Knowing our true Nature

I want begin this blog with a favorite poem of mine from a book of poems by Daniel Ladinsky.

THE TRUE NATURE OF YOUR BELOVED

Know

the true nature of your

Beloved.

In

His

loving eyes

your every thought, word, and movement

is always, always

beautiful.

I have been thinking about starting a blog to share my journey as a ceramic artist and as a way to share inspiration and creativity.  As I thought of this blog I knew creativity and ceramics would not be all this blog would encompass.  My days in the studio are prefaced by a ritual of morning coffee, reading and time looking at beautiful art and design to get my creative juices flowing.  My studio has become such a sacred space for many reasons during the last 6 months.  I enjoy the space for its freedom of quiet thought and meditation about life.  The creativity that happens in there is the icing on the cake.  

Being able to sit with music and incense burning and create is such a luxury that at times I feel guilty like I should be "doing" something else.  This is where I come back to this poem.  The true nature of the Beloved.... This is at the depth of what I think about on many occasions trying to figure out what I 'should' be doing.  What is the purpose of this life journey we are on?  Then I go back to the simplicity of this poem and what it says without any questions.  It states a simple truth.

In his loving eyes your every thought, word, and movement is beautiful.  

That offers so much freedom.  He does not say it is beautiful because you did or are doing something... there is just freedom to be you, to be creative, to laugh, to cry, to mourn, to dance, to sing.... To live and love.  So, with this in mind I begin this blog.  I hope for it to be a space to be creative, contemplative, inspiring and full of fantastic artistic goodness that makes you smile.  I hope you will journey with me. 

~ Christina