Day 17~30 days of blog lovin' what a weekend!

Just a very quick pic tonight as I am ready to head upstairs to my squishy pillow and firm bed,
What a wonderful weekend we all had soaking up Judy's quiet, lovely, centred sharing......much time to reflect on our own process but equal allowance for watching Judy work and learn by example.
The afternoon took an interesting turn when, after everyone had left, Judys supersonic, brand new, button press, ignition rental car started behaving in strange ways, refusing to start and making weird clicking noises from the boot! WE called roadside assistance and upon hearing of a two hour wait, felt our only option was to head down the street to show Judy the Aussie culture of the local bowling club and enjoy a beverage!

The NRMA turned up before we had barely taken a sip so we left our drinks to head back to the car where the sweetest young guy ( Judy said he looked like George Harrison) got her started (the car that is) AND told us to go back and finish our drinks while he waited and did the paperwork!

Judy said that overall she had found us Aussies to be super friendly and helpful and this just topped it!

Off to explore the native botanical gardens tomorrow :))

Day 16~30 days of blog lovin' New toys and fun with Judy Wise!!!

 

Oh what a paradise we live in and sometime it takes sharing it with a visiting friend to appreciate it anew.......the beauty of the Basin on a still afternoon...

 the myriad secret spots of natural treasure...

 

the finding of kangaroos in someones front yard...

  much to Judy's delight!

 

a quick visit to the whitest sand beach in the world.....

 

and a conversation about the difference of light in Australia...

 

with these skies....

to fill our senses with wonder all on the same night....

 

  

 and then today...

 a whole new day of discovery in Judys wonderful class.....

 playing with what I know but in a whole new arena of tools and processes!

 oh my! I think I'm in LOVE!

 with oils and cold wax....

 and a beautiful, introspective, curious, soulful teacher named Judy Wise....

until tomorrow

lots of love Tracy xoxox

Day 15~30 days of blog loving~Judy has arrived!!

Judy is here... 

we have found kangaroos, touched the whitest sand, photographed a beautiful sunset, enjoyed some wine, salmon and beautiful conversation.... and now it is time for sleep and anticipation of a weekend of shiny new learnings, friendship and inspiration! :)
Sweet dreams xo

Day 14~ 30 days of blog lovin"~ appreciating art ♥

 

 One of the very cool things about writing a daily blog this month is that I get to go through my photo records and find all of the awesome things I wanted to blog about but never got around to....

 

 In February I was lucky enough to be in Brisbane teaching with a day spare ( after meeting 2 new brothers for the first time, but that's another story!) so I wandered along the South Bank...

 to the 2nd Asia Pacific of contemporary art Triennal!

 and what a visual delight it was to walk alone amongst such inspiration...

 from the tribal...

 to the surreal..

 a city of cardboard sprayed in yellow!

 juxtapositions of modern religion

 and ancient worship....

 fascinating light shows....

 and this incredible installation!

 then tiny stampedes of glass animals shimmering across a vast table

 the mind boggles!

 then a red, red room, reverberating with a thousand recorded voices emanating from the walls

 the effect was a little disturbing.....

 I emerged to find a rainbow forest...mmmm...much more my style!

hope you enjoyed this gallery walk!

hasta manana!

love Tracy xx

Day 13~ 30 days of blog lovin"~ Orly Avineri is coming to Australia!!!

One of the things I LOVE the most about the information age is the speed of connectivity.....

how like minded friends find each other in online communities and how friendships are then forged through deeper connection.....

how the world becomes a much smaller place where ideas spread quickly and BIG plans are made

and because of this very phenomenon

through a few excitable email interactions

an idea was hatched and brought into reality!! 

18th and 19th January 2014

Orly Avineri

at our home, Casa Cantamar

Huskisson NSW Australia!! 

Orly is one of the most insightful, soulful, creative, innovative and just plain beautiful teachers I know......her work can be found here
if you have not yet had the pleasure......

Please don't miss out on this chance to explore the creative process through journaling...your world will not be the same after a class with Orly...

Email me for more info tracy_verdugo@hotmail.com 
 

PS newsflash from Sienna via FB while I am writing this blog and we are sitting here watching Modern Family: 

"Scientists may have found a loophole in the general theory of relativity that would allow objects to travel at warp speed"

WE are living in amazing times!! :)

Day 12~Thirty days of blog lovin'~Heres what I know about love ♥

 

Marco surprised me today with a message from Maui posted on FB ♥

he has a huge heart and I cant wait to see him on Thursday :)

27 years together and here are a few things I know about love

* IF there are problems it is NEVER just one persons "stuff". It always takes two.....

 *you have to work at it and if you give up the same problems will just follow you....

*The more you work on finding the things that ignite your soul and he/she does this too, the better position you will be in to work on happiness together.

hasta manana amigos! ♥

ps Tere is Marco's nickname for me, short for Teresita :)

Day 11~ 30 days of bloglovin'~Thank you Papamoa!

Wow! What a wonderful weekend with 15 creative seekers on a gorgeous property in beautiful Papamoa NZ!! Thank you so much to all of you for being brave, breaking outside of your boundaries and trusting in my guidance. You are all amazing!

A huge thanks to the gorgeous Jenny Grant(with her beautiful painting below)for organising this workshop and for hosting me in your home. It felt like family :)  and also to the incredibly gracious Allison for sharing her home and studio (and wine) with us over the weekend!

I have to say I LOVE steering you through the tricky bits and then.....

 seeing your faces light up when you get to a new place!

 The diversity of art at the end of the weekend took my breath away.....

 as did the beauty of the landscape I was lucky enough to experience....

 through the window of my shuttle bus

 when my flight from Tauranga to Auckland was cancelled....

 I even spied a hobbit house!

and plenty of cows!!

Goodbye Papamoa!! Thank you for an awesome weekend!! :)))

lots of love Tracy xoxox

ps it may appear that I have been commenting on my own blog lately with little comments like "well said!" and "wish I was there with you" so I just wanted to reassure my readers that I am not suffering from some kind of narcissistic or split personality disorder. Marco now has his own kite surfing blog here and in my haste to set it up for him, I linked it with my blog which means he has to log in as me each time! We'll have to find a way to fix that...always a learning curve!

Day 10~ 30 days of blog lovin' Happy Mothers Day!!

Its a different thing, this writing a post because you've committed to show up and do so for thirty days. 

I'm not quite sure I like it. 

It feels more raw, more edgy, like I'm not quite prepared and you're going to see me with my make up off and my daggy dressing gown and ugg boots on. ........

Like maybe you might catch me when I'm tired and not feeling super bubbly....

and I guess that's all part of it...being honest and being authentic ....

one of my students shared today in our wrap up that she felt so good to have spent the weekend with other artists and to know that everyone has meltdowns, moments of uncertainty, tantrums and self doubts....

and to see that, in other people, made her feel so much better about her "moments". 

Maybe this is what it is all about. Letting our guard down with each other...letting go of delusions of perfection and JUST BEING REAL.....

Leaving you with warm wishes for a very Happy Mothers Day.

  

The girls and I are going to celebrate when I get home...we've become flexible that way...but it was so very cool to be a part of my host Jenny's mothers day this morning and I was thrilled to capture this pic of yoghurt-mouthed Max offering a kiss to mummy just before we left for a day of painting :))

hasta manana mi  amigas!! (y amigos tambien :))

Tracy xoxoxoxo