Dear Beautiful Painters,

I am using this time to go deep inside in my own painting, dreaming and ritual process. I am finishing a story that I have been working on and thinking about for the past 20 years. Can I inspire you to begin or complete soul work you have been thinking about?

Here is a poem that I stumbled on in my WE MOON Calendar book, just at the moment I needed to read it. Perhaps at this moment, you could benefit from Prayer For Sacred Pauses by Molly Remer.

Goddess of the Sacred Pause
Please grant me the courage
To lay aside swiftness
and take up slowness,
To celebrate limitations as learning,
silence as stabilizing,
waiting as worthy,
and sitting as divine.
Goddess of the Sacred Pause
Help me to know stillness as strength,
Patience as powerful,
and healing time as holy necessity.

Painting From The Source retreat in person or online conference platform might be your opportunity for a much-needed Sacred Pause. I am offering a variety of online and in-person retreats this fall, like the in-person weekend in Oracle, Oct 22-24, a series of four Thursday mornings on zoom, and some 1-day workshops on zoom as well. I would be delighted to welcome your painting. See full selections of choices

Love and Blessings Always,

Aviva