My last post http://thedelightist.blogspot.com/2014/03/year-of-wood-horse-talisman.html got me reminiscing about some of the other ba-jillion times I seemed to randomly find something absolutely brilliantly symbolic and/or metaphoric, causing me to say to myself, "wow, I'm up to my tits in deep magic here." Being that we're right on top of Spring equinox, I thought I would share the story of the artwork pictured above(and below)and how I created it.
It all started about 5 years ago, a few days before that year's Spring Equinox. I was walking through the neighborhood with Ruby when she was at an age when she was constantly finding "treasures" on the ground that were very important and I absolutely had to save them in my purse. A purse that was starting to bulge with pinecones, stones, bottle caps, and other cool detritus that a five year old finds fascinating and collectible. Anyhow, as we were crossing the street she bent down and picked up the letter "O" pictured above. In case you didn't recognize it, it's one of those linking toys for babies and toddlers that one could use to make a chain and perhaps attach a pacifier to the stroller. It was a little worse for wear but into the purse it went where I promptly forgot about it.
Until two days later, on the Spring equinox when I was walking in a completely different neighborhood and I looked down to find an "M" shaped linking toy. I didn't even know they made M's! I thought they only made O's. But how else are you gonna spell OM? Right?
Anyhow, to commemorate this juicy gift of symbolism from the Universe I had to incorporate it into an art piece. Ever since I became a busy mom I've been making my artwork by starting out with second hand paintings. Just a little time saving trick I came up with. A couple of weeks before, my neighbors happened to be getting rid of this velvet beauty with the maiden and the wolf. So I painted the frame bright blue, glued the OM and some other tchotchkes to it, and added some painted polka dots for good measure.
Looking at it I am reminded to stop, drop inside, and go to the OM place. Or the HOME place. Stillness. Balance. Like the equinox. The balance between the play of seasons and day and night. To me there is always a magic about the time around the equinoxes. The stillness feels still-er but somehow fuller too. Like a deep, deep pause and preparation. Renewal. Connection. Unconditional. Love.
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