it’s pretty cool to be in a room full of people who are admiring your work and believing in you and your success!
it was a great party. in the days leading up to the opening i was starting to get nervous about feeling too exposed or misunderstood, but when the time came i felt great and had a lot of fun. it feels powerful to be able to make something so personal to me and be willing to share it so openly. like i am really fully standing in myself and my centre.
the day of the opening i made a doll who looked a little unsure and her prayer was something like:
even though it’s uncomfortable sometimes
i am still willing to bloom
i feel a letting go of my desire to have others understand/approve of me or my art or the meaning behind it. obviously i can’t control what other people think or feel. i have to be willing to share the real me - my ideas and creativity and feeling - regardless of the reaction i get. that can be scary territory at times.
but i find that each time someone really does “get it” it’s like a gift, and more people “get it” than i would have thought.
the art show continues this week and i will be at the gallery every day. busy! it’s a little overwhelming too, so i am being extra gentle with me this week. it’s like busyness, expansion and possibility wrapped up in a nap and a trip to the beach.
i have so many ideas for what i want to do next, feels like this summer will be an explosion of creativity, ideas and play. i will soon be offering paper doll prints (complete with moving parts and sealed in beeswax) and greeting cards (with small paper dolls attached). excited! i can’t wait to see my little dolls going out there into the world like little beacons of light to inspire and remind us all to live happily ever after.
also my free creative journaling workshop will be starting soon. i have been doing all sorts of creative journaling workshops for 2 years and really really love them. there is so much power and healing in creative journaling and i look forward to doing more of it and sharing more of it, with more people, through this workshop.
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It’s really great, Andrea! Congratulations!
Oh, it looks like it was great fun! How cool! Congrats!!
Looking forward to your journaling workshop. I hope to have time to play along.
congratulations to you on your show and your self discovery – best wishes for a most successful show and summer!!!