8th March

Flying To the Moon

Night flying at its best! Twinkly stars, planets, a big full moon, who wouldn't want to be able to fly through all that? A sense of mystery and heading for an unknown destination. What will you see, how will the journey change you as a person? No noisy distractions to take your attention from the beauty and purpose of your dreamings. These are among my favourite dream travels, waking or sleeping, a welcome interlude from a more earthly existence!

7th March

Following the Shoreline

I often have flying dreams, and often imagine what it must be like to be a bird aloft in the wind. Following the shoreline is a good way to find your bearings in a strange place, and I love places where different environments merge, places of change and transition. Looking down on the world from a height gives you a completely different perspective too. I always enjoy these dreams from the sensation point of view, and there is always something to learn from to take back into my waking life. You don't have to follow any of the accepted rules and wisdoms of the world in your dream life and the symbols are all of your own creating - a wonderful creative opportunity to play.

6th March

Autumn is Here

For the first time for several years I have no sunflowers in my garden. I am missing them sadly and find myself peering over fences and around the edges of buildings as I pass someone else's joyfully glowing sunflowers. I have attempted to capture the hot, slightly hazy feel I get when standing in the garden surrounded by tall, pollen laden sunflowers, with the buzzing of heavy bumblebees in my ears. Next year I will have to be more vigilant and make sure I don't miss the moment to grow them. I am a bit surprised that there were no seedlings from last year's crop, but the birds were very busy last autumn and maybe they ate every last seed.

5th March

Wheels Within Wheels

This is based on a large cog-like piece of metal I have hanging in my studio, which I keep for the beauty of the rusty patination that has developed on it and its perfectly regular shape. I spent some time pulling an old alarm clock apart recently, much admiring all the tricky little pieces and the way they all interlocked, turning together to keep the hands moving and time nicely regulated for those of us who are a bit time challenged! I got to thinking about how so many things in our lives are interlocked, each having an effect on the other, and how there is a kind of order imposed upon the events in our lives. I am not sure exactly how I feel about this. I am rather a fan of the unexpected, the moments of happy accident, and the things that take me from the more ordinary places of my life into something new! I have entertained myself here by applying randomly considered patterns onto the orderly shapes traced off first, combining order and my own set of chanced decisions!

4th March

Make Love your Banner

I want my journey through life to be a thoughtful one, a life I can look back on with a sense of having tried to make life good for those around me, and having given me a satisfying ride as well! Travelling with love and a kindness towards the world around me is important, enabling me to accept the things I can't change and appreciating the things that are different from my own ways for the beauty they hold. There are so many wonderful people and creations around us and I don't want to miss anything by having my eyes closed in fright when I come across something that is different! Sometimes it is necessary to narrow your field of vision to deal with a difficult time but I never want to close my eyes against the world entirely!

3rd March

Wisdom from Within

I love the idea of wisdom and comfort coming from a caring, knowing source. Call that source what you will; angelic, spiritual, or an expression of one's own psyche, it is a welcome voice along the day to day business of life. Getting to know yourself is a life-long journey full of interesting twists and turns and for someone of a visual turn, like myself, I enjoy drawing on the imagery of angels. I am particularly fond of the medieval creatures who are often richly clothed in reds and have wings full of peacock feather eyes. We live in such a mechanised world it is fun to return to a world that was steeped in the presence of spiritual beings and exercise the imagination a bit!- at least when considering the benign aspects of such beings. Sometimes as a child the unruly, negative aspects of invisible creatures was more problematic!

2nd March

Under Time Pressure!

So much to do/see, so little time! I feel great sympathy for the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland! At least the only White Queen I have to deal with is that part of me that demands perfection, and I have ways to deal with her! My head remains firmly on my shoulders! Organisation will become the key I expect, and we all know how creative people are supposed to manage that! I am pretty good most of the time, and priorities are easy to act on, even if they aren't quite in the same order as some would think was 'right'. I am sure there are many things I will wish I had done more of when my time here is done, but there is a big list that I won't be sad I did less of!