being filled up

this trip filled me up

it was so amazing to be present to the beauty of Aotearoa, to feel like i was in another country because it is so different to my home... and yet it is still part of the same nation....

this photo is in a beach south of where i live, where i had never been before - the Auckland regional council cleverly made these ornate frames to frame the beauty of our land....

our girls are part of the picture of the beauty of our country!

i will post a photo with why it now claims part of my heart as often as i can....

with love
jane

what is that smell???

yes it's me i am back

but i am also kind of not back

i am so immersed in DEEP - the art class and general spiritual awakening gathering, by the wonderful Connie Hozviga that i won't be here in words too much

so i thought i would send photos of my holiday in lieu of too many words... i hope that is ok

they are of things that filled me up so i hope they fill you up too....

ps. i love you.

holiday

celebrate!

i am off for two internet free weeks in the South island - travelling by campervan with my family no schedule

each of us choosing one thing to do

Simon camping by a braided river
Eila - riding on a high country station
Me - Gore art museum
Woo - reading her book lying in her bed while we drive

i think we can manage that in two weeks

now i just have to manage shoving all my art making materials in my bag somehow....

i will be back replenished and true

xx

committment

it takes committment for me to grow

it takes focussed effort

i can't just flit from one thing to another

as filled with tempting baubles as the internet is

i committ to my creativity

i committ to practising every day

i committ to the juiciest deepest part of myself that has stamped her foot and said enough

i will feed her with the joy that comes from making things that come from my heart - not imitations of the work i admire in others

but my work
my soul
my connection to God, Goddess, All That Is

right there in front of me on the page, canvas, peice of silver

and if in that process other's are moved or touched i am blessed

but selfishly

and gloriously this is a committment to me

a catch up post reverb10

Author: Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
@brenebrown
Prompt: Ordinary joy. Our most profound joy is often experienced during ordinary moments. What was one of your most joyful ordinary moments this year?i think the time i came into my work space and found a note from my daughter telling me she loved me....

my heart cracked wide open...

Author: Kathryn Fitzmaurice
The Year the Swallows Came Early
@KFitzmaurice

Prompt: Defining moment. Describe a defining moment or series of events that has affected your life this year.

i guess having the guts to go to the market with my silver work defined my year- the courage to stand behind my work, to say i made this - to put myself out there - to back myself.... that was the defining moment....

my BIG Fearless Tribal painting - that took courage too but i took that step in a warm supportive community....

to step out into my own town and say look at what i do - that was huge...

reverb10 what do i most want to achieve in 2011.

Author: Tara Sophia Mohr
The Women's Seder Sourcebook: Rituals & Readings for Use at the Passover Seder
@tarasophia

Prompt: Achieve. What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write that feeling down. Then, brainstorm 10 things you can do, or 10 new thoughts you can think, in order to experience that feeling today.

i most want to travel and see my friends in the US.

I imagine i will feel opened up and happy all at once.

In order to feel that now i can:
1. create everyday
2. do things that require creative courage.
3. treat myself to things that feel indulgent but right.
4. "i deserve great things" can be my new affirmation.
5. i can see each thing i sell as an affirmation that that dream is achievable
6. i can meditate.
7. i can go to spiritual sites here and connect with being in Sedona.
8. i can do the labyrinth here and think about High Valley.
9. i can own being an artist.
10. i can affirm my right to be a woman who can have adventures away from my family.

reverb10 food

here is me with my cake and candles and my Queen Jane card, in my kitchen April 2010

Author: Elise Marie Collins
An A-Z Guide to Healing Foods: A Shopper's Reference
@mysticflavor

Prompt: Soul food. What did you eat this year that you will never forget? What went into your mouth & touched your soul?

the food that touched my soul this year was the delicious tea party my friends had for me - cakes and yum galore - but what was special was that the food was made with love - they thought about what i might like, they cooked especially for me, we drank tea out of my Grandma's Royal Doulton teaset...

and i can still taste that with my cells