Blue is for Throat III Suppression

8/27/14
11x15 collage on paper

Blue is for Throat III Suppression

Green is for Heart III Control

8/26/14
11x15 collage on paper

Green is for Heart III Control

Yellow is for Solar Plexus III Fear

8/25/14
11x15 collage on paper

Yellow is for Solar Plexus III Fear

Orange is for Sacral III Rigidity

8/24/14
11x15 collage on paper

Orange is for Sacral III Rigidity

Red is for Root III Anger

8/23/14
11x15 collage on paper

Red is for Root III Anger

Starting my third week of chakra clearing since Reiki I class.  This week I thought I'd focus each day on releasing the emotions that are typically associated with each chakra.     

Violet is for Crown II Red Panda

8/22/14
11x15 collage on paper

Violet is for Crown II Red Panda

Indigo is for 3rd Eye II Red Panda

8/21/14
11x15 collage on paper

Indigo is for 3rd Eye II Red Panda

Blue is for Throat II Red Panda

8/20/14
11x15 collage on paper

Blue is for Throat II Red Panda

Green is for Heart II Red Panda

8/19/14
11x15 collage on paper

Green is for Heart II Red Panda

Yellow is for Solar Plexus II Red Panda

8/18/14
11x15 collage on paper

Yellow is for Solar Plexus II Red Panda

Orange is for Sacral II Red Panda

8/17/14
11x15 collage on paper

Orange is for Sacral II Red Panda

Red is for Root II Red Panda

8/16/14
11x15 collage on paper

Red is for Root II Red Panda

Starting the second week of my clearing of a chakra-a-day after Reiki I class and will be continuing to explore each day in collage form. 

This week I've decided that I'll also spend some time getting to know Red Panda, as I continue to flush out old and usher in new energy.  

According to: http://spiritwalkministry.com/spirit_guides/land_animal_spirits

Red Panda -- Being happiest when the people and community around you is content, introverted but still involved in community ventures, the value of gentleness, tree wisdom, tree related divination, the power of touch, rejuvenation when alone, providing wisdom to a community while remaining apart from it. Studying the healing properties of plants and herbs, play more and worry less. 

I've also started reading a book by Susan Cain called 

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.  

The book landing on my desk this week seems perfect synchronicity for Red Panda. 

Violet is for Crown

8/15/14
11x15 collage on paper

Violet is for Crown

Indigo is for 3rd Eye

8/14/14
11x15 collage on paper

Indigo is for 3rd Eye

Blue is for Throat

8/13/14
11x15 collage on paper

Blue is for Throat

Green is for Heart

8/12/14
11x15 collage on paper

Green is for Heart

Yellow is for Solar Plexus

8/11/14
11x15 collage on paper

Yellow is for Solar Plexus

Orange is for Sacral

8/10/14
11x15 collage on paper

Orange is for Sacral

Red is for Root

8/9/14
11x15 collage on paper

Red is for Root

Took a Reiki I class this past weekend and was told that for the next 21 days I'd be clearing things from each chakra, one each day for 7 days x 3.  In order to help that process along, I've decided to do a collage each day that corresponds with the chakra of the day.  Today is the Root chakra.  Was thinking about base issues of safety and security, anger, and red.

Job Satisfaction

8/6/14
9x12 collage on paper

Job Satisfaction

Completed after a long day at work, the simplicity of today's collage doesn't do justice to the steps it took to get there. 

Struggled with lack of inspiration on finding a subject matter that might inspire me after a long work day.  

Took a lot of trial and error with color and texture, and three different layers of material, to get to a background I could live with.  

Felt some frustration at the fact that the work wasn't turning out the way I envisioned in the beginning.

Persevered through multiple temptations to just set the collage aside and start over fresh with something else tomorrow.  

No one's making me make collages at night, after all.  Why do it on a day when I'm struggling and inspiration's not coming easily?

...

Uncanny the way that Art imitates life sometimes.

Walking at Twilight

8/4/14
9x12 collage on paper

Walking at Twilight

Having visits from unusual animals this week.  So much nicer to see bats outdoors in the neighborhood, as I walk the dog at dusk, than visiting my room indoors. Also caught a glimpse of a wily fox this time, darting between houses, and keeping a low profile.    

http://www.birdclan.org/fox.htm

Commemorating a Visit from Bat

8/3/14
9x12 collage on paper

Commemorating a Visit from Bat

Walked into my bedroom last night to find a black bat fluttering around the ceiling.  Dodging the blades of the ceiling fan and generally causing an eerie stir in the house, bats are known to fly around in our neighborhood, but never inside the house.  Still don't know how it got in, but thankful for a spouse with a cloth grocery bag, little fear of creepy creatures, and a soft heart.  Upon capture and release, he said... "they eat bugs".  
(p.s. The dog was no help.) 

Still feeling a bit unsettled by the whole incident. Wish bats were just a wee bit cuter...  And content to remain outdoors.   
  
http://doowansnewsandevents.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/bat-medicine/

Two Butterflies

8/2/14
9x12 collage on paper

Two Butterflies

Gone Fishing

8/1/14
9x12 collage on paper

Gone Fishing

Unleashed

7/31/14
9x12 collage on paper

Unleashed