moon butterfly wings

2011 mixed media

hecha de luna,
con alas de mariposas bailando en mi frente...

from my journals

discovering all the parts of me...

Setting Sun Woman by Jamie Sams:

"Keeper of tomorrow's dreams,
Mother of the star-filled night,
Show me how to live my truth
And bring my dreams to light.

Teach me how to use my will,
Living the truth I find within,
Discovering all the parts of me
Where light and shadow blend.

Let me sing the song of future
With concern for what will be,
Upholding all of nature's laws
For creatures, stones, and trees.

Mother, I see you in the sunset
And I hear you in the rain.
You teach me inner knowing
Through your heart's sweet refrain."

Poem © Jamie Sams

the image is a mixed media from a series I am working on...

hope for hope

hope for today.

hope for tomorrow.

hope for peace.

hope for love.

hope for light.

hope for children.

hope for mothers.

hope for fathers.

hope for families.

hope for hope.

originally published in June 2007 in honor of beautiful Tia Hope on her birthday

the real ones

The sweet simple things of life...

A child’s smile...

A firefly’s light...

A friend’s laughter...

A juicy peach...

A lover’s kiss...

"I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."

- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)

money

"Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb

just be

walk into the fire,
surrender into the sea,
just be

detail from 2009 silk pouch in private collection

de las paginas de mi ser

te pinto mi alma

en acuarelas de sueños



te cuento mis secretos

en murmullos celestes



te invento de recuerdos

en las paginas de mi ser



soy esa niña hecha mujer


from my journals...which I am being urged to publish in print one of these days...

congenial souls

"We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends."

- Josephine Ruffin (1842-1924)

Congenial souls refresh...while others drain and stress...

fearless

"My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions."

- Eartha Kitt (1927-2008)

2008 mixed media

wishing you mad, naked summer nights...

"Press close, bare-bosomed Night!
Press close, magnetic, nourishing Night!
Night of south winds! Night of the large, few stars!
Still, nodding Night! Mad, naked, Summer Night!"

- Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

bliss

she danced for joy,

she danced for soul survival

she let go,

surrendered to the dance,

and found bliss

from my journals

father's day

my Dad and me on the beach, circa 1970s
The beach holds memories of sand castles and salty smiles. It is where I need to begin telling my story, telling her story...with Father Sun and Mother Moon...

excerpt from my journal

Happy Father's Day

reinas

"The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them." - Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

queens

"Be it known that we, the greatest, are misthought."

- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (approximately 69 – 30 BC)

I love this photograph...

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
- Saint Augustine (354-430)

singing, dancing, painting

"Ese lunar que tienes,

Cielito lindo, junto a la boca,

No se lo des a nadie,

Cielito lindo, que a mí me toca.

Ay, ay, ay, ay,

Canta y no llores,

Porque cantando se alegran,

Cielito lindo, los corazones."

- Quirino Mendoza y Cortés (c. 1859–1957)


my toddler and I have spent the day singing, dancing, painting...a day of gratitude, celebrating a special time in my life...

artwork: by Carlos Checa-Sacasa (he turns 3 in August)

love & love & love

Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.
- Buddha (563-483 B.C.)

being true to myself

“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.”
- Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971)

she shall dance the freedom of women

"The dancer of the future will be one whose body and soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of that soul will have become the movement of the body. The dancer will not belong to a nation but to all humanity. She will dance not in the form of a nymph, nor fairy, nor coquette but in the form of a woman in its greatest and purest expression. She will realize the mission of woman's body and the holiness of all its parts. She will dance the changing life of nature, showing how each part is transformed into the other. From all parts of her body shall shine radiant intelligence, bringing to the world the message of the thoughts and aspirations of thousands of women. She shall dance the freedom of women ..."
- Isadora Duncan (1877 – 1927)

I'll believe for you today...

do you believe in prayer? do you believe in miracles? do you believe in love? not just romantic love, not just physical chemistry, but unconditional love?

do you believe in forgiveness?

do you believe?

I'll believe for you today...