I have recently taken a conscious effort to living a more positive life and raising my vibrations. It's funny, I have always been spiritual and very into spiritual topics and yet I was swallowed in negative lower emotions. At a certain point in my life I became the victim and was always asking " why me?" I was in a constant cycle of feeling sad and unsatisfied with life. Now I am not saying that this is how I always was. I am actually a pretty positive person, however I started getting stuck in these negative emotions and it became harder to break away. It was like a positive feedback mechanism where my negative emotions were attracting events that would in turn fuel my negative emotions. Now I suffer from anxiety so a lot of my emotions were about fear and what if's. There was also lots of emotions on lack of confidence and the feeling that I wasn't getting anywhere with my life.
Recently I have decided o change this attitude. I realize that our vibration and the emotions that we are in constantly attract those similar attitudes and emotions in our lives. I started taking the time to show gratitude and take a moment to thank GOD/Higher Power/Universe for all the blessings in my life. I started praying more, I started meditating, and I started visualizing myself enveloped in white healing light. These simple changes have made me a happier person and you know what? I am actually attracting more positive events into my life. Yes, I feel lighter more free. Now I am not saying that just because I am thinking more positively that I will never encounter events and situations that are not so great. In fact I believe in soul contracts. If I picked certain experience to encounter in this life in order to grow than I will probably encounter them because it is what I planned before birth and positive thinking will probably not change these contracts. However, I can choose how to react and how to live my life. I choose happiness, love, and compassion. I choose to be a nice person. I choose to live a life with higher vibration emotions and attitudes. I recently started a new Facebook Page with the purpose of inspiring others. The link to the page is: https://www.facebook.com/lovelightandhappiness
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I am simply in love with surface design patterns. I never realized this until I started to become more aware of what type of art I was attracted to. I also realized that I got really excited in stores that had lots of patterns. I am flirting with the idea of designing fabric ( I don't sew but I do love textile and fabric patterns) designs. I would love it if that was another part of my art business. The question is how does one go about this? How do you get companies to look at your designs for consideration?
I have read many articles on surface pattern design and how to license your art but I have to say it is still a little confusing. First, where do I find the companies that are actually licensing art? I know that trade shows are wonderful for this but honestly I do not have 5,000 dollars to spare for a booth. I do know that I would really love to design art for surface design and I am willing to work hard figuring out how to get my foot in the door. Being a surface designer sounds so romantic to me. I can see it now................ I am sitting in my studio table overlooking the bay window that leads to an exotic landscape of tropical flowers and foliage. The sun's rays are shining through the window and form golden patterns on my work table. Musical symphonies are sung by brightly colorful birds outside. I am sitting at my modern white studio table and getting my supplies ready. I take a sip of my delicious cinnamon dolce latte and my heart is filled with inspiration as I begin to dream of the newest pattern collection. My lovely furry companion jumps on my lap surprising me and awakening me from my colorful dream. I decide to take a break and take her out for a walk. After all, I have all day to design. As I walk outside my door, I hear majestic chimes in the distance and I realize that it is coming from a mediation center a few blocks from me......... Okay so I got a little carried away with my daydream, but can you blame me. It just seems wonderful to me. I will have to do some more research about getting my art on fabric and textiles. If anyone has any tips please do share!!! NOTE: The above image is from Pinterest. It is a design by Kate Spain. If you click on image it will take you to Pinterest. A week ago my family and I went to Kansas City for the weekend. This is the first time that we have visited Kansas City since moving to Kansas about a year and some months ago. We arrived Saturday evening and stayed at the Embassy suites near the plaza. I was really excited to visit because I heard so many good thing about KC, such as their art culture and cute boutique stores. Unfortunately I did not get to explore the city as much as I wanted to because we had to leave midday on Sunday. Also I walked to the plaza center (shopping district) Sunday morning only to find that most stores opened at noon. So I did not get to do as much shopping as I wanted to but I still had fun. Below are some images of the plaza area in KC. I must note at the time I was taking the pictures, I was also carrying coffee for my husband and I so the pics are not the greatest, but I'll share anyway.
Well, I just finished my 8 week online class in public health. I am not sure if I ever mentioned this on the blog but I am currently in a graduate program for public health. I have always been very interested in the discipline and if art doesn't work out as a career than plan B is a career in public health. However, I am very hopeful that art will work out because it is a true passion for me.
In addition, I have some new ideas for my art business. I am making some art to offer as digital downloads on etsy. I have been offering printable collage sheets and now I want to offer printable art. Also, I just started the free version of a big cartel shop. I will be selling really large artwork on there. I thought I'd separate my smaller art form my large art. So printables and small art will be on my etsy shop and large art will be in my big cartel shop. I will be selling mostly large abstract and floral art. I am also really excited to be teaching an art journaling class at the Junction City Opera House. I have been wanting to teach art journaling for a while now and am supper excited about this!!! And I will be taking a mini vacation to Kansas City soon and am looking forward to exploring the city and visiting some of the art galleries and indie boutiques and coffee houses. |
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