Pages

Monday, 23 May 2016

My artist prayer

I've been attending a local Artists Way group, which I've taken as a serendipitous sign on my own journey as an artist, and a chance to meet up with other creative folk who want to meet up and talk about their creative journey. One of the exercises is an artists prayer, here is mine.

May I sit here, inspired by nature. Each grain of sand, each vein of leaf and love of the land.

May I sit here, wild and free as the birds who soar, curious explorers on their pilgrim way.

May I sit here, In love with colour, moving forwards, finding my own way home.

May I sit here, in awe of what may be. Open to possibility, trusting in the process. Feeling my way home with a trusting heart. 
Author - CM Sheehan
Art by C SheehanArt

This is part of my journey and means so much for me. I've been feeling very much in a time of shift, from one season to another. I've been a stay at home mama now since 2012 and the time is coming where it's time to open up to new possibilities. To consider what my income streams will be as I move back into the workplace.It's more than that, it's a journey I'm continuing from when i started self development that led to me becoming a coach. I'm constantly curious about my own way forwards, and I've been feeling stuck, and fearful and anxious and doubtful. There - it's said. 

Do you know what? It's OK. It's ok to say how you feel and it's OK to want to change. I'm ready to open up to ways of possibility rather than fear and doubt, and my prayer is to that sense of open-hearted possibility and commitment that it's all going to be OK.

In my year of "Believe" I'm discovering that I need to do more than just believe. I need to commit. I need to take action. I need to trust. I need to let go of some stuff. And most of all, I need to be kind and compassionate to myself as I unfold and unfurl into these new possibilities and opportunities and hear those small, quiet whispers that have been trying to get my attention of what could be.

I hope you join me on my journey.