live into the fullness

a fullness moment captured of our 14 yr. old son's full living

at an outdoor august wedding reception ~

as the sky filled with

rain & luminous light & rainbow

(& photo complete w/a biffy even! oi vey!)

happy new year.

may it be filled with all of you.

xoxox.

cape(able)

butterflies in winter?

so it seems, so it seems

& more to come

(etsy added with love) xox

inhabit the earth

" inhabit the earth & all her wonders."

(etsy added w/love)

***

merry christmas. happy hanukah.

la hiem!

willow

sending love to all the places you find yourself in.

(etsy added w/love as always)

hand over heart

i am so grateful for heart connections!

winds blew

(etsy added w/love)

peacock whisperer

anything's possible if we listen deep & bravely follow, right?

(etsy added w/love. always w/love.)

woodland of my heart

(etsy added w/love)

free ingree dients

some messiness is needed

in order to be free on the other side

i plan to stitch this

into my clothing & life.

love to all these threads in you.

xox

freedom of possibility

here is a quote

of someone saying what she loves,

now into color,

from last week's listening offering.

thank you all for sharing your loves.

xox

born into color

happy thanksgiving

(etsy added w/love)

monday manuscript baking

(background for this given in september twenty post)

here is a page from later in the manuscript.

it is my final peek.

please now hold this process in *light* as i hope

for the pages to go forward & lovelovelove people.

xox

the art of us/part two of two & a listening offering

here is the rest, continued from my november 11 post.

***

also, i want to extend a listening offering,

inspired by the suggestion of lisa from http://joytoyouandme.blogspot.com/.

if you would like to either send me an email (rachelawes@gmail.com)

or leave a comment here about what YOU love,

i will choose something that moves me to draw

& post it here anonymously toward the end of november

(i'll let that person know through email)

& as for the rest, i will simply send you light & love from my heart,

(as always). yes. xo

monday manuscript baking

(background for this given in september twenty post).

our needs are sooooo worth our heart-drum beat attention!!

xox

the art of us/part one of two

during a recent art retreat, i sat with each person to listen to what they love.

it was then dreamy to choose something they each said & translate it into art,

as they are, as we all are.

i'll post them in two parts. here's the first.

xox

monday manuscript baking

(background for this given in september twenty post).

sending love to your deeps, with all that is swishing in there. xo

rosemary flower butter pumpkin

a friend (dear tim p!) shared w/me that his sister named herself this as a child.

brilliance!

any other names out there?!

monday manuscript baking

(background for this given in september twenty post).

words under her arms read

"& that same evening she said this,

she rode in her car with music up & windows down & felt free!"

~~sending out refreshing winds like spring*ness~~

a golden art bloggers retreat on mn's lake superior/north shore

http://carissapaige.blogspot.com/
http://artsyville.blogspot.com/
http://choosingbeauty.com/
http://happinessthroughart.blogspot.com/
http://heartwingsisters.blogspot.com/
http://innertoddler.blogspot.com/
http://paintedfishstudio.com/

http://allididwaslisten.blogspot.com/

& also treasured here/couldn't make it this time...
http://chrissygardner.blogspot.com/
http://valentinaramos.blogspot.com/

we are ALL spun in gold.

all we have to do is listen.

xox

monday manuscript baking

(background for this given in september twenty post).

aren't we all in this together? xo

bare selves

i was playing with patterns for possible collaging & it made me happy to look at them just for the sake of their bare selves. just like you & me, dearhearts!

monday manuscript baking

(background for this given in september twenty post).

what are your most important things? xo

gorgeous

aren't we all gorgeous?!

hugs to you,

each & every one.

monday manuscript baking

(background for this given in september twenty post).

shining out huge encouragement to your living intos, w/love. xo

she always loved love letters...

"she would tuck them all into shoeboxes & into her dresser drawer & into secret jean jacket pockets & she knew that there would always be room for papers such as these."
xo

monday manuscript baking

(background for this given in sept. twenty post).

sending laughter across the waters~~~w/love.