She Hears the Temple Bells Ring

She Hears the Temple Bells detail

Temple bells ring out in the thin dawn. Her attention is called to the universe within. Temple bells call the self to prayer, a meeting with the soul. She sets her intention for the upcoming day—that every moment might be filled with blessings, right action and a grateful heart.

She hears the temple bells. Though her only adornment is the flowers in her hair, she feels rich beyond measure.

temple bells

ring in the morning

making a sanctuary

of the spot

where she stands

The painting is vertical, yet I love this detail with an orientation that reminds me of a reclining buddha.

©Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

http://www.claudiaroseart.com

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The Evolving Painting

Our Lady of the Garden

Love. Love. Love-- a mantra worth living. Do only what you love. Create only what you love. Live with people you love. Work with people you love. Hold yourself in a space of unconditional love.

I liked my 24” x 24” painting, She Brings the Spring, but I didn’t love her. Propped up in the corner of my studio, she seemed pale as if she were trying to mimic wallpaper and avoid being noticed.

Instead of obscuring her image beneath opaque paint, I led her into a garden. I wrapped her in translucent layers of acrylic glaze and decorated her with original, linocut mono prints. Now, she sees with the eyes of love. All is beauty. She sees only love.

Is this possible in a violent world? For thousands of years, saints and mystics have managed to see love and light, hope and faith where others saw only sand. There is a way to see the beauty and love surrounding you.

Beneath the veneer of diverse colors, languages, tightly-held beliefs, you find one species, one people, whose dreams and desires are more alike than different. You find yourself in a garden of love when you peel back the illusion of separation.

I will meet you in the garden

We will shed our skin

Leave our old bodies and look on them

Our new ones could be anything

                            Lyric by Rogue Valley

©Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

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New Painting-Peace Grows

Peace Grows in the Garden

Opportunities come. Opportunities fade. My hair turns grey, my body soft. Yet, peace grows in the garden of my heart as it never did before. I turned the corner on my youth and am glad for it. I’m no longer driven by desire for what is not on my path.

My heart is soft, fertile ground, where God plants seeds of gratitude and love. While youth was full of discontent, I am now full of appreciation for the love and beauty all around me, for my very being.

Flowers grow in my garden. I feed them with happy thoughts and loving care. As they grow, they remind me that life is always growing and expanding. Peace is mine to choose.

“Today I bathe in the blue light of peace.”

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This painting reminds me of the peace growing in the garden of my heart. Mixed media on 14” x 11” canvas including collage of original linocut mono prints, graphite, India ink and acrylic.

©Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

www.ClaudiaRoseArt.com

July 4th Celebration

Celebrating Your Brilliance

The exploding color and light of fireworks make me smile. It is similar to what I feel during meditation. Sometimes it feels like falling into a pond and floating like a leaf. Other times, I feel fireworks in my heart, the 4^th of July, expansion, joy, the evening sky lit up like midday!

That’s when I remember how God made me and all humankind. We are here to shine, to be our brilliant selves like fireworks in a dark sky. We are here to be brilliant, joyful, and beautiful beyond belief.

Belief is the key. We are here to expand beyond limiting beliefs, those held in our own minds and our culture. Fireworks are a reminder of our expansive selves; the light we are that desires nothing more than being seen for our beauty and awesomeness.

Wherever you are located on the planet, I invite you to look up. See your brilliance mirrored in the night sky.

©Claudia Rose, Ph.D.

www.claudiaroseart.com