I call this one Galactic Dragon. I painted this to support the astrology forecast for 2024. Every year Janet Conner joins forces with Emma Kupu Mitchell and Marcia Wade to give us unsights about what the stars have in store for us the coming year. This year will be a wild ride and much of it is about Dragons.

Did you know that our sweet little solar system contains objects in the Kuiper Belt? Far far away these are newly discovered stars, asteroids etc., that have been named from mythology all over our planet. These objects are rotating in and out of the Milky Way nowadays bringing their energy to us. The synopsis is HANG ON PEOPLE!!! We are on the brink of change. Polarities are going to settle.

Zhulong the torch dragon tells us that our creativity is on fire. As in literally zooming out of our every pore. On fire.

Ceto the primordial sea goddess dragon is the mother of monsters. She adores all her children and is here to show us that we can be both/and sometimes, you don’t have to choose. And please, don’t trap yourself in any situation you aren’t ok with. And even monsters have mamas who adore them.

The dragon called Ladon is half woman and half snake. Imagine if you had the world view as a human AND as a snake. Overall with these 3 and many more it’s time for us to look with new eyes, and if you’re too weary borrow visions from someone you trust. See what’s possible. If all we can imagine is war and buying stuff, that’s what we’ll get. Come on, I’m for nurtured children gardens galore puppies cooperation beauty flowers popcorn fresh air and rest for the weary, justice, peace. Put on your dragon eyes and see it with me!!

Astrological wisdom isn’t from me but from Emma and Marcia Wade. If you want readings check out the links above in the first paragraph. Those women know their stuff.

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Wise Woman. Where has she been? Can you hear her? Her shuffling bent feet, the smoothed walking stick, her robes shifting. She’s easier for me to hear in the winter. The snow quiets the whole world. The animals rest and eat and sleep and create offspring. The water rushes around but muffled underneath the ice. One tree doesn’t lose its leaves until the new ones pop in the spring. Those are the only leaves I hear in winter, a dry rustling sound, a secret message, calling the deer to come and chew on nutritious bark. Nature knows. She knows.

Wise woman is not about power-over or hierarchy, she’s in collaboration with. We don’t even know her name. The snow, her cloak, also makes connections. At night, the coyotes off in the distance give me shivers. I hear them more clearly in the cold somehow. Maybe science would tell me their sound waves bounce off the tiny icy snow particles. Light sparkles the perfect snowflakes to catch my attention, the stars are the same. Moonshadows on the snow connect me to the cosmos just by looking out my window from my pillow. With one glance I’m in two places at once. Those are her songs. If you’re quiet, you can hear her.

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PENTIMENTO: noun. a visible trace of earlier painting beneath a layer or layers of paint on a canvas.

I saw that word and it perked my attention. It has to do with art but I’m thinking it has to do with life. 

The image above is a Visual Medicine image of mine on top. The bottom is a photo of cave art from Australia of  MIMI Spirits.

“a visible trace of earlier…” as soon as I pulled that painting off the sheet it was drying on and turned it over (this is a back) I saw these people, walking across the stone wall. My friend Shea Settimi was the one who knew about and identified the Mimi Spirit art, shown below my art. This is about time and layers and how our lives are all woven on top of underneath between and within. 

I am because my MotherFatherGreatgrandmotherYougettheidea is/was, right? We humans are our experiences, our DNA, our ancestors, the land we live on, the plants/creatures we eat, the stories we tell.

This weaving fascinates me. YOU are part of it too if you are reading this. Many incredible people humans creatures clouds paints went into my self to make me who I am now. I think that will change by noon today, depending on who writes, what art I see, the music I hear, etc.

We are social creatures. Pentimento is why I feel collaborations are thrilling. Intentionally creating layers of contribution with other humans evolves all of us, lights up those who crave it and makes everything rich.

Who or what are you collaborating with?

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The ankh. I don’t know much of the intelligence behind it but I sure do love icons/symbols. From my reading I learn that the ankh means LIFE. This rosary is on her way to way out west. I made it with knotted cord which makes the rosary very flexible and soft in your hands. The itty bitty knots are fussy and my hurting hand has to do these bit by bit but the pretty knots are so worth it. If you’re inspired to have your own rosary or mala, send me a message at azro@madriver. Did you know this is filled with M A G I C ?