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The effect of downward dog...

4/2/2017

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 I've been doing yoga almost every day since the beginning of the year.  I think being upside down in  all those downward dogs is having a powerful effect on me, because I've been changing direction in many areas of my life. 

For example, for years I've been hosting creative/spiritual circles in my journey space, but I've recently realized I'm done with that. The energy I was directing outward in organizing and facilitating these circles is now moving into my paintings

As a result, my goals as a painter and for my paintings are changing.  I'm moving more inward, and intentionally slowing the painting process down.  
This painting that I'm working on right now is helping me do that.  

This is the 48 x 48 inch "Marriage Is an Experiment" painting I painted last year. It had evolved from a previous version, "The Seasons of A Marriage".  Now it's not even a "marriage" painting anymore.  It too is  going in a different direction.

If I keep a daily yoga practice for the rest of the year, I wonder what else will happen...  Do you have a regular yoga practice?  Has it changed  your creative/artistic life?  If so, I'd love to hear about it.

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    Making art and being inspired by color, story and my dogs- Dash and Juli Bean in Portland, Oregon.

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