2020 – Fuzzy Red Boots

28Dec 2020 by admin

Initiations Come From Life

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When my maternal grandmother died, I was sad. She was the one that took both me and my sister under her granny wings and told us stories over and over. My parents sent us to my grandparents’ every summer. The house smelled grandparents like peace of mind and permission to do things mom and dad did not approve. And there was always a little bit of money given to us to buy snacks, ice-cream and candy, lots of it. And unlimited playtime. And just before afternoon naps or before we went to sleep at night, we would get under a blanket with grandma and her voice would change; she was becoming the once upon a time story that was to follow. None of them was coming out of books; all…

28Oct 2020 by admin

The Curious Case of Yiannouli Halepa; a common – extraordinary story

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Yiannoulis Halepas visiting his "Reclining Woman" at Athens First Cemetery circa 1922 Yiannoulis Halepas was a great Greek sculptor of the late 19th century. Born on a small, prominent for marble sculpture, Greek island, he was blessed with a talent and an artistic environment to develop his art all around the island, except from his own family. His father was a marble cutter running a reputable marble business that spanned for generations. Yiannoulis was his first child and he wanted him as a clerk at his business and not an artist. His extended family did not encourage him either through his early years while he was already depicting his abilities, slaying his young enthusiasm with demoting comments and offering nothing but poor evaluations for his early yet hard-worked pieces. Right…

02Oct 2020 by admin

Anchor You Vortex

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In these forcoming years, lump sums of everything will be coming to the surface. It may feel as turbulent times, times of great changes, unforeseen events, pan-movements that will affect everyone, simultaneously and indistinguishably. People will have interpretations, worries, fears, the full package of abandoning their wisdom and charisma in view of the current events. Anchor your vortex in the midst of the universal anxiety and turbulence. Find your way to ground your centre. Start with the body and devote your time to return each day back to your body. Use the superintelligence of its tissues, the organs, the senses and combine them with your mind. Explore your centre of your gravity and feel that you can enhance its radiance all the way to the centre of the Earth. Make…

19Sep 2020 by admin

When Not To, When To

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Watching one of the latest interviews of Victor Masayesva Jr, the Hopi filmmaker, video-artist and photographer, I found myself back to familiar grounds, despite the fact that this was my first encounter with the Hopi philosophy. I was calmed by his distinctive pace of talk. He talked about humility, respect, cooperation and prayer being Hopi’s foundation for their work and life. Listening to him without the need to avert myself in another parallel engagement on internet, it was in his voice, full of volume, taking place, being present, that I felt that truly, he is all made of those virtues. And then, between getting late and his voice acting as a soothing remedy for a good night sleep, I woke myself back when a few minutes before resuming the conference,…

03Sep 2020 by admin

United Through Separation

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Once united in an intimate relationship, one day you (may) have to face your separation with the-soon-to-be ex-loved one. A divorce of your soul from your soul-mate. It’s nasty; you still remember the day when you first felt the beautiful invitation to this relationship so clearly, in such a detail that you can paint each of its moments in your head with the meticulousness of a fully-fledged pointillism artist, point by point. Then all you wanted to do is the one thing that you cannot tolerate now; see through, see directly in, see wholeheartedly, see everything of your Beloved in the eyes, in the heart, in the silence of you two. The present silence serves only as an indication of the level of fighting, anger, resentment or apathy that you…