Our New Year's process is quite fascinating from a cultural perspective. We celebrate while frantically idenfying the things that we want to accomplish in the coming year. We say goodbye to the previous year as if the time were an independent entity complete with a personality and power over our lives. And, of course, we feel failure when broken resolutions are the reality. So, consider this your invitation to do something a little different and focus on what delights you. Focus on care - care for your heart and soul.
For me, this will be a year for art and inquiry. I pledge, to myself, to engage in art as a daily spiritual practice and to listen carefully to what the process is sharing. I choose to be grateful for the amazing art teachers that have come into my awareness over the winter holidays and truly grateful that I am in a place in my life that I can indulge in such wonder. I will care for myself by participating in thoughtful eating, belly dancing, yoga and lots of time in nature. I will be kind to myself as if I were a tender bloom dependent upon love and caring friendship. I vow to immerse myself in the rhythm of life; the cycles of the seasons and the moon.
I will ask the canvas, the sketchbook, the art supplies and the art journal prompts what is it that I really need to know by engaging in the process. What do I really need to know? I will listen carefully to the art teachers, the art seekers, and Mother Nature in order to gain a deeper knowing. I am just now realizing my word for 2017 is wisdom. I will pay careful attention to how this manifests in my life.
I resolve to use the experience to propagate peace as my form of rebellion against the oppression of all marginalized people and to perpetuate the progress of women, all women, which in turn will better the world for everybody. I will immerse myself in the experience in order to do everything I can to make our world a better place.
It is my sincerest wish that 2017 is the year for positive transformation.
For me, this will be a year for art and inquiry. I pledge, to myself, to engage in art as a daily spiritual practice and to listen carefully to what the process is sharing. I choose to be grateful for the amazing art teachers that have come into my awareness over the winter holidays and truly grateful that I am in a place in my life that I can indulge in such wonder. I will care for myself by participating in thoughtful eating, belly dancing, yoga and lots of time in nature. I will be kind to myself as if I were a tender bloom dependent upon love and caring friendship. I vow to immerse myself in the rhythm of life; the cycles of the seasons and the moon.
I will ask the canvas, the sketchbook, the art supplies and the art journal prompts what is it that I really need to know by engaging in the process. What do I really need to know? I will listen carefully to the art teachers, the art seekers, and Mother Nature in order to gain a deeper knowing. I am just now realizing my word for 2017 is wisdom. I will pay careful attention to how this manifests in my life.
I resolve to use the experience to propagate peace as my form of rebellion against the oppression of all marginalized people and to perpetuate the progress of women, all women, which in turn will better the world for everybody. I will immerse myself in the experience in order to do everything I can to make our world a better place.
It is my sincerest wish that 2017 is the year for positive transformation.
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