Hands and Heart: musical video

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Life keeps going...

Deeper level of wisdom is

always available for each of us.

Carol S. Pearson

Do you believe so?

I am currently reading a fabulous book, "Awakening the heroes within" If

you want to get it here is the link for you and I follow Carol on twitter, it´s about

recognizing 12 archetypes that we all have and hoe much we have developed

each one of them, apparently, if one is not very well developed, we´ll encounter

trouble and recognizing them will help you fill the gaps missing in your life,

I find this fascinating! This book is my kind of book, one that helps

you understand more about your self and because of that you grow,

let me know if you read it and if it helped you too!

Can you recommend one for me on the same track?

Let´s share this kind of info more often!

I´ve been busy, I am slowly returning to modeling, a job that is

not easy as many people think, it´s not about being pretty, as

everything in life, has it´s challenges specially in my country

were fashion is beginning to wake up, how can it be other way

if the majority make money to barely survive! Fashion is an illusion

some want to believe but in this country I find it hard to follow, I am

going for the publicity side of modeling, now, there we can say there

is a huge investment and a lot of work, the bad part is that there are

many foreign people from many different countries fighting

for the same jobs! So we will see if I endure! Lol!

I am still doing my art journal workshops and music, this will

never die in my life for they are my true companions, were I can fly

and express freely, without judgment, were I give my self...

"Maps of the unconscious"

That is not possible,

We are of the awaken

But then, only if I dare...

Turkey sandwich with an amazing dressing for the side salad, a capuchino and a

treat for dessert, apple pie, this restaurant is very close to my home so I got there

every time I´m alone.

I started to make some journals, I plan to offer them for sale soon, just as

soon as they are ready, they are all hand painted, sometimes I mix scrapbook

papers to give a variety and HO yes, I have too many so I need to get rid

of them finally! I think having a journal like this, you can add just your journaling

or some photos or to give them away as presents, each one is unique, I am using

my gelli print for the painting process of the papers, it´s so much fun

wouldn´t you agree?

I share with you some of my first photo shootings, if you didn´t know, I was

Miss Mexico in 1991-1992 and I wanted to have some new photos with my crown

and bandage, it may be nothing to some but for me, it was a big deal and changed

my life, after so many years, I am still grateful this came to my life and I want to

give it it´s proper place even though I am terrible when it comes to taking care of my

crown, it was all twisted! Lol!

Now that I went back to the traffic, I am taking my books with me to use

the time usually is wasted, I wish there were more audio books and the facility

to download them, that would make our live easier while in the car don´t

you think? I want a gadget of audio books only, if someone is listening...

that is a great idea! :)

Tears for Fears
"Fish out of water"

My muse and my connection to the world
of emotions, one of my obsessions,
no other band makes me feel this way
I can´t say why, I´ve been listening to their
music for so long, one day I found my self
deeply in love with the lead singer, Roland Orzabal,
such an interesting man, it´s my dream to met him
one day but it´s also the scariest idea!

if I find my self broken, this heals
if I am happy, this is my companion
if I am lost, this inspires me
if I need a hand, this is tenderness...

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Merry Christmas!

This fabulous season makes my heart melt! I love the cold so I

can wear my hats and gloves and sweaters, I love the crafts and
the lights inspired in this season, I love cooking and
eating and baking muffins, cookies and to come
up with new inventions I like inventing new unexpected
ways of hot drinks, one has to vary the flavors in
the mornings, like this one... I mixed almond milk with cinnamon
sticks and boiled, then added a spoon of vanilla extract
and honey and it was delicious, I tasted it to see what was needed
and if you like this kind of stuff you should try it, the next morning
I added some oatmeal milk to see if I can make it thicker and was
successful! It was like atole like I wanted!
I love the consistency of atoles, In Mexico is a big tradition but
I want to try healthier options doing

this but the thickening part is hard to get, any other healthy ideas?
If you have them, please share!

I also want to share this other part of me, I also make music as some of you know
and this time I made a Christmas song and the best part is that is in English!
Some of you have asked me to do this and so I thought of doing it this time,
I hope you like it! We are an independent band and we create everything
at home, it´s a lot of work but it is all made with our heart and soul!
So here it is, enjoy!!

"Angels of the light" by Livelula

Here is the direct link to the video

OK, the artful part of this post is next, I created a few digital collage sheets
which I love to make and now I have tons of them! So this time I am
giving you a few of them as my Christmas gift to you!

I hope you enjoy them! You can use them in your art
journals, as tags, as cards as shown, or as your favorite artsy play!
Just click on the images you like and save to your computer and
print in your favorite paper! I used photoshop to add some interesting
effects and make different flavors of the same image!

Usually I like to start with a charcoal easy sketch, seal it and start adding coats of paint, in this post, I share what kind of paints and palette I use!

I am finally starting to feel more loosen when I paint, it´s amazing how long has taken me, I don´t know if is the same for you but now I enjoy painting even more! I can´t wait to share all this new stuff in my future online class, which I hope to start very soon, it´s hard to decide between some vacations or doing it but I promise it will be soon!

Notice how I used movement on my brush strokes, they are pasted with direction so you can use this for adding movement to your paintings!

The stars in the dress were added as a collage element, it´s a transparent paper so when you add it with medium it shows the colors bellow it, I love it, is my favorite and I have been using it a lot! I painted the same idea twice and finished better the last one, is the one I used for the collage sheets for you!