The Perfect Unfolding – the painting

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

 

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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