DEER PRAYER

In late 1999, I was house-sitting for some friends in Tesuque, NM. (pronounced tess-OO-kee)

It was bloody cold – maybe you don’t know this, but Santa Fe is 7000′ above sea level, and Tesuque is a bit higher.

There was snow that morning; my blankies weren’t sufficient, and being naturally a tropical gal, I was pretty unhappy with how cold it was.

As I woke up in a that very depressed state, I contemplated driving my van over one of the cliffs in the area to end what I perceived as the pain of existence.

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DELIGHT

Delight - black & white original by Angela Treat Lyon © 2019Every morning before I get up, I do my best to spend an hour in meditation. If I don’t do that, I feel disjointed and discombobulated all day, or at lest until I get to sit and focus inside.

It has become such an integral part of my life that if I stopped I would feel as if an essential part of me, like an arm or leg, would feel horribly lost.

I have actually been doing it since the mid 60s, but never as cohesively as now. I just didn’t know how, and all the woowoo info and instructions from gurus never made real sense to me. Continue reading

FROGGIE!

Froggies Vase by Angela Treat Lyon © '78I’m not sure what year this is from – probably around ’78 or so, since this is stoneware, and I hadn’t switched to porcelain yet.

I went through a big froggies phase – painting them on tiles, vases, mugs, plates and platters – in greens and blacks and browns – not sure why – it was just fun to see how I could fit their funny shaped bodies into a design.

The process I used is called sgraffito – scratching away a certain mix of black underglaze stain on a green (unfired) piece to reveal the clay under it, and then firing the bisque fired pot with a clear glaze. Continue reading

My Heart Is Broken

drawing of heart broken heart bein fixedI see the world in terms of the Heart – what other way is there to view it if we are to remain at all sane? It has to be the very fundamental core of everything.

Sometimes as I read news items, my heart feels like it’s being ripped and slashed out of me by razor-edged claws.

The only thing that brings me back to being able to function in the world is the love I receive from you and my other readers, and friends around the world I’ve known for many, many years.

What would I do without you all?

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For Thine Ears Only

for thine ears onlyI painted this when I was Artist-in-Residence, down in Gore on the South Island of New Zealand.

I had a dream where these women were shocked at my sharing how cool EFT/tapping was.

I was shocked that they were shocked, and finally got them to see how important it is that we know how incredibly powerful our emotions and mindset are.

This is FOR THINE EARS ONLY – oils on canvas, 18″ x 18″

How to Deal with Ughy Relatives Over the Holidays

Yesterday at the grocery store, I saw – well, heard – a woman berating her child for dropping and spilling something all over the floor.The horrible things she was yelling at this 5 or 6 year old were unbearable. She must have been upset about something else, too, because the energy she was releasing over such a small thing was way out of proportion to what actually happened.

I moved down to the end of the aisle, my heart beating really fast, and my face heating up as I felt her rage – it was slopping all over everyone in the store. I turned the corner and allowed myself the space to breathe and relax, and get back to center again.

As I did so, I thought of a little energy trick I like to use on people who really need a shift but have no clue even that they do, nor how to do it.

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Want to Release Extra Weight?

If I gave you an expandable bag to carry, and added one ounce to it every day, within a couple years you’d be carrying around a 100+ pound bag. Certainly not with ease, but you’d be able to carry it.

That’s what happens when you gain weight over time. You are able to carry it because the gaining so gradual.

The effects can be terrible – insulin resistance, diabetes, skin tags, skin problems, rashes, allergies, bad knees, thin hair, sore back, heavy breasts, thighs chafing, pins and needles in swollen feet, rolls around your belly falling over your waistband – but – you’d still be able to carry it.

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Time to Raise Your Prices!

Last weekend, I went down to the local art center where about 50 artists run a coop gallery so I could sign up for the Open Studios Art Tour.

I was pleased to see some pretty good work there. And surprised at one painting in particular. This painting was about 11″ x 14″ – good size for sales – and it was about a B+ painting. It was good, but certainly not great. But it had a beautiful frame on it.

I expected to see a price tag of between 350 and 550. Nope! Can you guess? 179. You could have knocked me over with the breath from a baby’s burp.

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The BIG Life Turnaround

092718- UPDATE: It’s been quite a process, settling in to my new abode. When I left Hawaii, I gave away, sold or threw away almost everything I had. I stashed a good bit in storage – mostly artwork – but let go of more things than I knew I had. It surprised me how much >stuff< I had in such a tiny space.

Now I’m here in a 2BR apartment, and it seems gigantic in comparison! I could put my entire office, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom from my place in Hawaii into one of the bedrooms here. To have to actually walk from my office space in one of the bedrooms to the other bedroom is such a new thing! All I had to do before was stand up and walk half a step. I think I like this new roominess!

This was my tiny little house in Hawaii.

hawaii teahouse

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Got A Place!

UPDATE: SEPT 10, 2018: Found a place!

It’s not The Ideal Be-All-End-All, but that’s OK – it’s a place I can hunker down and start getting back in the mood of Making. It’s right near my old buddies, and is in a little community of apartments in a nice neighborhood.

Now I can relax a little, and start looking around for a place that would accommodate all my arty needs. So happy to be here! (Chico, CA)

chico front gate chico community

The Green Windows

Inspired by a beautiful photo of a little village in France by my friend, Jean-marc Pierres. Thank you JM!!!

The minute I saw Jean-marc Pierre’s photo of this place in France, I had to paint it! I loved the green shutters on the windows, the cypress trees, the streaky pinky sky, and those golden-hued walls.  Le Beaucet