As 2017 came to a close, I received a powerful vision in my meditations. The images of Quan Yin, the Blessed Mother Mary, the Black Madonna and Tara, all came to me sharing insights from the past decade. There had been so many changes, that I have had to take my time in reviewing it all for setting my intentions for 2018. I was searching for a way to connect with the wisdom and inner guidance I so dearly needed then and now. My spiritual practice includes a discipline for safely entering an altered state of consciousness (drug-free) through the use of yoga-like body postures in a ritual context. As I researched the images of the Divine Feminine that had presented themselves to me, I disc
The study of contrast is an essential part of an artist’s education. Imagine life without contrast. Monochromatic colors, all blending into each other. No texture. No shadows, either. No diversity. Just a bland and boring view of life. Flat and uninspired. Contrast provides depth and understanding for whatever we are looking at. It’s an important ingredient in any well-balanced composition and in any well-balanced life. In art and in life, contrasts point out the differences…therefore, they also show us the similarities. We learn to see them both, equally, to understand the whole. Without a full sensory experience of one’s world, the nuances of life are lost to the bland sameness of