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...Rimmel is one of the girl's best friend.
:)
I know, it's not perfect!
But I'm learning more about Photoshop...in the meantime...I hope you will like it!
Signal Fire
12"16"
original acrylic painting by Chelsea Rose
Blogged here: lucidrose.blogspot.com/2015/03/sasquatch-and-zodiac-art-s...
Happy new year! Lots of awesomeness happened in 2015 and here are several highlights in no particular order:
I attended my first comic-con, I made improvements in my spray painting techniques, treated myself to a tattoo, painted a big commissioned interior mural, painted two public bench murals, discovered my love for painting tea, participated in several wonderful group art art shows around town, began producing my own coloring pages, completed over 31 new illustrations for the Drawlloween challenge.
2015 was full of the above mentioned and more including moments of loss, moments of oopsies, moments of WTF , but adversity makes us stronger. Its a delicate balance!
I am excited to see what opportunities, challenges and new understandings await us all in 2016.
Took this in the wooded area near my house (KC, MO area). I adjusted the contrast to bring out the color but the colors are not altered. DSC06889 Thanks pbelardo for the ID!
At the Seattle Asian Art Museum, in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill.
Buddha, late Heian (Fujiwara) period, ca. 1130, Japanese, wood with gold lacquer, 37 1/4 x 27 x 17 in., Seattle Asian Art Museum, Gift of the Monsen Family, 2011.39.
Quan Yin... the Goddess of Compassion and Mercy
Quan Yin is one of the most universally beloved of deities in the Buddhist tradition. Also known as Kuan Yin, Quan'Am (Vietnam), Kannon (Japan), and Kanin (Bali), She is the embodiment of compassionate loving kindness. As the Bodhisattva of Compassion, She hears the cries of all beings. Quan Yin enjoys a strong resonance with the Christian Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and the Tibetan goddess Tara.
In many images she is shown carrying the pearls of illumination. Often Quan Yin is shown pouring a stream of healing water, the "Water of Life," from a small vase. With this water devotees and all living things are blessed with physical and spiritual peace. She holds a sheaf of ripe rice or a bowl of rice seed as a metaphor for fertility and sustenance. The dragon, an ancient symbol for high spirituality, wisdom, strength, and divine powers of transformation, is a common motif found in combination with the Goddess of Mercy.
Sometimes Kuan Yin is represented as a many armed figure, with each hand either containing a different cosmic symbol or expressing a specific ritual position, or mudra. This characterizes the Goddess as the source and sustenance of all things. Her cupped hands often form the Yoni Mudra, symbolizing the womb as the door for entry to this world through the universal female principle.
Quan Yin, as a true Enlightened One, or Bodhisattva, vowed to remain in the earthly realms and not enter the heavenly worlds until all other living things have completed their own enlightenment and thus become liberated from the pain-filled cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
There are numerous legends that recount the miracles which Quan Yin performs to help those who call on Her. Like Artemis, She is a virgin Goddess who protects women, offers them a religious life as an alternative to marriage, and grants children to those who desire them.
The Goddess of Mercy is unique among the heavenly hierarchy in that She is so utterly free from pride or vengefulness that She remains reluctant to punish even those to whom a severe lesson might be appropriate. Individuals who could be sentenced to dreadful penance in other systems can attain rebirth and renewal by simply calling upon Her graces with utter and absolute sincerity. It is said that, even for one kneeling beneath the executioner's sword already raised to strike, a single heartfelt cry to Bodhisattva Quan Yin will cause the blade to fall shattered to the ground.
The many stories and anecdotes featuring this Goddess serve to convey the idea of an enlightened being who embodies the attributes of an all pervasive, all consuming, unwavering loving compassion and who is accessible to everyone. Quan Yin counsels us by Her actions to cultivate within ourselves those particular refined qualities that all beings are said to naturally possess in some vestigial form.
Contemplating the Goddess of Mercy involves little dogma or ritual. The simplicity of this gentle being and Her standards tends to lead Her devotees towards becoming more compassionate and loving themselves. A deep sense of service to all fellow beings naturally follows any devotion to the Goddess.
Guanyin (Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: Guānyīn; Wade-Giles: kuan-yin, Japanese: Kannon, Korean: Gwan-eum, Vietnamese: Quan Âm) is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin (觀世音, pinyin: Guānshìyīn, Wade-Giles: kuan-shih yin) which means (hola estudiantes de la oxford)buddha god of mercy (not the game) "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the World". Source: Bethleen Cole
It is generally accepted (in the Chinese community) that Guanyin originated as the Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara (अवलोकितेश्वर), which is her male form. Commonly known in English as the Goddess of Mercy. Guanyin is also revered by Chinese Daoists (Taoists) as an Immortal.
More in my sets... Buddhas and Gods and Living in a Jungle.
"Many teachers will tell you to believe; then they put out your eyes of reason and instruct you to follow only their logic. But I want you to keep your eyes of reason open; in addition, I will open in you another eye, the eye of wisdom."
~Sri Yukteswar to his disciple Paramahansa Yogananda
one of my favorite reads and sources of wisdom and inspiration
and because i desire to develop my own 'third eye'
just hope this doesn't freak y'all out.. :)
special thanks to norma frances
for the texture
peace
#artjournal #meetup #thirdeye #faces #doodles from this morning - lots of fun! :) #artbyshantadevi #artistsofinstagram #artjournaling #art #creativity #washitape #pen #marker
Here is a striking Bembecine Sand Wasp (genus Steniolia, Bembicini, Apoidea, Hymenoptera) working non-native mint flowers in the garden this morning. Yep, they have remarkable goggle-like eyes - but what gives with that amazing "third eye" between its two real eyes - the mark of the Illuminati?? Yep, it's real, see this photo. (San Marcos Pass, 22 August 2021)
Morning art journal doodle and collage bits. Love doing these faces so much - it's a great way to start the day...also listening to @trevorhallmusic on repeat: especially "Bowl Of Light," "Forgive," "Indigo," "We Call," "Guidance," "The Lime Tree" and "House" (in that order) while drawing...amazing lyrics and music 🙏❤️... #art #creativity #passion #artlikemusic #innerwisdom #artforpeace #artjournal #artbyshantadevi #artbywomen #sketchbook #moleskine #moleskineart #thirdeye #face #doodle #artismypath #marker #artistsofinstagram #blackartist
In my art journal from a couple days ago...#artjournal #artistsoninstagram #thirdeye #face #art #blackartist #femaleartist #artbyshantadevi #artbywomen #pen #thoughts #moleskine #moleskineart #freewriting #yearofcreativehabits #artjournaling #artjournaleveryday #writing #doodles
Work-in-progress doodling, words, and watercolor in my art journal.
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