My process centers around the Heart-centerpiece, in this case the abalone shell, which represents layers of the heart, new awarenesses, and beauty in each moment.
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I print my designs out on my desk because there is such an incredible texture from the paper - the view is different. Printing it helps me tap into my 6 senses more - I can feel, touch, see, even hear when I flip the pages together like a book. The intuition 6th sense is the way the art arrived, and how and why I expand it …
I want to collect all the abstract abalone shapes, like precious objects, the same way I collect sea shells or stones at the ocean.
Why not have many Center art pieces, aka logos ¿ — I get to make up new rules and more shells means more new art.
As I write this about sea shells, and look at some of the beach and stone photos I’ve taken over the years, I realize everything has the potential to be designed into, and create Heart-Art Bundles out of.
And that makes me so happy. Every day we each get to create NEW and MORE beauty. Every. Single. Day.
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Expansion No. 1:
The truth of this Ocean Heart-Art project is that I didn’t start with the tiny shell symbols, I started with the art on these pages.
I used to design the ‘right way’ and ‘in order’, but now I’m allowing myself to explore outside any rules in my head.
Following my Intuition feels like I’m breaking something, so it’s quite nice to pause to say yes to the abstract patterns.
I was going to explain that I don’t know what art will come next, but I DO know that if I build on moments of art that I love, more moments will come.
I love that there is a visual difference between the vector art and the printed art, because it’s part of the process of choosing what to do with this art.
And this is really the biggest gift that came out of my All lines are beautiful journey - that I get to play with creating art abstractly, and then knit it together … See what moments make my heart still and happy. And the best part, for as long as I am working in the art, I don’t have to think about anything, or really decide anything.
The art always creates Joy and an Opening, which is a huge piece of my WHY.
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Expansion No. 2:
The Intention behind my Heart-art is to be able to consistently speak from the Heart. I want to be able to talk about what is meaningful to me, what I’m grateful for, what delighted me … Unconventional in every way, which is why now I’m going to use pair this artwork from the Ocean bundle.
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Day 320 of 14,600 Art Meditation, April 9, 2023
Ocean and the Abalone Shell Heart-Art Bundle
One of the things that brings me a huge Joy in my life is turning my kitchen into a mini bakery and bake desserts as gifts. My first instinct was to mail out boxes to everyone I love, but then I remembered I have other things to produce. Things that are less comfortable, which is probably why I quadrupled the recipe, so that the baking would last an entire day.
By the end of the 7 hours I was in so much pain, it was almost like going hiking for hours … It was GREAT. I slept almost non stop for 12 hours that night - my definition of bliss.
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Expansion No. 4:
One of the reasons I’m showing this art again is that a few years ago I started designing it, and the plan for it crashed and burned. It takes courage to talk about my failures, but the heart-growth is inside this so here goes:
I still BELIEVE in this art, which is the most important part.
When someone suggests that I need to BE abundant, I just KNOW, it’s my art, and that this art should not live in a closed drawer in my computer.
I don’t know exactly what the purpose for this art is, but for now, when I work with it, it helps me reconnect with myself. I am showing it and then Surrendering, letting go of it…
The solid images with white strokes are the base representing failure, and they don’t look like much alone. But when I work with them and don’t give up, new art happens, which I love so MUCH.
I print it out on my desk because of the way it looks when it’s covering my entire desk and then sunlight kicks in which makes it even more beautiful. It shimmers, although the camera really doesn’t capture it. Hmmm.
And that FEELING of joy that art gives is what I want to get out there.
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Expansion No. 5:
I like to think of my Heart-Art as living art.
Alive art, as in, something I cannot completely control. Sure, I can delete it, and manipulate it HARD, but one of the most beautiful concepts I’ve learned in life is to accept reality as if you have created it, and that’s something I want to bring into my art. Show MORE of the process. It’s such a great lesson in non-resistance and being in the moment. That’s when the Art becomes a Tool.
My critical thinking designer mind tells me, ‘Of course my art style should be the same - all the time!’, and to fine tune it into PERFECTION.
But anything coming from the Heart is a little wild, so why would my Art be any different.
This Twirl ….
This post is honoring the moment I was able to say yes to this art. It cracked my heart open that much more.
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I was going to throw away this “useless” yellow box of letters from my 20’s and 30’s, but the other week I read some letters from my siblings — they were BEAUTIFUL! And decided to keep them. They were oozing with love, affection, “come home soon” and “dearest” language, compliments, sketches of new apartments, new love, stories of sex, sarcasm, wit, humor, so open hearted and FULL that I was literally beside myself with joy.
And I just thought - THAT’S what I wish for my/our Heart-Art Bundles - FULLNESS.
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