The sands of time

Blessed new moon!

We can’t delete the past, but we can accept that it brought us to exactly this point in the present. And we can be grateful for all the good things in our present! I’m guessing this point in the present is relatively good for anyone reading this. Anyone reading this has electricity, a computer or device that can see the internet, likely you are well fed and haven’t felt true thirst. You are educated and have a roof over your head. I know life isn’t perfect, but what is perfection? Comfort all the time? If we knew comfort all the time, would we even know what it felt like? Would we appreciate it? I invite anyone reading this to take a few deep breaths and name what you are grateful for in this moment.

Vida Eterna. Acrylic on canvas, now half covered and evolved into the painting above.

The last time I wrote a blog was over 4 years ago. This isn’t really an outlet for me, I’m pretty private about my thoughts. However, recent conversations have inspired me to reawaken it. I do want to mention that I believe time can heal all wounds, and I hope that time can heal the wounds of the many folks I mentioned in the last blog post from 4 years ago. I know all sides of the equation were very hurt, and everyone has their version of what happened. I don’t know if we’ll ever know the full truth, because truth is different for everyone. I pray that folks can find / have found ways to heal themselves, and truly seek that divinity within. And in my heart of hearts I hope that there can be reconnections and understanding on all sides, if not in this lifetime, in the next.

I included the photos of my recent painting/painting-evolution because I have been very inspired as of late to cover up old paintings. A good friend of mine constantly covers up his paintings with new ones, and when I first noticed him doing that, I was mortified! How could he cover up his precious work? How could he cover up those brush strokes and colors that took so much effort to create? But you know what he said that really impacted me? He said that covering up a painting is releasing it back to the ether, to the world of spirit, where it came from. So much of our past often needs to be sent to the ether! Why must we keep looking at something we don’t like any more? Why keep hanging on to something that meant so much at one time, but now only brings us sorrow? It was so liberating to paint over the top half of “Vida Eterna”, and release to the ether so many memories that it held. And the best part is I know it’s still underneath the other paint layers, underneath the sands of time.

Those layers of the past give my paintings and my life texture and wisdom. May the sands and the rocks and the earth bury what needs to fade away, and let new life grow!

Sending waves of love and blessings to all! Ometeotl. Hari Om.