Seeking Inner Sunshine

Trying to find my inner sunshine and my inner calm in a chaotic,stress-filled world.

Wishing you the same sweet discoveries.

Big love, Beautiful Ones.

Haiku My Heart–I go to the Sea

I go to the sea.

Sky, sand, sun, cloud, wave, bird, air.

I return to me.

 

I return to the beauty of a few carefully chosen words and the bright hearts that share them at Haiku My Heart.

On the table…

Bad, bad Pumpkin Kitty !!

“What ?” =^^=

Artist at work table.

Completed two page art journal spread.

“What will your verse be?”

(Rest in Peace, Robin Williams. Rest.)

Sweet spots…

On this day, sing your song, make your mess, revel in the beauty, use your voice,

seize this day.

Big Love, Beautiful Ones.

 

Hosted by Susannah Conway.

Morning Selfie

I took this self first thing in the morning.

I usually reach for my phone first thing.

I check the time,

check how many emails I have,

and then who the emails are from.

One email today was from Susannah

reminding me that today’s August Break prompt was

selfie.

I don’t quite know why but the pictures I take of myself are always the pictures I love best.

Maybe it is a trust thing.

All I know is that the me I see in selfies

is the me I see

inside.

This is me.

Morning Kimbo,

with spiky bedhead, sun-kissed skin, and

shiny brown eyes,

filled with love.

Happy Friday, Beautiful Ones.

 

Hosted by Susannah Conway

She flew in…

This little bird flew into the studio this morning.

She spilled her story out onto the page

so beautifully.

She left this Artist Girl a sweet gift.

Thank you, Little Bird.

They say it’s your birthday !

Today this little girl

turned 48.

Happy Birthday, Kimbo !

I woke up early to receive phone calls from some of my favorite peeps.

And even got a home made banana bread baked for me by my Honey for breakfast.

After joyfully reading a whole bunch of sweet birthday wishes on Facebook,

I decided to take myself on an Artist Date in the studio.

I pretended I was at a Cold Play concert, listening to this album as I played :

I sang and danced along with Chris and the guys.

Chica even joined in the dancing for a couple of tunes.

And as the music played,

I created this two page spread in my moleskine art journal.

“The Buddha and her Garden”

(stencils, spray ink,Twinkling H2Os, Faber Castel pens and a blender, white gel pen)

I was so glad to see the beauty back after the uglies of yesterday.

(Though we have decided that uglies are necessary and valuable in their own right too.)

I also like that Buddha somehow became a woman here.

They say that all of us are the Buddha after all.

 

As I was soaking in the fact that I am 48 years old now,

I decided on one more major gift for myself.

I am going to work really, really hard at squashing the negative voices in my head,

and to stop the self-criticism that has been so much a part of my every day for so very long.

I am going to work to the best of my ability to turn

mean, cruel messages that I give myself

into positive, motivating and self-loving ones.

Starting today !

Starting right now.

So I am off to enjoy the rest of my birthday day.

Not sure where I am headed,

but I know that this beautiful, creative, shiny Rock Fairy Star

will be shining brightly as I go !

Thanks to all for the sweet, sweet birthday love !!!

Love and light!

Share the Joy–October Day at the Beach

It was just too beautiful a day not to go…

even if it was for just a short visit!

October Day at the Beach Joy !

Kimbo waxes philosophical at North Beach, Hampton, NH.

 

Hope you run after your sweet joy this week, Beautiful Ones !

 

for more joy sharing, visit Meri at Love, Meri.

Building a bridge…

I emailed a dear friend yesterday morning as said

“Do you ever have a day when you just hate most people in the world ?”

I was kind of in that mind frame a little.

I think that I was on the top of the list of people that I wasn’t enjoying being around.

But, as my wise friend suggested, the best way to turn that feeling around is to practice some good self-care.

For me, that includes getting out of my head, being in the present moment,

and taking time to look up…

and look down,

to breathe in and notice beauty around me.

To surround myself with things I enjoy and

put on clothes in color that makes me feel happy.

Nothing like a colorful scarf or  my favorite purple Chucks!

With the intention of helping my mood by spending some quality Me-Time in the studio,

I also dug out my favorite painting shirt.

The hand prints on the boobs are my own, and the pink “beautiful” bit on the back was stitched on by my friend and Mish Mash Queen, Deb Taylor when we both joined Beth McWilliams for a amazing visit in Seaside, FL a few years back.

I then sat down without a plan, with a blank 12X12” canvas and my glorious Golden Acrylics,

Pandora Radio on the Bose speakers playing some favorite mellow tunes,

and let the paint take me where it wanted to go…

“Build a Bridge.” – Acrylics and collage on 12X12” canvas

By the end of this exercise, I was definitely more my true self again.

Not only that, but I kind of fell in love with my Self.

Proud that I had taken the time to return to center, that I had given a voice to my Creative spirit, and that I had brought some more beauty into this world.

Practice makes as close to perfect as we will ever get, Beautiful Ones.

Let’s go love on ourselves today !

Happy Tuesday !