{"id":2512,"date":"2016-07-30T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2016-07-30T18:56:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T18:56:21","slug":"cross-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/cross-road\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Cross Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Great Escape, Drozda, Acrylic\/canvas, 48 x 36 inches, private collection<\/span><\/p>\n

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Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Anna Freud\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

Welcome to the art\/life trail ride!<\/span><\/h4>\n

We are closing the Growth\u00a0moon\/month and the 30 day challenge of exploring emotional balance. How did it go for you? A hefty part of emotional health is not judging ourselves. Rather we get a grip, take a deep breath and sense into the areas where change would bring benefit. The primary care of emotional well being is to do no intentional harm and as the Dalai Lama reminds to be “wise selfish” in placing first attention on ‘how am I doing?’<\/span><\/h4>\n

Thirty days gives us time and space for this vital and highly creative check-in and check-up. We’ve taken thirty days to create a zone of learning, each day fresh and new, to balance emotions. Asking for help and creating a support team is also a vital aspect of the art\/life trail ride. We are in this together and that’s cause for a hearty Bravo!!<\/span><\/h4>\n

Visualize ourselves, one by one, being well trained to return to emotional alignment and notice that we can actually create waves…like pouring water onto parched earth.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\"Aquarius,Aquarius, Drozda, Acrylic\/canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 1997<\/span><\/h4>\n

Throughout the\u00a0Growth moon\/month it’s powerful to observe, take note, make conscious, be aware of the ways we can bring ourselves back to center even when things fall apart<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\n

My Short Story<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

I literally ‘hit a wall’ this past week. I was taking June Bug outdoors for her last pee before bed when suddenly there was a loud bang- like fireworks- coming from a home several doors down. Our usually pastoral street was lined with cars, there was loud music and the\u00a0summer pool party was in full swing. June Bug hears the explosions and begins to tremble and pull as she stares up at the sky desperate to run away as is usual for her at the least indication of ‘thunder’. Straining at the leash pulling me with her… I turn to direct her back toward the house…and BAM! forehead smashes<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0into a large low hanging limb on ancient\u00a0cherry tree. My head knocked off of my shoulders I see stars. Once back inside all that helps is\u00a0tears. Soon I realize that aside from the shock and a couple of scratches I’m\u00a0okay. A\u00a0trip to the chiropractor gets everything back into place.<\/span><\/h4>\n

The Chiropractor in You<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

What we’re all doing here, week to week, is a kind of creative chiropractic adjustment. We’re engaging in an on-going refresher course for\u00a0creative focus. There’s uplift in knowing when to make adjustments as we keep creative mojo flowin’.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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We enlist twelve keywords that gently yet powerfully lead us forward step by step. We devote ourselves to looking for evidence, in the studio and all around, indicating that we are on the clearest path. When we get stuck in the briar and the brambles we help one another get back on track.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Ambling down the art\/life trail we remind ourselves that we’re here to be experiencing, expressing, creating and contributing gifts and talents that are not going to be seen again in the same way ever again<\/strong>. Together we add beauty and wonder and gentle strength to the mix.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

S<\/span>ummer Solstice\/Fall Equinox: Midpoint<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

August 1st marks the cross quarter day opening the way\u00a0to Trust. Where do you stand within the context and container of Trust for\u00a0your art\/life? How do you feel about the path as it’s unfolding? August gives us ample time toTrust our competence. We have\u00a0the ability to renew and regenerate.<\/span><\/h4>\n

30 Day ‘TRUST’ Challenge<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

August 4 the\u00a0New Trust Moon brings the 30 day challenge: Trust compassionate response<\/strong>. For thirty days intend to express compassion. Trust how well the art\/life works.\u00a0Dream of all the ways that the art\/life can be trusted to carry you\u00a0forward with passion and joyful focus. <\/span><\/h4>\n

May Compassionate Trust Infuse Your Heart, Soul and Mind\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The summer months are moving fast. This is\u00a0the opportunity to Grow in Trust and Love as we pay close attention to what is manifesting along the trail.<\/span><\/h4>\n

I’m fond of summer for many reasons, year after year I witness magic happening with young artists in the studios I design and facilitate at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong>. I remind my young artists that we are explorers, detectives, scientists and observers…we make beauty and wonder and bring into form what we\u00a0love and often have no words for.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\"2010cacv9_tylin8\"<\/p>\n

Virginia MOCA Summer Art Camp Archives<\/span><\/p>\n

\"ArtArt in the Park Studio, Drozda, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

\"VA.Summer Studio Archives, Drozda, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SummerSummer Studio Archives, Drozda, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SummerSummer Studio Archives, Drozda, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

See you on the trail!\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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