Why painting portraits, a conversation with my higher self 💗

After so many years, I am painting different subjects than portraits and I was wondering why. Today I had a wonderful conversation with my higher self and I want to share it with you, specially if you are an artist and you love to paint portraits.

Being creative, it always have been part of who I am. I believe all of us are creators, bringing inside creative gifts that we can express in the most different ways. The creative process is a way for us to connect with our Soul and bring forth this amazing energy, that represents who we really are. The expression of your essence!

Trough life it's easy to forget who we are in essence. Playing, creating and making things we love, gives us clues and information about our precious beings.
For sure you already know we came to this planet to evolve, but we also came, to discover and to remember. This leads me to portraits and the conversation I had with my higher self & my Angels. So, they told me the reason why, I had this fixation on painting portraits over and over again, for so many years. 

I see there are many artists doing the same thing, of always finding a way to paint a portrait, it feels like an obsession. But it´s not that!
So let me tell you what I found, when you are paining portraits in fact you are painting yourself, you are painting parts of yourself always.
And why?
Because you are remembering who you really are, you are remembering your essence, you are painting over and over until you get there, to that soul connection. You are searching, because you know there´s more, and it´s your exercise to bring to surface, that parts of you. A quest to find yourself and understand your core. Like a spiritual journey, through color, shapes and symbols. 

Most of the times we aren't even noticing what this dance with creativity is trying to tell us. But every single piece is a conversation with your soul, your emotions, your struggles, your skills and gifts. And bit by bit, you are uncovering parts of you that have been hidden for a long time.

If you are painting portraits, continue to do so, so you are making a real conversation with your soul and each one is trying to tell you something. This creative journey is an undeniable treasure, so you can listen your inner voices and remembering who you came to be. You are finding yourself!

Maybe you can pay attention to your feelings or ideas or even ask the painting, which message it has for you. Maybe it's a word or a page full of insights, but for sure it's your job to find yourself and have fun with it.

In fact I think we are continuously making Soul portraits of ourselves.

Much love,

Susana

Read the last "weekly message" from the flowers Spirits here

Intuition and purpose

One of my favorite ways to work my intuition is with oracle cards. Make an intention or a question and take a card. This card is the your answer and will give you insights about what you need to know. I make this practice daily so I can connect with my intuition and Guides. One question that I love to make is " What do I need to know ? This way you are opened to receive what you need more than what you want 😉 and in my perspective what serves you the best ✨
My card for today is The Divine Director - intervention and purpose - this card reminds you that your divine purpose on Earth is to remember love and do what makes you happy. The Angels are working with you and you are receiving divine intervention that support your true function and live in purpose.
You can even light a candle to your life purpose, so it manifests in a perfect way for you.

In the picture you can see I have a tiny altar on my studio, with crystals, flowers and candles, the perfect sacred space for you to connect with your soul and put the messages to guide you during the day.
Creating sacred space is to inviting the Divine in your life and to remember that there is no separation between both worlds. We are one!

Oracle cards from kyle Gray - keepers of the light ( I love this deck )

Really excited with my vacations, our family is flying to Portugal next Friday and I can't wait to see the sea again and relax on the beach. Is going to be sooooo good!

Little reminder- today is the last day to get that fabulous promotion to make a "Heart whispers session" for only 5€ 
Get your class here

Much love,
Susana

Truth and changes

             

I believe we are in a time to follow our truth. The connection with your truth will reveal the path. For that you must feel, you must listen, you must be aware of who you are and what signs are around you, letting you know if there are any changes to make or keeping the path you are already taking.
Presence and stillness are great allies, so you can open space to receive messages from your truth or your soul. Everyday taking time for yourself, even for 15 minutes, will make the difference. In this sacred time start saying to yourself "Dear soul I dedicate this time to you so my truth can be revealed", then relax, meditate, close your eyes, focus on your breathing and just be. It dosen't matter if you receive a message or not, the important thing is to use this time to create space inside of you and prepare yourself to receive on the right time. So there's no need to rush, just give this time honoring your soul and connection with the Divine.

You will feel more relaxed, more energized and welcoming balance into your life. 15 minutes, simply as that.
Even if I am with my kids at home, I can create sacred space for me and relax. Off course, you need to take into consideration the ages of your children and whether they can be alone or not. Mine have 9, 12 and 18 years. Three years ago I started to implement some rules for my well being and welcoming harmony and balance into my home. The most important was setting a time to meditate and I have made a door sign saying "meditation time" they knew when this sign was on my door they couldn´t interrupt, just in case of something really important. They understood and followed this rule easily. When I finished I was ready to start again and I was feeling renewed and energized or sometimes relaxed and peaceful. Now my family is used to see me meditating everywhere and they respect my sacred space. 
They do not meditate often, but i know I the seed is there and will grow on the right time.
These last words are just to remember that you can arrange 15 minutes, even if you are surrounded with kids and dogs, you just need to compromise with your well being ;)

"Dear soul I dedicate this time to you so my truth can be revealed"

Because it´s important to me to be aligned with my truth, I have made a big change and become a vegetarian. I already ate in a healthy way, but I felt it was important to follow my truth, since I am working with Spirit Animals and subtle energies of nature.
In the first days I struggled with organizing different meals, for children and adults (my husband is taking the leap with me). I knew it was resistance to change that I was experiencing. So I simply talked with me and my Angels, thanking them for their help, to make the changes I needed to make. In the next day everything was rolling in such a good way.
Sometimes acknowledging our struggles, saying what we want and bringing peace inside, put us in place of allowing good things to come. 
Now I have embraced this change with peace and the ideas for organizing the meals are coming to me in a easy way and my body feels really good.

Now I ask you, do you need to make any change in order to allowing more well being into your life?

How to gather inspiration, almost 40 ideas to keep you inspired

                  

Sometimes you are inspired and sometimes you don't, so it's really precious to keep a way to put yourself in the mood to create and gathering some inspiration, right!

I think there are 2 ways of getting inspired, one is from within and the other is from the world around you.

Let me explain, my favorite way to get inspiration is to really do not know what I am going to create, this worked for me for many years, just starting to play with my materials and expecting something would be revealed to me. Meditation, moving your body ( dancing, stretching...) or just going with the flow to see what pops into your mind are ways to get into this creative flow.

However I love to not know and live the surprise of being surprised 😂 

Lately I have the need to be more intentional and simple about my process. That's why I am using watercolors and leaving my backgrounds white and creating with the intention of passing a message. For this type of work I like to go and gather some inspiration, from the world around me.

                  

Some ideas : 

-go to my Pinterest boards and register some shapes, colors and words that inspire me

-using an oracle card deck to take a message, for a starting point

-go for a walk and observe nature 

-make things in a different way, like the last large collage I did

-using my crystal pendulum ( I always have one around 😜) to know if some idea fits better with me than other

-go to a craft shop and be inspired by the materials and spend some money on it ( don't you love to do this)

-do an art class from an inspirational artist 

-grab a magazine and sketch some ideas on your journal ( I love happinez for inspiration)

-go to a book store - I love the craft, art, lifestyle and children sections 

-look around your house and see if you have a pattern some color palettes that helps you to start with something

-splash some paint or watercolor and cut them into shapes later after it dries and have fun with it

-go to a garden or into the woods and pic elements from the ground like leafs , flowers, sticks....paint, stamp, collage with it.

-hear what people say on the street and start a piece with that words

-what's your favorite song? Move your paintbrush with the sound of the music 🎶, and the words are they special for you? 

-feel the elements around you- how the wind makes you feel? Write, doodle

-paint the activities you love to do, observe yourself 

-make a list of what makes you happy ( rainbows, unicorns, stars, sweet girls, kittens 🐱)

-hummm and the aroma, what you love to smell? Coffee, a cake in the oven, fresh mint or lavender. Capture that feeling

-observe a light candle, feel the warmth inside, ask your angels to come and play with you and express your best self for the highest good

-do you have pets? Draw them in different positions or places

-grab a family photo and make a painting, if it's too intimidating just doodle it on your journal

-open the page 79 of one of your books 📚 and see if it's some inspiration waiting for you

-study the constellations and draw your favorite one

-paint with a friend, share your latest inspirations 

-watch your children playing, they say and do lots of fun things 

-see cartoons 

-do you like decoration and interior design, what's your style boho (loooove), minimalist, country, modern, zen, tribal, beach house...

-ancient knowledge there is some culture that catches your attention- Native American, Hindu 

-your favorite story when you're a child

-from the fantasy world what makes your eyes sparkle fairies, elves, dragons

-your child favorite game

-open a symbol dictionary and see if you find something inspirational that is the theme of your piece or just an element to include

-draw something upside down. Fun!

-listen a mantra (your soul will be really grateful)

-aum - om repeat the sound and see what happens ( for sure you will gain more energy flowing and this is truly important for the creative process)

-take a bubble bath 🛀 (I had lots of great ideas bathing )

-invoke the great spirit to paint with you

I hope you try some of this ideas and have a lot of fun.

Wishing that you feel inspired

Xo

Susana

So much light around you! Creative process

I have been thinking about the creative process and how we can flow with ease through it (more about it on my latest post) and since I practice to first be aligned and feel good and then create, inspiration comes in the most unexpected ways.

Yesterday we decided to go out to lunch and see the carpet flower in the Grand Place here in Brussels. It was a beautiful sunny day, great music on the streets and the food delicious. Everyone was in a great mood, relaxed, expecting the best and when you expect the best, you always get the best, right! 

So I was happy and when I was in the subway to come back home, I was looking around, seeing different kinds of persons, doing different things and when I look at them, I'll start to make tiny stories about them. 

This was a pure creative moment. I was seeing the best part of every person around me,  like their light was touching my soul, so beautiful!!!

Here are some examples :)

So now it's your turn :)

Put yourself in a good mood, catch the subway or go for a garden were you can see people. 

Everyone has light and a beautiful soul, set an intention to see the light of the world. Ohhh God so good!!!!

Now look at one person at a time an see it with the eyes of an angel, just looking for the best. Look into their souls and let their light touch your heart. Let the light of the world be shown to you. Grab a piece of paper and a pen a see what happens.

If you like to share this experience with me, please send me a private message on Facebook or in the comment section below or even on Instagram at @susanatavaresart using the #surrenderincolor.

#surenderincolor is an # created by me to express my love for #art, color and creation. Creating is a way to bring #color and beauty to this world. Without expectation, with an open heart, embracing it in its beauty and be filled with delight. ✨Surrender, express, let go and be surprised.

Use it if you are inspired to do so.

So much love and light around you!

Xxx

Susana

Keeping your creative spirit alive

  

Owl spirit

Close your eyes for a moment and feel your creative spirit. 

For me, my creative spirit feels like a fresh wave moving inside and around me, a connection between my feet (the earth) and the very top of me, my connection with source ( God).

Our creative spirit lives inside of ourselves, always ready to take a step forward when you are in a ease state of mind, relaxed and allowing.

Your creative spirit creates paintings, collages, beautiful songs and poems but your creative spirit create as well the world you live in. When I speak about creation I have to include everything in my / your world, because you are the creator of your own reality. 

So how to keep your creative spirit alive?

First of all he never dies or goes to some place else, it's always there waiting for you to be receptive to its calls, ideas and inspirations. Don't you think this is wonderful, to know that is always there waiting. Waiting for you to be happy and joyful and relaxed and o.k were you stand in this present moment. 

What is your job?

To feel really good! Ah ah is exactly this, To feel good, to make everything possible to feel good and you know why? Because feeling good is what you really are, is when you are connected with your joy, your positive state of being and that allows good ideas and inspirations to come.

Off course, I am not saying that you can not have bad days, that is normal and o.k and when you have them, just embrace yourself in this knowing that's part of life and your growing into it.

There is so much around us in this world, that is easy to not be happy and overwhelmed. That's why I am writing this post, to remembering you that you can choose! Yes you can choose! What you see, what you hear, what you talk, what feeds your world! What is it? What feeds your world?

Are you hearing the news all the time, worrying about all the bad things happening, and complaining all the time that things are not as you like them to be.... Well this will not get you far... 

Dear you, if you have the power to choose, why not choosing what you want?

Do you want feel bad... No! So choose something that feels good!

Do you want to feel worried...No! So choose something that feels happy!

Do you want to feel down...No! So choose something to feel up!

Do you want to feel ugly.... No! So choose something that feel beautiful!

You get the point, choose what makes you feel good, start with simple things and focus your attention the most time you can in pleasant things or activities you love, like- pet the dog, go for a walk, observe the birds flying, smell the flowers and be inspired by their colors, see an inspiring video, paint, sing a song you love. 

Practice, practice, practice.... Like painting and drawing you need to practice to be in this ease, positive state of mind. Doing this you are making a statement to the universe, and a powerful one. 

"Universe I love to be happy, to feel good and inspired, please bring me more!"

And when you do your part, the universe / source / God will bring you more and more.

I believe we are here to be happy and to live a beautiful creative life, because we have the creative force inside of us, is always flowing, we just have to practice well being, practice joy and happiness. And when you do this, you are lighter.... and a light to this world, shining your beautiful being, a gift to planet Earth and an inspiration to the ones around you.

Be you, be present, be happy and create a life you love

Hugging you,

Susana

Simple creative time

What can be better than allow yourself to have quality creative time in a simple way.

Life will feel much better if you take time to slow down.

Taking time for yourself will nurture and uplift you and you totally deserve it ;)

Being creative is one of the ways that I love to nourish my energy, I just grab some simple materials, like a journal, markers, oil pastels, and 2 or 3 colors of paint. Choose what you like.

Put some music or hear something inspirational on the background, focus on your breathing and start creating without any rules, just what comes to your mind and go with the flow. Let your hand and intuition do the work. 

This is your time, so be who you need to be and express yourself with no worries.

You can just make some doodles, spread different colors of paint in a abstract way, feel your way into it and don't invite your critical side to play ;)

When you breath deeply and create, you are making an active meditation, this simple creative time will help you to connect with your inner self, to relax, to energize you and create a peaceful state of mind.

I hope you are inspired to give yourself creative time,

Sending light and love

Susana

Easy does it!

                   

In this Time of my life, changes are everywhere, since we are moving to a new country ( Belgium/ Brussels) in 5 months. My husband is already there, so during the week I am a " single" parent.

I really feel I need to embrace changes with compassion and kindness for myself and my children, trying to go with ease. Step by step and making the best I can, to provide well being and balance into my life.

One thing I am trying, is to be unschedule as much as I can, feeling what is right for me to do in the moment, feeling and follow my intuition. This practice it's revealing to me a perfect way of living, feeling my way to it. For me is really working, aligning my actions with what it feels right, without pressures. 

Baking, drawing, reading, shopping , call someone, study with the kids, stop, dance, sing, play, get orders ready, paint, write a blog post. Everything can be done in perfect, inspired, easy going time. All I have been doing is listening!

                 

Wishing you a perfect week,

Susana

To let go... and open a new page.

Have you ever felt you want to turn the page, start a new phase and let go what no longer serves you?

Well, that´s me right now!

I want to turn to a bright, white new page. To do this, my body, my mind and heart start moving together in the direction of release.

Releasing stuff from our lives can be so powerful and freeing, while you throw away things something is shifting inside at the same time. So I dig into my studio and start opening drawers and cabinets and I have taken almost everything out. Bags and bags where filled to go. It was such a strong feeling that i knew i have to do it. 3 days to let go, 3 days full of love, peace of mind and happiness to release....so good it felt like heaven. My shoulders are lighter, all the process felt so right.

Now I feel ready to start this new phase of my life!

So my studio look different, check out the pictures :)

“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”– Ann Lander

“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.”– Deepak Chopra

In this process of let go, I have picked some original pieces and I will be offering them and you will know how, signing my newsletter on the top left of this blog- Subscribe my newsletter.

Sending you much love

Susana Tavares

Start your morning with Divine Love

                           

Today I feel inspired to share with you a part of my morning. Morning is the most precious time of your day! Is the starting point, to set the perfect tone for your day. So you want to make it the best possible :)

A 1000 Angels flying over my house

Today I came up with a morning meditation, that was incredibly powerful and that's why me and my Angels want to share it with you. I believe simple techniques to use in our busy days are the best, so we can make time for them.

A spiritual pratice is very important for me, to keep me inspired, energized and clear, so I can go through my day with ease and flow. This helps me to stay more calm and communicate with my kids with patience and stay with my mind smoth and organized with the things I what to do during my day.

                           

This meditation is to make before you come out of your bed. Just set a calm alarm, 5 or 10 mn earlier, so you make time to start your day surrounded by Divine Love.

So you are laying down on your bed and breath deeply and start imagine that you are connecting with the source of Divine Love, imagine this beautiful, loving energy to come through your feets, and start spreading the energy of Divine Love to your legs, to your root chakra, to all your intern ... Move the energy up until you feel all your body with Divine love, finish by filling your mind with Divine Love and see yourself surrounded by Divine love and light.

Angel madala

Then when you get up, just make a little prayer showing your gratitude for the love, heling and energy you received. Something like this " Dear God and Angels thank you for all your love and energy. May the expirences of this day bring me happiness and joy and all the goodness. This is going to be a wonderful day!" Amen

                         

I hope this meditation time can help you start your day in a wonderful way, full of energy and positive state of mind :)

Sending love your way

Susana

Oracle cards - Free for you

You can not imagine how much fun I have, creating this oracle cards for you!

They are colorful, they are sweet, they put a smile on your face, they have words of wisdom, they can be used by mamas and children and they are for you (the best part right :)

First thing to do: click on the image and copy and past to your pictures and then print them out, or make the download here. 

I print them on a 8x10 photographic paper and they look gorgeous and shiny.

I want to give you some ideas on how to use this babies.

Make a pile and shuffle your cards, use your intuition when to stop and take a card. Think about the message on the card and journal about it. For more fun include some washi tape, painted papers and stamps.

Cut more paper squares and create more cards for your deck - spread some paint or watercolor, make some doodles and write your message.

Take one or two cards and disposed them on a special place, on your altar for example or on your desk so they can inspire you during your day.

                 

You can keep them in a fabric bag for exemple or just put them in a envelope that you can attach to your jounal, emblish with washi tape, make some doodles around the cards , to give them a special place. This one is great to make with your kids.

I really hope you enjoy this gift, it comes from the heart and I wish you have more inspired and fun days with this tiny oracle cards.

Have a wonderful weekend

xox

Susana

Who cares, let's party!

      

You are welcome to keep this poster and print it for you, just copy and paste or save as.

Let's embrace who we are with all our heart.

Thank you 

Sending you love,

Xox

Susana 

    

Balance in work peaks

This time of the year artists have lots of work and things to prepare, pictures to take, packages to do, shop updates, and the list will go on.... In this peak times of work ( and I thank God for it!) my body always tries to protect me and my shoulders go super tense, like as if I am walking with a weigh on my shoulders. Not very nice!

This is when I know that I have to make the work but I also have to take care of my body and bring balance into my life.

The signs of our body are like a road map of our emotions, so if my body is not o.k in some place I know I have to work on it, so creativity and good health may flow easily.

Trust your ideas girl- art print

What I do:

- I put some music out land and dance about 15 to 30 minutes to shake my body with the intention of releasing what no longer serves me.

- I try to thing about all the positive aspects of having work ( like money flowing, opportunity to inspire more people, I think about my work traveling around the world displayed in lots of homes in different countries and I thing in their smiles...)

- I meditate at least 15 mn

- I hear and sing mantras, I love the mantras singed by Deva Premal they are very peaceful and they have a great energy, love, love, love

- stay way from sugar, and eat healthy 

- when I go for a walk with my dog I try to enjoy and relax and breath consciously 

- several times a day I stretch my body and take small breaks

- I bless my body with love and I thank him for all he does for me.

- I make a crazy doodle or spread some paint on a paper

" Do your pratice all is coming"- Sri K Pattabhi Jois

I truly believe for success in life we must balance the spiritual with the material world, the nurturing time and the action, the work and the play, the giving and the receiving, so the life can flow through you with grace and ease. 

what do you want to do today to bring more balance and calm into your life?

It's funny after writing this my shoulders are better :) thank you!!!!

                    

Take care,

Xo

Susana

I am... Affirmations work and art

                        

                      

                I  am - art print available in my shop

To create a life you love, requires courage, love and constant self motivation.

That's why I love affirmations, they put your mind on the right direction, so you can unfold a beautiful life. This is an easy and unexpensive way, to focus on what you want to achieve, everytime you do it you putting yourself on the right track, you are choosing to live in the positive side of life.

Have you ever paid attention to people who spend their life complaining? Notice how their life become to be exactly the words they keep repeating!

Nevertheless we have the power to change the way we think, simply by changing the words we use which will also change our lives.

I have experienced this in my life.

From the moment in which I analyzed the way I think about my fears and beliefs, I have created the opportunity to choose. Once we were young, but now we have the wonderful opportunity while adults, to choose! Choose what we want to believe, choose to live our lives according to our potential, choose to love and support ourselves, choose to have a happier and easier life, choose to give and receive, based on love.

My life has changed in so many ways , I have been able to achieve so much more wonderful things in life that reflect my beliefs, my transformation and the investment in me. 

If you act promptly making small changes, you will end bringing more balance to your life, creating a life you love to live. 
Try it!

Xox

Susana

Patience !

Happy playing (with mom)- Original painting available here

If you are a mom, you know what I mean-Patience! - Having patience is not always easy and I speak on my behalf with 3 kids, a dog, a cat and a husband ;) upppssssss!!

You´ve got the picture, right!

Grownups and children under the same ceiling, sharing the same space. Some connected to the principle of pleasure (the young ones) and the others connected to the principle “You have got to!” (these will be us, grownups).

To be the bridge for all needs, the mediator of all discordances, the one that embraces, that helps, that wipes off the tears and the one that does everything else there is to... Rigth!!

Actually, losing Patience may not be the best strategy. Although it isn’t easy, we must ask ourselves in all situations why? Why did we stop laughing from chaotic situations; why did we stop laughing from ourselves; why do we keep leaving aside our inner child over a more adult standpoint? .... That easy and playful side is also there in you, although it may be well hidden, it is time to embrace our inner child who wants to have fun and invite joy to flow into our lives.

For instance, why not create a wish board, with images that transmit you peace and joy ... whatever you need to refocus your mind. Check mine!

Se és mãe sabes bem do que falo- Paciência! - Ter paciência nem sempre é fácil e falo por experiência própria com 3 filhos, um cachorro, uma gata e ainda um marido ;) upppssssss!!!!

Já estás ver, certo !

Adultos e crianças na mesma casa a partilharem do mesmo espaço. Uns ligados ao principio do prazer (os mais pequenos) e outros ligados ao principio do tem que ser (estes seremos nós os adultos).

Ser a ponte para todas as solicitações, o mediador das discordâncias, o que abraça, ajuda, limpa as lágrimas e  tudo mais o que há para fazer... Pois!!!!

Perder a Paciência, na verdade não é a melhor estratégia, embora não seja fácil, devemos perguntar-mo-nos porquê? - quando deixamos de nos rir das situações, de nós mesmos, quando deixamos que o nosso lado adulto se sobreponha sempre ao nosso lado de criança? ....   esse lado fácil, brincalhão também está lá, embora possa estar bem escondido é altura de abraçarmos a nossa criança interior que se quer divertir e convidar a alegria a fluir nas nossas vidas.

Por exemplo porque não criar um quadro visual, com imagens que te transmitam , paz, alegria... o que for que precises para refocar a tua mente. Vê o meu.

As a mom, I would like to leave my children, a legacy of patience, understanding, love and joy.

Let them remember me as an example to follow, not that grumpy old bag that is always out of patience - bringing this awareness right now, makes me focus on what I want to and on what I believe in to be the best for my family. Patience!

Remembering my inner child is a great way for me to do so. How I was, what I liked, what I felt...

This child is the most pure essence of our being in the world!

I want to honor this bright, magical and sincere side of mine.

Let us reconnect with our little selves? Imagine yourself both standing side by side, as an adult and as a child. As an adult embrace this child with love and ask her if she has something she would like to tell you or something she would like to do and let her guide you from time to time :)

Mine usually invites me to paint;)

Eu, como mãe , gostaria de deixar um legado de paciência, compreensão, amor e alegria aos meus filhos.

Que eles se lembrassem de mim como um exemplo a seguir, não como aquela chata que está sempre sem paciência - trazer esta consciência, neste momento faz-me focar naquilo que  eu quero e naquilo em que acredito ser melhor para a minha família. Paciência!

Lembrar-me da minha criança é para mim uma excelente forma de o fazer - como eu era, do que gostava, o que sentia...

Essa criança é a nossa essência mais pura de ser no mundo!

Quero honrar este meu lado brilhante, mágico e sincero.

Vamos reencontrar-nos com os nossos "eus" pequeninos?  Chama a tua criança interior e imagina-te adulta e pequenina, lado a lado. Enquanto adulta, baixa-te e abraça essa criança com muito amor e  pergunta-lhe se ela tem alguma coisa para te dizer ou que gostaria de fazer e deixa ser ela a levar-te de vez em quando :)

A minha normalmente convida-me para pintar ;)

When you're out of patience, breaaaaaaathe, find your fun and kind side, and peacefully turn the situation around. As if it were a joke!

Quando estiveres sem paciência, respiraaaaaaa e depois vai buscar o teu lado divertido, amável que dá volta ás situações tranquilamente como uma brincadeira.

Be well! | Fica bem!

Embracing easiness | Abraçar a facilidade

Lately I have been asking myself the question:

  "Why did I start creating?"

And the answer is:
- Because I enjoy it
- Because I am able to express the child in me
-and because it makes me happy!




Ultimamente tenho-me feito a pergunta:

 "Porque é que começaste a criar?"

E a resposta é:

- porque me divirto

- porque expresso a criança que há em mim

-e porque me faz feliz!

Spring brought me this desire to recover once again the simplicity in me that has been there all the time since I started to paint... a desire to go back to being just me, thus easily!

It feels good, this time of year, be able to leave at home the several layers of clothing that kept us warm during winter, but that weigh a lot after a while.

Lighter clothes, slippers, sunglasses and off we go ...

In my work I also feel like simplifying, why not?

There are so many influences, motivations and examples we can follow. The one who is the most successful, the one with the better painting skills, the one who earns more money, that other one who writes the blog every day ....;)

When working on our own we will easily find 1000 different ideas on our heads, getting confused and not knowing which direction to tag along.

So for now, taking a step at a time, I will embrace my inner child/girl and simplify. Hopefully in the process I will get rid of all that no longer suits me (like my raincoat), and try to quiet down all the 1000 ideas, on behalf of harmony, clarity and my peace of mind.

So, going on a mode very much like spring cleanups, I wish for me and you, life to be easier, simpler and fluid.

Thanks!

A Primavera trouxe-me esta vontade de resgatar novamente a simplicidade que existe em mim e que estava lá quando comecei a pintar .... um desejo de voltar a ser apenas eu, assim facilmente!

Sabe bem, nesta altura do ano, poder deixar em casa as varias camadas de roupa que nos mantiveram quentes no inverno, mas que pesam ao fim de um tempo. Roupas leves, chinelos, óculos de sol e lá vamos nós…

No meu trabalho também me apetece simplificar, porque não?

São tantas as influencias, os estímulos e os exemplos que podemos seguir. O que é mais bem sucedido, o que pinta muito bem, o que ganha mais, o que escreve o blog todos os dias ;) ....

Quando se trabalha por conta própria á fácil ter 1000 ideias na cabeça e ficar baralhado sem saber para que direcção ir.

Então, para já, a dar um passo de cada vez, vou abraçar a minha criança/menina interior e simplificar. Espero que no processo me consiga libertar de tudo o que já não me faz falta (como o casaco), e que as 1000 ideias serenem e se transformem em harmonia e clareza, para a minha paz de espírito.

E assim a entrar num modo, muito ao estilo limpezas de Primavera, desejo para mim e para ti, que a vida se torne mais fácil, simples e fluída.

Obrigada !

PS-I also want to enjoy myself more and partyyyyyyy!!!

 This is a picture of my beautiful sister-in-law, me and my lovely sister during Daniela Mercury's concert last week :)

PS- Também quero divertir-me mais e fazer feeeestaaaaa!!!!!

Nesta fotografia a minha cunhada linda, eu e a minha irmã linda no concerto da Daniela Mercury a semana passada :)

e dançar muito!!!!

Let´s dance, let´s dance!!!!