told me some of the things my mother said about me......they're not things any child should ever hear from their parent. I'm appalled at best, and trying to decide if i want to call her at all or wait for her to realize how far she's pushed away her children. I don't know that my brother is making decisions he won't regret down the road, but it's not a family's job to discourage and judge. It's their job to give advice and warnings, but to be supportive and loving once a decision is made. That is what i am doing for my brother, and what i will continue doing always. An' harm it none, do what you will, my brother! I love you, guy!
Yesterday, i went and spent the afternoon and early evening with my Master's family. It really put things in perspective. Carolyn is quite possibly the most generous, accepting, compassionate person i've ever met, and i'm so lucky to be able to call her family. We watched a documentary on Burning Man, and realized that it's only 7 weeks away. The man burns in 61 days! Talk about feeling fired up! There's so much to do before then, and yet i cannot possibly wait!
Saturday night we were invited to a bachelor/bachelorette party at a castle in Hollywood. It was such a priviledge to be included! The performances were amazing, the people were all so wonderful, and the location was a dream come true. I got to swim in the 90º heated moat, surrounded by lovely bodies and lovelier souls, and my Master and i performed, playing with me tied to the spiral staircase in front of the fireplace. It was HEAVEN.
I started classes with a new bellydance teacher last week, and am going again tomorrow. Her name is Heather, and the style is Tribal Fusion. It MUCH better suits where i want to go with my dancing, and i love her energy and style. It's so much more fun to dance to music i really love, and i love that she includes a yoga stretch portion and talks so much about chakras and energy in her dance. She's also just starting up a troupe....i'm definitely going to work at it and see if i can't perform with them! I'm anxious to get back into performing....i really miss it.
So that's really all the news that's fit to print. Or at least all the time i have patience spend printing it. Sorry for not updating more, but life's just so exciting!
Love you all (especially those who use this as their primary means of communicating with me)!