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\"handwriting\"<\/h4>\n

The truth is that, without writing,\u00a0it is
\ndifficult for most people to go into their thought. By writing you slow thought down, find its emotional context in experience, and give yourself the chance to feel its meaning. As E.M. Forster famously asked, “How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

Writing lets you project your thoughts onto a surface and interact with them. Without writing, you risk losing touch with the thinker in yourself. If you write, you can remember who you are.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

– <\/em>Writing the Mind Alive<\/em><\/a> Metcalf & Simon<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

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\"trialride2\"<\/a>Welcome to this week\u2019s art\/life trail ride\u2026the path is opening wide and we are now able to pick up speed and get a long view\u2026its September. We\u2019re looking at natural rhythms and ways to make the seasons and cycles conscious tools in our materials stockroom. Writing to slow down and picking up trail speed seems paradoxical yet here we are on the edge of our seats, chomping at the bit, anxious to be on our way… writing about the direction we envision creates the sign posts to mark the path.<\/span><\/h4>\n

September isn\u2019t only about leaves turning, temperatures cooling, a return to school and \u2018a preparation for the preparation\u2019 of the holidays ahead.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Personal Power Comes to a Focus Point in September<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

September\u2019s keyword is Love. Once upon a time a circular format and monthly keywords were assigned to the calendar by the Native American name of Sun Bear. He gave a thoughtful gift to support slowing down and savoring the part we each play in the natural world. <\/span><\/h4>\n

He considered the animals and the trees, the soil, the waters and the air. He saw that we are all fellow travelers.<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n

I agree with this way of walking through the world and I have practiced applying the twelve keywords and all of their expansive gifts to each of my walks round the wheel of the art\/life since 1989. Here on the Art\/Life blog we weave these qualities into the trail ride so that together we might form a community of ‘slow flow and hush to the rush’ creative minds. Whether in the studio (which is wherever our heart sings its song) or out in the world\u00a0beyond, each of us can hold the qualities of grace and ease<\/strong> within the context of the keyword banner.<\/span><\/h4>\n

September offers us the chance to consider what Love is. Not the emotion of love which can be interpreted in countless ways; rather we make space for a bigger Self-Love. <\/span><\/h4>\n

How about a LOVE for your Compelling Vision? <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

How about LOVE for your North Star? <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

How about LOVE for your Destiny Path? <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

How about LOVE for that which is yours and yours alone to bring into the world\u2026.now there’s a place to get some traction and watch miracles occur. <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is the month each year to begin noticing new ways to consider making haste slowly and putting grace to your pace. No rush. No hurry.<\/span><\/h4>\n

2015 offers a full year for investing in Authentic Self Care<\/a><\/strong>. We either invest in what calls to us from a point of highest awareness or else we crash into confusion. The energy of this year has been asking for each of us to be about the creative work of aligning with integrity and authenticity. The month brings a laser beam of Love\/Self-Love to support our efforts. \u00a0We have a perfect blend this month for what Barbara Marx Hubbard calls \u2018vocational arousal\u2019. \u00a0I LOVE her term\u2026it amps up the life force of my creative commitment. I begin to see something coming into focus even if I have no idea where it will lead.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ask yourself:<\/span><\/h4>\n

What will I create from this alchemical blend? What will I experience and express? What will I contribute?<\/span><\/h4>\n

I enjoy going into the studio with an empty mind yet somewhere in the recesses of my supply storehouse those intriguing questions come along to help direct each next step. For me the\u00a0inquiry clears the trail.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

When an issue arises and the road becomes bumpy think to say:<\/span><\/h4>\n

I\u2019ll Handle That<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I Will BE the Responsible One<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

The Buck Stops Here<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I am the Shape-shifter<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I STAND WITH AND FOR MY\u00a0AUTHENTIC POWER<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"EarthDance\"<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Earth Dance II’, Drozda, 2013, Mixed media\/canvas, Private Collection<\/span><\/h6>\n

The Natural and most Real aspect of the year will align each of us with magnetism. Magnetic <\/span><\/h4>\n

attraction fostered in each situation, circumstance and relationship provides a powerful ground in a world that is essentially groundless. <\/span><\/h4>\n

In each and every one of our art\/life experiences there\u2019s been the chance this year to be The Alchemist and Shape-shifter; to take the leaden parts of life and turn them into gold. <\/span><\/h4>\n

How has that been going for you?<\/span><\/h4>\n

Here are some sign-posts on the way to being your most Authentic Alchemical Self\u2026<\/span><\/h4>\n

Show Up <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Don\u2019t Be Shy<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Walk Your Talk<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

BE Willing <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Take Responsibility<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Identify the inner lead that you will turn into gold<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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From the 2015 Lifecycle Forecast<\/a> published in January:<\/span><\/h4>\n

The twelve months\/thirteen moons before us are about courage, confidence, balance and stability. By September 2015 you will recognize your Shamanic Self, identified primarily by your capacity to shape-shift your experience as needed. There’s a good deal of stepping up and stepping out to be embraced during this walk around the wheel. Eighth level energy aligns with our resources and the critical need to set healthy boundaries. With this combination we naturally hunger to reconfigure our experience so that it aligns with the best possibility.<\/span><\/h4>\n

It\u2019s September\u2026look over your shoulder to last spring and reconnect to what you were passionate about and willing to make a commitment to. Something was eager to start at that time\u2026it\u2019s natural. It happens every year. Now we\u2019re approaching the half way round the circle point and something wonderful is helping us go deeper. Something wants to be given its due.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Homework:<\/strong> sit quietly and take a few deep breaths\u2026then take up pen and paper\u2026real paper\/real pen. Write a Love letter to yourself. In it celebrate and review what you\u2019ve been doing<\/em> and who you have been being<\/em> for the past six months. Then if you feel like it expand that inquiry to encompass that past seven years.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Once complete place the pen in your opposite hand\u2026let the other side of your brain speak\u2026write a second Love letter using your non-dominate hand.<\/span><\/h4>\n

This homework will energize and activate both sides of your brain while also opening your heart to parts of you that may have been waiting to be embraced. Through this exercise meet the Alchemist within. Your Inner Alchemist creates greater expression. Celebrate!<\/span><\/h4>\n

WE CAN\u2019T GET HERE FROM THERE<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Being the Shape-shifter means that we have a sense of where the energy for the art\/life comes from. There is that part that is bigger than the little \u2018how can I do this?\u2019, \u2018who will help me?\u2019 parts that needs to be acknowledged and a commitment must be made\u2026otherwise it feels over whelming and heavy. What we\u2019re looking to allow this month is opening and lightness<\/strong>\u2026balance and play\u2026serious play \u2026 spontaneous, instinctive and intuitive. Doors open now.<\/span><\/h4>\n

The way THERE is from HERE. Here is the center of the circle the place from which all of our inspiration emanates\u2026like a still point pond deep in the center\/central point of the creative well.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\"flowerwheel\"<\/a>The four directions and the Central return, Drozda, Journal page, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s September\u2026look over your shoulder to last spring and reconnect to what you were passionate about and willing to make a commitment to. <\/span><\/h4>\n
\"start_vision<\/a>What is My Current Vision?, Drozda, Spring 2015, Mixed media, Journal Page<\/span><\/h6>\n

Something was eager to start at that time\u2026it\u2019s natural. It happens every year. Now we\u2019re approaching the half-way-round-the-circle point and something wonderful is helping us go deeper. <\/span><\/h4>\n

Something needs to be given its due<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Studio Homework:<\/strong> sit quietly and take a few deep breaths\u2026then take up pen and paper\u2026real paper\/real pen. Write a Self-Love letter to yourself. In your writing\u00a0celebrate and review what you\u2019ve been doing<\/em> and who you have been being<\/em> for the past six months. Then if you feel like it expand that inquiry to encompass the past seven years.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Once complete place the pen in your opposite hand\u2026let the other side of your brain speak\u2026write a second Self-Love letter using your non-dominate hand.<\/span><\/h4>\n

This studio homework will energize and activate both sides of your brain while also opening your heart to parts of you that may have been waiting to be embraced. Through this exercise meet the Alchemist within. Your Inner Alchemist creates greater expression. Celebrate!<\/span><\/h4>\n

Join the conversation…leave your comment or respond to a fellow rider…what inspires your desire to create the next step in your best art\/life? For me it’s being open to being here\u00a0week after week…spurring us on…get it? See you next week…with, truth be told, a gentle nudge and an ease in clearly the path so we can travel naturally rather than using painful spurs.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\"Reflective<\/a>Reflection Wheel, Drozda, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

I am a working He<\/em>artist <\/em>with more than thirty years of practice in supporting the creative best in each of us to come forth and shine.\u00a0<\/em>Join the movement: make joy the vocation of your mind<\/strong>.<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/span>Connect with\u00a0the uplift of \u2018Luna See\u2019 and Lifecycle<\/a>; <\/span>time <\/span>management tools for aligning with natural creative rhythms. Discover and uncover the ecstatic thrill of ‘making life the master peace’.
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Let’s travel together\u00a0into realms of calm and\u00a0renewed heart-centered emphasis.\"Droz_Pups_2013\"<\/a><\/span>Through our shared journey with \u2018Luna See\u2019 our\u00a0monthly newsletter and the\u00a0creative consult service \u2018Lifecycle\u2019 you will discover and expand your ability to experience,\u00a0<\/span>express, create and contribute your deepest and wisest<\/em> <\/strong>most\u00a0authentic gifts to this unspeakably beautiful world.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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