Have you ever crossed a major threshold in your life and not realized it until much later? By threshold, I mean some particular moment that signifies moving from one phase of your life, or state of being, and into another. Some thresholds are easy to catch as you go through: weddings, graduations, the birth of… Continue Reading
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The Intention Rock
Lately, I’ve been consciously working on setting intentions, both in my art-making and labyrinth walking practices. I’m finding I don’t have time to not do this. If I set an intention with a project, or chunk of work then everything naturally becomes more focused for me and usually something worthwhile happens. If I don’t set… Continue Reading
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Eclipse Walk
I got to do a labyrinth walk beneath the total lunar eclipse the other night (this is one of the great things about having a labyrinth in the back yard). At the start of the walk I set the intention to focus on the theme of moving between shadow and light, and what that might… Continue Reading
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Labyrinth Dreams
One of the great side effects of immersing myself in studying, painting and walking labyrinths all this month is that they’ve begun to seep into my dreams. I’m reading an amazing book called ‘Dancing at the Edge of Death’ by Jodi Lorimer, which traces the origins of the labyrinth back to the Paleolithic era. It’s… Continue Reading
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The Labyrinth of Lost Puppies
I actually painted this labyrinth for yesterday’s Art Every Day Month piece, and was unhappy with it. So I put it aside and worked on another piece. I like the idea of this, and love the texture of the background, but I really hated seeing how slap-dash the dots were. Before painting I had a… Continue Reading
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Back On The Labyrinth
Right! I’m on it! Back in the Art Every Day Month saddle after a bout of food poisoning ripped through our household. The only one who managed to escape it was Mr One year old. So, we dodged a bullet there because things got brutal. ******* The night before we got sick I did a… Continue Reading
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