{"id":735,"date":"2013-07-23T18:48:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamanicart.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2013-07-23T18:48:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T18:48:56","slug":"tulips-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msiero.com\/artplussoul2\/2013\/07\/23\/tulips-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulips Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Painting #10, \u201cTulips\u201d, March 3, 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In September of 1994, preceding the trip to my hometown, I attended a flower drawing workshop at Esalen. <\/span>The work there connected my way of tapping into the Sacred through the energy of flowers. The flower devas became a reality for my there as I had my first real mystical experience with a flower. <\/span>After a profound meditation, I looked at flower in the garden there and it began to spin, radiating an incredibly dynamic energy visually. <\/span>I could not believe my eyes at first, but I came to believe in the reality of the flower Goddesses at that moment. <\/span>I had forgotten about this energy until I met up with a flower grower at the farmers\u2019 market in Santa Cruz. A woman there was growing the most beautiful tulips in the world<\/em><\/span>. <\/span>Her name was Kathleen Seaver. <\/span>I again experienced the energy of the flowers as I felt the flowers to hold the energy of love as I had at Esalen. <\/span>I brought a whole bouquet of these beautiful tulips to draw in my studio. <\/span><\/p>\n

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When I started this painting, I knew I wanted to combine the energy of the flowers with the depth of the Cave Painting which preceded it. The background of the painting with its deep and rich brown and violet became the cave energy. The radiance of the flowers was enhanced against this background. I struggled with a small vase in the painting for six months. <\/span>I later painted a larger vase and created a larger container for these flowers. <\/span>The painting then felt completed and I was able to let it go. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The message: The energy of the heart does not want to be contained. <\/span>It needs to be shared and in this sharing, it expands and is the basis for all healing. <\/span>In our everyday lives, flowers can remind us of this sharing and the potential for love everyday. <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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