I must wait. White is White. Magical Moments. Nature's Beauty. Original Photography.
With just a touch of Gold.
I must wait. To feel her Grace. Unfold.
All around me. Deep within me. Let it be. This day. ~Ally.
Lately I have been receiving signs from all directions in my life that I need to simply WAIT. I don't know exactly what for. All I know is that I can't do all the 'things' I would usually do or feel I have to do.
For instance I chose 'Grandmother Earth' in @sunscapes' Weekly Card Reading - When Native Spirits Speak.
This is a summary of what 'Grandmother Earth' has told me:
- Stop and take measure of your life. You are loved. You are safe.
- Assess who and where you are. There is a profound and expanding source of strength within you.
- This is the time of preparation and going deeper.
- Carefully plan for the future. But only act on those plans when you are completely ready to.
- The seeds that you plant now will bring abundance in the future. However you must take the time to nurture these new beginnings.
- Deepen your connection with Grandmother Earth. Walk barefoot on the earth. Place your hands in the earth. ~Denise Linn.
Sylvia Forest, a singer/songwriter wrote a song: 'I need to feel the Earth between my feet.' The melody and words of this song keep resounding in my mind.
And this week I've been so happy to reconnect with @jaytaylor and see more of her inspirational art work. If you feel at all timid about walking barefoot on the earth, I hope you'll read her article: My Barefoot Life.
'I must wait' is for:
Stay quiet like a flower. ~Rumi.
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The process of this work.
This heart-shaped 'rockpool' in the sand was originally designed as the background for 'Deep is the Ocean of Love.' ~Ally.
Source: My article 'Spinning' which listed the seven other ephemeral art works constructed upon the same 'rockpool.'
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. ~Rumi.
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Six Chrysanthemums were added.
Purity of White. ~Ally.
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Eight Sweet Peas were added.
With just a touch of Gold. ~Ally.
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Starting again: With water now. Three Chrysanthemums. Geranium and Parsley leaves.
I must wait. ~Ally.
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Two more Chrysanthemums were added.
To feel her Grace. ~Ally.
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Five tiny Jonquils were added.
Unfold. ~Ally.
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Two more Chrysanthemums were added.
All around me. ~Ally.
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Removing the 'Greenery.' Rearranging the Chrysanthemeums and Jonquils.
Deep within me. ~Ally.
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How many Sweet Peas now?
Let it be. Today. ~Ally.
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Three Ranunculus were added.
Stay quiet like a flower. ~Rumi.
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A nice surprise will be there for anyone who can answer the question now.
About my ephemeral art work.
In my studio, I create small ephemeral pieces from flowers and plants combined with other natural materials that I find in the bushland, ocean or surrounding urban streets. ~Ally.
During the creation of these pieces ~ The process is incredibly magical. Thoughts of anything else are silenced. ~Ally.
Photographs are taken at the different stages of any arrangement. Sometimes a song or quote or other ideas/thoughts/words come to me, as I look at the resulting images. Giving form to new expressions ~ Short 'poems' to accompany the images. ~Ally.
A fuller description is in my introductory article: The Heart of Immortality. ~Ally.
Beautiful words and inspiration, as well as, your spirit guides are clearly speaking to you. So awesome!!! Sometimes, it is just time to stop and wait and nurture oneself. Clarity comes in the stillness. Walk barefoot, sit against an old wise tree, and listen to what the wind has to say.
I would say there are 10 sweetpeas in the photo.... ;-) Blessings to you. Reseeemed
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Thanks ever so much @sunscape.
Sometimes the need to stop until the clarity comes, seems stronger than at other times. At these times I have a very special old man banksia tree to turn to. Being barefoot, under this tree, touching her nobbly trunk, looking up to the sky through her branches and feeling the wind, brings such a 'stilling' at those times when nothing else seems to work. I've tried to photograph him several times ~ But yet to capture the energy I feel there.
AND thanks so much for spotting the question and answering it. YES there are exactly 10 sweetpeas in the image titled: How many Sweet Peas now?
The first part of the surprise is my 100% vote. Which isn't all that much, but it is quite rare. 😊
The second part of the surprise is still to come from @boomerang. Fingers crossed that he's feeling EXTRA generous. 🦋💖🦋
That's so cool to get your question right. I love the image you put in my head of your special tree, I can see you there enjoying it's energy. I have a great old pine to do that with. Nothing like it! So happy for you, thank you for the 100% vote. tee hee....
I almost forgot to tell you. I met Denise Linn many years ago. I was painting on silk at the time and had a stand at our Mind, Body Spirit Festival.
At that time Denise used to come to Oz, give talks and hold workshops. One day we were in the same isle and just walking towards each other ~ We had never met before and we both just stopped. Lovely connection. 🦋
Seriously!!!! The world can be a big place, but when souls are meant to meet, the universe conspires a way. That is a great story.
So pleased to be able to share the 'story' with you @sunscape. I feel it's true too that when souls are meant to meet, somehow they do. What a wonderful Universe we are part of. 🦋
Absolutely true!
I hope you have the most beautiful week-end. With lots of butterfly magic in your garden. 🦋
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Thanks so very much Pix. You're an angel. 🦋
So much wisdom and beauty! Upped and steemed
Thank you so very much Melinda.
I wanted to show the processes involved in this piece. And then @sunscapes' Card Reading came at the perfect time ~ Shortly after the 'poem.' 🦋
Sometimes, waiting - or just being is what is called for. What am I saying - most of the time. We are in such a rush all the time. everything has to go fast. the hustle is on. People need to crush it! Just hearing all of that makes my stomach turn at times. So important to be. To listen. To wait until it all becomes clear.
Thanks so very much Marianne.
YES. It should be so easy just to slow down for a few moments and not be completely carried along in the fast-lane of life ~ However, it's actually becoming one of the hardest things for most people to do.
So it's more important than ever to find a place, or places where we can retreat from it all. Listening to external sounds, especially in nature, helps us to 'wait' and lets us feel our equilibrium, where we can listen to something else in ourselves. 🦋
For sure! That is also why we have to make sure that nature still exists for us to go to....
YES. So true Marianne. I imagine that for most of us, the taking care of our earth, each other and all nature, is intertwined with our life's purpose. 🦋
We are in 100% agreement :)
great photo, thanks for share. upvote and follow you.
Feel free to view my photo:
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Thanks for visiting @keybelle. I'm pleased you like this work.
I looked at your photograph and really like the twisting and curling of the vines. 🦋
Beautiful romantic post!
Thanks so much Maya. I hope you have a lovely weekend. 🦋
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Thank you for sharing the different stages of your work!
The photos are beautiful. So light and cheery :))
Thanks so much Anna. I like to be able to show the processes ~ As they are all part of the journey.
Some of the stages along the way are 'magical' in their simplicity and I could stop there. But I like to keep going, just to see what will happen. The last stages can become quite 'over crowded' ~ But sometimes can still retain something of the simplicity. 🦋
You are welcome! Thanks for sharing your journey!
Agree, you might as well keep going in stages and see what happens. It's an adventure!
In my place they say the way you lay your bed is the way you would lie on it
So much truth in that @ewuoso.
It's like whatever we are doing at this present moment is laying the foundation for, not so much what we will bring into our lives (as in the Law of Attraction) but how we can be when 'it' does comes.
I liked what Grandmother Earth said: 'The seeds that you plant now will bring abundance in the future. However you must take the time to nurture these new beginnings.' 🦋
Patience is d key