A memento is a reminder of the past; a keepsake. Each remembrance contains a holographic memory full of the sights, sounds, tastes, smells and sensation of that experience. The key to re-capturing the emotion of that moment is to bring all of it’s depth and intensity into the present.
Sometimes I run into obstacles that stop me in my tracks. If these roadblocks are met with courage and creativity, I can find a solution that not only moves me forward, but opens a door to a possibility I had not previously considered. It becomes a better direction than the one in which I was initially headed.
I am a complex little bean. Not a jelly bean, nor a common bean and especially not a kidney bean which is toxic unless thoroughly cooked. Maybe a velvet bean or a winged bean. Yes! I am a winged bean.
Maybe you are a moth bean, a black turtle bean, a hyacinth bean, a black-eyed pea or a jack bean. Something more exotic? How about a Valentine bean, a Domino bean, a Robust bean, a Maverick bean or a Pinto Horse bean. Maybe you are a winged bean too, or one that has yet to be discovered…
I was unaware until I saw a program on TV, that caterpillars completely liquefy inside their cocoons. There is no turning back from being half liquid and saying, “Wait, I changed my mind!”
What would you change into if you could be anything you wanted? Would you be willing to undergo a complete transformation to attain your desires?
What is the creative process and how can you wrap yourself in it? The answer is to play, play, play. You add so much richness to your life when you allow yourself to drop into the moment, the creative zone where ideas have a chance to get your attention.
Once you open the door to creativity, you will find yourself attracting ideas. When you have made yourself a magnet for ideas, be receptive and willing to listen. It helps to have paper and pencil nearby to capture them.
Surreal landscapes form a kind of intimacy with the viewer’s own experiences and impressions. The idea that we are all entangled in the unified field of quantum physics is revealed in brief encounters of breathtaking intimacy. This is juxtaposed with our everyday experience that we are somehow isolated yet seek out connection with others.
Took video footage of shadows on a wooded sidewalk and used After Effects to translate into what I saw in my imagination – Video Art by Karen Landey.
Mystics and songwriters say that every desire we have will find its way to fulfillment some day. Where do all those dreams go while they are waiting to come true? I imagine it would look something like lost luggage.
May all your dreams be returned to you someday.
What is waiting inside us that wishes to be born in this season? We can encounter that which motivates us to be in the world, illuminated by the renewal of the light. Listen to the story of your life and share it with us.
