Life

Together we travel the rivers of life, 

discovering the amazing in us, in others, in the universe.

How wonderful it is to be able to be a witness of a little part,

piece, slice, that one mind can acknowledge, it really is a treasure.
Can you imagine to witness the whole picture?
Those are the kind of things in my mind. :)

For each of us is different, no one sees the world like you or 

me and that makes it even more special, that is how 

I undestrand we are all unique, the things each one understands

about life is what makes us different from others and in 

some cases, that is the cause of trouble too, we should learn 

to respect the differences and even try to learn from them, 

we could grow in consciousness because of being open 

to listen, probably that is the reason why life gave us 

relationships, to share those differences.  Sometime this 

sharing hurts and others feels like a blessing, in any case, 

one always wins, lessons are learned, life is ejoyed.

Learning from our relationships doesn't mean we should allow 

rudness or them trying to convince us that what they think 

is the truth for everyone and we shouldn't try to convince
anyone about our beliefs but that is a hard task thinking globally,
it has to be done individually for religion, politics and so
would´t agree with this for other reasons but how wonderful
 it is to not have walls, be open, to witness, to share, to grow,
expand. To me, that is love, that is growing in consciousness.

Life is a dream of the spirit

when the spirit awakens, the spirit knows who she is

others may tell her how to awake but only she

shall know when the time has come for it

and then, it´s all work, to be awaken and to stay awaken,

this is not an easy task, if there is a reason for it, it shall

be that this path is only for those who are true.

I am love

and love is what I do

like the ocean, 
wild and free

deep and unsolved.

I am heart

and embrace is what I do

for if I don't 

I am not true.

Life is an empty canvas,
life is pure and noble,
life is here for you,
life embraces us,
life is love,
life is 
who 
you 
are.

Tepoztlán, Morelos

The valley of Tepoztlan is located at 30 minutes from Mexico city,

 a spiritual place were locals create magical and unique art and crafts,

 there is a pyramid located up in the mountain which has to be climbed

by foot only for it is not allowed to build anything, it`s a reservoir

 and it takes about an hour to get up there but when you finally arrive,

 the view is awesome and you feel awesome as well for not quiting!

Believe me I was tempted many times!

I hope you enjoy this little tour around this wonderful place!

At the ice cream shop!  They have a small museum around the ice creams 

with tons of beautiful hand made sculptures form the people of the village

and they have an altar, you can have your ice cream there and enjoy this view!

That`s the mountain we are going to climb and the village!

The entrance to the way up the mountain!

This tree was awesome but ho so big, can`t fit it all in the photo!

Climbing the mountain is beautiful, so much to see around!

Taking a brake to take photos!! Me and my sweet brother!

You can see it was really crowded!

Once there, the view is a great reward!  The weather is beautiful, warm and soft!  

The village down there is the city of Tepoztlán!

Tepoztlán is awesome!

That`s me taking a breath, enjoying the awesomeness!

A great place for meditating!

In our way down, it started raining!  We got super wet but the shops there 

were filled with great goodies, I got to wear new stuff! Lol!  Couldn`t take

 more photos for the water could have ruined my camera and I didn`t

want to take the chance!

Lastly, this is my newest Birdie painting! I love this and how they are coming 

out, I still am fascinated by the birds eating from my recycled bird feeder, 

I have added a third one and now I have birds all day long which I love!! 

"Sing your Song"

Mixed media on a  9" x 12" fine watercolor paper 

This painting is available over my shop if you love it!

I called it "Sing your Song" because that title involves

many things, as an artist I make a great effort

on having my own voice which believe me is not 

always easy for it takes courage to experiment

 and a lot of dicipline to study and practice!

 Having the Internet is a true open door into many ideas and other 

artists and I consider important to make my own statement, many 

artists paint birds but I think mine are unique because I am adding 

my own feelings, my own techniques and I am not copying anyone,

this of course is a concious choice, a choice to try to stay

 true to my self, even though I am truly inspired  by many wonderful

 artists I have found over the web and I know is truly tempting to

 just copy something I like but at the end, that doesn`t do it for me

 so that`s the story of the title!

Stay true, it`s hard and it takes work but at 

the end the reward is grater, you can look straight

 to anyones eyes and feel good in your heart!

Birds, birds, birds...recycling, painting, enjoying life!

I love birds, they are so inspiring and cute

and now that I have a tree outside my window

I get to see them every day but I wanted more!

So I thought of having bird feeders but as some

of you know I love recycling and so I made one

to learn, I share with you the process but I tell you

that I will be improving this!

I grabbed some  packages that were rounded...

And covered one with a large masking tape, I`ve used my bone folder

for making it super flat!

I used a charcoal pencil to mark a small opening...

And used a cutter to cut, this may be a little difficult for the rounded shape,

you can also do a square!

And added more masking tape to make the opening soft!

Then used a cropadile to attach a wire...

The wire is hidden with the plastic top this bottles come with!

I`ve attached a wooden stick with pressure, then I added a drop

of hot glue to the very opening

I decided not to paint it for the safety of the birds!  That comes first to me!

but I think it looks pretty this way!

I`ve also experimented with one bottle made of plastic!

The results!

Happy birds, a lot of them!

Me... so happy to be able to see them trough

my window, they don`t seam to be able to see

me if I m not too close but my kitty scares them

from time to time! 

When being attached I found out I had to use more wire so it didn`t

swing, I don`t like it but it`s working! I hope to make it better next time!

This inspired me to make this painting about the birds!

I share some close ups for your enjoyment!

There are nine birds, can you find them all?

My kitty has been my muse for a while now, I`ve been sketching her as an 

exercise, it`s hard `cause she keeps moving so much, as well as the birdies

but this also is a good thing so you have to be quick!

I got my self a little treat!  My old watercolor set was a shame so I decided to get

this small set to go out somewhere to paint and a few extras wanted to come too!

There is so much life offers, 

just stay open to all things good,

Love is always there, 

waiting patiently for your heart

to be willing for it!

Have a super week!