Hello! Guess What! Pixie Tarot (me) making my debut as the first reader for the event! Excited to support this fundraiser for the preservation of our beautiful Midwestern land.
I also entered ‘Borderline’ – a golden skyward view of the dazzling late summer afternoons of the Midwest. It’s colored pencil with lots of gold paint.
Pixie Business Cards!
I flew in from outside to record this video as it started raining. I’d been re-potting all the plants that will be over-wintering in the house. I also cut my thumb on a pot shard…so as you see in the video, I’ve got lovely dirt under my fingernails and the dumb band-aid. My mother would be appalled, but I posted the video anyway. Sure, I could have re-filmed it, but then it wouldn’t be spontaneous, and I apparently prefer spontaneity over a good scrub. Nevermind. Come out and see me and the other wonderful artists, artisans and musicians at Art of the Land ! You’ll enjoy yourself, and I promise I’ll come clean by Friday night!
🌹 I’m celebrating my 61st year 🌹with 61 dollar readings- now through Valentine’s Day! ❤️ These one-hour sessions are a space to explore tarot and moon symbolism, creating an opening for clarity, focus, and transformation. DM me to book your reading and step into this year with some mighty balanced intentions❤️
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So paint and sip…
A demo is done on a huge easel in front of the group- the whole process is led, step by step- and an example of finished Art Work is on display to the group as well. All the tools you need are on the table in front of you. Name tags get you on a First Name Basis… with the whole room pretty much. 🤣
(So, You come in, sit down, chill, order a 🍷glass of something, get to know the peeps around you, listen to the 🎵 live music, settle in. The venue helps:🐍Lou’s Lounge -after Eliza ‘Lou’ Ringling – snake-charming Ringling Sister to 🎪Ringling Brothers. The Ringlings are entagled with this place; The Dole – a historic mansion in Crystal Lake.
The idea: a bit of Surrender upfront to the process/flow of creating an art work. Something unknown and as yet unrealized by you. You see an end result – but yours may or may not come out like it. Certainly not exactly like it. There is room for experimenting, augmenting, and making different choices.
The Follow Along orients you nicely to the work at hand, and also opens up a group flow, a group dynamic, and a level of connection with The Room.
After enough time, determined by you, the artist, you will Get the Hang of It = some confidence in your hand and the tools it holds. You /It becomes rhythmic, understandable, and now, you begin to add your own embellishments, touches, wonderings.
Tonight is not about practice, but execution; the making of some thing….encompassing a jazz band, friends old and new, lively chatter, and *doing* something creative, some thing tangible, using your hands, your body, all your senses -surrounded by others sharing the same experience.
🔥That’s the magic for me. It’s not often we express ourselves creatively in large groups together. Yet this is a very human, very ancient, very nurturing experience to have.
So yes, ‘Paint and Sip’… but really so much more, so much more potential to be had with this model. So much good can be done by creating together for ‘fun’. For Joy.
It’s who we are. We were made to create- and doing it together is a luxury.
Creative Arts is really a special place. And it’s not just for kids.
here’s a promo piece featuring some of our adult artists! more to come…
Susan, our Fearless Director has kept our ship afloat and leakproof during the pandemic. Now that people are re-emerging, we’re putting together a fabulous Art Event, partnering with The Dole to host over 140 individual artworks from our youth and adult classes. We have the great sound of Bourbon Country Music, a cash bar, and the beautiful old mansion itself.
One of the images for my Ho’popnopono deck. Prismacolor marker and prismacolor pencil…
Child of the Universe This image marks the re-visiting of a Ho‘oponopono deck I’m creating — a visual and spiritual journey into forgiveness, love, and remembrance of our divine wholeness.
Ho‘oponopono is the ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and healing, centered around four simple yet profound phrases: I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.
The card, Child of the Universe, captures that essence of pure innocence — the part of us that remembers who we truly are before the world taught us otherwise. In the youngster’s bright, wondering eyes and the vast cosmic background, I see that infinite connection between human vulnerability and divine light — the heart of what this deck hopes to awaken in all of us.
The Journey 