Exploring Being / Discussion Notes. Whee! Yesterday marked the beginning of a new cycle-(a circle caught in the act of breaking its circumference to go on a journey.) A new learning session! I think the biggest thing that came up was the way we humans entertain concepts rather than having a practical, bodily experience of …
class ideas
Ahhh! Haven\’t posted for AGES…. But, life has been percolating away as always, just undocumented. I\’ve been teaching an amazing variety of students, and classes. Exploring ways and methods of communicating and understanding. For art instruction, I\’ve settled on colored pencil and drawing techniques \’cause they are my absolute favorite to do therefore to some …
The Three Hares
may that which is unified and whole find its expression in you may all things coming in and out of being be encouraged by your presence may you be a source of blessing for all that is unfolding and awakening around you may you find yourself as the center of a vast …
A blessing for the stranger
The first step in awakening to your inner life and to the depth and promise of your solitude would be to consider yourself for a little while as a stranger to your own deepest depths. To decide to view yourself as a complete stranger, someone who has just stepped ashore in your life is a …
Dali!
When The Muse takes over. It is on Her terms for sure. Needed to do a portrait for Creative Arts Art Show. Who better than Dali!? Didn\’t anticipate staying up until midnight to get this painted. It\’s acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12. I haven\’t painted for years. And yet…here he is. For me, Dali …
Look Ma! I\’m Famous!
Just published in a Chicago Magazine! Cool beans. Meet Janet Balboa in North West Chicago VOYAGECHICAGO STAFF Today we’d like to introduce you to Janet Balboa. Janet, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? When I was seven, I watched my mom wallpaper my room. She …
Look Ma! I\’m Famous!
Just published in a Chicago Magazine! Cool beans. Meet Janet Balboa in North West Chicago VOYAGECHICAGO STAFF Today we’d like to introduce you to Janet Balboa. Janet, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today? When I was seven, I watched my mom wallpaper my room. She …
Monet refuses the operation
Doctor, you say there are no halos around the streetlights in Paris and what I see is an aberration caused by old age, an affliction. I tell you it has taken me all my life to arrive at the vision of gas lamps as angels, to soften and blur and finally banish the edges you regret …
When Life happens – and a nod to Pope Joan.
The worst sin is ingratitude, which is a forgetting of the greatness, beauty, truth and goodness of the Source that is constantly creating us – in other terms, a forsaking of Being, and the Good. My favorite Leloup quote today, from The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Today I had my day all planned out, my …