Tarot Card for Today

I wanted to share The Fool card today around the idea of embracing who you are without fear. Many of us won’t even try something new for fear of failure or looking bad to others. Often this card can be met with ambivalence but it’s actually a really cool card. The Fool represents the child within us. He stands for spontaneous new beginnings, curiosity and open-mindedness without prejudice. The Fool also symbolizes playful lightheartedness and living a life full of joy and free from care. Whether this stance is a refusal to grow up or the wise realization that our lives can’t be determined by another – this cannot be decided by this card, only by you. Even if he falls flat on his face, there is no true danger – The Fool is not foolish or fool-hardy. He is courageous and risk-taking. He comes across as fearless even if he feels fear. This card is excellent to meditate on all these things and embrace the true essence of who you are. Someone once told me this wise piece of advice – “the key to a happy life is to release the fear of looking like a fool along the way”.

Happy Wednesday ❤

22 Days Left of Summer

I did a show recently where the folks from Timberline Lodge came through asking if I had any art of Mt. Hood. And I didn’t. I tend to make up places in my mind and loosely base them off of many places I’ve been or want go to. Mt. Hood is so iconic, it’s such a mesmerizing volcano, it takes your breath away. So, it got me thinking about the area and all the camping and hiking and swimming I’ve down around Mt. Hood. Summers end is near and I hope the next few weeks will still feel like summertime – it’s my favorite season and just can’t get enough of it! I hope your summer season has been really good and here’s to 3 weeks more!

❤  Happy Wednesday

Keep It Simple

This week I have a 3 day event I am vending in a few days (Check out StayWild for more details about coming the show!) - and I really love doing these weekly posts. Some weeks I get ahead of it with ideas and art - and some weeks not so much. A friend recently told me that not everything has to be a masterpiece. Which brought me back to the saying "keep it simple". In that moment, I really did want to do something elaborate so that made my mind go blank. In that blankness, the light hit a stone that was on my desk and gave it a bright iridescence that caught my eye. That's where I got my idea to paint a labradorite stone today! Doing a painting of a crystal may not seem simple to everyone but I felt a kind of ease about it in my mind. Doing something simply never means quick or lacking detail -  it still had to be intricately done and I ended up being pleased with the results because I just felt easy about it. So, anything you want to do today is up to you how easy you want to feel about it. If you can't in that moment, try stepping away from it until you do. It's as easy to build a castle as it is a button.

Labradorite is a stone of protection, stimulating intuition, a bring of the art of "right timing", alleviates fears and strengthens trust. It's a calming stone, as well as energizing for the imagination. It's an extremely attractive stone with an iridescence of deep and light tones of blues, greens, yellows and orangey reds. Keep an eye out for this stone - also you can follow my instagram to see the time lapse painting of this piece.

Happy Wednesday ❤

Animal Totem for Today

Recently I participated in a drawing rally where you donate drawings, as many as you can in an hour to a worthy cause. I didn’t quite get this alpaca one I dreamed up in a thumbnail so I made it into a full piece. (You can catch the process video on my instagram – I’ve been enjoying making those!) So today’s animal totem is the Alpaca. They symbolize aspiring to great things, divine gifts, being full of wonder, interdependence, to be giving and use only what is needed. They also mean that what you dream can be realized. Not only are they cute and fuzzy looking but they make a humming sound that is really pleasant to hear.

What animal stood out to you today? Go check out the meaning and you’ll find it’s something you needed to hear today.

Happy Wednesday ❤

Talk About What You Want

So much is going on in the world right now and I see so much talk about what people don’t want. Talking about what you don’t want has become commonplace in conversation. Did you know that when you constantly talk about what you don’t want, you create a kind of “mantra” and keep what you don’t want active in your mind? It’s a good thing to acknowledge what you don’t want – because when you know what you don’t want, you then know what you do want. But why keep talking about what you don’t want, over and over and over? So many people are beating the drum of negativity and it’s all they know. Some people never get past talking only about what they don’t want. How can you get your desire when you are pushing against someone or something or coming from a place like that? It’s got to shift at some point, you’ve got to pivot. You’ve just got to stop talking about what you don’t want and start talking about what you do want. Tell people what you want and come from a place of power.

Happy Wednesday ❤