Bursting at the Seams ~ A Super-Size Update!

Hellooooo! I am writing to you loose and free ~ from my magical window seat which has been energetically charged and blessed. Annnd I have a magical little tale to share about Confirmation & Circulation:

One day last week during a painting fever ~ I stopped dead in my tracks and looked up. The overhead fan in my studio had suddenly-magically-serendipitously started working after being on hiatus for over a year!! It's blessing me with it's great power of Circulation ~ on many levels. It's amazing how this massive sign appears after days and days of blissful fervour in paint land. The fan just starts swirling around, so matter-of-factly, it was humorous. Oh why, helllloooo there fan! So happy to seeeee you again. The fan just grins. Well alright then, lets get to circulatin' (~.+)

So with my dear-fan in tow cooling me out as I dance like no ones watching ~ I've been pumping Bjork Radio ~ moving with my art and bursting out new paintings left and right. I am riding the magnificent wave of inspiration and its electric ~ because I'm fixing year long broken fans with it. Did you know I was a Magician Painting Electrician? *Wink-Wink*. . . I also make huge bass fish jump into fishing boats! True story for another time. It's all about the power of our thoughts, really. 

In the outer-world I've been swirrrrsshhh ~ struggling with words and sentences, while this brain-state of colorful mish-mashing has taken over me entirely. I am still able to write my thoughts, but having a conversation? Out loud? Not so smooth lately. I have been truly reveling in this process of being in my deep inner-realm ~ I am in it ~ all in it.

In my paint and life. I am. Listening. Deeply. Witnessing. Invisible forces take over. My guides revealing themselves louder than ever. Dreams and waking puzzles. Piecing together. It's all so deep-wide-never-ending. Forgiving and whole-hearted. Blissfully nakedly human. Getting out of the way. 

I must also confess I've been keeping a bit of mystery about some things I'm working on ~ as they cauldron and stew. They've been shuffling around my heart and head, bubbling ever largely. Coaxing me to catch and release, to let go, out there into the wild-blissful-yonder. My heart ((( swims in these rushes ))) and the mere thought as I type this. About to jump out of a plane at 11k feet kind of rush (YESSSS ~ I did that & still need to share my video with you!!) 

Although it's not quite finished yet, it continues to morph and deepen. I wanted to share this bubbling with you, so I'm no longer toiling away at it with very few knowers of just how pregnant and out to sea I am. 

This venture I'm working on is much like my painting process ~ underlayers, sand-downs, and restarts ~ until finally the effortless process circulates through my veins. A-ha! You know when you've locked into that effortless thing, right? Suddenly you're standing there and this wave of dejavu hits you ~ and you're like WOW, this all feels sooo right on, so --- whats the word? Effortless. Everywhere you go, feels like a movie you've seen before. Hey! You look familiar ~ don't I know you??!! 

Welcome to Effortlessville. If you blink, you might miss it. 

Thats where it's at for me, thats when I know. Two ginormous things I'll share soon enough (and perhaps a 3rd! 4th!) I'm just shaping, shifting, and listening... Letting it grow.  

Last but certainly not least ~ ~ ~ The Paint Your Story course by Mindy has been truly a magnificent recharge. It has stirred my soul beyond all measure and reason. I highly recommend it to all!! She just unleashed her Work-at-Your-Own-Pace portion! Go out and grab it!

A Big Love to You 

& This Wild Galaxy Too, 

Carissa

New Paintings

Bubble Girl ~ Original Sold ~ Prints Available

Ethel ~ Original Sold ~ Prints Available

Henrietta ~ Original & Prints Avai
lable 

Eleven Whispers ~ Original & Prints Available 

Hello! Here are a few new paintings I finished this week. . .

 I can't recall if I've shown you the 3 big pieces I finished, so here they are too:

I am amping up for a solo exhibit in June 22 - July 22 at Little Fish Huge Pond in historic Downtown Sanford. I'm super excited (& a wee-bit nervous). Sanford is an old, adorable port town here in Central Florida. I couldn't be happier to have my art there for a month. I couldn't think of a better place to break the ice! If you are local ~ opening night is Friday June 22 from 6 - 9 pm ~ I'd love if you stopped by! Little Fish is the coolest little place in Sanford. . . The atmosphere is quirky, eclectic, weird, and wonderful (~.~)

Wisdom. Harmony. Angels Influence

Here's to a wonderful week ahead. . . 

X x 

Carissa

Weekend In Savannah

We went to Savannah this past weekend. My favorite city in the world so far! It's only my second time, but I already know my way around (for the most part) and have found the coolest shops. The Paris Market is my DREAM shop, hands down. All kinds of fantastical paraphernalia for this vintage loving gal. 

My favorite find of the year so far is this photo from NY in the 30's (Catskills to be exact) "Jeanette & Me" above. I mean, major, major love for everything this photo represents. Friendship. Love. Sisterhood. That gleam in their faces. I can't tell you how quietly excited I was when I discovered it. Black paper, silver handwritten ink, and these two broads. My insides were screaming EEEEEEEeeeeeee! as I climbed the stairs from the basement to the register. Eeeeeee as I left with my bag of goodies (also see the silver tray of goodies above). Like a kid in a candy shop running through water fountains. That's how I felt. 

It was a happy trip. A lot of walking and learning about the history. Good food, good people, and open cups of beer in the streets. 

I'm back and feeling refreshed. . .with my gathers of inspiration! 

So many exciting things on the horizon. So many people in my life to be thankful for. 

I will share more about the history I learned. . . I am particularly smitten with the story of "Daisy" who started the Girl Scouts. She was a total bad-ass. We're talking playing tennis in her bloomers, and building her garden in her Front Yard kind of gal. 

Savannah, you have my heart. 

To be continued. . . 

Xx

Carissa

I am a woman who...

"I am a woman, one who has walked way down into my own dregs and zig-zagged, breathless and half dead, but exhilarated to the place where one could say one saw what could be seen from Everest: Two worlds not divided but held together by the mountain." Dr. E

Your Ego Is The Big or Small Dog Barking for No Reason

After a big thought dump in my journal one morning, this appeared. Amazing how one small line can sum up and answer so much. 

Xx

Carissa