Moth Moon Dance (mixed media on canvas)
There was a moth in there, and it still had its wing crumpled up,
and it was just starting to pump its wings up.
Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing.
~Laurel Clark
This piece is another one from the Drayton Island series. These are trumpet vines and they are in beginning to bloom on island now. The bees, butterflies, humming birds, and moths love the sweet nectar of the trumpet flowers. As in all of these in this series, the moon is the light source you see. I zoomed in on the bottom of the piece. Here is a thumbnail of the entire piece. (click on image if you wish to enlarge it).
Enough about Moth Moon Dance for now….it’s been a while hasn’t it! Before I say anything else I want to thank ALL of you for your kind words concerning my family situation in my last post. I put an update post note on there and some of you read it. For those that did not..all is fine with my sister and I thank all of you for your encouraging words, candles, and prayers!
Yes, all is good again, I dare say better than ever for me! All of you know that I was already madly in love with life..well be forewarned I am even more so now!! Can you stand it/me? :) In my last post I said to LIVE…..to seize the moment in love, light, and laughter. Well, I am really embracing the message too…in big things and small!! You know what..the health scare with my sister liberated my spirit even more!
When I first started this blog I was very careful about what I said because I did not want to offend anyone or scare anyone off. Especially since I have some very conservative people in my own family that read my words. Alas, as time went on I started being more and more my self. I even changed the name of the blog. :) Now I will be more so in little things and big things (at least they are to me).
So here it goes….sort of Monday confessions, I guess.
In little things….I mentioned before that I had the side of my nose pierced four years ago . I did it when I turned 50 to celebrate a half century (yes, I am 54…ageless and LOVING IT!). I was nervous about some in my family seeing what I did, such as my BELOVED but conservative daughter. :) All of this time I have worn a very, very tiny little crystal stone…so tiny that I’ve had people tell me that I have a piece of glitter on my nose. :O Well, last week I bought a slender silver nose ring, and I am going to wear it! You never know maybe I’ll post a picture to show you. hehehe Now I know a nose piercing may seem like a silly little thing to you, but for me it was not (especially if you knew my history). Anyway, my Grandmother (the one mentioned on my about page) is having a 101 birthday celebration next month (lots of family and friends expected) ..and I am thinking of wearing it to that. I’ll keep you posted. :)
The second thing I am going to tell you is a big thing to me. I don’t talk about it much, but today I’m saying it here
In dreams, mediation, and in real life
I have seen
~~spirit beings~~
(many times)
There I’ve said it! I know some of you may think I am crazy and some of you may not come here anymore. ‘Tis the truth though and it is one of the reasons I am a seeker (as I confessed to you…again found on my about page).
I chose this quote because not too long ago I lived with crumpled wings…No need to go into a long story about the whats and whys of the box / cage I felt I was in. Let’s just say an inherited religion was the main reason. Need I say more? A place where such things as nose piercings and spirit beings were not allowed. All behind me now….like a long past dream (possibly a nightmare..eh?)
What now?
Oh my god dear ones…count me among the winged creatures now…I am free like the butterflies, moths, bees, humming birds,…..dancing in the moon light!!
My wings are expanded again and my heart is soaring…
ah, the sweet nectar of life!
If you decide to come back we have much to talk about for…
~~life is a magical thing~~
Love, light, and laughter to all,
~gypsy-he♥rt
Ps I am coming around to see all of you in a bit!
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What a beautifully open and heartfelt post! I may be a bit on the quiet side when it comes to posting my comments, but you aren’t scaring me away. I love the fact that you have found the place where you are now comfortable to express this side of you. THANK YOU for sharing it!
Thank you Fox…I am so happy that I didn’t scare you away for I would miss you!:)
Nah, G.H… You’re not any crazier than any of the rest of us: Maybe your just a bit more in touch with your own craziness than many people are — and that’s a profoundly good thing!
Where DO you get the designs / visions / ideas for some of these paintings? If I could only dream in the same colors you paint I think I’d be a very happy person!
RPS
Thank you preacherman…I so hope you’re right.
The designs / visions / ideas come from experiences in my inner and outer world (and music helps). :)
Beautiful post!!
I don’t think you are crazy at all. Just open and real….which may make you feel crazy in a world where so few are!:)
Thank Kalliope dear heart…possibly open and real to a fault…eh? hee, hee.
I think you are ready for the “I Love Billy” tattoo. This should free you from just about everybody.
Thanks for the idea “Billy”…but no tattoos for me. :)
You ARE wonderful and beautiful and crazy and You should stay that way! Oh, dear Gypsy-Heart, You can not have any idea of all the things that go through my mind when You write about piercings, conservative relatives and religious inheritage – I used to work as a pastor of a Baptist congregation before, You know! It was not a very pleasant thing for me OR the members of my congregation when I started to see peoples auras and I don’t mean the aura of Virgin Mary or any other saint… But “crazy” can be very healthy, indeed, and I’m considered as more normal today than I ever was in my religious years. ;-) I so much wish You could listen to the radio interview linked to my blog, ’cause there it is – all of it! – unfortunately in swedish… If You want to write to me to share some thoughts with a crazy Finn I would be delighted!
*cyberhugs in thousands*
Ahh…Anni dear one, you so made my heart smile! Wow..I knew we had some kind of connection, but I had no idea the extent. :)
I would love to hear your story about the church and the auras, and I wish I could hear the interview in English. Do you have an English transcript?
*cyberhugs in thousands* to you too!
You sound perfectly sane to me but that is not necessarily a good sign!
I love women with nose studs and I can’t wait to read a post about you wearing a silver nose ring on public occasions
Thank you Indigo my friend, if you think I am sane then I take that as a good sign!
Hmmm…so you have a free spirit too! I may post about it. :)
Wow! What an inspring post, Gypsy. I am sooooooooo happy that your wings are finally expanding. I told you when I first started visiting, that I imagined you looked like a gypsy, nothing like the conservative pic I saw of you – such spirit —such good spirit have you! I hope all the spirits you encounter are of the loving variety – I have on occasion seen unloving spirits and loving spirits – my father saw an Angel that changed his life from being an alcoholic in a liquor house years ago. Years later he brought the liquor house and it is the home that I was raised in – it’s still in the family, my sister lives there now. She’s seen spirits of my mother there. All of us are and were quite sane, to my knowledge; we were told that the sitings were some form of illusions though, from medication or drinking – but I know better, I was sober! Peace, Light and Love, CordieB.
Thank you CordieB you are too kind!
So far the spirits have been peaceful. :)
That is a wonderful story about your Father! That house must have a good energy in it. If they are illusions I’ve had them too…and I was quite awake and sober! Hopefully, we can share stories someday.
Peace, Light, and Love to you too!
Evening Dearest Gypsy-Heart~
DAMN….I LOVE this piece!!!!
I did enlarge it and so glad I did…it’s BEAUTIFUL!
The colors are magnificent!
And the quote is just perfect for the piece! It’s funny, because I have a dear friend who lives in Orlando, and her name is Laurel Clark…no kidding!!!
My dear lady….you are FAR from crazy! You’re a wonderful mystic…who has been given the great ability to SEE!!!
What a special gift that is!
“My wings are expanded again and my heart is soaring…
ah, the sweet nectar of life!”
Fly dear Gypsy-Heart…..FLY!
Thank you for such a “heartfelt” post!
Love ya!
Thank you Ron dear heart…you made my heart very happy!
Love ya too!
I’m tickled shitless GH — I mean about everything in this post. And congrats on the nose ring. What an emancipation.
And happy birthday to Grandma Gypsy! What a milestone. I bet she is not conservative. Doing my math, she got to live her teen years and early 20s in the Roaring Twenties — the precursor to the ’60s and the only other cool era in our country’s history.
My grandparents were also ’20s people and far more accepting of me in the ’60s. They were smoking dope while it was still legal and I still miss them today, decades after their deaths.
Thank you Glenn!
My Grandmother is not only conservative she is the reason we were all in that damned religion. Her mind is leaving this world now so she doesn’t go anymore..but she introduced it into our family long before I was born. She believed it to be true though and thought she was saving her family.
Your grandparents sounded wonderful!
Thank you again…I always enjoy your wise insight!
oh…i’m not sure if I’ll ever have the courage for piercings. my mom had to pierce my ears twice when i was a child because the “first try” got infected. at times i was thinking of having maybe 3-4 piercings in my ears lol. but never did so.
to your grandma… 101 !! wow!
that is something to celebrate!
I had my ears pierced when in high school. Then decades later I had my nose pierced. When and if the time is right you will have it done. It took me two years of planning and researching before I had the nose piercing. I am done though…that is all I wanted to do. I can’t even tell you why. Hmmm…maybe a connection from a past. :)
Yes, 101 is something to celebrate! Thank you!
Thank You Gypsy. I needed these words more than you could possibly understand. I sit here with a melancholy smile. I know of which you speak. I know of the happiness you feel. I believe you see spirit beings. I believe you are blessed and you deserve all of this happiness due to all the happiness you share. Your light is beautiful as are you. I will not go into my need of your words, just know that they touched me and proved as an affirmation of sorts
Peace and Love my friend
Ahh…I thank you dear one..if any of my words touched your heart then I am happy!
Affirmations bring us the Peace and Love we seek…eh?
My friend, Lea, came to visit over the last few days to help me pack up Owen’s room. No one else could have helped me. We’re moving this weekend, and I was so scared to face this enormous project alone.
Owen collected peacock feathers along his route to work last year, and some of those feathers still adorned the top of one of his shelves of collectibles. As Lea was gathering them, she noticed a moth sitting on one of the feathers. She carefully placed the feather and its traveler on a window sill, and there it will sit until Saturday when we move. Owen’s moths are messengers, and we honor them at every sighting. He wrote about his moths, and we see them everywhere. They are spirit beings to us.
I love this painting. How could I not?
Linda
Linda my friend…I am glad Lea is there for you! (I never told you but Lea is my daughters middle name.) I know that was a difficult task for you…but seems messages were there waiting for you. I have no doubt that you will continue receiving them.
I can understand why Owen wrote about moths…they are special. That’s why I have them in a more than a few art pieces! I have always been fascinated by their attraction to light!
Have you ever seen the moon moth? They are exquisite..and I hope to do a piece with them in it soon.
They ARE Owen’s messengers…spirit beings for you! I would love to read his words about them…some day if and when you are ready to share them.
Thank you for leaving me your words Linda…I will continue reading yours. I am looking forward to hearing about your move. :)
Healing heart energies to you dear one.
Gypsy-Heart,
I just found your blog because I loved your name so much so I clicked on it in comments.
I really enjoyed this post, it fits in really well with my most recent blog post, http://beplayful.org/aspects-of-playfulness-magical-enchantment/
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.
So glad you found your way out from your cage and that your wings were still strong enough to grow.
Hello David! I am so happy that you stopped by and took time to leave a note here. :)
I did visit your blog, and I loved the good energy there! I will most certainly visit it again!
Ahh…thank you…yes, I think my wings are growing much stronger! ‘Tis only the beginning! :)
Hope all is well with you. I’m anxiously awaiting your next work.
All is good with me and I thank you for asking wj! :)
You know I always look forward to your work!
Ah, I love the idea of you reclaiming yourself. I love you proudly saying who you are! Life does get better and better, doesn’t it? Especially once we stop being afraid of being who we are.
Thank you April my dear…I know you of all people understands!
I so agree…life does get better and better…especially when we stop being afraid!! :)
A nose ring? YOU GO, GIRL!!!! :) That’s definitely cool.
And pssssssssst, Gypsy..who ‘hasn’t’ seen spirits??? ;-)
LOL
Living Out Loud and Loving Out Loud is awesome!
Thank you Grace! I admit it hurt a little more than I was prepared for. :O I would do it again though. :)
Most of the people in my world have NOT seen spirits…but they are simply unaware or not open to them..some due to religious taboo. :O
I SO agree…Living Out Loud and Loving Out Loud is awesome!
Dear GH,
You are beautiful! Your writing, your painting, the thoughts from your gypsy-heart, are all sources of inspiration and delight. My soul sings to read this post. You just keep being you…the winged one that soars and dances in the moonlight.
Your uncrumpled wings are carrying you to new heights, your sister’s health scare has passed, your grandmother is turning 101!! I can taste the nectar! Spirit beings, yes, they have graced me with their presence too. With loVe, MW
MW…what a wonderful surprise…we have missed you!
Thank you for your kind and inspirational words…I am not surprised spirit beings have graced you with their presence…they are drawn to your light!
Love to you too!
There’s no place like home.
Home is where your heart is.
Welcome home!
Hello Mossy! I SO agree..home is where the heart is!
I tried to comment on your site a while back and was unable to do so. :( I will try again because I loved the energy there! :)
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A very nice piece of art!
When I was a little girl I could fly….
Until I told my mother.
She thought she was doing the right thing of course,
When she told me that it was the demons trying to lead me astray.
It scared me so much that I stopped flying….
…but I never told her about the little pixies I saw in the woods.
I hope that someday I’ll fly again.
‘Tis good you kept some things a secret…eh?
You will fly again my dear! :)
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