Finding Balance Through Creativity Dear Beautiful Painters, Are you getting tired of the confinement and chaos swirling around? I am. I think the divine forces of the universe are challenging the whole power dynamic of the planet as well as each of us individually. We have a once in a life time to...
Dear Painting Friends Worldwide, Painting by Pamela Hale Many miracles in the midst of planetary upheaval. Whatever force got life on our planet (and universe), that force is the essence of creativity and it gushes forth from the unseen plane to the physical plane continuously. The impossible...
Dear Painting Friends Worldwide, CORONA GIRL Janat had been watching, reading and hearing so much painful news of suffering , death, discrimination, murder, that she did not even realize how depressed she was getting. She, who loves to paint, was even avoiding painting. Something shifted for her...
Time For Balance Dear Painting Friends Worldwide, Yes, there is a lot going on right now in our world, Pandemic, Civil unrest, financial collapse, global warming, racial upheaval to name just a few. You know all about it .And there are a lot of people speculating about how the present moment will...
Dear Painting Friends Worldwide, I see us all going through an incubation period together, in the fire, the unknown, dark night of the soul, uncomfortable but necessary and fruitful. Like day follows night, there must be, incubation, discomfort, unknown, before rebirth, before transformation,...
https://vimeo.com/413608029?mc_cid=be0cbd2b47&mc_eid=df6e73af27 Aviva's StoryWatch how Loss turned into Gain in my life. Dear Painting Friends Worldwide, How are you doing in these sequestered times of pandemic? I would love to hear of the ways you are keeping your...
Dear Painting Friends Worldwide, You are one of 1,650 wise artists from 25 countries around the globe, each sharing the same experience; your daily life disrupted to some extent by an invisible invader. I live alone and some times feel isolated. Some workshops were cancelled and money refunded,...
In early February I got a call from a woman living in New York who was registered in my August 23-28 workshop in Switzerland. Carol, who was one of the first to register, nervously said, “Aviva I see you have a waiting list for the Swiss workshop. I’m worried about this virus from China and...
GIFTS OF GRACE COME WHEN LEAST EXPECTED Powerful Transformation Group, Jan 2020. See Surprise Link at End of Letter Dear Painting Friends Worldwide, You never know from where the answer to your prayers will come. It may take many years or an instant but please keep following your dream and have...
Dear Painting Friends Worldwide, Thanks Aviva, for helping me rid my head of nasty critic and learn there are no mistakes. Janet Ghio - Quilter The free wanderings of our minds can be our worst tormentor. … as some of you know. Liberation form the “out of control” , our “inner critic” mind can be...