thankful {things I love} thursday ...

"I love getting older.

My understanding deepens.

I can see what connects.

I can weave stories of experience and apply them.

I can integrate the lessons.

Things simply become more and more fascinating.

Beauty reveals itself in thousands of forms"

~Victoria Erickson~

Sparrow Studio Altar

~thankful {things I love} Thursday ~ 

music 

a gentle smudge of sparrow studio

candles lit

... tons of ideas & projects floating around in my head

my little studio altar

grounds me the moment I walk into my little sparrow studio

I light candles

put on music

and spend a few moment to settle in 

before I begin

I make a few changes seasonally

but some things remain the same, like my gratitude jar

... a small slip of paper is added daily of one thing I am thankful for that day x

painted leaves, bark and feathers

anyone who knows me 

knows how much I adore quotes.

I had the idea for a while to paint a little quote keeper box.

smudge sticks created from my own garden

have dried beautifully

treasures to watch over me

Thankful {things I love} Thursday ...

...Thankful for  all the little treasures on my sparrow studio altar

Art

for me

is like

breathing

"Art enable us

to find ourselves

and lose ourselves

at the same time"

~Thomas Merton~

"If you ask me

what I came to do in this world,

I, an artist, will answer you:

I am here

to live

out loud"

~Emile Zola~

"Artists feel what they're carrying and feel it vividly.

In order to make their art

they must find their edges

and soften there.

Art {like love} was never about safety.

To love an artist

is to fall into a sea

of deep

soulful

courageous

wild living"

~Victoria Erikson~

sweet grass tea lights

"I am an instrument

in a shape

of  a woman"

~Adrienne Rich~

sing the song ...

I have wanted & waited a long time for a Tibetan singing bowl.

The very first time I heard one, it's beautiful sound resonated with me .

Each time I went into a shop that sold singing bowls, there was always a few that I was drawn to,

and I would pick up the striker, tap the side of the bowl and listen ...

each one making it's own unique sound

wondering ... was this the bowl for me? knowing that I was patient enough to wait ...

and that it would appear at the right time.

and "the one for me" appeared

her sound is sweet and gentle and soothing

and well worth the waiting ...

♥

"The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow

appreciate

and honor

the uniqueness

the freedom of each sentient being

to sing

the song

of

their heart"

~Amit Ray~

and in our sparrow garden

there was much singing and happiness today also ...

baby sparrows

{be still my heart} ♥

watching them out of our kitchen window as mama sparrow

took pieces of fresh suet from the basket to feed her babes

& with my IPad on the kitchen table, I picked it up and managed to record mama feeding her little ones {on my Instagram page if you would like to see it}

♥

d xo