“The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness, all the burden on your heart disappears. All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.”
Brazil (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
“Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart.”
United States (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
United States (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
“And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.”
Tribe (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Message to my younger self:
You can dress however you want
You can play however you want
You can love anyone you want
You can create anything you want
You can fly (it’s called running!)
You are a maker and a dream shaker
Stay full of yourself (no need to shrink to fit in)
Don’t wait for permission to do or be anything!
Follow what sparks you up (you will enjoy it and be good at it!)
If something or someone drains you, thank it and leave it
You are a force of nature, trust yourself.
“Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?”
Indonesia (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
“What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race.”
French Indochina (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
“Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.”
China (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
“The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire.”
Most of the Inside Series sold before I was able to announce that I added it to my shop.
Thank you, dear friends for your support! My creative path is more beautiful because of you.
I invoke you, spider. Weaver of webs, creator and destroyer. Help me integrate all aspects of my self. Show me how to be whole.
Integration pendant.
Handmade with transparent quartz and recycled sterling silver.
This Thursday in my online shop.
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”
Crystal Creature ring.
Handmade with transparent quartz and recycled sterling silver.
Available this Thursday in my online shop.
(I can cut this ring to fit any size between 5 and 10.5).
“It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.”
“Deep rivers run quiet.”
I am like Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde. When I fear, I feel closed off. I guard myself, shut doors, distrust everyone. I become rigid.
When I trust, I feel, I love, I explore. Everything becomes rich, unknown, exciting!
Life: help me let go of the tightness. There is nothing within me to guard against. Let me stay open.
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
“Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.”
“In person, your paintings are just like I imagined. They have a very special energy, between depth, transformation, light and also some darkness, like life itself.”
Portrait of a Man with a Frill (Velázquez Series).
13.97” by 10.23” (35.5 cm by 26 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
