Welcome 2018

The year of new changes!

Growing, to me, means to let go of the old so the new can become part of us,

removing the old skin and mold the new one, it has to be larger and more comfortable,

easier to carry, happier, one that stretches and can be molded at will.

My vision for the new year is of me flying towards it, with confidence and peace

 on top of my freedom, meaning that I am free to go anywhere I want and 

do the things I love, this ain´t easy, it´s work, inner work but that is my main goal.

I am sharing with you a little about my process here so you can be inspired 

to create a vision for your year, I, we call it, true intentions and it´s 

something my mom created a few years a go with a tree of abundance and had 

many leaves meaning different things for her, I did mine based on what I call 

those things that are true, the ones that make us who we are like, peace, happiness, 

honesty, the new job and new car is not part of this, only things that mean working 

on your self and that´s why I call them true for those are the things that 

you will truly own and this year I am doing the same but with a different image, 

in my journal bellow I wrote about those intentions, then did a study in a 

small journal and finally the painting.

I took my time to think about those things I want and how, I did some

meditation work and this vision came to me...

From there, all I did was play with the different ideas that came to me.

You can download this drawing and transfer it if you want or use it as an inspiration!

I received many gifts for my studio time and I am already making use of them!

I love golden and I also use the Mexican brand which is pretty good too and 

super affordable and I don´t have to pay for delivery which is very expensive!

I am also expecting some open acrylics and alkyne oil paints to try them and

of course I can´t wait! :D

I use a simple notebook, pens and markers, soft pastels to play this way!

Grace to let go and hope to find

will to change and stamina to fulfill 

dreams to conquer and work to reach them

laughter and happiness

peace and truth

honesty and growth

love and the self.

I hope you create a beautiful vision for your self this new cycle,

you deserve beautiful things, inspiration, love and beautiful people

around you, you deserve to be loved and cared, you deserve all of

the good things life, God always is putting in our hands, be open to them

embrace all of your goodness ad say good bye to those things that 

no longer serve your purpose by adding new ones.

Much love to you!

 Happy 2018!

The experience of now

Life is a journey

An unfolded dream, were you are ever expanding,

it is uncertain to say how deep the dream is for we will 

never be fully awakened for this would mean that the

ride is over and that is not possible, life is endless.

How amazing is the amazing

This universe, I both, love deeply and have

been very scared of it, the reason being, I didn´t 

know what I was and so that not knowing was the 

source of that fear.

Ignorance is fear

As I grow, fears are still there but pushed back somewhere in 

my mind, I don´t pay attention to them the way I used to, it´s 

a sleeping shadow that I now understand better, is a child that 

is always scared and refuses to be loved and hurts everyone 

around her, contaminates the world when awaken.

I now have a song for her, a lullaby, it´s about love and how

wonderful the world is, about how we can travel with freedom 

and still be ok, about how we will grow and understand this

moment, this precious moments we are inn now, our journey,

it may seam ordinary but is not, is an outstanding event in were

we are, you and I are, they and everyone is...

How deep can you dig?

Dive inn, in to silence, find and seek and at the same time

just be, breath and allow the symphony of you. 

You are happening now

And your song is unique and the stars are listening.

Everything brings lessons,

people come and go from our lives,

we grow and understand different than a year

ago, than two years ago, than ten years ago,

but maybe that is how it´s supposed to be.

Maybe that is evolution.

Let us accept and keep in the heart those 

things that make us fly but also stand firm,

like dreams and love, it´s what truly

matters at the end, those are the things that will

travel with us and keep us warm through the storms

through the mist in the journey,  for those moments

when the shadow awakens and tries to be, 

so we can hold on to strength and keep going,

that which will keep us warm company till the 

end and maybe beyond.

Art journaling a lot lately, a favorite way to
make art and think and experiment.

The days in Mexico are beautiful now, 

clear blue skies and warm winds,

very hot in the day which invites for
a lot of iced brevages and new inventions
of flavors, a lot of fruits and salads

and rainy in the late afternoon and nights,

my favorite smell (petrichor) is bursting daily 

now so I am in extasis at this moments of the day,

I am enjoying this time, this special time in my life

were I am at peace with my self, growing and 

understanding better what I am and excited for the 

unfolding that is coming.

It is my hope and my wish that you also come to
a point of enjoyment of your self and of your life,
I think that is what we are here for. 

Here is a gift for you to use in 
your artwork if you like!

Life is a journey digital Collage Sheet
out of my work in this post, I hope you enjoy!
Simply right click and save, cut and paste! ;)

Blessings!

Studio renovation and give away

I decided to give my studio a full, deep clean up,
it was hard and tedious, almost lasted a week,
in the beginning I was super excited by my idea,
ho yes, let´s do this!
In the middle of the job I was frustrated and tired,
so much to decide, what to keep, what to throw,
what goes were?
This was decided after planing on what I will do
this year, it all comes to more love to my self, more
play time, enjoy and do things with meaning to me and my
heart, more softness so everything is at hand,
 easy to grab, harmonious, clean and abundant.

At the end I felt like that time when you have a long warm bath,
renovated, clean, everything ready to face a new journey,
ho yes!! What a great feeling and how wonderful to
accomplish a task till the end!
Yay for me!!

Now it´s all play time! Here are more pages of my little book
I´m creating which I post everyday in my Instagram if you are
interested in daily inspiration just follow!

 I just feel so happy that people are liking them, honestly,
I thought it was going to be a project for my self
alone but it seams that many like this kind of work and
nothing makes me more happy! :D

I´ve manage to paint a little, practicing and
some days I feel  I am finally loosening up,
it´s been a long time dream, maybe, maybe,
I am getting there but if not, it is ok,
that will come and I know I don´t have
to like every piece I create, part of the process
is to have mistakes and make awful stuff too,
how else would you learn?

Down below are a few scraps, hand painted papers,
stickers, vintage photo copies and more, it´s a little
something I want to share with you, just leave a
comment bellow and I will choose a number
with random.com as usual, I hope you like the
little goodies I will send you and hope you create
and have some fun with that!

This song is awesome,
if you want to dance a little
just hit play!!

Lyrics are fabulous, and the video,
ho God! I love it!
Here are a few frases
I´ve chosen from it,
I might use them in my journaling.

Turn your magic on
We are legends every day
Everything you want´s a dream away
Under this pressure, under this weight
We are diamonds taking shape
Only I own me
I feel my heart beating
´cause I´m alive again

Enjoy!

Good bye Mexico city

I need softness,

a breeze of light,

your embrace,

your eyes,

so I can breath,

so I can stand.

In a world of demands

love is delight,

unseen paradise,

a source, a path,

were fear dies.

I am but a drop in the ocean,

deep in madness,

trying to shine,

swim out of ignorance,

and see the source,
be with it one.

I am ready to move, I am scared but I trust in my decision,

It's been hard to leave behind some much of my studio, I am so

used to it but it's also a good exercise, to change, to learn to 

let go and move forward, travel light, only the necessary or 

is it the most treasured?  It was interesting to take note on
 what was left but then, things are only things, always replaceable.

I hope you'll send me blessings in my new journey, it's a new

beginning, a crazy thing to do for a regular lady with my age but 
was never a regular lady, always changing, ever growing, 
an adventurer and after a few years of static, I need movement.
Some of my friends are commenting me how they wish to be like me,
maybe, I am in their lives to be a mirror as they are in mine and
to show other possibilities, none is better, none is wrong or right,
it all has to do with what you want and who you want to be.

Next week all will be sand, sun and ocean breeze... accommodating.

Just all I need, thank you universe for helping me get there

so easily and in such a peace, my consciousness is of happiness.

Grateful!

This is a treasure that came home just in time before I leave,

chocolates and art, this book is awesome and it's in Dutch, 

so I think I have to learn a little if I want to read it! Lol!

Truly inspiring, most of the pictures, if not all of the them are of this wonderful 
artist work, I should make a study on one, try and see through his eyes, his heart,

 I know, I am ambitious as usual.

                                                    

Untitled

Oil on canvas

SOLD

"Meditation"

Acrylics on canvas 39" x 39"

I reopened my Etsy shop,  I appreciate you

 taking a look and see if you connect with some of my art. New pieces 

from the new place for sure will come, there will be new inspiration! 

  Thank you for visiting! Love and blessings.
Moni.