Blossoms DP #24

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January 8, 2008

Daily Painting #24 “Blossoms”

“Blossoms” is an acrylic painting on a 10”x10” canvas. The reference photograph is from my friend Maryanne Brunetti in New Zealand. You can see the process in my youtube video at http://www.youtube.com/GBHartists.

Things have been great since the beginning of the New Year. Two of my best friends (Dena and Chandra) are preparing to start their own version of a ‘Daily Painting’ process, which I am really looking forward to brainstorming with them about future art projects/ideas. We are already teaming up for an art show of our own in the spring. We are currently looking for a location for the show, we have a few places in mind, but are open to any suggestions you may have. An office building, bar/restaurant, coffee house or similar business are ideal and in the greater Los Angeles area. It is a one evening show for late April. If you or someone you know has any suggestions please send me an email!

Some people have asked me lately if I am okay and am I taking on too much in my life. At first this statement threw me off a bit, but then I started to really think about it. I guess to someone, yes it may seem like I have a lot on my plate. I think anybody’s life could be viewed as stressful, joyful, peaceful, etc. It all depends on the state of mind in the observer. I think the best way to describe my feelings about my life right now is to share the 26th Verse of the Tao:

The heavy is the root of the light.
The still is the master of unrest.

Realizing this,
The successful person is
Poised and centered
In the midst of all activities;
Although surrounded by opulence,
He is not swayed.

Why should the lord of the country
Flit about like a fool?
If you let yourself be blown to and fro,
You lose touch with your root.
To be restless is to lose one’s self-mastery.


In the midst of any unrest, stress or anything at all – I try to make the immediate decision to find the calm center of myself. This has made the difference in more ways than I can explain. When I went to the Wayne Dyer event in Maui he told us to “Stand in the center of your being, and forget you are even there”. And instead of saying to yourself, ‘What’s in it for me?’ ask yourself, ‘How may I serve?’

I invite you to try it. I think you’d be shocked and amazed about how much of that inner dialog will tone down (I call it inner backa backa)

Have a wonderful day~

Peace & blessings,
Gayle Etcheverry

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