Our Lady of Guadalupe

Our Lady of Guadalupe journal and sketch.  At Frangipani House we offer morning and day sessions for you to explore various aspects of your spirituality through art.  These sessions are also available via Skype online.
http://www.frangipanihouse.com.au/

Colour in with me - The Madonna

Colour in with me.  Journal page entry on The Madonna.
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Dressing as Art

If you love to paint yourself as a picture via your dress... you may like to view Advanced Style...

http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-beauty-and-style-secrets-from.html
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Wandering around the Arts Centre Gold Coast

Wandering around the The Sculpture Walk at the Arts Centre at the Gold Coast, I was contemplating the nature of transformation and what that means to me. 



As I was thinking about transformation, and how I would define it, I happened upon this sculpture. 


Every side is fascinating.  Is the person transforming into the wisdom of the owl or emerging from the tree?

Or emerging into human from owl?


ah the patience of the person who created this work. 




I imagined the sculptor gradually chipping away and smoothing off...



rough edges...
did the figure emerge from the stone? 


Or was there a plan to start?  Did the plan evolve? 
Oh the questions that went through my mind and still are.


I invite you to imagine sitting on the seat below,
and reflect on the statue and contemplate transformation. 
Imagine... 
Feeling the slightly rough edge to the stone with your hand and allow the stone to hold your weight as you rest from your walk. 





As soon as I find out the sculptor's name I'll pop it in here. 
Images taken at The Sculpture Walk at The Arts Centre Gold Coast
http://www.theartscentregc.com.au/art-gallery/sculpture-walk.php
I imagine we are all transforming each day
as we grow and move into different stages of our lives. 
What about you?
What do you imagine and believe about transformation?
Are there areas in your life that you would like to transform? 
Have you been through a transformation? 
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Halloween Art Matchbox

Image prior to completion (I don't want to spoil all the surprise).

Warlocks, Witches, Bats and Goblins... muuuurrrggaghahhhha.  A whisper of a cold draft on your skin, a dark shadow crossing your path, and you'll be wondering, is it All Hallows Eve yet? 

It's been a fun swap at Milliande this month.  Halloween is the theme and this creepy little box has now been sent off to the USA.  The spider is a little beaded treat that I made and it lurks inside.

So many stories abound about Halloween and how it came into being. 

Trick or Treat

I've read that trick or treating came from and old English tradition of beggars knocking at the door and asking for a 'soul cake'.  They promised to pray for the dead of the house in return for the cake.  Here's an excerpt from one article you might find interesting...

Soul cakes, a form of shortbread — and sometimes quite fancy, with currants for eyes — became more important for the beggars than prayers for the dead, it is said. Florence Berger tells in her Cooking for Christ a legend of a zealous cook who vowed she would invent soul cakes to remind them of eternity at every bite. So she cut a hole in the middle and dropped it in hot fat, and lo — a doughnut. Circle that it is, it suggests the never-ending of eternity. Truth or legend, it serves a good purpose at Halloween.
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0070.html


A Halloween Art Therapy Activity - Art Therapy Blog has a great art therapy for Halloween article if you'd like to read it... here's an excerpt
Halloween 


The most consistent origin, and probably the most well-known, refers to Halloween as a way to honor the dead. It also signifies the end of summer and the end of the Celtic year…and the beginnings of a new one.
People were very superstitious back in the day and thus arose the idea that souls of the dead frolicked the streets at night. To keep the bad spirits at bay, treats were left outside to pacify the evil spirits. This led to how it works now, otherwise known as trick or treating.

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Jason deCaires Taylor Underwater Sculpture - real people can't live underwater

I love being a member at Milliande community... today I was visiting a member's blog at http://monkeybuttonslobsterslippers.blogspot.com/
where I found a link to Jason deCaires Taylor's underwater sculptures...

View more of the amazing underwater sculptures at:
http://www.underwatersculpture.com/index.asp

You tube links:
Real people can't live underwater...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfunaMnkb1Q&NR=1
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