Painting the day of the a new justice vote.
Now reveals what hope, empowerment, action and energy look like.
This is a blog of one minute (or less) inspirations based in rhythm with the cycles of the moon. Written for any person interested in living their lives more in Truth. It's also a blog for those who wish to use the moon cycles as a pathway to connect with their own spiritual life, and with all of creation. This blog shares the wisdom and experience of it's author(s) which we have found helpful to us in embodying the fullness of our own lives.
Painting the day of the a new justice vote.
Now reveals what hope, empowerment, action and energy look like.
pink moon final. She brings healing for a new web of truth. |
October Moon 1 Acrylic & lace on canvas 24x24 unfinished.
I pour the crimson fluid-acrylic onto my palette. It pools,
glossy, atop the lump of white gesso like newly spilt blood before running down
in rivulets onto the wet paper beneath. It looks like fresh blood diluted and turning
pink as it is washed away. Somehow, this month of the pink moon looks more like
washed away blood than the usual joyful cotton candy pink of celebrating the harvest.
Just as I was standing at my easel contemplating how to
paint the emerging moon cycle Walk Truth, Ruth Bader Ginsberg shed her justice collar. It landed on my
fresh paint. Hanging there, it changed the trajectory of my inquiry.
How am I/are we to Walk Truth in this time when every attempt is being made to wash truth away? A passage from the book of Jeremiah comes into my head: "Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths. Ask 'Where is the good way?' Then walk in it and you will find rest for your souls."
RBG’s death points out ‘where the good way is’ for me/us to
follow. There is Truth in that
path. It is made of integrity. There are
footsteps we can trust. She offers us a
mantle we can pick up and wear as our own. We are not alone.
My pink moon will be filled with the names of all the truth
seekers I can come to know as I paint her through the month. I am curious who will show up as I seek a
path of integrity and courage.
Independence Day and the Full Moon
shared the fourth of July this year.
The teaching of this moon cycle for
July is LOVE TRUTH. She seems to be calling out to us to love the TRUTH of our
country, the United States of America.
We need a comprehensive and unconditional
Love to face the truth of our country's history. Facing the truth in our
country's history is the only way to manifest the vision for our country
written by our imperfect founding fathers.
Like most communities, our town did
not have official fireworks this year, yet neighbors cobbled together their own
informal shows. I went outside to look at the full moon. A friend had
texted me the moon was unusually large and exceptionally beautiful. A
disorganized yet seeming unending barrage of flashes disrupted my intention of
contemplating this deep yellow globe hanging just above the horizon. My
feelings from earlier in the day flashed in my mind--I woke up feeling an
ambiguous but deep grief. I moved through my day, unsettled by feeling,
but trying to focus on preparations for a social distanced barbeque. When
Alexa selected a patriotic play list, the identity of my grief made itself
known: the meaning I held of this holiday had been torn away from me-not by the
president, although he is the principle catalyst, but by the explosion of truth
telling that is bursting forth upending every aspect of our lives. There was my
grief; the meaning of 'independence day' has been shattered.
I stood in the dark, watching.
Fireworks flared and faded, sulfur smoked wafted thick and then drifted away.
This July full moon, whose meaning for me is a reminder to LOVE TRUTH stayed
steady and unaffected. It is possible to love truth even when it is ugly
and has caused deep and long harm. Anyone who has recovered from an addiction with the help
of the principles and tools of a twelve-step program has this experience.
Our country needs-we need, this kind
of love of Truth that explodes the old myths and lies and nurtures the seeds of
possibility and potential that the visionary authors of our 'declaration of indepence' compiled nearly 245 years ago. We are a country in need of recovery, and
we may not have another chance if we fail to embrace our truths yet
again.
Inside the Soul of Speaking Truth Red Moon in the Making CJFaivre, 2018, 30X30 Acrylic on Canvas |
Red Moon Madonna and the Storytellers Speaking Truth. Painting in Process; CJ Faivre; 2018-2020 30x30 Acrylic on Canvas |