Angela Raincatcher | Nine Ravens Studio

with a strong and open heart

Drawing What Makes Us Unconfortable

I’m linking this post to the one right before. I think they make sense together, but what do I know. This last weekend, I participated in a workshop, Awakening Creativity Through Spiritual Practice, taught by Sylvan at Reflections Mystery School. You know you’re in trouble when your response to a trance is, “Whoa! Deep! F**k!” The [...]

Following the Man on Fire

I have delayed posting this as I tracked down the “perfect” image to illustrate it. I’m not finding it, which may be a clue that I need to create it, or that finding that image is not the point. Last week, I had a dream. Actually, I usually dream, but every once in a while [...]

Magic of Breath

Ghost of the Spirit by Chris Luckhardt, http://www.flickr.com/photos/motionblur/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Today, I am reminded, not “to breathe,” but to bring my awareness to my breath. Breath is life. Breath is magic. Breath is both body and spirit. As I have learned from various teachers including my mother, energy follows attention. So, if I attend [...]

Winter’s Daily Practice

At Reflections Mystery School, we have seasonal daily practices that correspond to the element of the season: Earth in Winter, Air in Spring, Fire in Summer, and Water in Autumn.  These daily practices are meant to connect us in a physical and energetic way to the element of the season. In the Winter, we ground [...]

2009 Creations

Just a little mosaic of some of the artwork I did this last year. Clockwise from upper left: Happy Buddha mala, Bastet shrine, photography that I plan to use for artwork in future, Chango shrine, healing altar, Ganesha and Hanuman altar, Strength, cosmic building blocks, touch drawing, beaded necklaces, Oggun shrine. Looking at this is [...]

Co-creating 2010

It seems everyone is writing the intentions they are setting for 2010, whether they be in the form of goals, or dream decrees, a word for the year, or vision boards. I have a hard time with goals. I often feel indecisive about formally writing anything down out of fear.  Fear of failing. Fear of [...]

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