Sacred Painting Process

Do you ever have “this thing” that is inside of you…that you know is just wanting to come forward…and maybe you have an inkling of what it’s about and maybe you don’t.

I’ve been feeling this way recently. And I believe it has to do with art…perhaps it’s incorporating more of it in my coaching processes with people, or maybe it’s a vehicle for me to get more in touch with “this thing”…or perhaps both! I also know that there’s more of the Sacred Feminine part of me wanting to come forward. When I have lots on my plate, I struggle with keeping the Sacred Masculine aspect in me in check (driving myself, wanting to get things accomplished, keep pushing forward). The Feminine aspect wants me to let it all flow…just like paint on canvas…to follow where I’m feeling guided to go next. This really is the way that I feel most comfortable working; the way my Soul wants to work. I am led to such wonderful experiences and lessons and teachings this way, and actually still get things accomplished. I just seem to get messed up by “deadlines”, feeling that I’ve got to push (instead of allow) it to get done. Yep, I’m a work-in-progress, but I’m choosing to allow more and more.  And I know that this is part of what I’m to help other women with. (We teach what we ourselves are here to learn.)

So, the other day, I was feeling “this thing” inside me calling my attention. That morning I had heard someone speaking about this sort of thing being like a seed germinating. (The dictionary’s meaning for “germinate” is to “begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy”.)

That afternoon I watched a short video of someone painting a “portal” to allow for the blossoming of what you want to bring forward, where she painted layer upon layer of paint, allowing it to just unfold. Watching this caused a longing in my Soul to paint. So, I put my tasks aside for another time, and grabbed my painting supplies and headed out to my backyard. I wanted to paint a “portal” that would allow for the seed (“this thing” inside) to germinate.

Sitting on the lawn, under a tree, with the warm air and birds chirping I started to paint. I wanted this to be a process…not needing it to look like a “piece of art”. Just allowing the colors to call to me that I was to use; to make the strokes that wanted to be made…to let this just be a process and an expression of letting my inner seed germinate.

I started with four colors, allowing the strokes to flow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then the colors white and silver called to be included and the energy in the seed wanted to spiral outward.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It then wanted to be softened. I didn’t like the way it looked, but I had to remind myself that this was a process for ME and it didn’t need to look pretty. The power is in the process and there is beauty in that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The color gold wanted to be sponged in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then magenta wanted to be sponged around. This was feeling like it was a view of my own inner cosmos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blues, greens and yellow wanted to be added. The blue feeling like a container or womb holding my beautiful seed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These strokes made it look like an eye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellow called to be included, and more gold and white. The seed was radiating outward, and now showing up as a heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aqua wanted to finish the process and the painting, looking bright and energetic and full of life! Definitely coming forward, I’d say!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know I have given myself a gift by allowing myself to take that time for this painting process. The work tasks will get done. They are just tasks that can get done at another time. But doing this painting was an honoring of my Soul; my Soul yearning to express herself through paint. The finished product may not be as “beautiful” to the eye as the first layer, but it is powerful and it is filled with the energy that was building throughout the entire process.

And now I can look forward to my little seed blossoming into a beautiful plant.

Is there something inside of you wanting to come forward? Perhaps you could give this process a try!