I belong to a LifeMakeover Group. That's a group of women going through, chapter by chapter the book, "Life Makeovers" by Cheryl Richardson. It just so happens that this particular LMO group only has me and one other person in it. Deva Kelli and I are like separate trains runnin' on parallel train tracks. She "gets" every word that comes out of my mouth and I'm always amazed that the words coming out of hers are exactly what my soul was already feeling or needed to hear. Anyway, we talk more about Mama Gena than we do Life Makeovers but this week we decided to be "caught up" to chapter 23 which is called "Shine the Light."
The take action challenge in this chapter is to shine a bright light on a secret dream. Take it out of the closet, shake the dust off, and make some kind of declaration about it. I've been slowly trying to do just that to a couple of friends, my husband, and here on this blog. But to shine the full force of the sun on my sweet moldy little dream feels like standing naked in Grand Central Station.
So here goes...
I've been, with some trepidation and reluctance, begun practicing referring to my Self as an "artist." I recently announced I'm taking on the new official part/full time job of being such an animal and seeing where that takes me. For years people have been telling me "your signs are so cute," "you're so talented," "you should have a website," "you should be in craft fairs," "you should sell you work." Blah blah blah. I either didn't really take them, or me, seriously or I just didn't know where to start.
Here's where I want it to take me. I'd like to have my signs/chairs/toolboxes, etc. in about 5-10 different locations in the state at any given time. I'd like to "show" in a couple of art fairs each year. I'd like being an artist to be so successful that I don't have to work for anyone else. But here's the big part. The part that's really coming out of the closet.
I'd like to run/own/operate one of those adorable seasonal boutiquey craft fairs that operates for 3-4 weekends in a row 3-4 times a year. One that brings together the beautiful artplay of beautiful women who make things especially for other beautiful women. It's called "Pomegranates." It lives in an antique barn, or maybe a funky grange hall, or maybe someone's guest house or over sized tool shed.
Have to admit that I didn't know I had this part of the dream until I met Deva Kelli and she told me her dream is to run a boutique but didn't know how running a full time retail shop would work with her being a full-time mother of three and I actually suggested that she try the "seasonal boutique" thought on for size. The more I thought about it for her, the more I wanted it for me. And for Pete's sake the universe is big enough for both of us, isn't it?
Well, the light is shining. Not sure what to do with it next. Guess I'll just head back into the studio and paint the crap out of some more boards.
Red is scary sometimes.
In Grace,
Kell
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
I Love Me!
Been so long since I blogged. Guess that's what happens when you live your life and don't have time to write about it. Soooo much has happened and I always feel like I need to catch everything up here in blogland. But I'm not gonna.
It's Valentine's Day. A Holiday I've come to intrinsically dislike and disagree with on so many levels. As if we are incomplete without a sweetheart in our lives. As if having a sweetheart fixes everything. As if that sweetheart could love us perfectly without our learning to love our Selves first.
That being said my Sweetheart has been rather lovely lately. We did our Val-Day thing yesterday, and he went without complaint to a whole/raw restaurant in Portland that I've been oogling. He enjoyed it very much - its tastiness far surpassed his expectations and I am infinitely cooler than before.
That same Sweetheart of mine has had an incredible epiphany lately. It seems that as he approaches 40 (I'll get there first!) and faces that inevitable mid-life crisis thing, that he has found new fulfillment, joy and life-essence in the prospect of making me Happy! All I can say is, Mama Gena was right. It seems that when I make my own pleasure, joy and fulfillment a priority to Me, I become this amazing, interesting, beautiful woman that suddenly everyone else wants to make Happy too. I've said it once, I'll say it again, every woman in America needs to read this book
Thanks to Deva Rana's encouragement and the now out loud verbal support of that sweet guy of mine, oh and the screaming whisper of my inner goddess saying "Enough already! Get on with it!" I am now devoting myself to the 2nd job of being an artist. The antique shop in Albany is almost ready for my work - Deva Kelli is ready to research a show or two, and there are lovely outlets all over the place once I start looking. The Graceful Deva website is under construction to support this endeavor and every Monday is devoted to the magic of Art Play.
There's another creative project underway but under wraps for now. Its a writing project and lets just say the research is fun and titillating. It's been in the back of my brain for a couple of years but is now springing forward onto the written page - sometimes sheepishly, sometimes powerfully - but always with lots and lots of Red! I take my little Red notebook to a coffee shop on Fridays now and write lovely, wicked things - right in plain view of baristas, business men with laptops, church ladies with bibles and college students with homework.
Got to see one of my heroes, Green Smoothie Girl, live and in person recently. I've been 70-80% raw lately and she is on of the people who inspires me. I've been finishing up the Women on the Edge of Evolution podcast series from last year - its always amazing to hear how my journey is not just my own, and certainly not alone. Ooh! One last thing that I am so excited about - although no one else will be - tomorrow I'm having my first colon hydrotherapy session! I will keep the gory details to my Self, but will let everyone know if it makes me feel good!
Happy all about Red-Hot, Passionate Love Day! Be the very best sweetheart of your own Soul that you can possibly be. What is it your dream love would do for you today? If you don't currently have one, or he/she falls a little short, do it for your Self! You are so miraculously, gorgeously, beautifully worth it.
Have the Reddest Red Day Ever!
In Grace,
Kell
It's Valentine's Day. A Holiday I've come to intrinsically dislike and disagree with on so many levels. As if we are incomplete without a sweetheart in our lives. As if having a sweetheart fixes everything. As if that sweetheart could love us perfectly without our learning to love our Selves first.
That being said my Sweetheart has been rather lovely lately. We did our Val-Day thing yesterday, and he went without complaint to a whole/raw restaurant in Portland that I've been oogling. He enjoyed it very much - its tastiness far surpassed his expectations and I am infinitely cooler than before.
That same Sweetheart of mine has had an incredible epiphany lately. It seems that as he approaches 40 (I'll get there first!) and faces that inevitable mid-life crisis thing, that he has found new fulfillment, joy and life-essence in the prospect of making me Happy! All I can say is, Mama Gena was right. It seems that when I make my own pleasure, joy and fulfillment a priority to Me, I become this amazing, interesting, beautiful woman that suddenly everyone else wants to make Happy too. I've said it once, I'll say it again, every woman in America needs to read this book
Thanks to Deva Rana's encouragement and the now out loud verbal support of that sweet guy of mine, oh and the screaming whisper of my inner goddess saying "Enough already! Get on with it!" I am now devoting myself to the 2nd job of being an artist. The antique shop in Albany is almost ready for my work - Deva Kelli is ready to research a show or two, and there are lovely outlets all over the place once I start looking. The Graceful Deva website is under construction to support this endeavor and every Monday is devoted to the magic of Art Play.
There's another creative project underway but under wraps for now. Its a writing project and lets just say the research is fun and titillating. It's been in the back of my brain for a couple of years but is now springing forward onto the written page - sometimes sheepishly, sometimes powerfully - but always with lots and lots of Red! I take my little Red notebook to a coffee shop on Fridays now and write lovely, wicked things - right in plain view of baristas, business men with laptops, church ladies with bibles and college students with homework.
Got to see one of my heroes, Green Smoothie Girl, live and in person recently. I've been 70-80% raw lately and she is on of the people who inspires me. I've been finishing up the Women on the Edge of Evolution podcast series from last year - its always amazing to hear how my journey is not just my own, and certainly not alone. Ooh! One last thing that I am so excited about - although no one else will be - tomorrow I'm having my first colon hydrotherapy session! I will keep the gory details to my Self, but will let everyone know if it makes me feel good!
Happy all about Red-Hot, Passionate Love Day! Be the very best sweetheart of your own Soul that you can possibly be. What is it your dream love would do for you today? If you don't currently have one, or he/she falls a little short, do it for your Self! You are so miraculously, gorgeously, beautifully worth it.
Have the Reddest Red Day Ever!
In Grace,
Kell
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