Dancing!!

Today, I am listening to the music of my heart and following its beat!! Moving forward with learning more about this machine, where I want to go with my work, submitting things to be reviewed by areas that I want to display my work....Dancing to my beat!!
It is really a happy dance when you realize that you are doing what you love! Even if it is a little fearful!! I guess the comfort is that if it wasn't really important there would be no fear involved!! So I for one am just going to keep on dancing...dancing to the beat!! And that is my wish for all who enter here today...when the fear starts to step in.....TURN THE MUSIC UP A LITTLE LOUDER!!! and KEEP ON DANCING!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

LETTING GO!!

Did you ever realize that you hold on to a habit, thought, or action, not so much because it is good for you but because it is COMFORTABLE? Once it becomes comfortable, even when we know we should change, the rut that we are in seems like it is just to BIG to overcome!! Today, I am making the lists and giving myself the deadlines for them so that I ACTUALLY DO THE THINGS I SAY I AM GOING TO DO!! Instead of just saying I am going to do them!! I know that some of you creative types know what I am talking about!!
Sometimes I will do anything to avoid that deadline for myself. I am not talking custom work for customers...I am talking about the things that I have on my dream list! The things that I want to see happen for ME by ME!!
So today is the beginning of LETTING GO! Today is the beginning of doing things differently, one small step at a time....I will spread my wings and trust that I can fly!
And that is my wish for all who enter here today....LET GO...BELIEVE YOU CAN FLY!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

NESTING!

Today is a day of nesting! Gathering some information and thoughts that I have to feather my nest! Where I want to go with my art and writing this year. How I want to grow and continue to expand myself. What is the next step to take in preparing for my future. Nesting is a large part of getting to where I want to go....It is a small step to take. Often times we all look for gratification that is QUICK!! During this time we usually do not do our best work, because we are in such a hurry for the outcome that we overlook the details of the moment. So I choose to prepare, to feather my nest...To build a foundation that is comfortable where I am able to come to and feel safe..free from falling where my wings will become strong enough to feel steady and secure enough to fly. So that is my wish today for all who enter here...May you know that you must first build your nest...know where you are and start with one twig at a time...I for one am learning this lesson! I am taking it slowly, so as to build the foundation that is firm. I hope that you will do the same.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

RELECTION!

I did not get the chance to post this for yesterday, so here is my Reflection Friday.
This past week was one of being positive..of laughing, dreaming, and exploring the things that are in me and with me. Of family and friends who support and share their love with me, and I AM TOTALLY AWARE OF!! This week has been one of growth and learning to plant myself on solid ground. Of not taking things to fast, but waiting for the right moments for discovery and joy to enter. It was a week of collecting thoughts, celebrating life, and believing that these small steps that I am taking will provide me with the foundation to go the distance. IT WAS A GOOD WEEK! So, that is my wish for all who enter here today, that you too plant yourself and let your roots be nourished by the love that surrounds you, that you are patient with yourself and let your roots take a firm hold as you blossom and grow.
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

OPENING UP!

Today was a day of OPENING UP! Too many times I decline to do some of the things that people ask me to do outside of my studio because I feel I must do my "WORK"! But I did take up an offer to go out for breakfast (one has to eat!!!) and once I got to my destination, the guilt was let go of! Well, this little adventure led to a wonderful day of laughter!! I mean the kind that you laugh so had that tears run down your face!! I can still see and feel that JOY!! Anyhow, it made me realize that I need to do that more often! I need to laugh like that...I need to be around other people to allow that to happen. The life of an artist and a studio is solitary...and when in the zone, there is no where else I would rather be! But, creativity can flourish with laughter, with inter mixing with others and I am opening up to that!! I will now pencil in the "down" time for the get together, the meetings with others, the lunch, the breakfast...THE LAUGHTER and THE LOVE that it brought to me and to my heart...which will spread it to the creativity I enjoy so much...So that is my wish for all who enter here today....You do not have to "suffer" for your creativity, you do not have to deny yourself the pleasure of a little free time, because by allowing it, so much more comes to your creative table!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Growth

Today while talking to a very good friend, I was telling her that I thought perhaps I needed to get a part time job (the kind to keep me in paint and supplies!) When she said....YOU HAVE A PART TIME JOB...YOUR WORK IS YOUR WORK!! With a grin and a giggle I acknowlege that but, it does not constantly buy my supplies...but IT DOES buy my supplies...which makes me realize that I am still growing...I am still stretching...I am planting the roots in my own garden and I JUST NEED TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF MORE! I have come a long way in a few years...and I thank my friend for reminding me that I need to WORK ON MY WORK!! And it is causing me to smile and GROW!! So, today is a day of growth...of bursting forth...and I SMILE!!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

Happiness!

There are all sorts of things that make us happy! Most of the time I find it is something so small that we often over look it in search of something much bigger! I am taking the time these days to notice and take account of "the little things" that cause my happiness. Today was one of those days!..Although upstate New York has been having a mild winter today the wind was blowing very cold air, but the sun was out (this is very unusual for this time of year here!) and you couldn't help but say...What a nice day!! Then there is the sweetest kisses that a baby can give...so full of love, there is the creativity of my art, good friends and family....I am blessed and today I am very aware of it! That is my wish for all who enter here today, that you notice the little things...that you honor the happiness they bring instead of holding out for something bigger! The little ones are really with us all the time!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie

REFLECTION FRIDAY!

So, here we are already at Friday!! This journal of affirmations is done Monday thru Thursday and then I reflect upon the week on Friday! And it is hard to believe that a week has flown by already!! As I reflect on this week, I realize that for the first time in forever, I am NOT jumping in as quickly as I usually do! Is this a bad thing? I don't think so...for one thing that I have learned over the past year is that by taking my time, taking it slower, and one step at a time, projects get done and I do not give up and abandon them...I stick to the course!! There are many things that I want to accomplish this year and I am listing them, and honoring them...and for now I am preparing for them...I am happy and I do not feel anxious about the future...it will all play out exactly the way it is suppose to!! So for all who enter here today, that is my wish for you...That you take things slower, nothing is so important that it must be created NOW! Be gentle with yourself and most of all...HONOR what you do for your creative soul...no matter how small it may be!!(because it is the little things afterall that make up the big picture!)
Artfully yours,
Pattie

I resolve!!

Happy New Year!

I have a new computer and the scanner is not properly hooked up yet so I cannot post a picture! AHHH...But I will have that up and running tomorrow! ANYHOW! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL WHO ENTER HERE!! I am not one for making HUGE resolutions...mostly because I have found over the years that I do not live up to them and therefore get upset with myself which causes a little self defeating thing to go on...(I think most of us know the drill!!) So this year I have decided to RESOLVE!!!!! (A catch phrase to EVOLVE!!) I resolve to grow...I resolve to expose myself to myself...I resolve to live in gratitude.. I resolve to be filled with abundance and recognize and honor it...I resolve to learn acceptance and to release resistance....MOST OF ALL I RESOLVE TO EXTRAORDINARY!!!! This is the year that I totally do things for myself that are POSITIVE! One of the things that I have found about the blog is that I do this for myself too..At first I thought it was a way to connect with others, and it is, but the more I do it, the more I realize that my inner most thoughts put down here lead me to ME! I will post the small painting I did for this first page in my affirmation journal for myself to start off 2007!! My wishes for all who enter here are many...But the BIGGEST one is that you are TRUE to yourself, TRUE to your dreams, TRUE to whatever it is that will make you happy...because after all happiness is the one thing that money just can't buy!!
HAPPY 2007......GRAB A HOLD AND BELIEVE THAT IT IS ALL POSSIBLE!!
Artfully Yours,
Pattie
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