One of the secrets of a happy life

is continuous small treats.

- Iris Murdoch

A few photos of last night's painting,

although i got carried away pretty quickly

and forgot to take "in between" photos. 

They basically go from the starting point...

to the end point. 

:-)

At first, all those lines in the yellowy-mustard color

made me think of the gates of hell.

(stop laughing...)

Don't ask me why, since i don't believe in hell.

I do know, however, that If there was a hell,

there would be more than one entrance. :-)

I was tempted to paint over them

cause i really didn't like where it was going

but then reminded myself

to let go.

Stop controlling.

Stop judging.

Stop planning.

Just go with whatever feels right for your next move,

your next brush stroke,

your next color.

That's not always easy to do,

because although we may not have an image in our heads

of what the final painting will look like,

we usually know what we don't like

and when we SEE what we don't like in our own brush strokes,

we're tempted to erase them,

remove them,

paint them over.

When instead,

we need to allow this transformation

to take place naturally.

So I resisted the temptation

(another difficult task sometimes...)

and kept the yellow gates where they were

and eventually,

they became more organic

and turned into seeds

and pods

and then trees.

...then a word that speak to me, for whatever reason...

and there you have it.

Magic.

Just like the taste in my mouth

after i ate one of these little babies...

:-)

Are there any other chocolate lovers out there?

Don't all scream at the same time.

(giggle)

Wishing you all a wonderful day filled with 

whatever your little heart desires.

xoxo