tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12777735407874052332024-03-18T22:58:10.798-04:00Carissa PaigeCarissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-65605284444646597592021-04-01T06:00:00.225-04:002021-04-01T06:00:00.422-04:00On Listening and Voicing -- a special guest post by Rachel Awes<div><p>Dear Creative Souls, </p><p>Happy April! Today we have an extra special guest. My dear friend and soul-sister, Rachel Awes is here with a BOUNTY of goodness -- empowering poems, free art downloads, and some incredibly helpful prompts for you to dive into. It's all geared around a big theme I am honoring this year -- VOICE. From inner-voice to outer-voice, to all the ways your voice longs to show up and express itself. </p><p>Have you met Rachel before?? She is pure joy, pure depth, and pure dee-light. Let me introduce you to her, and her special brand of magic --</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RpIPP19nItF98-KYVb1BWxtSiULBEccCxpf-yuByIpFEsmL3Wkk-7ozfDu7tsRS9zMpcVIyJFhgOL_a44fq2ML581V7vVky36TEDF-kTpof4CrKvqFo9EDQCYuttplyZ2DmCoNIwDV6K/s2048/rachel+awes+in+bugg+tunic+autumn+extra+2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RpIPP19nItF98-KYVb1BWxtSiULBEccCxpf-yuByIpFEsmL3Wkk-7ozfDu7tsRS9zMpcVIyJFhgOL_a44fq2ML581V7vVky36TEDF-kTpof4CrKvqFo9EDQCYuttplyZ2DmCoNIwDV6K/w480-h640/rachel+awes+in+bugg+tunic+autumn+extra+2018.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel Awes<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p style="text-align: left;">This is Rachel. Isn't she a candy colored delight of a human?! She is an author, psychologist, and art playgroundist. She is fully-present, and fully gifted in listening -- her first book "All I did was Listen" is super inspiring (along with all her books, "The Great Green Okayness" and "Diving In") <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Without further ado, here's some delicious goodness for us, from Rachel. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <b> </b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Her Voice by Rachel Awes</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">We are all treasure chests <br />with hearts in the middle<br />and we get to make room for<br />what really belongs inside.<br /><br />Water. <br />Mandalas.<br />Surprises.<br />Creating.<br />Intertwining with the good.<br />Planting.<br />Marinating.<br />Being our fullest.<br />Growing.<br />Being authentic.<br />Receiving.<br />Dressing up.<br />Being deliberate with<br />what we keep in <br />and what we keep out.<br />Engaging in what we love.<br />Listening to what we want.<br />Trusting our thoughts.<br />Waking up to wonderment.<br />Pressing imperfectly on.<br /><br />Gems will appear when we listen.<br />Voices will be heard.<br />Even sung.<br />They have been there all along.<br />Needing to be mined<br /><br />and they are <br />all mine<br />and they are <br />all yours.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDKX7f8H-FBgrtidEN4uROoveVPcAie8GDWBikLE-kql7itWAO6dsZnshremlaG0m7B9PICbaOcGEBj2plUefCWzaz1UzNJw2CrqGNn03ks3IOfHZw22_EmNO2aXVRb9iNoUV980i15j8/s2048/speak+the+truth+RED+by+Rachel+Awes+9x12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDKX7f8H-FBgrtidEN4uROoveVPcAie8GDWBikLE-kql7itWAO6dsZnshremlaG0m7B9PICbaOcGEBj2plUefCWzaz1UzNJw2CrqGNn03ks3IOfHZw22_EmNO2aXVRb9iNoUV980i15j8/w480-h640/speak+the+truth+RED+by+Rachel+Awes+9x12.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Free Downloadable Art Print</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>My Words Come out Good by Rachel Awes</b><br /><br />I am practicing<br />saying words<br />that come out of my heart.<br />Like they do<br />before falling asleep. <br />Like they do<br />when sitting with <br />a trusted friend.<br />Like they do<br />when writing next to<br />a big lake.<br /><br />I am paying attention<br />to what happens<br />when<br />I give myself<br />space<br />to do this<br />important work.<br /><br />The shower invites me<br />to sing bigger.<br />Canyons coax me<br />to be heard.<br /><br />It is how <br />our world is made.<br />It is how</p><p style="text-align: left;">we are made.<br /></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs61xpMNjBEOjMVaX13XdPPQlwNLFRed1N2QSxrfAHicUaRuiI2CXbgAB8gtJkN8yb5L-1i-I-aP4ufX10LD58_BaLzkvbYFBNUZYEAqXxaoIOWx9o4R7QWaFuCUhU6fdijoYvHYuyP6ad/s760/lean+into+the+quiet+rachel+awes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs61xpMNjBEOjMVaX13XdPPQlwNLFRed1N2QSxrfAHicUaRuiI2CXbgAB8gtJkN8yb5L-1i-I-aP4ufX10LD58_BaLzkvbYFBNUZYEAqXxaoIOWx9o4R7QWaFuCUhU6fdijoYvHYuyP6ad/s16000/lean+into+the+quiet+rachel+awes.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Free downloadable art print</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Creative exercise with VOICE</b></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Get our markers, crayons, finger paint, or whatever suits your fancy, and put what your voice looks like on paper or canvas. What are the colors? Shapes? Words or no words? Feelings? Needs? Treasures? Secrets? Dreams? Invitations?<br />Write a love letter to your voice. Trusting one’s voice tends to develop around age 9. Maybe consider a love letter to your inner 9 year old. What does she need to know?<br />Practice hearing your words, through a voice recorder or in the shower or singing in the car. Practice holding your voice with compassion.<br />If you could give your voice a new practice, what would you love to do? Read stories out loud? Sing? Tell your truths in the dark or to a waterfall or to your angels?<br />Write a poem using “VOICE” as acronym, like:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b><b>V </b>oice turned<br /><b>O</b> n AND<br /><b>I</b> nspiring<br /><b>C</b> ourageous<br /><b>E</b> mergence.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Listen</b></span><br />1. How did you listen to your inner knowing and wisdom as a child? What memories arise?<br />How about as a teenager, young adult, and now?<br />2. What messages throughout your life have inhibited such listening? What have you come<br />to fear about listening to your heart? What might be new messages you can give from<br />your wise self to your scared self?<br />3. What helps you to listen to your heart? Art-making/creative projects? Walking in<br />nature? Journaling? Prayer? Meditation? A silent retreat? Talking with a trusted friend?<br />Talking with a therapist? Talking with a healer? Massage/body work?<br />4. What if you created an invitation to listen to your inner wisdom? In the form of<br />handwriting on a card? A painting? A collage? A vision board?<br /> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Speak</b></span><br />1. Psychologists say that we develop a sense of voice around age 9. What was happening<br />for you around that age? Were you coming to trust your voice, hide it, question it? What<br />stories were influencing your voice journey?<br />2. What are memories of you using your voice? Hiding your voice? Who supported your<br />words and who discouraged? What are you choosing to tell yourself now?<br />3. How do you currently care for your voice? How do you feel about your boundaries of<br />who you share your truths with and how much you share?<br />4. How do you currently feel inspired to use your voice? Are there words you want to say<br />to a particular person? To a group? To the world? To yourself?<br /> </p><p style="text-align: left;">All shared with LOVE & DIVINE SUPPORT for your listening & speaking & whole<br />life, XOX,<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtnlfxWtJusYHvCLuvDocFnvgCYWg3w449P7O3rC8dy2N2QV8umWMPnNh9GpTgLDv5j-fQI9X8TsiOx-lmeGwq4mXoSWC92sTfMHV3xADuP1odCpwc1p3ShyuD4VOSltJjOiZAfJTG4wy/s2048/rachel+awes+2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtnlfxWtJusYHvCLuvDocFnvgCYWg3w449P7O3rC8dy2N2QV8umWMPnNh9GpTgLDv5j-fQI9X8TsiOx-lmeGwq4mXoSWC92sTfMHV3xADuP1odCpwc1p3ShyuD4VOSltJjOiZAfJTG4wy/w480-h640/rachel+awes+2017.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Rachel Awes<br />Psychologist, Author, and Art Playgroundist<br /><br /><a href="http://rachelawes.com">http://rachelawes.com</a><br /><a href="http://rachelawes.etsy.com">http://rachelawes.etsy.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rachelawes/">https://www.instagram.com/rachelawes/</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rachel.awes/">https://www.facebook.com/rachel.awes/</a><br /><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/rachelawes/">https://www.pinterest.com/rachelawes/</a></b></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Carissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-14053854022480248672021-03-31T17:22:00.002-04:002021-03-31T17:27:36.128-04:00Wondrous Weaves and Healing Spirit Dolls Collection (+ my vintage shop)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.carissapaige.etsy.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="854" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeDYJETIEaakzWsvoDwldDCe7R-kV9t-A52sJvkpUqD79H-jcdhTnKXGx20bePJeVJG640kZu6FQVoBDLeRWcKcJfIj1tQ8Fc_r0Oq0FC_8h0AOwXEUPZmk4rd2F3qFlFSgkZfCt4aIBH/w427-h640/wondrous+weaves+.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> It all started with a spontaneous trip to IKEA, to look at chairs for Ever's room. In the kid's section, they had a loom set up. This loom was standing there smiling, calling my name... </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">"Oh, this will be sooo fun!" I thought it would be something I'd mostly do with Ever. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">After I got home and made the first piece, it swirled me into creative whirlwind. The next thing I knew, I was rummaging through all the precious fabrics I'd collected over many years running an online vintage shop. Little and big scraps wove their way in. Finally a place for these treasured scraps to land! </div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> It feels sooo good to create without an end result in mind. . . </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to feel a force greater than myself as I let my hands and heart roam. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This healing collection is available now: <b><a href="http://www.carissapaige.etsy.com">www.carissapaige.etsy.com</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For those interested in my vintage shop, see below!</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jackandtilly.etsy.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4t6c_URxWROmdAarHEVN_Xgsa3OwmXtadMNmagFwG1TJFFPKssOeeCKVy-jditApSgcenUooJU0TYUSiJBS2AA3LJkdQDxtnJh4uwRB5cpFAovOyZhAWXGfdHO0uSxfcgu3tB799e7jnE/w640-h640/teal+dress6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jackandtilly.etsy.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="1200" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOGhrC-pnP3V-zRRq2v9U07wNq3MTWwCtSiulqkXxy_cdHWl0s62piFsZUHc4FxV2az6fd7Dv-4F8vbyagHDQaCQboFbZE2bBEPs41PU_Oeuzi6ku1JWwqfDKHxj02qAUun0D_fl0Tox1/w640-h160/etsy+shop+banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jackandtilly.etsy.com"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>www.jackandtilly.etsy.com</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>With massive amounts of love, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: center;">Carissa <br /></p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div>Carissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-65275945350937361642021-03-19T19:35:00.001-04:002021-03-19T19:40:02.038-04:00Let it flow<p> Let it flow</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhINESErsAw6-dregDfvCe3x2X94wUUV_r2BaopMzhdGWKkinvQggxbULFet65mWXgMf4ZF-Edq9Bwt0ue-vzgS-qNA0Tof2usQFCaeCQSc9IurzHhT8NgpprvONRPurqF5JxcQlmY-H-/s4032/IMG_6175.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhINESErsAw6-dregDfvCe3x2X94wUUV_r2BaopMzhdGWKkinvQggxbULFet65mWXgMf4ZF-Edq9Bwt0ue-vzgS-qNA0Tof2usQFCaeCQSc9IurzHhT8NgpprvONRPurqF5JxcQlmY-H-/w480-h640/IMG_6175.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Art Coming Soon: <a href="http://www.carissapaige.etsy.com">www.carissapaige.etsy.com</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />When I read some of my public writings or journal entries over the past years, I see where I slowed down. I see where the flow turned into an eddy, which turned into a staircase, which turned into a deep cavernous crack in the earth which I shimmied down. At the very bottom were two caves. In one, a lioness and her cub. She gave me red rubies, and I went off to gather a big leg of some creature to give in gratitude.<br /><br />I still visit her from time to time. She is patient and kind and fiercely supportive. Her paws gigantic, her breath magnificent. It blows all the dust away. <br /><br />When I think about what’s stopped me in my creative flow, I see a set of stairs in my throat. <br /><br />Stairs… That’s interesting. It’s not something that stops someone. But when I see these lines, this movement of energy -- it feels bumpy. It’s the pausing and questioning before the next piece of puzzle has a chance to express itself. <br /><br />I don’t want to create from a staircase. i want to create from the river I am.<br /><br />I realize how precious my time is now. I have these windows to create within, as my son naps or sleeps. Looking back at the amount of time I had previously, and how much of it I spent in sacred pause. . . <br /><br />In my next post I’ll share more about the events that stopped me in my tracks. It’s not that I stopped entirely — I was delighting in new paths, secret trails, and a quiet kind of growth that first blooms itself close to the earth, then upwards along fences into trees and limitless everything.<br /><br />Not everything has to be visible. <br /><br />With immense love to you who is reading this, and to all the invisible, tangible growth that happens on the inside. <br /> <br />Carissa <br /><p></p><br />Carissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-50349568841727018562020-09-11T23:07:00.002-04:002021-03-31T17:24:41.175-04:00Mother <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS10DvJvVXb5wMIn1WL7Npzi9W5fwu8vwsm2DCBlMLn4XlYOzSvJy3lc3rzjUPSLk8s6xq_TGzb9CkADS12eXDJ9TOUfCfQ2R2YlEuoTYNUvtrmOKozN78r2wlRsJ5kAAqQ5IK66u_x3F/s2048/KPD_1630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS10DvJvVXb5wMIn1WL7Npzi9W5fwu8vwsm2DCBlMLn4XlYOzSvJy3lc3rzjUPSLk8s6xq_TGzb9CkADS12eXDJ9TOUfCfQ2R2YlEuoTYNUvtrmOKozN78r2wlRsJ5kAAqQ5IK66u_x3F/w640-h426/KPD_1630.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Dear creative soul, </p><p>I hope you are well. It's been a long time since I've written. My sweet son is turning 2 in a few months. I thoroughly enjoy watching him grow. He keeps me present, busy, and engaged. I enjoy motherhood in ways I couldn't have anticipated. The early days challenged me in ways I couldn't have anticipated. The wondrous dichotomy completely transformed me, or more like awakened me into who I've always been. Talk about claiming ones power. </p><p>Motherhood has been a healing journey like no other, with all the inner-work I've done leading up to this. There is much more to my personal story that I will share one day, when the time is right. </p><p>I've been painting again, in slivers of time. I have been writing again too, in 11 min increments. I have been doing lots of micro-style-moves. I hope to post some of my 11 minute writings in the coming weeks. They are spiritual-esque, in an ask and answer type of channeled context. If that is something you are interested in . . . Stay tuned. It all flows into and out of the art I am working on, which I will share as well. I am going to be brave. I hope you enjoy.</p><p>Big big love to you, wherever you are,</p><p>Carissa</p><p><br /></p> <p></p>Carissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-6101791978919231612018-10-25T16:48:00.000-04:002019-03-08T18:54:11.247-05:00FEMTASTICAL FIGURES WORKSHOP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Come paint your own Femtastical Woodcut Figure!! All you need to bring are your favorite acrylic paints, some “power symbols” or imagery that is meaningful to you for layering & decorating her “power skirt”, a variety of brushes, gesso, and a mechanical pencil. The rest (along with snacks) will be provided. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">211 E First Street</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Sanford, FL </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">$130 = includes one tall figure of your choice with 4 one-of-a-kind designs to choose from. Each one measures appx 24” tall by 12-14” at their widest point. Figures are available first come first serve style. Doors open at 12:30. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">In this daylong workshop we’ll be focused on creating a variety of whimsical faces in both linear and non-linear fashions. Using bold, bright colors, expressive marks, symbols, and shapes we’ll build a series of playful backgrounds for our faces. The goal is to loosen up and have fun, get out of your head and en-joy the process. Carissa will guide and cheer you along every step of the way. Walk away with a better grip on faces, and a heart-full of inspiration. All levels of experience welcome. Come connect & play with other creative souls! Space is limited to 6 participants. Secure your spot below // A general supply list will be emailed upon registration.</span></div>
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Around here lately --- We've been diving into so many tasks. From making big decisions around Casa De Whimsy to making the same kinds of inspections and upgrades to our inner-house / cells / belief systems. It's easy to get so laser focused on the up-close version of our reality, that we miss whats unfolding right before our eyes. Working on zooming out more and remembering our bigger visions simply take time to unfold, and there will inevitably be snags along the way. Casa De Whimsy is teaching us that, right now. </div>
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Theres been a lot of talk about moving closer to nature (for the longest time), though we feel called to stay rooted here longer. Thankfully, we aren't far from the places that refuel us (ie: the springs above.) In the spirit of creating what you most need to find -- a backyard garden is on our short list of goals for 2017. The reality is getting closer and closer as teachers and classes have been appearing left and right. Amazing how the universe responds in kind to our sincerest wishes and inquiries, isn't it? Aiming to start small with a couple raised beds... Wish us luck! ;)</div>
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On other tides -- the world is getting crazier and it's shadows are looming larger. . . I know. All of the inner-work and spiritual deep-dives we've done over the years has prepared us. All of us. For this. To know (or uncover) exactly who we are and what we offer as Light-workers, deep-divers, humans. To officially sign our names on that registry. To resist all the lies and rhetoric. To resist walling ourselves off from our purpose, or tuning in to the loud fears that would prefer we stay small, safe, silent. Now would be a good time to zoom in close, because when we zoom out at the massive scale of tragedy across the world -- we could have a tendency to feel overwhelmed or too small to make a difference, (which is lies, all lies.) The main focus is on showing up in every area we can, micro and macro, with our whole hearts. And keeping the clutter out, making sure our power isn't leaking. . . Ya' feel me?? </div>
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Hope you are managing these waves of transition with all your might and light. Here is a little Life-Raft to help you float when the heaviness gets to you.. . . . seriously. . . . I feel + love you. </div>
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Last but not least, a new piece thats almost finished. . . Thinking about leaving her faceless.<br />
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Everything I've been creating lately has been feeling like smaller "studies" of a much larger reality and transformation thats been unfolding.<br />
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Off to zoom out. Wayyyyy out.<br />
With Love to You, Always.<br />
Wherever You Are.<br />
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How are you this season? I really miss you here. Some of the biggest feedback I've been receiving lately from every single angle (and...angel) in my life, is this -- please get back on the blog-horse. Consistently. Drop in more, and share (more) Along The Way. Even if it's just a small post or quick live video, you say, you want more from me (I hear you). I am gladly honoring this invitation for regularity, for sharing in smaller-chunks (which echoes the sound of my heart / pulse....)<br />
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Farewell to the old habit of chunky-wordy-posts. Welcome to the ease of less, and more. Thump-thump, thump-thump.<br />
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2016 was a year of Deepening. A Massive Inhale. I am ready for the Slow Exhale into next season. In every which way, I am emerging with gems to share. And I vow to Follow These Wild Winds (as always) wherever they lead, with my Whole Heart.<br />
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A quick blast down memory lane:: I must quickly honor the fact that simply stepping into this blog and sharing my journey from 2008 changed everything for me. It's as if I opened a big wooden gate and welcomed my truth to slip out from every possible angle. It marks the moment I chose to engage my new life (my true life) and follow my JOY with complete abandon. With complete imperfection. With complete I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. All the rusty hinges naturally fell away to make room for all the expansiveness in my capacity, which just keeps growing. Just one juicy layer of surrendering after the other.<br />
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Thank you to those who have stuck with me from the jump, or from anywhere Along the Way. I cherish you. <br />
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Messy Mavens was the biggest hit this year. It's where most of my energy was drawn. I enjoyed offering in-person workshops, connecting face-to-face with so many amazing souls near and far. And of course the e-course version! It has to be my #1 favorite creation to date. May I confess 1) I love creating content. 2) I love making videos. 3) I love inspiring you. 4) I love the fact so many people can connect across the globe, with similar intentions, and share their huge hearts. WHat a blessing. Number 3 is really what it's all about. I hope you feel the love in every morsel I share.<br />
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In short, 2016 was more private and inward than most since I started here. Today I watch the sun peek back behind the pine trees with complete acceptance and peace.<br />
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Big love to you<br />
and your journey<br />
always,<br />
Carissa<br />
<br />Carissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-49975837706161019982016-01-13T06:00:00.001-05:002016-01-13T06:00:07.159-05:00Studio Views + SPECTRUM 2016<br />
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Carissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-38733371553481267392016-01-12T17:32:00.000-05:002016-03-31T21:36:05.124-04:00Dear 2016: Dream Seeds + deepening + miracles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1">With 7 stitches across my toes: I hopped into 2015 on one foot fearing I was damaged beyond repair… Oh it’s a long story, but in that downtime the word Sea-change ("a profound or notable transformation") was delivered. It became my touchstone and truly foreshadowed every-thing-that-followed… Fire was the element that chased me (and I it) as I leapt into a Transformational Pond. The Phoenix Process came for a lot of us, and wow, it was scorching, uncomfortable, frightening, exhilarating, and highly personal. Theres seems to be this desolate in-between where we have done our work, but can’t yet see the horizon — or how beautiful the aftermath will be. In my experience, it’s always been bigger, brighter, and surprisingly more simple than I realize. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Every experience, every poison apple, every deep wound, every little radiant dream that keeps coming back to you is an opportunity. . . To Deepen Your Truth. To respond. To rumble. To roar. To roll down itchy hills into big piles of perfectly raked leaves. To toss perfect into the air. To get uncomfortable (as you grow). To run through sprinklers. To slide down slides. To dance ridiculously. To scream from the depths of your core — I am here, I am here. And believe it. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">The Maven Train has returned, and it’s officially ready to scoop up all you Self-Paced Adventurers. Are you ready? To go deeper? Messier? Brazen-er in your art (and life) practice? Pack your cosmic bags and hit the rails. This little light-train is filled with messy, honest, and inspirational content to help guide you toward your very own Underground Railroad. A place of liberation & freedom that runs deep in your veins, and reveals itself in dreamscapes and through open hearted dialogues on canvas.</span></div>
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“This course is so much more than a how-to for messy techniques. Carissa is masterful at encouraging self exploration with intuitive mark-making and journaling prompts. I found myself slowing down each week to savor the writing, photos, and videos that she presented. <b>All of it, guiding me into my own power</b>. I wholeheartedly recommend this course for anyone searching for creative freedom and authenticity and who doesn't mind getting messy along the way. -- Shari Sherman"<br />
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<span class="s1">"Carissa's Messy Maven class is full of heart. I love to watch her create and work through all the beautiful "messy" parts. It is refreshing to see an artist take you from start to finish on a painting with vulnerability the way Carissa does. The beautiful imperfections begin to shine. Her approach is loose, playful, and experimental. One does not find this every day....the way she shares her full process. It taught me to keep showing up and to paint often! -- Mindy Lacefield" </span></div>
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<span class="s1">"Everyone Needs Messy Mavens! All Aboard! </span>I’m singin’ the praises of one of my all-time favorite courses! Carissa Paige is gifted, aware, genuine, and talented. Her process is rooted in <b>“creating from you authentic self and being open to your inner wisdom.”</b><i> </i> Learning from and getting to know Carissa turned out to be a richly fulfilling adventure. She reinforced the three most important things for me in relation to my passion for creating:</div>
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<span class="s1">"Messy Mavens has gotten me excited to paint again! I've been in a bit of a creative rut when it comes time to create purely for myself . . . for joy and exploration and discovery. Messy Mavens is exactly what I needed to get me all fired up again! Carissa is a gentle yet powerful guide, inviting us to draw inspiration from our life's own messy mavens (including ourselves!). I'm grateful to honor my strong women: ancestors, mentors, kindred, and yes, even myself. Thank you, Carissa, for a deeply meaningful and moving course! You helped me love being a Messy Maven! -- Amanda Fall"</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="s1">"Carissa, you got me started with art and intuitive painting and <b>my whole life has changed</b> so I'm so very grateful! Messy Mavens here I come!!! </span><span class="s3">:) </span><span class="s1">Choooo chooo!” -- Gabriella Swanson</span></span><br />
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<span class="s1">"Just watched your Closing Circle video, Carissa. I was moved to tears. You absolutely get it. Messy Mavens is one of the most genuine and transformative classes I've taken. YOU are the bestest conductor ever! And <b>I am happier than ever with my WILD self</b>!” </span></div>
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<span class="s5">"</span><span class="s1">I just watched the opening video (at last! After jumping around a bit, since I joined late), and oh, Carissa, you made my nose crinkle up with tears. Thank you for the comfort here and your gentle guidance. <b>I see now there's nothing to fear. Only more love to discover</b>.”</span></div>
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<span class="s1">"Just finished watching Week #2 Lessons! <b>I am bursting with excitement</b> to create my first Maven!!!”</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Hello from the Wilderness, my friends! I have been on a wild and wondrous journey. I'm back with some massive and exciting news for you. My newest e-course, <b>Messy Mavens: She Found Her Own Pulse</b>, is pulsing and ready to be born. Today I am celebrating and preparing for the arrival with incredible amounts of joy and vulnerability, knowing this is one of the biggest boldest moves I am making to date. It's already such a special program, and continually growing deeper. There are some pretty liberating (and maybe shocking) surprises at the end. <b>I can hardly wait to share this Intuitive Voyage in Paint with you. </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Are you ready? I am beyond ready. Messy Mavens is a culmination of my journey through Intuitive Voyaging, Following the Wild Winds, and Showing Up As You Are. Not only is it an e-course on making big wise Messy Mavens on your canvas, it is also a journey in honoring the markers along your path, tapping your intuition, and speaking your truth, with art as a vehicle and your hands and heart as the resonators. Show up and liberate yourself. I will help guide you toward releasing whatever needs releasing so you can unhinge and express yourself like never before, all the while reaching realms of your inner-wisdom using tools I have known and continuously expanded upon since childhood.</span></div>
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Because living a Soul-full, deliberate, handmade life isn't always easy, especially when we think our visions will fall flat or maybe some did, and we can't always see the bigger, deeper, wider transformation occurring right. under. our. nose. Here is a little story (a true story) about a caterpillar who came into my life recently. As I witnessed him wrestling with transformation, I saw / felt some very real things I needed to. . .around what it can feel like to Transform or birth any new project into the world ---></div>
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A few months ago, a caterpillar followed me home. I left the windows open in the car hoping he’d find his way to a new tree or bush, but the next morning he was hanging on the interior roof. Assuming he latched onto this vehicle for a reason, I did some research and set up a little house so he could create his chrysalis and transform safely. </div>
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<span class="s1">(above = a monarch who had been on his own arduous journey, landed and latched onto me in his final hours, last year, where i built him a similar little home to rest. . . .)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">This little caterpillar soul came along to tell, to show, to help put to rest all the various transformations or ideas or projects that didn’t quite reach their full potential, or what was thought to be their full potential. He left a big impression here, with such powerful reminders on the process of continual awakening. How it really requires putting to rest all those old stories and ideas about our former attempts to transform, and what that transformation will look like in the end. I believe he had a bigger vision than just becoming a moth, or butterfly, and perhaps one of his visions is here in this story, <b>in this living example of burying what is no longer alive for you — so you can move freely into what IS. </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>One last update</b>:: I am so excited and honored to be one of 12 Guides in this current round of Inner <a href="http://www.mindytsonas.org/2015/06/inner-alchemy-circle-fire-coven.html" target="_blank">Alchemy Circle :: Fire Coven</a> held by the ever power-full alchemist extraordinaire who inspires me immensely with her Unabashed Living and Writings, <a href="http://www.mindytsonas.org/" target="_blank">Mindy Tsona</a>s. I conjured up the word, and energy of a Tempest in my card / piece -- a passionate, powerful storm that you can literally harness and BE as you move through your life clearing the path and creating BIG momentous change. To be the Tempest. To be the Change. </span></div>
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An underlying theme keeps rolling through, boiling down, and rising up in every single area of my life — the simple line -- the truth will set you free. Untangling from all the lies. The spells. The poison apples. I’ve had to put down a lot along the way, as I continue picking up on these tiny little over-arching threads of my existence — because I grew up around so many lies — big lies, tiny lies, massive lies, mixed with fractions of truth and shoved into the closet.<br />
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I won’t hash over these lies, but I will share one key way I overcame them — simply by knowing my self. It sounds so easy, right, but it really boils down to shedding all the personal history that ties you up in believing anything but your own true longings and callings. Knowing your deep self -- deep enough to rake up all the other surface things. Taking out the trash, burning down the house (of lies).<br />
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Knowing that you mean well. That all of your intentions are pure. That if you get a lump in your throat and “sing the words wrong” — <b>you are safe within a world who knows you, who loves you, and has no need to forgive you.</b>
I had spent many moons in this world tip-toeing around my truth, my existence, knowing I had these big giant red balloons inside just waiting to burst — while simultaneously riding alongside the very real fears of stumbling and tumbling and being incredibly lost in translation as I project my little light hard, over and through and beyond the tangled up forrest of my personal history.<br />
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Why am I here, now, shedding this on screen? Because I hope it helps someone out there who's been hiding, holding back, living in little white lies, little sparkly niceties, tip-toeing like some refugee, or through years of self-exploration and therapy to discover you’ve been glossing over the real stream of things. The truth around whatever IT is -- really will set you free.<br />
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I am a woman who has trekked across many-a-mile with sweat pouring from my breast and never-ever-missed-a-beat. I absorb every little detail, every little whisp in the wind, every little crackle in the night, and find myself reflecting in every-creature, in every-one, in every-living-thing. I am a woman who is finally. calling. herself. such.<br />
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I have walked through blazing suns with head scarves, my notebook and inner compasses in my gut to integrate my own shadows and lies, and I wouldn’t change a bead or beat. I wouldn’t dare question or linger or wallow any longer, because I am incredibly honest with my self, and the time to hesitate on anything I believe deeply, know deeply, sense deeply, is through. I have always, always known. <b>And this. is. the. skin. my. soul. chose. </b><br />
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To know yourself as you endless become something new, can be a frightening, confusing place, but yes, you can. . . You can pioneer the continual act of shedding your personal history, those little spells or lies, and the dark parts of yourself others might try to draw back out or cling onto, not-so-innocently, as you step out boldly with bells on your hems, singing imperfectly, dancing ridiculously, <b>riding the glorious train that endlessly arrives. . . to deliver you. </b><br />
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I have some serious catching up to do in blog-landia. So many things to update and share. . . My LifeBook lesson<b> {Make*Shift Magic}</b> went live earlier this month which has been thrilling to experience as the student pages / interpretations continue to trickle in. I am gearing up for my next journey :: packing up my circus and heading back to my beloved Sanford studio / shop, my beloved bicycle (Jolla! more on her soon). I honestly couldn't be happier with all we've manifested for our lives these past 5 - 10 years, and the continuous practice of holding the joy, clearing space, doing my work, and GettingOutOfMyOwnWay <--- what it all boils down to.</div>
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Hello my friends! <br /><br />I hope your year is off to a great start<span style="color: #0000ee;">. </span>I know I've been a bit quiescent here for quite some time. There is sooooo much I have to share with you. Instagram and FB have been convenient means of daily sharing, but I'd really like to dig in deep / re-connect with this space. <br /><br />Where to begin?<br />
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv8KrREY8hJtCpZ_i_YjlLipM2Dal8irH8Cwd95WcXdzn70QmmcvYJU6zvJSx7bOCr2EuCRjkrYwEsW0jgdvOsNuVmgudLVvAT7QNbv_2gEcLtTbdHPmsLMxMIZF3ErluZfDmA-kSpRPj/s1600/Photo+Jan+12%252C+6+33+14+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv8KrREY8hJtCpZ_i_YjlLipM2Dal8irH8Cwd95WcXdzn70QmmcvYJU6zvJSx7bOCr2EuCRjkrYwEsW0jgdvOsNuVmgudLVvAT7QNbv_2gEcLtTbdHPmsLMxMIZF3ErluZfDmA-kSpRPj/s1600/Photo+Jan+12%252C+6+33+14+PM.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><b>Back in September of 2013</b> I rode a very inspired whim and put together all of my blog posts and artwork from 2009 - 2013 into a luscious and gorgeous book entitled,<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">"Hip on Dreams and Oceans: </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Navigating the Sea: my Personal Log and Journey." </span><br /><br />I woke with a jolt. A sudden fear pounding in my chest: I don't want to lose track of my journey here, all I had poured out, all I had found. Because when I think about it, this process of blogging has completely changed my life. I made one single copy -- just for me. A key piece of EVIDENCE to honor, to hold in my hands, to snuggle belonging-ly between other writer's words on my shelf. My lifelong dreams of book-making suddenly made real. And I realized the importance of doing it just for me. . . this oxygen mask of-sorts. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bVOKdRzJZVcUzZc7cLTiYSgiMsqWURhZW_t67l3Iht6FDyHlQ5x4rBmTacVW3S3g16o3EwSSYgpRztIoz73BFFfq9QPLsnPr4Iom4p0tluBSz878EdJMlV_20_E58jCS2biLS-Fm5_bv/s1600/Photo+Feb+11%252C+4+57+56+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bVOKdRzJZVcUzZc7cLTiYSgiMsqWURhZW_t67l3Iht6FDyHlQ5x4rBmTacVW3S3g16o3EwSSYgpRztIoz73BFFfq9QPLsnPr4Iom4p0tluBSz878EdJMlV_20_E58jCS2biLS-Fm5_bv/s1600/Photo+Feb+11%252C+4+57+56+PM.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a><br /><br /> I ended up encountering this man, who passionately insisted his daughter needed it. I swear he is some sort of earth angel. I told him it needed editing, and was expensive to produce. He insisted, YOU DON'T NEED TO EDIT THIS. MAKE MORE. And paid me $100. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnAKiD4VniQHfKKPmk0OlpCzTV5vFCuik0wF5mFxKwg5PO53AkhzRp8hvIuFfoEQ813us-_6ZFhPx61y2fWwGuF6uEDu1D163vnCTPUFy-gnwQh1sOAdF8N-5wj3kQiL9QE-cf5CfPtkr/s1600/Photo+Feb+17%252C+5+56+12+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnAKiD4VniQHfKKPmk0OlpCzTV5vFCuik0wF5mFxKwg5PO53AkhzRp8hvIuFfoEQ813us-_6ZFhPx61y2fWwGuF6uEDu1D163vnCTPUFy-gnwQh1sOAdF8N-5wj3kQiL9QE-cf5CfPtkr/s1600/Photo+Feb+17%252C+5+56+12+PM.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a><br /><br /><b> I made myself a promise when this book first arrived</b>, one week before my <b>Big Colorado Adventure</b>: my next book will be even more utterly raw and vulnerable. There is a certain freedom I feel in my private journals, but how much more freeing it will be to step out and share those feelings and experiences. The truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God. At the heart of everything, my biggest passion of all is confessional art and writing. Deep, true, raw expressive. These are the stories I most need to feel and LIVE. <br />
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<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Honesty is fertile ground.</span><br />
<br />I come from a long line of women who hid their truths, crossed their legs like a lady, and never dared question any of it. Women with extreme anxiety, self-destruction, addiction, borderline this-or-that. Women who take their own lives, in their own beds. I have faced my own dragons and I can say with unmistakable yes -- I came here to break the chain. <b>To die in my own way ever single day</b> -- only to be reborn over and over. To push forward with the cosmic swirl of teachers who came before. <b>To live in the land of UNMISTAKABLE YES and leave this world a better place than I found it. </b><br />
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVnlxNnu-obSyB6d0RGtH5Xd558cQbXrElPISm3tg780lFhj-aJnTrN7pVqD1FswXc_EoKyHF1070YvkokEmU7xVpNuTZZGRskwfPpp2imjncOazlJjPhhyaAGzVWxLjsd8vLdTutI8Fr/s1600/Photo+Feb+04%252C+5+59+26+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVnlxNnu-obSyB6d0RGtH5Xd558cQbXrElPISm3tg780lFhj-aJnTrN7pVqD1FswXc_EoKyHF1070YvkokEmU7xVpNuTZZGRskwfPpp2imjncOazlJjPhhyaAGzVWxLjsd8vLdTutI8Fr/s1600/Photo+Feb+04%252C+5+59+26+PM.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I believe we're all connected. Mirrors from the same cloth. This ride is incredibly short and precious -- the best spirits to be surrounded with are those who support your highest vision. </b></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRCzKnU7ML90FbC6F643IkEkTXohxrVbLwbI_bRLp4rzvlA474-BsAZQ7C_BVSxdp2546VRwl1fh1b6bRMs59J8D4g-1JnsPBd2ZpVqW4yPHSQ1sNzOhBWrPYtdwNiPJetQuDviCl0_dY/s1600/Photo+Dec+11%252C+5+17+25+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRCzKnU7ML90FbC6F643IkEkTXohxrVbLwbI_bRLp4rzvlA474-BsAZQ7C_BVSxdp2546VRwl1fh1b6bRMs59J8D4g-1JnsPBd2ZpVqW4yPHSQ1sNzOhBWrPYtdwNiPJetQuDviCl0_dY/s1600/Photo+Dec+11%252C+5+17+25+PM.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Clearing the space</b></span>.<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> On and on it goes. </span></b><br /><br /><b>Flash back to August of 2013:</b> I started doing Acupuncture. I heard this huge, powerful, unmistakable voice tell me I needed to clear my body, my spirit, my pathways. The earth shook my friends, and I found some amazingly old pools of grief and sorrow resting in places I would never presume. A story for another time, but I just wanted to share -- I have made huge strides in space clearing. <b>I put down a lot of things and just want to say with unmistakable YES -- it was worth it, from the other side, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. Keep going.</b><br />
<b><br /></b><br />I am staring outside a big window. . . watching life. . . I have a lot more to share, but the Wild Winds are calling. A lot more work to do. . . a lot more to reveal. <br />
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-------------------------------------------------<br /><b>Next update -- I will share some bold moves + my NEW STUDIO & HOME </b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEA8SQSqIpeUTZYkz46pYqCZiRizBdqzlVjn3GiN8Z8aOPsbqhMu6gR9Tal2YpGXcejKZGMfz7o8MG9Unj4Ldc9maTb5ExIVfRp6xWb_8LGI0zSUVjSEgjkxedDSwv9_GNlYxi1Lgm-nAv/s1600/Photo+Jan+25,+8+47+26+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEA8SQSqIpeUTZYkz46pYqCZiRizBdqzlVjn3GiN8Z8aOPsbqhMu6gR9Tal2YpGXcejKZGMfz7o8MG9Unj4Ldc9maTb5ExIVfRp6xWb_8LGI0zSUVjSEgjkxedDSwv9_GNlYxi1Lgm-nAv/s1600/Photo+Jan+25,+8+47+26+PM.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Carissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-19221344540241277652013-12-09T22:01:00.000-05:002013-12-28T21:43:04.173-05:00((UPdate: Winner Chosen)) SOUL FOOD: Inner-View & Give-a-Way<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have SO MUCH to catch up on and share with you here. The past 3 weeks have whirled by like a magic carpet ride and then I suddenly smacked down with a nasty cold and cough. So here I am on the mend. </div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/71843473">Carissa Paige SOUL FOOD inner-view</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/carissapaige">carissa paige</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>For a chance to win a spot ---> leave a comment below with <span style="color: #134f5c;">YOUR FAVORITE SOUL FOOD</span> & I will announce winners next week!</b></span><br />
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The Magical Digital Hat has chosen ---></div>
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Congrats to Gwyn! Please email me at carissapaigeART@gmail.com to claim your seat :) I wish I could give out more spaces... Each<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> & every morsel of your Soul Food</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> answers were delicious to read about. Thank you so much for participating / sharing.</span></div>
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<b>Dear Creative Souls: </b><b>Welcome to this new series</b> where I share peeks of the <b>process and transformation</b> that occurs on my canvas which almost always <b>mirrors</b> transformation that has occurred in my life & soul. I hope this inspires your creative journey. </div>
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After the first girl appeared, I immediately began to see this Pink Coyote figure upside down. So I covered the first girl and flipped things around. . . following the strands. . . . another two girls appeared.</div>
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The girl on the left has decided to go inward. . . . with her eyes closed. . . she is being led on a journey by the coyote and her otherworldly helper. </div>
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The girl on the left came and went very quickly. She spoke her peace. . . </div>
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HERE is where everything changed for me entirely. . . as I began to completely cover up all I had hashed out. . . a poem came spilling out all in one stream (unedited). . . . Here it is:</div>
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Ah! And then. . . . the floods came. The dark and stormy came. . . The onlooker up top appeared to "blow winds + change time". . . . his only duty. . . he did it well. Thank you. </div>
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The very next morning I began to shift with where this was really going. Here we are at the other side. . . Out alive. . . The wisdom and folly of this glorious Pink Coyote remained by my side as I worked on this piece on & off for 4-6 months. It corresponds to another leg of my journey I wrote about last year <a href="http://carissapaige.blogspot.com/2012/03/howling-in-wind-coyote-wisdom.html" target="_blank"><b>right here</b>,</a> where I first encountered a coyote in the flesh. . . The story I shared and the aspect of the ROAD is something I am still writing about and exploring in my life to this day. </div>
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I have a feeling Coyote Magic has always been here for me, loyal, playful, mischievous... through thick and thin. As for what she's up to in my life right now, I am listening, loyally. I am honoring my Self, my weird and wonderful ways more-so than I ever have. No matter how many people appear to throw hurdles or stones or spooks. . . I am HERE. . . trotting along the mysterious and powerful edge of that glorious forrest. READY TO GO IN. Always. I dare. Nothing is going to stop me from pushing forward with all my limbs. No one is going to throw their shadows on my walls. Anymore. Ever. Boundaries are thick. Instincts are on. Walls and guards and swords of light. I am covered. All angles. I'm in. </div>
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Pink Coyote. . . I thank you . . . with all I have.<br />
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10/26 Artistcellar <a href="http://www.artistcellar.com/wp" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.artistcellar.com/wp</a></div>
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10/27 Jill K. Berry <a href="http://jillberrydesign.com/blog" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://jillberrydesign.com/<wbr>blog</a></div>
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10/28 Dawn DeVries Sokol <a href="http://www.dawndsokol.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.dawndsokol.com</a></div>
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10/29 Carla Sonheim <a href="http://carlasonheim.wordpress.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">carlasonheim.wordpress.com</a></div>
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10/30 Micki Wilde <a href="http://thesecrethermit.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">thesecrethermit.blogspot.com</a></div>
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10/31 Carissa Paige <a href="http://carissapaige.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://carissapaige.blogspot.<wbr>com</a></div>
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11/1 Effy Wild <a href="http://www.effywild.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.effywild.com</a></div>
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11/2 Gracie Howle <a href="http://graciehowle.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://graciehowle.blogspot.<wbr>com</a></div>
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11/3 Jane Davenport <a href="http://janedavenport.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://janedavenport.com</a></div>
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11/4 Chris Cozen <a href="http://chriscozenartist.typepad.com/my-blog/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://chriscozenartist.<wbr>typepad.com/my-blog/</a> </div>
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11/5 Tamara Laporte <a href="http://www.willowing.org/blog" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.willowing.org/blog</a> </div>
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I am just getting back from a pilgrimage out west in Colorado: <b>Storytelling in Original Voice by Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes (Women Who Run With The Wolves). </b>The experience was completely transformative, beyond my wildest dreams. I'm still digging and piecing together tangible words to describe what I gathered in the 5 glorious days and 4 glorious nights of intensive soul digging. One night as she was telling us our bedtime story a pack of coyotes (or wolves?) came howling by. I was laying in the back of the room with my sweater cocoon (hardcore adjusting to the altitude) and tears of joy streaming down my face. <b>More on this whole journey soon. </b></div>
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A quick note about what's to come from me in 2014: I have so much top secret goodness in store...! <b>Legend of YOU</b> is being completely refilmed and <b>amplified with new magic and insights</b> I've gathered along the trail... and more. I will make early-bird announcements on my newsletter first, so sign up on the side if you want to <b>ride that train</b> <b>or any other train</b> with me come 2014 ---> </div>
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<b>Without further ado</b>: I'm thrilled to play a part in <a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=1270731&c=ib&aff=181401&cl=160389" target="_blank"><b>Life Book 2014</b></a> amongst the <b>incredible line up.</b> AND I'm thrilled to give-a-way a <b>free </b>spot. In the comments below I'd love if you'd share: <b>"What lights your creative fire?!"</b> along with a way to reach you (email / website). I will pick a winner next week! </div>
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<b>Here are the rest of the amazing teachers and participants of this blog hop:</b><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>12th Sept 2013 </b>- Tamara Laporte - <a href="http://www.willowing.org/blog" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.willowing.org/blog</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>13th Sept 2013</b> – Tascha Parkinson – <a href="http://timewithtascha.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.timewithtascha.blogspot.ca</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>14th Sept 2013 </b>- Lesley Riley – <a href="http://www.lesleyriley.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.lesleyriley.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>15th Sept 2013</b> – Alena Hennessy – <a href="http://www.alenahennessy.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.alenahennessy.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>16th Sept2013</b> – Kat McBride – <a href="http://www.katcanpaint.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.KatCanPaint.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>17th Sept 2013</b> – Carla Sonheim – <a href="http://www.carlasonheim.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.carlasonheim.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>18th Sept 2013</b> – Jane Davenport – <a href="http://www.janedavenport.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.janedavenport.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>19th Sept 2013</b> – Danielle Daniel – <a href="http://www.danielledaniel.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.danielledaniel.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>20th Sept 2013</b> – Jennibellie – <a href="http://www.jennibelliestudio.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.jennibelliestudio.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>23rd Sept2013</b> – Kelly Hoernig – <a href="http://www.kellyhoernig.webs.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.kellyhoernig.webs.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>24th Sept 2013</b> – Micki Wilde – <a href="http://www.thesecrethermit.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.thesecrethermit.blogspot.<wbr>co.uk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>25th Sept 2013</b> – Kate Thompson – <a href="http://www.fracturedangelics.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.fracturedangelics.<wbr>blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>26th Sept 2013</b> – Flora Bowley – <a href="http://www.florabowley.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.florabowley.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>27th Sept2013</b> – Anna Dabrowska – <a href="http://www.tworzysko.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.tworzysko.blogspot.co.uk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>28th Sept 2013</b> – Steven Speight – <a href="http://www.speightoftheart.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.speightoftheart.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>30th Sept 2013 </b>- Serena Bridgeman – <a href="http://www.serenarty.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.serenarty.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1st Oct 2013</b> – Dyan Reaveley – <a href="http://www.dyan-reavely.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.dyan-reavely.blogspot.co.<wbr>uk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2nd Oct 2013</b> – Effy Wild – <a href="http://effywild.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.effywild.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1887559957" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3rd Oct 2013</span></span></b> – Carissa Paige – <a href="http://www.carissapaige.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.carissapaige.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1887559958" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">4th Oct 2013</span></span> </b>- Marieke Blokland – <a href="http://www.bloknote.nl/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.bloknote.nl</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1887559959" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5th Oct 2013</span></span></b> – Christy Tomlinson – <a href="http://www.christytomlinson.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.christytomlinson.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1887559960" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6th Oct 2013</span></span></b> – Traci Bautista – <a href="http://www.treicdesigns.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.treicdesigns.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1887559961" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7th Oct 2013</span></span></strong> – Mika Diaz – <a href="http://mikadiazmixedmedia.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.mikadiazmixedmedia.com</a></span></div>
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<b>Thank you for being here. </b></div>
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With Love, </div>
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PS. Blog revamp underway! </div>
<br>Carissa Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14233948933841203870noreply@blogger.com138tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1277773540787405233.post-35425001243856546332013-08-28T19:35:00.000-04:002013-08-28T19:36:02.886-04:00And the winner is....<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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First: Thank you dearly to all who played along & contributed such heartfelt answers. I deeply enjoyed reading each & every one. And as promised: I will do a little releasing ceremony infused with forward momentum for those who answered question 7: "What holds you back (?)" Thank you all for sharing your selves & stories... </div>
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Brandi Marie Little...and...Ellie !! </div>
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Congrats to you both! I just need your email address...in the comments or email me: carissapaigeART(at)gmail(dot)com </div>
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(((Big huge love)))</div>
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Painting in Progress . . . . </div>
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Ahoy, creative mates! How's your week? It's been a whirlwind here. I just wanted to drop in and share an exciting new project underway: <a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=1260862&c=ib&aff=181401&cl=134923" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><b>21 SECRETS LIVE!</b></span></a> Have you heard?? It's a delicious extension / celebration of 21 SECRET'S 5th Year!! The incredible light-beam, Connie has put together this bright, new, electric addition and I am so excited to be a part of it. Here is a glimpse of some of the fantasmo artists you'll be going live with:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The cherry on top: I'm offering up 2 FREE SPOTS (woo-hoo!) </span></div>
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I wanted to do this give-a-way a little differently than last time, and ask you to answer two or more questions. Each question answered will be an added entry for your name! </div>
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<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Who's your favorite Superhero (or villain)?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">If you had a zillion dollars, what would you do?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">What is your deepest, wildest dream?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Have you ever gone on a sabbatical? Tell us about it!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">What would you most love to learn about or do next?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">What's the most daring, scary thing you'd really like to conquer?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">What holds you back?? (I will collect these answers & do a releasing ceremony!) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">What's your favorite place to go, collect your thoughts & get grounded?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">If you could embody the essence of anyone (past / present), who would it be?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Who is your biggest inspiration? Artist / Writer / Speaker / Creative / Being</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Philosopher; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Make up a crazy character and describe them + their hidden talents!</span></span></li>
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