{"id":6657,"date":"2020-05-30T14:45:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2020-05-30T14:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T18:45:25","slug":"sing-the-things-you-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=6657","title":{"rendered":"“Sing the things you see…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, May 26
\n3rd cup. coffee.\u00a0 <\/span>I want to work on the questions from Humanity Rising<\/a>.
\n1. What am I being called to do?
\nThe first word that comes is \u201cart.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>But how can that serve the world?\u00a0 <\/span>Allowing your creative energies to flow smoothly, without impediment, will help humanity\u2019s creativity flow to create a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.
\n2. What stuff is coming up for me?
\nRoots.\u00a0 <\/span>The root of the radical.\u00a0 <\/span>What is needed is change from the roots.\u00a0 <\/span>You have been working all your life at getting down to the roots of your life, getting down to the roots of your wounding and healing them.\u00a0 <\/span>Now you have come to the root below the wound, to creativity, sacred art.
\n3. Can I hold difference with respect?
\nYou do it all the time.\u00a0 <\/span>Yes, you get triggered if you try to talk to Trump & cohorts.\u00a0 <\/span>Better to do the lovingkindness prayer for them.\u00a0 <\/span>See how you learned from Dana how to make space for the person who doesn\u2019t want to dance.\u00a0 <\/span>And how you are able to see that those who behave badly have been wounded.
\n4. What\u2019s my highest vision?
\n<\/span>Humans working with<\/span> Nature to build a just, compassionate, sustainable life for all.
\n<\/span>4A. what\u2019s my piece of it?
\nRight now, to respect social distancing.\u00a0 <\/span>Keep posting important information on social media.\u00a0 <\/span>Metta prayer.\u00a0 <\/span>Practice your art.<\/p>\n

Friday, May 29
\nQuote from Krishna Das’ book “Chants of a Lifetime” that I just loved, that gave me complete permission to spend time & energy painting. \u00a0When KD’s guru sent him back to America, he said “How can I serve you in America?” \u00a0His guru said “If you ask how you should serve, then it is no longer service. \u00a0Do what you want.”<\/p>\n

Made me think of the letter from my Higher Self that I wrote in a Kripalu workshop in 1991:
\nMy Dear One, this is what I have to say to you.\u00a0You are an artist.\u00a0Your art unfolds from inside out.\u00a0Do not worry now about how it is to appear in the world, that will happen as it unfolds.\u00a0Do painting, drama, whatever your heart wants, do it.\u00a0That is the only way you will find out what is there.\u00a0You cannot tell from the seed what the flower will be, you can only nurture it as it unfolds, and allow the unfolding to happen.\u00a0You will be surprised and delighted and awestruck to see what is there.\u00a0You will never see the immense treasure that lies sleeping in your heart until you begin to unfold it through your art.\u00a0I give you courage and faith.\u00a0And I tell you that \u201cselfish\u201d and \u201cunselfish\u201d are useless words, do not let them stop you from bringing out what is within.\u00a0Courage, dear one, I give you courage and anger and fire and poetry and dance and gold and jewels and silks and velvets.\u00a0Do not think that the material world is materialistic and unspiritual.\u00a0The material world waits for you to make it sacred through your art.\u00a0Offer your works to the god, and others will be nourished by the overflow.\u00a0For the greater glory of god, my dear, keep bringing out what is within.<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 30
\nFull of a confused mix of feelings.\u00a0 <\/span>Grief and anger for George Floyd, held to the pavement and suffocated by a cop\u2019s knee on his neck while he gasped \u201c… please… please …\u00a0 <\/span>I can\u2019t breathe…\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Wanting to go to the vigil<\/a> on Hanover Green, join the people standing socially distanced with masks.\u00a0 <\/span>Unable to go to the vigil because I haven\u2019t the energy to ask for permission, drive, find a parking space, come back and self-quarantine for two weeks. \u00a0Well, actually, the self-quarantine part isn’t that hard and would be worth it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Feeling sad and confused about unintentionally stopping my brother talking about his anxiety.\u00a0 <\/span>My intention was to support but I should have kept my mouth shut.\u00a0 <\/span>Mocha now underneath the table because it\u2019s too warm to sit next to me and comfort me with her furry touch.\u00a0 <\/span>My heart squeezed and stretched by the music of the lost words blessing<\/a>: \u201center the wild with care my love and speak the things you see…\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>and when every hope is gone let the raven call you home.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>While walking the dog in a blue and green world I look up and see a hawk circling.\u00a0 <\/span>I hear its cry, a high-pitched \u201cpwee,\u201d and know it for an osprey.\u00a0 <\/span>I pick up my brush and dip it in water and then in the rust-colored gouache.\u00a0 <\/span>I draw it carefully down the lines I\u2019ve drawn to indicate roots.\u00a0 <\/span>I feel happy doing this finicky task, I enjoy the color and the texture of the paint, and the way the brush lays it down.\u00a0 <\/span>I don\u2019t care what it looks like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, May 26 3rd cup. coffee.\u00a0 I want to work on the questions from Humanity Rising. 1. What am I being called to do? The first word that comes is \u201cart.\u201d\u00a0 But how can that serve the world?\u00a0 Allowing your … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,11,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guidance","category-healing","category-present-day","category-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}