Believe

Majick comes from what is inside you...
It is a part of you...
You can't weave together a spell that you don't believe in...
- author unknown

Put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us..

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I wear the monster over my eardrums and drop a beat from within...
I step back three times shruggin my shoulders while swayin my hips backwards...
I drop it to the floor with my back bent forward driving my whole arms crossing ova...
One side being pulled while the other being drawn to the opposite...
I bring my stance upward one two three and shake the whole life out of me....
Close my eyes and slowly I hault my frame...
Ohhhhh....nooooooo....
Bring it back....
Left hand up... head thrown back
Yeah I can shake the little ass that I have...
Head back down left to right...
Tilt a little to the side...
I smirk over my right shoulder...
The bridge picks up the pace...
Wait wait wait... here it comes...
Right foot back Left foot forward...
Left ARM forward while right elbow back...
A little faster now...
Come on...
Move all you have...
Whole body in sync...
I am lost to the beat...
I feel everything from within....
My shadow crosses over the ceiling...

Oh wait... Gringa can dance...

Shades of Life

I was given a blank canvas to paint shades of life. Start with blue and add some white to lighten your mood. Mix a dab of green into the yellow acrylic and you have another layer blended into the white. Now add only bright yellow to your life and watch your intuition open up. Next up, splash on bold orange and I wanted to fill the whole print with that amazing color... But no we still have more layers to our lives. Green to warm our heart and then add some more blue to open our voice. Now the whole canvas is filled but not quite yet. You have the choice to lighten your shades of life with some more white. Go over each layer and focus on what needs to be adjusted. I lighten the left corners from the bottom up with more light but leave the right half bright and powerful. The tree that comes out of the canvas from the right is painted next. Notice how the branches are within the brighter colors of our lives planted to to bring life, growth and renewal. As spring approaches with new beginnings of light we bloom into a new flower as the dark has been left behind. The flower that I paint below the tree is protected by branches but beautiful inside. I was told to paint just a small couple more branches coming out of my canvas to the right but sometimes I don't follow directions in class. I attempted to draw another tree branch but at that moment as in previous painting classes I found myself inside of my paint.  I stepped out of instruction and needed to pull the end of my painting together because that funny branch that was all alone under the big tree was looking a little pathedic. Therefore a flower bud bloomed with a dab of yellow and orange in the middle surrounded with tenticles that are beginning to shed off. As they fall to the ground the flower will curve upward and bloom towards the light...
Just like the shades of our lives, we need to experience the dark in order to truly see the light that life offers to us. Sometimes we feel the colors of darkness as if we never see the light. But remember the night always turns into the day and day always turns into the night. In between you see the shades and colors of your life that you own. Remove the darkness that surrounds you and grow into the beautiful flower that you are...

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy"- Anne Frank

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Lasso

Tie a lasso around my neck and choke me
Take me to the ground
Take me to the dirt
Smudge mud in my face until I taste it
Don't let me breathe
Wrap your arm around my neck and twist it
Let me see the stars
Let me blackout
Leave me there in the pouring rain
I'll wake
I'll overcome....