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Meet Me in the Middle for Romance

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Sacred Romance - Meet Me in the Middle - painting of couple in Vesica Pisces

“Meet Me In the Middle” ( 18″ x 36″) – $2, 267 CAD

 

What can I say?!  I’m a romantic. Are you?

Romance is a way of life.

It’s about joining with a moment, a flower, a feeling, a thought, or a person to experience each other with curiosity and wonder.

It’s the creation of something new when two elements of the Divine Oneness come together in that sacred space in the middle to be real.

Is the tree or river impacted by my joy of photographing it? I believe so.

Is your partner impacted by your truly seeing, accepting, and celebrating him or her? Absolutely!

Romance is that awareness and celebration of the delightful , comforting, vulnerable, revealing truth of the moment.

Romance in the Studio

The very creation of this painting was romantic. It gave me its name soon after the vision popped into my mind. I hadn’t even finished varnishing my other dragonfly painting, “Aligned“, when this one called me to join with it for a magical few days of play.

I was taking a break from the spiritually intensive process behind the Re-Connecting Collection. I just wanted to play with paint while watching movies or listening to inspirational podcasts. I was in the mood for something lighter.

I’d had so much fun designing the multi-layered dragonfly stencil for the previous one, so I was thrilled for this new calling. A dragonfly duo! Yay!

“Meet Me in the Middle” celebrates the unconditional love that is possible when both individuals in a couple unite in unconditional love, which is only possible when they let go of illusions & delusions to be  present in Truth. It honours the role of both to see and be seen as well as to accept and be accepted for who they truly are.

Layer after layer the vision came into being as I was willing to meet and be with it.

Relationship as a Sacred Space

Isn’t that just like in relationships?

Emerging into our full selves happens layer by layer, step by step.

Figuring out who we are as individuals and as a couple is a sacred process indeed!

I was married for 10 years.

As we grew together, we got to know ourselves better.

Circumstances made it so we couldn’t be bothered sweating the small stuff. We had too much big stuff to deal with. This challenge was a gift – I had to pull on all my inner and outer resources to support myself and my husband through life & death times.

Once we pulled through the crisis, however, we discovered that to be true to ourselves, we needed to let the other go. We were no longer living in alignment with our Higher Self – something we only discovered as we emerged more fully into authenticity. This required being honest with ourselves first and then each other. Not easy.  No regrets.

We’d been the best of friends and so wishing for the other’s happiness as well as our own was natural. Letting go became the most loving thing to do. We divorced with more love than we when we got together.

Thankfully, because of our challenges, I’d learned to not live under the hold of “What will they think?”. Being true to myself was more important than my fear of judgement. That’s important to live an authentic life. So I never judged my divorce as a failure. I could see it for the success that it was.

We were doing what was right for us and did so lovingly. That was possible because we’d truly lived and loved in the middle of that sacred space.

In Relationship with Your Self First

That was about 17 years ago. I’ve grown a lot since then, continually meeting my Self in that sacred space in the middle – getting to know and love myself as I continue my journey.

It’s so important to take the time to romance your Self, whether you’re single or in relationship.

That way, you’ll bring with you your truest, strongest, most beautiful, and most loving self to the relationship. From that sacred space can only emerge a more magnificent creation born of unconditional love for yourself and your partner.

Doesn’t that sound wonderful? Painting all this in “Meet Me In the Middle”  was part of my romancing idea of joining in Truth with the next right man for me.

Can you relate?

What does “Meet Me In the Middle” bring to heart for you? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below.

The Painting – Meet Me In the Middle

Title: Meet Me in the Middle
Year: © 2019
Size: 18 “ x 36“ (45.72 cm x 91.44 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: $2,267 CAD- Purchase online now.
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Are You Aligned With Your Core Values?

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Are you aligned with your core values? dragonfly painting

“Aligned” (20″ x 20″) – SOLD

Are you living in alignment with your core values?

Are your choices aligned with your Higher Self vision of your life?

I woke up beating myself up because it was already 8:30 AM. My productive hours usually start at 5 AM.  But I stayed up until midnight watching a Bollywood movie, and my body claimed the next 8 hours for sleep.

I could have gone on beating myself up for my poor choice and dove into my work (writing several blog posts).

Instead, I accepted the sun’s rare appearance as an invitation to get myself back on the loving track.

I wouldn’t be spending the whole day until sundown at the computer or in the studio. Nope!

I brushed my teeth, packed my breakfast & pad of paper, and headed out to Fort Amherst on my bike – a seaside spot on the cliffs 20-30 minutes away.  There, I sat for a couple of hours drafting a few blog posts and enjoying just being.

This was only my 2nd time on my bike this year – the weather being only one of the reasons. It felt great to get my body moving with such beauty all around. It was grounding. It was connecting. The sound of the crashing waves on the cliffs nourished my heart while my smoothie and organic grapes nourished my body.

Was I still in negative self-talk? Absolutely not. What I’d perceived as a ‘failure’ was simply motivation to make a better choice for the rest of my day.

My body, mind & spirit were now in the right space to write to you.

That’s what this painting is all about. “Aligned” is a reminder that our life flows from our essence, our core values, towards our Higher Self vision of our life.

The upside down rose quartz worry stone in the top corner represents the dissipation of worries when love & compassion guides our perspective & choices.

Which Way Feels Aligned to You?

Dragonfly energy helps us to look past the illusions and delusions of the shoulds, woulds, and coulds of life to know our own Truth and set our own direction.

This is why I wired the back of the painting in a way that lets you choose to hang “Aligned” in a way that speaks to you on any given day.

Living in alignment isn’t about being and doing for others’ approval. It’s about designing your own best life that reflects your values.

When we let go of those illusions and delusions that we’ve authored or adopted, we naturally become happier and healthier.

What Are Your Core Values?

There’s no one telling me but me what time is best to go to bed or to wake up at. I’ve come to learn with time what my optimal conditions are for a great day. Beating myself up when I change that around a bit, however, is definitely not in alignment with my values of love, including self-love.

Time in nature, exercise, writing from a space of love (vs. obligation/scheduling) – those are in alignment with my core values of spirituality, love, beauty, integrity, and freedom.

What are your core values? What matters most to you?

Take a look at Scott Jeffrey’s list of 200 if you want to dive into this exercise.

Which Areas Are Not Aligned With Your Core Values?

Now take a look at the 8 areas of your life. How can you better live in alignment to your values?

As you read through this list, pay attention to what comes to mind/heart. If it feels loving, it’s your intuition speaking. If it doesn’t, it’s your critical self-talk.

What can you let go of in the areas that feel out of alignment? What can you add more of or change?

The 8 Areas:

  1. Physical Environment
  2. Fun / Recreation
  3. Business / Career
  4. Personal / Spiritual Development
  5. Wellness & Health
  6. Romance / Family
  7. Finances / Life Planning
  8. Society / Community

Awareness is key to emerging more fully as your True Self.

No Regrets

Writing this at the end of a bike ride, sitting on a cliff overlooking the ocean was a great choice. My whole day turned out happier & healthier because I chose not to spiral down the rabbit hole of critical self-talk then dive into my work resenting the fact I was behind schedule and couldn’t enjoy the sunshine while it lasted.

I’ve designed a life and career that allows me the freedom to do so. Sure, sometimes I may not make the best choices. But that’s no reason to beat myself up. That wouldn’t be very loving. Instead, I continue to strive to live in a way that I’ll be able to say on my deathbed – “I have no regrets”.

You? What signals is your body, mind, or spirit giving you today to get your life back on track? These are gifts! Accept and act on those intuitive taps on the shoulders before they become a 2′ x 4′. It becomes harder then to live without regrets.

Aligned – The Painting

“Aligned” – SOLD
(20″ x 20″)
Acrylics & rose quarts on gallery-wrapped canvas. No framing required.

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Get On the Beam – How to Become a Clear Channel

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How to become a clear channel

“On the Beam” (12″ x 24″) – $867 CAD – Purchase through “Earth & Sky Gallery” (summer 2021)

Have you heard the Peace Prayer of Saint Francis that starts with “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace”? That’s part of what channeling means to me.

It’s allowing Source, The Universe, our Higher Self and Teams of Divine Helpers to speak to and work through us. It’s about receiving Guidance and co-creating.

For that to happen, it’s important to be a clear channel.

This is as true when

  • I’m inviting a painting to be created through me as it is
  • when I’m tuning into my intuition to take the next inspired action or
  • receiving one of my long vision sequences for a Divine Storytelling Time intuitive reading client.

The tips I share below on how to become a clear channel will help whether you’re interested in channeling intuitive guidance (my focus), healing energy, or becoming a psychic medium.

Becoming a clear channel is a constant practice of fine tuning through conscious effort. That’s why I like to paint reminders for both of us, including this new painting called “On the Beam”, an idiom that means

“on or along the correct or proper track or way of thinking. A reference to the former practice in which aircraft would home in on a radio beam in order to navigate to their destination.”

Do you recognize the symbolism in the painting? It’s a smaller version of “Time of Ascension“. Usually, artists create a smaller one before the larger one, but I had so much fun with the larger one, I wanted to make a smaller variation in monochromatic tones. It’s not the first time I do things differently – lol.

To be on the beam, to live on track, to be guided by the Light is so important if we want to live our Higher Self version of our life. It makes the difference between living small or living big within your Self and in the service of others. Universal energy and Our Teams of Divine Helpers  are happy to help – we just need to remember to ask for that support and to connect to the resources available to do so.

I’m feeling called right now to become an even cleaner clearer channel. I feel like I’m preparing for something big.

Back in November, I was told that my time in Glastonbury would be a gateway. That’s all I know. I’ll be there for the Sun Lover Goddess Conference (which happened to be at the same time as when I was guided to go) and a solo retreat at the Chalice Well Gardens.

When I was a practicing Catholic, we had the 40 days of Lent to prepare us for the celebration of the resurrection of Christ. Last week, I was asked to take 40 days to consciously prepare for the birth or rebirth of something new in my life.

Co-Creating the “Re-Connecting Collection” of paintings  was part of the original Guided preparation. Now, I’m embracing the mystery and following a call to get more fully on the beam before my trip to the UK.

So this is perfect timing to share some tips on becoming a clear channel. May this also help you tune into your intuition so that you too can allow peace and love to flow through your doing & being.

 

How to Become a Clear Channel

3 Basic Guidelines:

There are 3 basic guidelines that help you prepare in body, mind & spirit to be a channel.

  1.  Clean Up the Channels:
    Let go of anything that either numbs or overexcites you. Depression and anxiety are like static on the line when trying to communicate with your intuition / Team of Divine Helpers. So avoid what affects any of your senses negatively.
  2. Raise Your Vibration:
    Your Team of Divine Helpers (angels,  Spirit Guides,  Higher Self, Jesus, etc.) vibrate at a very high level, so whatever you can do to raise your vibration will help bridge the gap of communication. Do, be, and have what lifts you up!
  3. Trust & Pay Attention: One reason a child finds the eggs at an Easter egg hunt is because she believes they’re out there and won’t stop until she finds some. The child’s curiosity, wonder, and sense of play fill her heart and open her eyes. Her focus is sharp!  These are all necessary ingredients to being a clear channel. Pay attention with all your inner and outer senses to the psychic signs . Learn more about these in my free 75-minute tutorial. Your trust will grow from baby steps to leaps of faith, making it easier to embrace the mystery.

10 Tips to Become a Clear Channel:

  1. Set Your Intention & Ask: Whether it’s through prayer, journaling, goal-setting, etc. make it clear to yourself and The Universe that you want to become a clear channel for Love & Light (use the words that fit your belief system).  Ask and you shall receive. Because of free will, however, you need to ask. Then, open to receiving. If what you receive feels loving, it’s your intuition / Team of Divine Helpers. If it’s not, it’s your ego or an unwelcome presence. So make sure to ask for Guidance from sources of Light & Love working at the Highest Vibration. With a prayer like: “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace”,  the intention and request is there.
  2. Eat Clean: Healthy eating nourishes your body and a healthy body leads to a healthy mind. Some Buddhists abstain from onions, garlic & leeks because they excite the senses. I’ve never tasted coffee, so I’m sensitive to anything with caffeine in it. I try to avoid sugar because the effects are immediately clear – it hits my brain like a steam train! Now if I could only cut back on chips! Gluten and processed foods can cause depression, anxiety or fatigue for some people. Get to know how your body reacts to certain foods. What’s healthy for some may not be for you. What’s important is that you eat in a way that elevates your vibration.
  3. Avoid Drugs & Alcohol: I can’t speak from personal experience as I don’t drink and am one of the rare visionary artist who has never tried drugs. But it seems logical to me that if these things affect your competency behind the wheel, they’ll affect your ability to be a clear channel.
  4. Create Space – Meditate:  Meditation is a great way to create space for listening. When you’re constantly running around distracted, you’re likely missing your Team’s many attempts at communicating with you. Life is noisy. You need to be quiet to hear your Self & Team of Divine Helpers. So make space in your schedule as well as your mind. There are many kinds of meditation to help relax the mind, ground in the body, connect through the breath. Find what works for you.  When I’m not listening to one of the visioning mediations that I channel (which help connect you to your intuition for inspired action), then I’m listening to one of Steve Nobel’s transmissions. These bring in the archangels and the crystalline and central sun grids featured in my paintings “On the Beam” (above) and “Time of Ascension”. I also consider some of my painting sessions meditation. You might meditate while doing the dishes. Or do you spend time in quiet contemplation after your prayers? Again, find what works for you.
  5. Breathe: Your breath is your connection to Spirit. Breathe deeply through various yoga practices or get moving outside in the fresh air.  When you get scared, your breath becomes shallow or cut off , disconnecting you from your Self & Guidance. Unfortunately, many of us have learned to breathe up in our chests instead of deep down in our abdomens. So get back to how you breathed when you were a baby – you were super connected to Spirit back  then and can be again!
  6. Get Centered:  Exercise and gentle stretching can help get that oxygen flowing. It also centres & grounds you in your body. I like to do some restorative yoga and dancing on my mini-trampoline before I channel one of my Divine Storytelling Time packages for a client. What does your body crave?
  7. Nature Time:  Yes, being out in nature gets fresh air in your lungs and grounds you. It’s more than that. The Elements and Elementals are there to support your intentions. Next time you’re anxious, try hugging a tree. Just let it suck all the negativity out of you and down into the earth to be recycled into something that will serve the planet. Then let it connect you to the Heavens. Your whole chakra system will benefit from a nice long tree hug or lying down on the ground. Mother Earth nurtures, cleanses, and raises your vibration.  Go where you feel most uplifted. Every time I’m near a creek, river, lake, or ocean, I become an open vessel. Being in beauty (which is abundant in the great outdoors) brings me even higher and closer to the Light and Love that wants to flow through me.  If you haven’t tried an intuitive walkabout yet, it’s one of the fun & easy ways I teach to access your Guidance, especially in nature. And if you can’t get outside, the energy of crystals can be helpful.
  8. Solo Time: Is it easier for an introvert than an extrovert to channel? Maybe. What’s important is to take the time to be quiet and aware of all your senses and the signs. It’s about becoming a good listener.  Watching movies on your own isn’t what I’m talking about… even though that’s my favourite way to disconnect. It’s more about quiet contemplation or conscious channeling exercises like automatic writing, visioning, etc. Daydreaming is good too – imagination is the first of the higher levels of knowledge. Next comes inspiration and intuition.
  9. Record:  Don’t trust your memory! Use a dream journal, intuition notebook, camera, or voice memo app to record your data. I may take notes or photos on an intuitive walkabout but use my voice memo app to record the 1-hour Divine Storytelling Time sessions. When I used these channeled visions/ teachings for my Enter the Mandala: The 12 Universal Laws project, I was often surprised by what I heard but hadn’t remembered. And once, decades ago, I was confused why I was having such difficulty getting into a college program only to discover in my dream journal that I’d misremembered the Guidance I’d written down. When I applied at the suggested neighbouring university instead, I got in without a problem.
  10. Gratitude: Recognize when you’ve received Guidance, act on it, and be grateful for it. Imagine your appreciation opening the door wider each time. As your Team of Divine Helpers experience your gratitude and witness your willingness to take inspired action, it’ll become easier and easier to communicate with them. Your continued practice at creating a welcoming space and clear strong channels will pave the way to a happier & healthier life.

We Are Not Alone

How to become a clear channel. Get on the beam.We’re not alone. We’re all part of the Divine Oneness. So let’s connect to the flow of love & light that’s always available to us – that’s a part of us.

You’ll see. Co-creating is a lot more fun than trying to do everything on your own.

We knew all this as young kids. We just have to remember how to do it. Hopefully, these tips have helped. They’re all meant to help you be the joyous you that can more easily connect to your Truth.

I’d love to hear which of these tips you find most useful. Please share your experiences in the comments below.

Title: On the Beam – SOLD
Year: © 2019
Size: 24 “ x 12 “ (60.96 cm x 30.48 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art

 

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Re-Connecting #9 – Time of Ascension

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“Time of Ascension” (24″ x 48″) – Original & Prints available.

As you contemplate “Time of Ascension”, #9 in the Re-Connecting painting collection, consciously breathe light into your physical, etheric, emotional and mental bodies.

Recharge with every in-breath.  

Release any toxic energy that can be released with every out breath.

Invite your whole Team of Divine Helpers and your Higher Self to be here with you now as you soak in the energy from this new painting.

Ask Archangel Metatron to bathe you in the golden light of the Christ Grid, that energy that comes from the Central Sun through our sun.

Then ask Archangel Sandalphon to energize you with silver light from the crystalline grid from the core of our sacred planet.

This light energy from above and below are clearly represented in this piece.

Less evident but still present is the energy available to us from the horizontal plane.

Invite Archangel Raphael in the east, the healer / magician angel of air to bathe you in green light.

Then ask Archangel Micheal, the warrior/ protector angel of fire in the south to bathe you in electric blue light.

Next, invite Archangel Gabriel, messenger angel of water from the west to hold space for you in diamond white light.

And finally ask for support from Archangel Uriel, angel of earth and physical structures to bathe you in ruby red fire.

Don’t rush the contemplative process.

You take the time to recharge your phone. Don’t forget to recharge yourself.

Allow the energy infused into this painting and the support from the Archangels to nourish your transformational journey.

Each individual that does the inner work to raise his or her consciousness, helps in the ascension of the planet.

Our Teams of Divine Helpers and Universal energy are happy to help – we just need to remember to ask for that support and to connect to the resources available to do so.

Meditation / Contemplation to Recharge the Batteries

It’s too easy to get caught up in the details of our dramas or the busy-ness in our every day lives.

If you’re feeling like you’re stuck in the mud or running on a hamster wheel, you know what I mean.

I find contemplating beauty and meditation break me out of those patterns.

They reconnect me to that  Divine Energy that is available to us all.

There are so many kinds of meditation and contemplation.

The guided visioning meditations I gift you with regularly are but one style. These are intended to help you raise your vibration and connect to your intuitive guidance.

When I’m not listening to the ones I channeled, I’m on YouTube listening to the energy transmissions, meditations, and affirmations by Steve Nobel of The Soul Matrix.

I resonate with his work, which definitely influenced the visuals in this painting.

As part of the retrospective on my life, “Time of Ascension” honours all of the conscious work I’ve done to live a life that’s aligned with my core values and emerge more fully into my Higher Self. I’m still a work in progress.

Watch It Evolve

While I was varnishing “Nature Bound“, I received a vision of what I needed to do for the base layer of the next painting in this collection.  No breaks! The painting marathon continued.

I spent a whole day creating layers of multicoloured stripes. It had the same meditative effect as dot-making, but in a new way. After layers of warm and cool stripes, I dove in with 2 shades of gold.

Then came hours of mathematical and geometrical calculations before painting the light rays. 

Several more hours were spent drawing and cutting the stencil for desired effect on the crystals.

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In Detail

Looking at the crystals close-up, the facets are white from some angles yet various iridescent colours from other angles.

The Lapis Lazuli stone at the top in its deep celestial blue has been a symbol of  honor, gods, power, spirit and vision throughout the ages. It is still a universal symbol of wisdom and truth. Here it’s embedded in mica chips, with the added energy of love & compassion.

Title: Time of Ascension
Year: © 2019
Size: 48 “ x  24“ (122 cm x 61 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics, lapis lazuli & mica & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: $3,700 CAD – purchase original.

Prints available in your choice of size & medium here….

 

 

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Re-Connecting # 8 – Nature Bound

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Original (24″ x 48″) – $3,700 CAD ; Prints available.

A painted retrospective of my spiritual journey in this lifetime would be incomplete without honouring the role of Mother Nature.

The forest definitely had a hand in raising me, especially between the age of 5-10 when we lived in the Black Forest, Germany.

My solo time in nature kept me connected to my Self, the Elementals, and God. Growing up in a time when children could roam free was perfect for an introverted child like me.

I’ve never been known for my memory and couldn’t tell you what I spent my days doing alone in the forest, but I do remember learning at a young age not to talk about it at school because my classmates would laugh at me.

So I kept my stories of my relationship with animals, fairies, angels and whatever else to myself.

I do remember biking to the next village (or what seemed like) at the age of 5 to spend time with the ducks and swan at the pond.

When we moved to Baden-Baden, my parents had to regularly send out search parties in the forest between the base and PMQs at dinner time. I’d have spent hours in there on my own or with a neighbour’s borrowed dog.

I just asked my Papa, and he said he’d find me with butterflies or frogs. I was happy, unaware of time.

In Lahr, we lived close to the Stadpark, an 11-acre garden filled with roaming peacocks and cranes. I regularly wandered there on my own at the age of 8-10 to speak to the unhappy horse in his stall or to admire the flowers.

Throughout our 5 years in Germany, we were blessed to travel far and wide. I remember the cities (especially the pizzerias) but I cherished our time in nature –  skiing in the Swiss Alps to swimming in the Mediterranean Ocean. I wasn’t very athletic and complained during our family hebertism trail hikes, but today I’m so grateful for them.

I got to experience so many of Mother Nature’s beauty as a young one and I continued to seek out contemplation spots as I grew up.

Back in Ottawa, I’d bike to Hogs Back Falls to sit amongst the rocks and sing or contemplate. That was before they fenced them off. Or I’d take the bike trail to a set of swings by the river to feel the freedom of being me. That’s another way to say I was escaping the pressures to become someone different.

My love of beauty fuelled my desire to travel and to seek out nature. It also re-connected me to my intuition when the stresses of the left-brain world had me spinning in the hamster wheel.

Water nourished my soul – I loved nothing better than to cross a lake at a slow breast stroke or spend sunset canoeing with a friend.

Snowshoeing in the Gatineau Hills brought me out in winter. And I loved hiking in the deep snow with my long skirts (with snowpants underneath). Yup, I’m a romantic!

As I said, I’m not the most athletic, but leisurely activity at a slow pace to admire my surroundings has always been pure bliss.

Hiking in groups never worked well as I’d be far behind feeling pressured when I wanted to get on my knees to admire the progress of a snail.

Nature Bound – the Name

So there you have it – # 8 in my Re-Connecting Collection is called “Nature Bound”.

Yes, “bound” is an expression meaning destined or heading towards something, as in going out into nature. But it’s more than that.

This painting’s name also plays with other meanings of “bound”:

  • As a noun, it’s a leaping movement upward – that boost my spirit gets from being in nature.
  • As the past tense of the verb ‘bind’ it means to be united or joined with – as in becoming one with Nature,
  • It also means to be committed to or apprenticed to – alluding to that teacher/student relationship.
  • As an adjective, it talks about the likelihood of something happening – the promise of re-connection that happens when I spend time among the Elements.

Watch it Evolve

I started the bottom layer before heading out to Carbonear for my Artist in Residence week. I used Golden Open paints – professional acrylic paints that stay wet a long time, just like oil paints. So that week away gave it time to dry after the very colourful textured layers.

Part of me regrets covering all that up.But that coursing energy is still under there – the energy flow and Ley lines around the world.

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The Pinecones

See how the tree branches hug each pinecone, embracing each perfectly evolving miracle of nature and nourishing it as it emerges more fully into its Self?

Well, that’s what I was going for anyway…

Did you know this about the pinecone?

“Our “Pineal Gland, shaped like (and named after) the Pinecone, is at the geometric center of our brain and is intimately linked to our body’s perception of light. … It is considered by many to be our biological Third Eye, the “Seat of the Soul,” the “Epicenter of Enlightenment” — and its sacred symbol throughout history, in cultures around the world, has been the Pinecone.”

(source)

I learned that in 2015 after it came to me in a vision for one of my Universal Law mandalas.

This time, I was inspired to include 3 with white dots highlighting the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio. (watch this cool video to learn more).

My initial feeling was that they represented nature’s role in my life as a child, teen, and adult. As I grew, so did my relationship with Nature and with my Self.

What else does this trinity represent for you?

 

The 5 Elements

The frame to this stained-glass window inspired piece is filled with symbols of the 5 Elements: air, water, fire, earth, and aether.

Some of the symbols are universal and others chosen for their personal significance in my life.

 

Thank God for the Creatures

These childlike drawings of a squirrel, bird, and deer came last when I realized that a painting about nature would be incomplete without honouring the four-legged and winged ones.

Nature’s creatures have been my friends, messengers, teachers, and so much more over the years.

May they too continue to find peace and nourishment in nature’s great outdoors.

 

Original & Prints

Title: Nature Bound
Year: © 2019
Size: 48 “ x  24“ (122 cm x 61 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: $3,700 CAD  – purchase now

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Prints available- order here.

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Re-Connecting #7- Communing With Community

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The final Communing with Community painting

“Communing with Community” – Original SOLD (oder prints here).

Hours after I decided to include Notre Dame’s Rose Window in this painting, I heard about the devastating fire in Paris. Two weeks before that,  I’d been inspired to study the design of cathedral rose windows.

There are more than just layers of paint in “Communing With Community”. There are layers of connection and re-connection through time, space, and experience as I co-created this piece live in Carbonear, NL.

In the 26-minute video below, you’ll get to share in some of that co-creative energy that brought this painting into being.

It all started when I was writing my grant proposal for the Re-Connecting Art Project.

I knew that the theme for the 7th piece would be community. The idea of creating a painting on community alone in my studio didn’t feel right.

So I reached out to Tammy Wrice Paetkau of Ocean View Gallery in Carbonear to see if she’d be open to my coming to spend a week there during my scheduled “Communion” exhibition.

She was!

Tammy and her business partner Michelle Penney-Rowe opened their businesses and their hearts to what I was moved to offer & create there.

They housed me, fed me, and made me feel right at home. I stayed at Tammy’s house with her beautiful family and borrowed her truck for my early morning trips to the studio.

From April 14-19, I offered 7am Tune-In Meditations followed by an 8am walk in the community. Then, I painted until closing time. On the 20th, I offered an intuitive painting workshop that was as much about painting as the personal spiritual process behind visionary art.

What an amazing week! It took me out of my studio and out of my comfort zone, but once I was there, it was the most natural dance of giving and receiving that resulted in the birthing of this painting.

A month later, what I remember most are my heart to heart interactions with those of all generations who came to be a part of the experience.

  • the timing of two visitors from St. John’s who joined me in infusing the first layer with community words
  • the young boy who asked me so many questions about my art, choice of music, prices, process, etc. for half an hour before settling in to draw quietly in the space
  • the teen who was surprised to find me there and was visibly taken aback by the energy in the room and came back to give me a few names to pray for during the dotting stage
  • those who came in to hug me and thank me after having experienced the exhibition before my arrival
  • the conversations with those touched by the work
  • the fellow artist and her husband who had never experienced anything like this exhibition and called back the next day to purchase a piece
  • the love, tears, and openings that occurred during the channeled meditations
  • my time with Tammy & her family
  • And, of course, the whole story of the Notre Dame fire.

The Video”

Watch this 26-minute video to see the painting evolve and to share in my community experience.

The Symbolism

Part of the intuitive painting process is trusting inspiration.

I’d received guidance to study Rose Window designs two weeks prior to going to Carbonear.

I didn’t know if it was for the background I started in the studio or some other painting in the collection. I just followed the flow.

Then, in Carbonear, when an empty circle appeared at the top of the canvas, I knew it was time. I would include one of Notre Dame’s Rose Window patterns at the top.

Later in the day, as I was posting progress photos to Facebook, I came across a post about the fire.

It hit me like a kick in the solar plexus.

Yes, it was personal. I’d visited the cathedral as a child, adolescent, and adult.

But it was much deeper than that.

I felt like I was connecting to communities all around the world – those in the present who were impacted by the news, and those throughout history who built the cathedral, worshipped there, or simply visited it.

I knew without knowing the details, that my being called to paint this window at this time was somehow helping support something greater. Was it a planetary shift or healing?

I didn’t need to know the details.  I just needed to paint & pray, connecting to community on a grand scale. But it was local too!

Many conversations ensued with visitors – about their time there, the impact of the fire on them, etc.

A day or so after I’d started painting the window, I found out that Michelle’s son, 11-year-old Liam, had been scheduled to sing at the Notre Dame Cathedral in 2 weeks with the Atlantic BoyChoir.

This was no coincidence. It was a moving example of how I may have been inspired to be there that week for him … or him for me.

On Friday night, after closing time, Michelle found Liam in the gallery standing in front of the completed painting singing the solo he had been meant to sing in the cathedral.

I had tears in my eyes when she messaged me to tell me – and still now as I write about it.

Liam’s song is now infused in this painting. And the energy of “Communing with Community” is now part of his journey.

Who knows what other layers of meaning and purpose may reveal themselves in time.

I’m just grateful I turned intuition into action – bringing me to Carbonear in April to paint the Rose Window at the time of the fire.

I’m so grateful for it all.

Community Words

Community WordsA week before going to Carbonear, I asked my Facebook audiences what words described the best of community to them.

A couple of visitors and I used liquid acrylic paint markers to cover the blank canvas with these words and more, infusing that energy into its foundation, You can’t see them anymore, but their energy still emanates from the painting.

The most popular word was “inclusive”.

This was then covered in layers and hours of mark-making, symbolizing the diversity within communities and between them.

Liquid paints in higher chakra colours were then  poured on top of these to add harmony to the apparent chaos through communication, self-expression, and connection to the Oneness of all that is.

The diversity in texture is still there, but so is the flow of unity.

Dotted Puzzle Pieces

Then came 10 hours of dotting puzzle pieces in the outside frame.

Each white dot represents a person, a member of our human communities. Each iridescent violet dot represents a Divine helper standing by our side.

Each piece is then a community within the greater whole of all communities.

I spent many of these hours reflecting on and connecting to the waves of energy that the fire at Notre Dame cathedral stirred around the world.

I also spent a few hours praying for family, friends, and prayer requests that came through Facebook and gallery visitors.

Some were intrigued or surprised about this part of my process. But after I explained how I do energy work as I paint, they gladly offered a few names.

Praying for community while dotting became an integral part of my process when working on # 1 in this series, “Every Dot a Prayer“. It’s one of my ways to commune with community, even when I’m alone.

The Arrow

When I asked my Team of Divine Helpers what might evolve in the centre of this painting, I was given a vision of an arrow with a circle. This was in the early stages of painting.

I had a few layers to go before needing to know more, but the word ‘arrow’ was in my consciousness when my father emailed me to say the windows of Notre Dame may have survived but the arrow had collapsed.

I’d never heard the term ‘arrow’ used for a church before. When I googled it, I found out that Notre Dame’s arrow is more than a steeple. It held 3 sacred relics and acted as “a veritable spiritual lightning rod protecting all those who work for the praise of God”.

My attention was also grabbed when one of my visitors, local yoga teacher Brent Denney took off his coat, revealing a tattoo of an arrow with several circles on his forearm.

It represented the cosmos and earth’s position in it (the little blue dot).

Wow! The meaning of community became much broader when contemplating the design of this tattoo in the context of what I’d been called to co-create.

In my design, I saw the arrow pointing up, aiming community higher, bringing our prayers to the Universe. It represented our planet’s ascension to higher consciousness and Divine Oneness.

As for the circle, I didn’t want to copy another artist’s design. As I tuned in, my initial inspiration of 1 circle became the vesica pisces – my favourite sacred geometry shape.

The Vesica Pisces & Tree of Life

The vesica pisces is a symbol I use a lot in my art.

It’s sacred geometry that’s been used in religion and spirituality for thousands of years to represent a source of immense power and energy.

The Vesica Pisces is the two becoming one.

It’s also

* an opening into the mysteries of higher consciousness
* the seed of the tree of life and basic motif for the flower of life,
* the intersection of spiritual and physical,
* creation/ birthing/ yoni/ Goddess
* a symbol for Jesus Christ (the fish shape in the middle).

At the heart of this vesica pisces I saw planet Earth. I purposefully chose to paint the facade that featured Europe to honour the international attention it was getting due to the fire.  Again, it’s like this fire represented a shift that is so much greater than that of a burning building.

Our sacred planet, however, wasn’t just floating in space.  It turned with the trunk of the Spirit Tree of Life at its core.

 We’re connected here on Earth to both the spiritual and physical.

Roots through time and space nourish our existence.

Branches bearing the fruits of all we are and all we’re doing here connect us to a greater picture, a mystery, our place within the divinity of all that is.

Around these two circles, holding hands, is both our human family & spirit family – of all colours, shapes, and sizes, including a few in wheel chairs.

We’re in this together!

Our pain comes from separation – from ourselves, each other, and God (or whatever term you’re comfortable using).

This painting is to help re-connect us to our True Self and All that Is.

Dragonfly Energy

It’s time to ‘burn’ whatever doesn’t serve us – whatever keeps us separate from ourselves and each other.

The last touch on this painting was adding 4 dragonflies in the corners of the ultraviolet light beam, some heading towards the planet and some away from it.

Dragonfly energy helps us to let go of illusions and delusions to get to the deeper truth.

They’re here to help us truly commune with community.

May it be so.

Bringing it Home

“Communing with Community”
24″ x 48″
(acrylics on canvas)

Original – SOLD

Prints – order yours here.

You’ can order prints of many of my paintings  in the size and medium you want from the Print-on-Demand link under my Art/Shop tab.

What More?

I’ve only shared some of the insights from my experience here.

There are so many more layers of meaning and energy that I am unaware of.

Are there any that come up for you? Please share in the comments below.

Namaste (the Spirit in me honours the Spirit in you).

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A Winner – Every Dot a Prayer

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“Every Dot A Prayer”  Prints available in my print-on-demand page.

Do you remember last November when I told you about a top secret painting I couldn’t reveal until the spring? This is it!

“Every Dot A Prayer” has just won one of the 2019 Arts & Letters Awards in a prestigious annual competition organized by the Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation.

It was on display along with other category winners & selected entries at The Rooms in St. John’s until May 12, 2019.

This was the very first painting in my “Re-Connecting” body of work that is answering an inner call to examine my spiritual roots from my early Catholic upbringing to a more universal spirituality.

The purpose of this growing collection is to explore and visually express the source, symbolism and narrative that have shaped my path.

If you recall, I received Guidance to create this collection as I sat with my father in Ottawa’s Notre Dame Basilica for the first time since my mother was moved into long-term care.

As soon as I got back to Newfoundland & Labrador, I immersed myself in the creation of this first piece to meet the mid-November deadline for the provincial Arts & Letters Awards.

70 hours of focused meditative studio work resulted “Every Dot a Prayer”.

Building on what I learned at the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art in 2013/14 and my evolving full-time practice since, it pushed me to the edge of my artistic skills and brought me deeper into the energy healing work that is characteristic of my art.

Energetic Community Connection Through Prayer

One unexpected aspect of its creative process was communion with community.

After sharing on Facebook how I was praying & chanting while painting dots for family members and friends, prayer requests came flooding in.

Every dot became a prayer dedicated to those who reached out to me and to those for whom they asked to have dots/prayers dedicated. It was the first time I’d done that on such a scale. 

This intensity of time, energy, and communion fuelled the evolution of the imagery with every new layer of paint. 

I’m used to having art created through me with the assistance of my Team of Divine Helpers as I channel energy.

I’m also used to working with my clients’ Teams when creating their Soul Energy Portrait Experiences.

But this was the first time I was connected to so many individuals during my creative process. Each one is a part of this painting. Each one helped bring this piece to life.

My usual energy work through the art expanded hundredfold, enhancing the studio experience and final painting.

It’s really hard to describe how moved I felt, knowing I was doing God’s work. I have tears in my eyes recalling how powerful an experience that was.

This prayerful dotting for public prayer requests has now become a part of my practice.

The Symbolism


As with many of my intuitive paintings, I didn’t know what it would represent before I started.

I just immersed myself in the creation of the background layers and stained-glass inspired window frame. It grew from there.

Visions received in meditation and inspiration from contemplating each new layer informed its content.

Now, months later, I see how this 1st Re-Connecting piece was an invitation.

In hindsight, it’s clear how its symbolism was sourced in my Spirit Call to Glastonbury for the Goddess Conference this summer.

I don’t think I was consciously aware of that call yet. I certainly hadn’t heard about the conference.

I’d used waters from the Chalice Well in Glastonbury in its creation – as I have in my paintings for years. But it seems to me that my knowing it was time to finally travel there in person didn’t surface until December.

When my shaman-friend Regina told me that the conference was happening at the time I’d felt guided to travel there, it all made sense.

The Upper

The dancing women celebrating the triskele orb (which could be the sun or the moon) confirmed for me my decision to attend the Sun Lover Goddess Conference. These dancers portray the essence of female gatherings and spiritual rituals with a flavour of the ancient Celtic lands.

The triple spiral Celtic design (triskele) is a symbol of both the active and passive,  a reminder to balance your being and doing. It also represents the harmonious union, motion and transformation achieved through

  • life-death-rebirth,
  • spirit-mind-body,
  • mother-father-child,
  • past-present-future,
  • power-intellect-love,
  • and more.

Every dot in this sphere is a prayer, a seed, a portal to the Divine – nourishing us, the dancers with Divine Love & Light as we journey on our path to our Highest Good.

Above this celestial orb are the angels guiding us on that Path.

And above them is a trefoil Celtic knot called the triquetra. It’s created with 3 vesicae pisces, my favourite sacred geometry found in many of my paintings – including at the joining of the 2 larger circles in the lower half of this one.

Also known as a “trinity knot”, it has been adapted by Christians from ancient Pagan Celtic images as a religious symbol of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Between the dancers are 5 inverted triangles with a dot in the middle. I often paint symbols I receive without knowing their meaning. I knew from previous research that the inverted triangle is a representation of the female, of the womb, of the yoni. What I didn’t know is that the 5 with the dot in the centre is part of the Kali Yantra, a symbol of the Hindu Goddess of time, transformation, breath, and Divine Love.

Together, the symbols in the upper half of “Every Dot a Prayer” honour both my Catholic roots and more universal spirituality influenced by every dance step of my journey in this and previous lifetimes.

The Middle

Within the circles joining in a non-delineated vesica pisces is the tree of life, another common symbol in my art.

The chalice behind it evolved as I painted the profile of the man and woman’s faces behind the tree of life. It’s the shape between the couple if you look at the coppers instead of the blue. It takes a while for some to spot the faces. They’re looking at each other.

This isn’t a new symbol. I remembered it from psychology class after I’d painted it. It’s Rubin’s vase – an “intuitive demonstration of the figure–ground distinction the brain makes during visual perception”. It’s a reminder here that what we see changes. Reality isn’t always as we think it to be.

In my painting, this top circle of the vesica pisces represents the sacredness of relationship through lifetimes – the feminine/masculine within each of us as well as the soul mate relationships that move us forward in our growth as we connect to Truth.

The green moss agate stone at the eye level of the couple and at the core of the tree is a stabilizing stone that is strongly connected with Nature. Its metaphysical healing meanings include:

  • helping you to see the beauty in all you behold
  • new beginnings
  • releasing spiritual or emotional blockages
  • attracting abundance
  • improving self-esteem
  • reducing fear and deep-seated stress

It’s embedded in mica for the added energy of love & compassion.

The Lower

The roots of the Tree of Life reach far below to dip into a shallow bowl of sacred water.

Oh how I wish I’d written down more details about the vision I received during meditation while I was creating this piece and the insights that followed. Months later, I only remember reflections in the water, but no details.

I usually share a lot about the creative process on Facebook as I paint, but since we weren’t allowed to share visuals on social media during the Arts & Letters adjudication period, I don’t have notes to go back to.  Live & learn.

I do remember how significant this shallow bowl was. It wasn’t a chalice but a bowl. Was it a scrying bowl to see deeper within the Self? An offering for our Nature Spirits to drink in the lower realms? It’s wide open to interpretation – as is the whole painting.

For now, the bottom circle represents how our roots take their nourishment from our visions, our dreams. We are sourced from the very flow of ancient sacred waters across the borders of time and space. We emerge from the well of being-ness, beyond what the eyes can see.

Your Layers of Meaning

There’s so much more to this painting, I’m sure.

You’re only seeing the final layers but there are many layers of symbolism and energy beneath this final layer. I was totally absorbed in the process and only took photos once it was over.

I knew once it was done, however, that it was one of the most powerful paintings created through me and I’m honoured this was recognized by the jury for the Arts & Letters Awards.

What other meanings or feelings emerge in you as you contemplate it? Please share in the comments below.

For Sale- Original & Prints

Title: Every Dot a Prayer
Year: © 2018
Size: 48 “ x 24 “ (122 cm x 61 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
SOLD
You can order prints of various sizes  & mediums here.

*As soon as this painting was finished, it told me its price. The number I received is more than I usually ask for paintings this size, but I trust my intuition. 

At The Rooms

The exhibition of all winners & selected entries in the youth and senior (adult) categories from poetry to music to visual arts was at The Rooms in St. John’s until May 20th 2019.

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Welcome to My Studio – a video introduction

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Keep scrolling for French video with English captions.

How good are you at asking for help? What about being in the public eye? I got to do a lot of both for the whole month of March as one of the top 10 finalists in the national FrancoStar talent competition.

If you’re a Facebook Friend or following my Facebook Page, you likely came across my daily requests for votes.

Thank you to my fellow Canadians if you took the time to fill out a ballot once, a few times, or daily as some of you told me you did! Wow!

I may not have won, but I feel like a winner (minus the cash prize).

I truly appreciate the energy and well-wishes that were flowing my way.

Repeatedly asking for votes was a stretch for me. I didn’t want to annoy you.

When people started commenting that they appreciated the daily reminders and easy access to the link, it was yet another opportunity to see how we limit ourselves with false perceptions and fear.

People are busy. They’re inundated with demands on their attention and distractions.

Even though I’m at the centre of my world, I forgot to vote on a couple of days…

If you need help, ask! And ask again. Don’t assume people can guess what you need or remember in a few days.

Sometimes you need to put yourself out there. Reach out to ask for what you need or want. You may be very surprised. Just let go of expectations and don’t take it personally if people have their own reasons not to respond. 

Believe it or not, I’m a very private person. At least I used to be. I wasn’t even on social media before my art became my main focus.

Now, I feel my life is my canvas, a work in progress that I share to inspire others.

Plus getting the word of my art & intuitive services out into the world is a necessity and a challenge as a soulpreneur.

That’s one more reason I’m thrilled I created this FrancoStar video! I can continue to use it to spread the word of what I do. It took me 2.5 days to make it, learning some new technical skills along the way.

I’ve just added  English captions to it, as requested by one of my fans. So sit back and enjoy this 5-minute introduction, including demonstrations of some of my techniques.

*** If the subtitles don’t automatically show up, click on the CC icon in the bottom right when you hover over the video. You can also use the Settings button to select French subtitles if you’d like.

Click on the video below to play.

Other Channels for Abundance

I’ll admit, one of the reasons I entered the contest was to win the $1,500 cash prize to help finance my summer research trip to Glastonbury in England.

I believe that the Universe has many channels to bring abundance in our lives. If we’re generating that vibration within ourselves, the wealth will find its way to us one way or another.

If you’d like to contribute to my fundraising efforts and be one of the channels for the Universe to do its work, there are still 37 Limited Edition Spirit Calling Card decks that I had printed to cover part of my travel costs.

It’s a gift that keeps on giving – a tool to help you access your intuition for a creatively fulfilling life.

They’re $111 CAD for 88 cards.  Learn more here.

Buy Your Limited Edition Signed Deck Now

 

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The Universe is My Creative Playground

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“The Universe is my Creative Playground” (24″ x 48″) –  Prints available.

In true intuitive painting form, I had no idea what this 6th piece in my Re-Connecting Collection would become. I’d asked my Team of Divine Helpers for the next autobiographical piece and trusted in the process.

You don’t have to know where you’re going to take the next inspired step!

The vision for it only came to me as I was contemplating the finished window frame design.

That’s when I saw the breasts a woman filling the peaks of the frame and and her figure leaning all the way back, hair hanging down, looking straight at me.

The image was very sensual at first, yet kept flipping to a playful laughing vision of a child hanging upside down from a monkey bar.

At that point, I understood that the theme for this painting was both passion & play.

It’s only later, as I was painting the hair and listening to Steve Nobel’s “Affirmations: Awaken the Unlimited Artist Within” (see video below) that the full meaning became clear.

This painting is a tribute to creativity in all areas of my life.

Its name, “The Universe is my Creative Playground”, is one of the affirmations in Steve’s video.

The Layers of Creativity

I’ll admit, this painting was a challenge. Bringing my vision to canvas stretched my artistic skills.

I don’t usually paint faces for a variety of reasons. So having a face that took up the majority of the space meant figuring out how do it in a style that was harmonious with my usual painting voice.

At first, I didn’t know how to let the Universe in the background to come through – honouring the mix of body & spirit.

As one of Steve’s affirmations says, however, “The creative edge exists beyond the familiar“.

And as I also affirmed over and over while listening and painting: “I am the embodiment of compassionate creative expression. I know that creativity is the antithesis of perfectionism.  I know I am imperfectly perfect in all my creative expressions. This is the creative way. I seek the heights of imperfection. In this way, I break through to new levels of creative freedom – free from the bounds of my negative ego.”

Accepting and moving beyond these layers of the creative process is what allowed this painting to come into being – purposefully asymmetrical and slightly off-centre.

Seeing this painting live is a whole different experience. The iridescent gold and violet layers on top of the white can only be seen from some angles. She’s alive!

 

What are Your Forms of Creative Expression?

Do you sometimes have hair dreams? For as long as I remember, I’ve tested out new hairdos and colours in my sleep. What I was really, doing, however, was preparing for and integrating what I needed for the next transition in my life. Many of the big changes on my journey were preceded by a hair dream.

In my waking hours, however, I had very long blond hair most of my adult life.

One day, while living in Saskatoon, I turned my head upside down and started chopping it to be a version of what it still is today. Once a professional cleaned it up a little… ok, a lot…, it became a part of my new identity.

I remember a friend’s mother commenting that big things were about to happen in my life – that this drastic and creative cut was a symbol of my opening up to new possibilities. It was true.

The hair in “The Universe is my Creative Playground” represents the creative flow and holds within it the forms of my creative expressions: painting, photography, writing, simple living, dancing, nature time, inner child time (I love swings), romantic expression, teaching, intuitive living, visioning meditation, third eye opening, and travel.

What are your forms of creative expression?

Helping Your Creative Voice

I chose to give the figure an orange top in this painting as it’s the colour of the Sacral Chakra, the centre for creativity. This top is lined in green dots, adding heart chakra energy to the mix.

I also placed a lapis lazuli stone at the sacred 1/4 mark of the canvas, at the throat chakra, to help with creative expression.

Lapis lazuli activates the third eye while opening and balancing the energies of the throat chakra, for the expression of our personal truth out into the world.

This stone is embedded in pearl coloured mica chips, adding the needed energies of love & compassion for creativity to flow.

Creativity Opens New Ways of Seeing

There’s a reason kids like to hang upside down. Go ahead. Try it!

Did you? Really?  Stop right now, lie on your bed and hang off the edge to look back. Then smile if you aren’t already.

This happy, healthy, and creative woman has a sparkle in her eye because she’s living in alignment with her True Self.

She’s expressing it in all she is and all she does, opening new ways of seeing in herself and others.

This is what I want to be reminded of when I see this painting. This is the mirror I want to live up to.

To strengthen that association, I added my birthmark in her right eye.

Title: The Universe is my Creative Playground
Year: © 2019
Size: 48 “ x 24“ (122 cm x61 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics, lapis lazuli, mica & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Original – NFS
Prints available in many sizes / medium.

Affirmations for Creativity

When I’m not using the meditations that I’ve channeled (visit my YouTube channel), I’m using Steve Nobel’s. I strongly resonate with his work.

He also has a series of affirmation videos that I like to play while I’m working on tasks around the home or studio.

This is Steve’s video I was listening to as I was working on the layers of the hair, giving me a much deeper appreciation and understanding of this evolving painting.

It’s a perfect summary of what it celebrates with such affirmations as:

“Life is creative. I am one with the creativity of life. I am one with the creative force within the Universe.”

“I have a powerful imagination. This imagination is the gateway to many worlds. Through this creative gateway, I am free to explore. Free to explore other ways of conceiving. Free to explore other ways of perceiving. Free to explore other opportunities for creative expression.”

“New ideas flow through me gracefully and easily. I’m a channel for creative expression.”

“The world supports my creativity. The world supports my creative dreams. The world supports my creative projects. The world supports my authentic creative expression.”

“Divine inspiration surrounds and infuses my being.”

“I see the world through fresh eyes. I am born anew each day.”

“Life is my canvas.”

“The Universe is my creative playground.”

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The Perfect Unfolding – the painting

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Emerging fully as our True Selves – from love & in love – isn’t a straightforward process.

The 5th painting in my Re-Connecting Collection, “The Perfect Unfolding”, celebrates this journey to Self-Love.

Like the lotus, whose seed gives birth in the mud, we too must travel through and reach past the murky waters to blossom & bloom. We too must let go of the dirt of life to discover who we truly are.

The lotus doesn’t cling to the mud of its roots. It sheds it as its long stems reach through the cleansing waters up towards the light.

Even its leaves develop a self-cleansing waxy yet rough texture that causes droplets to bead on their surface to then carry the dirt away as they roll off.

We too are asked to let the blessed waters of Truth cleanse us of the details of our human origins, back into our pure, natural, beautiful and divine essence.

It’s not about growing into something new. It’s about uncovering what was always there, from the very beginning.

So let’s not skulk in the mire to get caught in the jumble of stalks. That would only stunt our growth.

Instead, let’s honour what’s helped shape us into who we are today. And let’s allow what no longer serves us to bead off us through our own God-given self-cleansing properties as we continue to reach for the light.

Just as the lotus bud emerges perfectly clean from the waters and raises itself  above the surface, so too are we given a chance to be reborn in our acceptance of who we truly are… divine spiritual beings in human bodies.

The perfect unfolding of each lotus petal is different for every one of us.

The fragrance and colours of our lives leading to this moment are as unique as we are. They’ve shaped up. They’ve nourished us. They’ve strengthened and challenged us. But the call to self-love beckons us all.

From the seed of perfection, through the mud, to the light, please hear the call for love, forgiveness, acceptance, and celebration of your magnificence.

As you let go of the mud, your nakedness calls for vulnerability and strength, openness and courage. It’s time to stop hiding. It’s time to sparkle & shine as your perfect unfolding.

It’s time to let go of the fear-based voices from your parents, teachers, leaders & peers. Only keep the love. Reconcile apparent value and belief conflicts. Shed any caked up lies that affected your self-esteem.

It’s time to embrace your worthiness. You are more than enough.  You’re amazing!

Choose to see yourself through the eyes of your soul, through the eyes of pure love. Honour your body temple in all its sensuality. Get back to your heart to laugh, live and play.

This is the time to shine your light and to live true to your inner guidance, to your real values, to the flow of life and spirit in harmony.

You are part of the sacred geometry, of the divine plan, of the Flower of Life. 

Re-connect with your divine origin, that sacred seed that contained within it the cycles of creation to your full potential.

Love yourself back on track, back into balance.

Celebrate who you truly are and trust that as you ask for Guidance from your own soul, Team of Divine Helpers, and Source Itself, you will be shown the way back home to your pure and radiant Self.

May the blossoming of your heart guide you to the inspirational insights, sexual healing, and self-love processes you need to emerge more fully as your True Self.

Answering the Call

As I was connecting with my Team of Divine Helpers and painting “The Perfect Unfolding”, I was shown that this isn’t about ignoring the circumstances of our growth – the events, people, places, belief systems, blessings & challenges.

In fact, the many hours spent on this piece brought many of these back to the surface for me.

At times, it was like the movie of your life some say you receive right before your death.  In this case, however, it was the movie of my sexual evolution right before what feels like another rebirth.

I was reminded of so many significant moments from girlhood to womanhood – some that brought back smiles and others forgiveness, gratitude, understanding, and compassion for myself and others.

I wrote many down, thinking they’d be a part of this blog post. Then I deleted them all, realizing that it wasn’t about sharing or keeping the details. These were brought back to the surface so I could see them and let them go – the seemingly good & bad in non-judgment.

After that, I had to take a day to myself to just allow the emotions and process to naturally evolve before I could write this post – no matter what I’d scheduled in my agenda. Synchronistically, this was on International Women’s Day.

And now I continue to blossom…

I know that my being guided to travel to Glastonbury next summer at the same time as the Sun Lover Goddess Conference is a part of that journey for me.

I bought my early bird mystery ticket to this 9-day event back in December, as soon as I was guided.

Then, I was surprised at some of the programming once it was unveiled in February.

This conference may not be something I would have consciously sought out, but I know to trust my Guidance. There are no accidents here. Glastonbury has been on my radar for years, but this is the summer I was called to physically make my way there.

I’m open to the next stage of my Perfect Unfolding.

More on the Symbolism of The Perfect Unfolding

Window Frame

The stained-glass window inspired framed of this painting was created with granular gel, large acrylic beads painted in multicoloured iridescent paint.

This texture symbolizes the details of our lives, the framework in which we chose to be born into so we could blossom. 

There’s no lotus without mud.

I believe that prior to birth, our souls made agreements with other souls to experience our blessings & challenges to somehow contribute to the Highest Good of all. When I recognized the truth of this for myself decades ago, it became much easier to love both myself & others.

The Seed

I used what I believe is an ocean jasper stone to represent the lotus seed. This is the same stone as my main ceremonial healing stone from my Munay-ki rites of passage. The ocean jasper is a powerful yet soothing energy that guides us back to our True Selves with joy. It helps to move us through the ebbs & flows of our challenges with ease & grace.

This stone is embedded in mica, infusing it and our path with the energy of love & compassion. Indeed, a shift in perception can help us see our mud as a call for greater love & compassion.

The Lotus

The lotus is a spiritual symbol for life, purity, enlightenment, promise, grace, strength, and beauty.

You’ll find a lot on the web about the various meanings of the lotus in different cultural and religious traditions.

The Flower of Life

The orb behind the figure is an ancient sacred geometrical symbol called The Flower of Life. Created with 19 intersecting circles and encompassing so many other sacred symbols, it depicts the cycles of creation.

I’d seen an intricate lattice design at the top of my painting in visions, but couldn’t make out the specifics of it until I started working on the design of the figure.

As I write below, she reminded me of Aphrodite. Reading up on her, I learned of her association with the Flower of Life, sparking the knowing that this is what was meant to be in the background, like a glowing moon and sun.

I spent an entire morning dotting this symbol after asking my Facebook Friends for the names of those who needed a dot & a prayer dedicated to them. Although autobiographical, this painting is a about so many more than just me. It’s about you too!

This is such a re-connecting practice – with Source, community & my purpose to explore and express my love of beauty and the beauty of love.

Sure, there are times when I’m painting and listening to podcasts or documentaries, but I love my hours of chanting & praying for family, friends, and strangers. We all make a difference in the ways that come naturally to us. This is one of mine.

It’s a reminder to me, as is this symbol, that all life and consciousness arises from one source.  Learn more about the Flower of Life from this website.

The Goddess

She is me, she is you. She is the goddess within every one of us.

As I was drawing her design, she reminded me of the Greek Aphrodite and the Roman Venus, goddesses of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. I had to do a Google search to remind myself that the famous painting of Venus had her standing in a seashell.

The goddess born of the lotus was the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, goddess of wealth & beauty.

I’m not known for my memory for details. Like everything, all I’ve seen, read, and experienced has become a part of me and my art. And it’s become a part of this figure too.

It was important for me to design her (and therefore myself) as a voluptuous, open, strong, spirited, sensual and divine being. She’s not hiding herself. She’s not covered in shame or judgment. She’s free. She’s true. She’s balanced in the heart of that lotus and grateful for all that she is and all that she faces. She’s unapologetic and pure, radiating from unconditional love.

As one of my Facebook Friends, Anna Carroll, wrote when she saw the initial drawing, she’s “the divine feminine, voluptuous, all knowing, sacred, loving, compassionate, giving and inviting.”  Well said.

Under all that gold, she’s multicoloured. But it was important for me to bring her back to the iridescent bright gold, made with mica dust filled with the energy of  love & compassion.

I’ve long talked about our being like a bar of gold, covered with dust and needing to return to our core essence & value. The lotus analogy in the mud corresponds nicely.

So here, she’s back to her golden essence, this time magnified by a layer of glass beads that plays with the light. Glass is also a symbol of transformation, merging of elements, rebirth, focus, and communication.

For Sale

 

The original “The Perfect Unfolding” is 24″ x 48″ and $3,700 CAD.
Mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas: acrylics, glass beads, ocean jasper stone. No framing required.
Original – SOLD
Prints available in many sizes/medium here…

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