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Friday, November 21, 2014

Aloha Friday!

 
 
Swan Gord
 
9 x 12 x 1 1/2 Oil on Canvas
 
$125
 
It's another Aloha Friday which means no work til Monday!  Carpe diem!  Today in the Berkshires we are expecting a high of around 25 degrees.  Doesn't that sound fun!  Bust out the woolies and furs and whatever else you have for winter gear because you are going to need it in order to enjoy this place!  So continuing on with my theme this fall of a Renaissance happening here in the Berkshires I have another poem for you which I love. This one is by Meister Eckhart titled,
 
To See As God Sees
 
 
It is your destiny to see as God sees,
to know as God knows,
to feel as God
feels.
 
How is this possible?  How?
Because Divine Love cannot defy its very self.
 
Divine Love will be eternally true to its own being,
and its being is giving all it can,
at the perfect
moment.
 
And the greatest gift
God can give is Her own experience.
 
Every object, every creature, every man, woman, and child
has a soul and it is the destiny of all,
 
to see as God sees, to know as God knows,
to feel as God feels, to Be
as God
Is.
 
Enjoy your day & weekend!
 
artwork available at www.sophiemuseum.com

Monday, November 17, 2014

 
 
Two Fall Leaves
 
8 x 8 Oil on Canvas
 
$125
 
 
Aloha! & yes I know it has been far too long since my last past however I have been working and well celebrating my birthday which has gone on nearly all month but is winding down ..... boo ):  So here is another beautiful piece I made with natural leaves I found along the roadside.  You know nature really is the greatest inspiration! 
 
Along with the opening of the show and working with the Art Connection of Rhode Island I have also been generously gifting items to the Catwalk in Great Barrington, MA.  For you animal lovers this is a fashion swap really for women and all the proceeds are going to support our Berkshire Humane Society.  So check it out to donate or pick up a few items that peak your interest.  Guilt free shopping at it's best!
 


Saturday, November 8, 2014

Three Leaves & a Star

 
 
Three Leaves & a Star
 
8 x 8 oil on canvas
 
$125
 
My goodness the weather is changing rapidly here in the beautiful Berkshires of Massachusetts!  We are surely having an amazing fall as usual with all the gorgeous colors that I depicted in the above leaf composition and then ooo I came home to some snow on the car last night!  Still many of the trees like the people in the area are resisting the end of such a magnificent season including yours truly!  Here's wishing you all a beautiful remainder of fall & all the Scorpio babies a very happy birthday!
 
artwork available at www.wophiemuseum.com/purchase


Sunday, November 2, 2014

Two Autumn Leaves

 
 
Two Autumn Leaves
 
6 x 12 x 1 1/2 Oil on Canvas
 
$125
 
Aloha & Happy month of November!  The show opening was a huge success and we had a turn out of at least 50 people.  Thank you to all who were able to attend!  For those of you that couldn't make it... the exhibit should be up at least through the end of the year.  So head down to Stockbridge for a latte and some r&r while taking in the new art on the walls!  You can't miss my dragonfly!
 
The piece above was created from two leaves I found while out on one of may walks down Old Stockbridge Road........
 
We are kicking around the idea of a poetry reading sometime this month so to get you all in the mood here is one of my favorite pieces by Rumi called The Inner Garments of Love.  I actually use this piece in one of my Yoga Nidra scripts too and people love it! (read aloud it's better!)
 
A soul which is not clothed
with the inner garment of Love
should be ashamed of its existence.
 
Be drunk with Love,
for Love is all that exists.
Where is intimacy found
if not in the give and take of Love.
 
If they ask what Love is,
say; the sacrifice of will.
If you have not left your will behind,
You have no will at all.
 
The lover is a king of kings
with both worlds beneath him;
and a king does not regard
what lies at his feet.
 
Only Love and the lover
can resurrect beyond time.
Give your heart to this;
the rest is secondhand.
 
How long will you embrace
a lifeless beloved?
Embrace that entity
to which nothing can cling.
 
What sprouts up every spring
will wither and die by autumn,
but the rose garden of Love
Is always green.
 
Both the rose and the thorn
appear together in spring,
and the wine of the grape
is not without its headaches.
 
Don’t be an impatient
bystander on this path -----
by God there’s no death
worse than expectation
 
Set your heart on hard cash
if you are not counterfeit,
and listen to this advice
if you are not a slave.
 
Don’t falter on the horse
of the body; go more lightly on foot.
God gives wings to those
who are not content to ride an ass.
 
Let go of your worries
and be completely clear-hearted,
like the face of a mirror
that contains no images.
 
When it is empty of forms,
all forms are contained in it.
No face would be ashamed
to be so clear.
 
If you want a clear mirror,
behold yourself
and see the shameless truth
which the mirror reflects.
 
If metal can be polished
to a mirror like finish,
What polishing might the mirror
of the heart require?
 
Between the mirror and the heart
is this single difference:
the heart conceals secrets,
while the mirror does not…
artwork available at www.sophiemuseum.com/purchase