Commune With Community in Carbonear

Are you an introvert or extrovert?

Have your early experiences nurtured a sense of community in you or turned you away from it?

Have you found your tribe, or are you still wondering if yours even exists?

What does community mean to you?

This is what I’ll be exploring during my time as Artist in Residence at Ocean View Gallery in Carbonear from April 14-20.

As soon as I received intuitive guidance that painting # 7 of 11 in my Re-Connecting Collection would be on the theme of community, I asked Tammy Wrice-Paetkau if I could spend a week of my “Communion Exhibition” at her gallery to explore the theme and create this painting on location.

She welcomed the idea, offering to host me in her home and opening her gallery to its first Artist in Residence experience.

Come join us for a week of offerings in Carbonear as we explore the meaning & feeling of community together:

• Tune In Morning Meditations & Community Walks
• Artist In Residence – Live Painting
• Intuitive Painting Workshop
• “Communion” Exhibition – April 1-20

Exploring community in community seems a lot more fruitful than doing it alone in my studio.

I’ve been spending a lot of time on my own lately, so I gladly accepted the inner call.

It’ll be a stretch of my comfort zones, but I’m open to the growth that comes from answering such intuitive calls.

Most of my work – the painting and intuitive services for clients – is done alone in my studio.

I do my yoga & dancing first thing in the morning alone at home and enjoy my solo nature walks, swims, skates, etc.

I also cherish my time with my few close friends, am glad I have a house sister, and am grateful I pushed myself to join a weekly French comedy improv league and kirtan chanting group.

If I didn’t make the effort, however, I could go for very long periods of time on my own …. although I’m never really alone.

I find connecting on a vertical plane with my Team of Divine Helpers a lot simpler at times than connecting on a horizontal plane with people.

I love my alone time and flexible schedule. So I’m both scared and excited at letting these go for an intensive week of scheduled time in public.

Luckily, I’m also aware of how much I love to channel, teach, lead, and connect heart to heart. So I welcome this change of scene and routine.

Yes, I’m looking forward to all the opportunities to give and receive, listen and share, create and be. I know I’ll be learning as much about myself as I will about those who choose to come spend time with me during my week in full community immersion.

As I said, it’s a welcome stretch that I know Spirit has helped me line up in order to emerge more fully into my True Self to better serve and be with others.

As a hypersensitive introverted child, I learned to prefer my alone time, especially in nature. I shied away from the conditional dramas of human relationships.

As I moved around 3 continents and 5 provinces, I got to be a part of (and sometimes apart from) many communities.

As I traveled, my preference was always to make 1-2 close friends, including my ex-husband who traveled with me for 10 years.

In the Czech Republic at 26, I discovered a social side to me I didn’t know existed. Welcomed in the village of Adamov for a month before moving to the city to teach, I got to witness and be a part of a rich community life. It was amazing!

It wasn’t until I moved to Saskatoon at the age of 40, however, that I really got to settle into the experience of belonging to a community. I’d never met so many soul family members in one location before. I’d found my tribe. It opened my eyes and my heart, helping me grow even more into my True Self.

My whole life has been an exploration and expression of my love of beauty and the beauty of love. It’s an evolving journey of understanding and nurturing unconditional love in myself and for others.

It’s been a conscious journey. In my 50s, I’m still exploring what community means to me. In Carbonear, I’ll also be exploring what it means to others.

I’d so enjoyed my weekend in Carbonear during the opening of my 2017 exhibition at Ocean View Gallery. I’d experienced how genuinely loving and supportive Tammy is.

She’s an extraordinary woman and a great role model!

Her enthusiastic “Yes, let’s do it!” following my request earlier this year didn’t surprise me.

This will be the first time the gallery hosts an artist in residence.

Tammy will be putting me up in her home, feeding me, lending me her truck to get to the gallery for early morning meditation, and doing all she can for this to be a mutually beneficial experience for me, her community, visitors from out of town, and I trust for herself too.

The energy is building!

If you’re in Newfoundland, I hope you’ll make the trip to Carbonear. Come experience and share what community means to you!

The exhibition is on from April 1-20, and I’ll be there in person April 14-20th.  Join me!

No matter where you are, feel free to comment below about your most cherished aspect of community.