I have been working on this project for over a year now. It is an exploration in to the chakras and a bit of a visual autobiography. I dabble in an out of it as I feel inspired.
It started after a friend lent me the book Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss I loved how this book connected many loose philosophical strings for me and boiled everything down to 7 principles. This also a big inspiration for the creation of The 7 principles of Inspired Living.
I started with the 1st Chakra : THE ROOT CHAKRA
I had a pair of shoes that I really loved, but they were falling apart so I decided to glue them to a canvas I had lying around. The idea actually came before I read the book mentioned above. But after it all made perfect sense.
WALK MY TALK.
LIVE MY TRUTH.
I hesitated on painting it red. Why? Who knows, but once I got the courage to do it, I loved it! The courage came after a distance Reiki Session with my friend Selome, where my root chakra came up as an area needing attention.
HEALING THROUGH RETELLING.
MY STORY IS SACRED.
Around the same time I started a drawing that explored what I call my Space History - the spaces I lived and what I remember of those spaces as I have grown up. Then I began musing on the first space being the WOMB. I also depicted the legs and feet as ROOTS. See the drawing below. I decided that this drawing also made perfect sense as part of this root chakra piece.
Through this process I am allowing myself to be VISIBLE in new ways.
I LOVE mY FAMILY.
I HONOUR MY ROOTS.
I will continue to update this post as I work though these piece. See the Gallery for more on this project. May your IMAGINATION soar!
Be Wonderful
xx
LaToya
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