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Monday, March 18, 2019

Untamed

"John Muir's Vision" by Bettina Madini
It was a birthday wish from my beloved..... 'Will you please create a drawing for me, of John Muir?" Who could say no to that? I couldn't. ....

So, having lived for more than 10 years next to John Muir Park, there was the request and also this energy, last December, that made me take out my pencils and draw....

And while I studied Muir's face, I tapped into his spirit.... What a visionary.... a storm of running horses... I tapped into the challenge that a visionary faces.... his eyes gazing far into the future that he knew was possible... his face and hair blending into the rocks and trees that he climbed.... I sensed the glory of his nature perception, oneness with wind and rain, with each flower.... and as I continued my drawing, the mountains in the distance became the feet of long-gone giant trees, petrified stumps of today's Sierra....

The Waters of the lakes started whispering, these waters that run deep in the Earth, giant currents of consciousness.

And, all that created a tumbling current in my world, a current that connects present, past and future, a breeze of knowing that we came here to be greatness and create magical spaces with our magnificent Earth. Nuestro Planeta.

If this speaks to you, if it tingles your senses and inspires your heart, YOU are one of these visionaries. You might face challenges, currently. You might have moments where you just want to fall asleep again and go away. I know.

Just please know that you know. You came here because you have acquired EVERYTHING you need to have in your toolbox. You are beautiful, You are powerful. You can change anything and create anything. Go around the rocks that you have made your problems. Go around them. Keep walking. Move. Move. Move.

There is such beauty around you. There are whispers around you. Beings of such Light and Beauty. You are light and beauty.

Tap, for a moment, into the giant tree being in my drawing, and allow it to gift to you. They are here. We are here.

Cheers, my friends.

We launched 2 editions of "John Muir's Vision".

We are donating a percentage of the sales to the Wisconsin John Muir Chapter of the Sierra Club.

More info about the two limited edition giclee prints HERE
Size 8.25" x 11.5"
(image size 6.25" x 8.8", plus border for framing)
price: $65 (plus sales tax, shipping);
We will send you a separate invoice for sales tax (if applicable) and shipping.

Size 11.5" x 16" (original size)
(image size approx. 9" x 12.7")
price: $99 (plus sales tax, shipping)
 
We will send you a separate invoice for sales tax (if applicable) and shipping.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Being Exposed....

Vulnerability is a wild space to be in.... falling together different, changed, with each brushstroke.... with each gaze across dry grass, caressed by the approaching evening shade. Makes me wonder, what can grow from woman warrior's tears? Our tears are untamed, like Earth's rain, washing away the remaining shades of yesterday. Today is fresh. Stepping away from the canvas. Indigo shadow deepens. Oh, the Beauty I know is possible. I sense it at my fingertips. So easy to be impatient, with future growing inside. Definitions vanish, roles disappear, reference points gone. I gave them to the river. What is now becoming? Brushes set aside, I wash my grateful body. Good night, earth. And I travel into my forest. 🌳✨