SMILES!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019!
What's your favorite Happy Picture?
Zoe: "When you feel blue, get out the sweater in your photo, wear it, or wrap yourself in it~ or drape it in your room and all happy times will come right back "Instantly!"
Family, Friends, Food, Pets, Vacations, and more "step in time" and parade before us in endless formats....
*Happy Photo Album (a few real print-outs) in a small album can bring instant happy memories for a relative or friend, or you.. Digital is good, ethereal and instant, but hands on photos, even faded or black and white, have an energy all their own.
Happy Music, chosen for the moment, what music or song do I need right now? Upbeat? Dance, Sing Along, or quiet and calming? That's a good question...turning on the music now.
Meditation, Relaxation instant calm, even 1-2 minutes of reset makes a difference
Symbols: Butterfly, twigs and branches, stars, clouds, think of them, draw or paint, bright color~ Imagine~
"Simple" One Liners...dancing tree
Pen on Paper...one minute~ carefree
Enter Winter Wolf
"A long time ago" I started a wolf painting, he went nowhere, I brought him to Michigan where he received a new life, slowly. In painting him, I realized wolf was becoming our Collie pictured above....alert eyes, energy, watchfulness, intelligence, silence....
Every winter the painting comes into our living room. This year, instead of being on a stone ledge high on our mantel, he is near the floor on a ledge. He likes it there! The light is softer, and his eyes light up when the winter sun filters over him bringing a new feeling of depth and dimension. Natural sunlight brings artwork to a life of its own.
Paint Your Dreams
Seeing the Wolf Star CMA
CMA, "Canis Major" constellation appeared the other night on a moonless night filled with winter stars. We went out to view in awe and wonder. The air crisp, the night windless. Perfect. When I looked up to view Orion, the Hunter, and Sirius, The Wolf Star, I imagined the same glee my dad and I had when we first saw these constellations, years ago, with the red covered booklet and flashlight in hand in hand to guide us through the maps of stars and legends.
The above painting, Our Christmas Puppy was made with two colors: cerulean blue and titanium white, no brushes....just Q-tips! Quick Clean Up. One afternoon, the winter sunlight filtered across the painting....and lit up Sirius The Wolf Star! Quickly I captured the fleeting light beam. Sirius, viewed in the night sky, is a beacon of blue white light, like a diamond sparkling on black velvet.
Tonight Jan 6, we celebrate our Epiphany Kitten, who appeared freezing on our doorstep in a blizzard four years ago....We coaxed him inside for warmth and food. Today Ruff is "our mane event." He is our Collie/Sheltie personality in a Cat Body. Just like our Collie, Sky, Ruff closes his eyes in contentment when I brush him.....we both smile,
The Mane Event
Write Your Name on an Invisible Page
Create with Invisible Co-Stars
There is no Difference between the Visible and the Invisible....Space Time and Light~
Blog Search Key Words: Collie, dog, wolf, cat, memory, creativity
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Mind Games: I dreamed my Collies into life~
Rocky's Road
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A Strong Clear Vision
Winter Wolf
All Eyes
Sirius Blue
Our Christmas Puppy
By An Unfaltering Trust
All Alone in the Universe
Chasing Shadows
Epiphany
Resources:
*Happiness Enhancers:
Feel Better Fast and Make it Last, book, suggestions by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
Animation:
Fantasia, The Lion King and more animated features. Mary Poppins original and remake, animated characters interact, with actors. So Dear to My Heart, Walt Disney Productions
Kids Cartoons for all ages:
Wild Kratts, Peg + Cat, on PBS.org My Little Pony (Hasbro Allspark Entertainment) on DFCH and other sources
Music:
Song of the Day: Cherry Tree Carol, Hose Feliciano, Sony-BMG Music Entertainment, 2008
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Photos:
Sky and Dahlis in Iowa, Happy Times, photo by Rob
One Liners, Dancing Tree, ink on paper by Dahlis
Winter Wolf, oil painting by Dahlis
Our Christmas Puppy, oil painting by Dahlis, The Wolf Star
The Mane Event, Ruff, photo by Dahlis
