“Water III” – 2′ x 3′ – Mixed media on canvas ©LE Art & Design
“On World Water Day, March 22, 2014, the International Council of the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers will be leading a women’s WATER BLESSING CEREMONY from the sacred Montezuma Well.” #inthenameofthemother
In the Winter 2013, I began my deep personal journey with my element of water. Water as a holistic experience, body, mind, spirit and specifically emotions. I created and was offered a full-blown opportunity to dive into my own repressed and unexpressed emotions, most possibly grieving lifetimes of sorrow and loss. No matter how long this soul had been containing this unexpressed water, the floodgates were unleashed and I let it flow… for months. (Note: this is a very abbreviated version of a deep and broad experience for me.)
One full cycle of the seasonal year has progressed, my intimate, cathartic relationship with my water has grown and evolved me as an Soul and artist. My journey with the waters took me through the winter, spring, summer, and through to the latest winter season. In order to navigate these waters, my daily practices ranged from journaling, letting the tears flow, walking by the seaside, swimming in the oceans, appreciating the rivers and oceans and in creating my five paintings in my Water series.
Water I 2.5′ x 4′ – Mixed media on canvas ©LE Art & Design (SOLD)
Today, March 22, 2014 is World Water Day. Although the day may be officially over, it does need be. We can honor the water with the intentions as stated in the Prayer for the Healing of the Waters. We m,ay continue to stand in a moment of thought and prayers for our sacred waters #INTHENAMEOFTHEMOTHER
“Water IV” – 4′ x 5′ – Mixed media on canvas (SOLD)
We can also honor our own water by drinking plenty of pure, spring water, taking lots of baths, swimming in clean oceans and rivers, feeling our feelings and honoring and accepting what ever we feel, without judgment, e-moting through artistic expression, and more. Be creative, be loving and surrender to the healing element of water within and without. Many blessings on swimming through your deep blue waters… xo
Water II 2.5′ x 4′ – Mixed media on canvas ©LE Art & Design
“Water V” – Diptych 3′ x 3′ and 3′ x 3′ – Mixed media on canvas
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In love, gratitude and beauty…
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