oracle art

Currently on My Art Table: An Ode to Cicada and their Special Emergence this Summer.

A few weeks ago I began to hear about a phenomona which hasn’t happened since 1803 and how this summer millions of cicadas will emerge in the midwest.

There is a 13 year called Brood XIX and a 17 year called Brood XIII of cicada emerging during this summer and what is being called a co-emergence. These two specific broods with different life cycles co-emerge only every 221 years.

Soooo, as I’ve been hearing more about this special event I’ve also heard some ‘negative’ press with the warning: ‘Cover your ears! It will be deafening!’

This perspective immediately made me want to be an advocate for Cicada and encourage us to lean into what it is we can see about ourselves and learn from Cicada at this time.

It has me pondering where in our lives are we not singing our own songs? I see this rare occurrence and this large body of Cicada coming up from underground as a mirror to guide us back to remembering why we are here on this planet. And that we are here to sing from our hearts! A time for us to come out of from the darkness we’ve been in and forgetting that we are here to explore, discover, evolve, and emerge into more of a state of peace and joy .

And instead of covering our ears, it’s an invitation to open them and ‘tune into’- as in really listening deeply – to what it is we may need to actually hear within our own inner world to help us to live in the truth of who we really are.

It’s an opportunity to add our voice to this co-emergence that we just happen to be here for at this time as again, it only happens every 221 years. And and how exciting is it we are here to witness this!?

I’ll be adding an oracle message to the back and once complete this Cicada will be for sale here my website.

P.S. If you’d like to learn more about where in the midwest they will emerge and other information, I found this website helpful:  https://cicadas.uconn.edu/

XO

Barb

    

Rabbits and Mushroom Animal Oracle Collage Art…For Sale. Plus Chipmunk Prints.

Rabbits and Mushroom w/personalized oracle message 5″ x 7″ $45.00 + $5.00 shipping. You can buy it here. SOLD!

Early one morning, the day after I began creating this rabbit and mushroom animal oracle art collage, I woke to see two rabbits chasing each other in my backyard.

As I continue to create pieces of animal oracle art the personal bonus for me is a deeper connection to the natural world. While sometimes I create because I am inspired by an animal I encounter, sometimes I come across an image or photo in a magazine or on Instagram and that is what inspires my creative juju to flow. Either way, it’s always a great feeling as I can hardly wait to get to my art table to begin the creative process!

This time it was an image I saw on Instagram that got my mind to open to a new possibility. Then when I saw the two rabbits playing outside Joyful Pause Cottage the day after I’d laid out how I wanted the collage to look, well, that was just another wink from the Universe that it was exactly where I was meant to be in this creation.

The collages I’ve made so far (and sold most of them) include dried flowers, leaves, and/or feathers I find around my cottage or on my daily walks. This one has Queen Anne’s Lace, as well as, some dried leaves. No doubt the rabbits love to take time to stop and smell the flowers and also enjoy bedding down in the leaves for extra warmth.

This 5″ x 7″ collage, which comes with a personalized oracle message that is included on the back, is for sale in my Etsy shop. It is $45.00 plus $5.00 shipping. If it is calling to you, you can buy it here. SOLD! Or you can email me at barb@joyfulpaws.com.  I take checks, PayPal and Venmo. 

Many of my originals that I’ve sold I also now have prints for sale of them as either 5″ x 7″ or 8″ x 10.” This chipmunk is a recent print I added to my Etsy shop here

And what inspired this one was this sassy little one who was determined to stock up on birdseed for the coming winter months…and I might add, he/she was quite successful!…and as I finish writing this post is back again for more! 🙂

          

XO

Barb

                  

Animal Wisdom Oracle Reading – We Shine Together – Week of Dec. 28, 2020

Here we go! The last reading for 2020. Let’s take what we’ve learned as a strength and carry it with us today and into the New Year. Rabbit, Dove, and a few more winged creatures offer guidance – plus pick a card for a personal message for this the last week of 2020! 

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xo,

Barbara

Cards: The Spirit Animal Oracle by Colette Baron-Reid

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