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Heart Opening

6/26/2016

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She came to a point in her life where she no longer knew who she was. She no longer knew what she held within herself. She had tried on so many beliefs like the newest fashion and strutted around, parading them like a fancy hat. Yet somehow they always grew old and no longer interested her, only to be replaced by a newer and better idea of herself.

Eventually, she tired of them all and she no longer believed that any of them would last for long. She longed for what would last. She longed so badly her heart would ache. But she refused to try on any new beliefs about herself. Instead she sat quietly, keeping herself company in this unknown place, trusting that what she longed for would find her.
Then one day it happened, on an ordinary afternoon. She heard a tiny knock. Then another. She looked around, but could not find the source. Then it grew the tiniest bit louder and she jumped with a start. It was coming from inside of her! It was coming from her very own chest!

She looked down and there were two new little golden buttons on her favorite red velvet dress. How odd, they hadn’t been there before. So she reached up to feel them and they moved with a tiny click. Low and behold they were tiny doors and when she opened them the most luscious golden-orange light came flowing out like magic honey.

The waiting was over. Finally she knew what was inside of her all along. And this time she knew it would last.
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Whole Brain Journaling

6/13/2016

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I have come to discover that making these crude scribbles and squishy blotches of color etc. followed by a sort of free association writing is amazing at getting under the surface of our minds (and bodies too interestingly enough). I have felt immense resistance to this process, even though I have been artistic all of my life. Yet what has come through when I have used this as a practice for a period of time has revealed hidden aspects of my experiences and beliefs that I haven't accessed any other way. It is soooooo not about making little artsy craftsy projects or about technique or skill at all. It is letting the body be the vehicle for the right brain. It is powerful stuff without any art therapy overlay at all. No need for analyzing or using certain processes or figuring it out. Sometimes great insight comes through and sometimes it just helps to shift some energy that felt stuck or old. Just the action itself can loosen up the locks on the dungeons of the mind. So resistance is almost always a part of it because we put parts of us away for good reasons and it's risky to get out from under the mind's control. But in the end, for me, it is always worth it in my own process of discovery.
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    Jeanette Amlie

    Welcome to my Painted Journey. I invite you to join me as I explore this process of intuitive painting, uncensored writing and somatic awareness. This work is calling me out of my Spiritual/Creative Closet.  It is a passionate adventure in re-discovering why I am here and I know that by sharing the journey we will grow and learn together! ♡ Jeanette

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  • Home
    • my painted journey
  • Artwork
  • Creative Awakening
    • The Creative Process >
      • Time of Reckoning
      • Heart Mending
      • Mindless Techniques
      • Frida Kahlo & Creative Awakening
      • Creative Externalization
      • Tree Spirit: A Collaboration
      • Initiation
      • Drawing from the Unconscious
      • Maiden of Mer
  • Creative Inquiry
    • Vision & Voice >
      • The Seer
      • Liberation
      • The Offering
      • The Standing of the Stones
      • Accidental Awakening
      • Waiting in the Silence
    • Intro to Creative Inquiry
  • Contact