All Flowers Great and Small
Just because you’re big, doesn’t mean you’ve got the sweetest medicine. Herbalists know it. Bees know it. All Flowers Great and Small are sweet. The best nectar isn’t about size. It’s about the life expressed right there, in that moment, in that bud. The energy of the moment is the energy that fuels the sweetness […]
Crack Open: Renewal Series
Crack Open. There’s Fire within. That’s the heart of Renewal. Fire, Breaking into the world. When we tend the seeds of our lives well, they crack open, releasing so much stored potential. That potential becomes the garden of our personal Eden. If you want to renew yourself, Crack open. Tap into the fire within. Materials: […]
It’s Never Dark: American Village Series
It’s never dark any more. Before there were cities, we lived for centuries upon centuries amid the varying quality of light. We moved from forest to city, and even then we lived between the light and the dark under sun, moon, and stars for hundreds of years. Today, we humans have spread light everywhere for […]
Goldfish Dreams
Of what do Goldfish dream? What about the flowers that make the shore their home? Land, waves, sun, sensual joy. Goldfish dreams have to be filled with all these. Warmth, wind, salty ocean brine and Love. Flowers must dream of these. The flash of golden scales, a hint of sweet perfume amid salty passion, Pink […]
Meditation
Om Mani Padme Hum. This is the Jewel in the Lotus mantra. It’s a reminder, to me, of letting go, of allowing the world to be as it is about me. Letting go is one of the hardest parts of being Human for me. I want to hold onto the precious experiences just like I […]
Sprout: Renewal Series
The world is utterly chaotic when you’re a seedling. Wind blows. Rain falls. Light feeds you…but it can also burn your tender leaves. And the beings all about you! They move and sway and trample and come and go. There’s so much going on. The directive you got was Sprout, and so you have. Life […]
Mushroom Eyes: Tree and Rock Series
Habitat is more than a place. It’s a mindset that fits perfectly in that place, too. Every fall, I venture into Chanterelle’s forest. Douglas-fir soar overhead, but my attention is on the understory. A thousand mushrooms hide there amid fallen leaves, needles, fern and Oregon grape, singing a song only the initiated can hear. I […]
Renewal Series: Beginning Again
Renewal is my second Summer-Started series. The first was Transitions. As with Transitions, I chose a theme and focused on that theme every time I did any sort of work on it. Renewal began in spring 2022 with a series of lemon yellow and cerulean blue pieces. And I let them sit for what felt […]
Rising Tide
In Rising Tide, I wanted to capture the feel of the ocean and the land as it has been, but I also wanted to hint at how small we humans really are when it comes to Mother Earth’s realm, of which the oceans are a major part. At this point in history, we believe firmly […]
Heart of the City: American Village Series
We humans love to think we’re at the center of our cities. We believe we built them therefore humanity is the city’s beating heart. The true Heart of the City is Mother Nature. She rules the natural world. She gives us the materials to build. She guides our minds and hands as we work. She […]