Archive for the art by rachel awes category
Sunday, April 25th, 2021
One of my therapy clients said that red and purple are her favorite colors. I was struck by how those colors compose the outer edges of a rainbow. And then my mind became transfixed. It was difficult to hear anything else. I was a deer in the headlights. Time stopped. The thing is, I want […]
Friday, April 9th, 2021
I’ve been listening to some of my therapy clients talk about the importance of their internal lives being in alignment with their external actions and relationships. If you love apple trees, might you consider planting them? If you love kindness, is it demonstrated in the people who are near? If you are a poet at […]
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Rare ORIGINAL 9 X 12 inch New Art GIVEAWAY! It’s happening live on my Instagram page at this link: https://www.instagram.com/rachelawes/ It’s also available for sale as 8.5 X 11 art prints in my online shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/rachelawes/ I am decorated in flowers and rainbows and swirls. I’m just that kind of peace & loving girl. […]
Monday, March 1st, 2021
Spring is alive and well and on her way. I couldn’t be more grateful. I’ve missed her dearly. xx
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
All with love XOX, Rachel
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
The world indeed waits… sending love to people still without power and warmth in Texas and to vulnerable people everywhere who need our goodness. xox, Rachel
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
The phone rings and I was just thinking of that person. I was just painting with oranges and yellows and an orange and yellow gift arrives. In the midst of daydreaming about spring, a bus drives by with a bold green billboard announcing “SPRING!” Synchronicity feels important. Maybe it’s because things are clicking together and […]
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
I found an old sketch of mine and considered how many waves of expression have come through. My drawings now look similar to how they used to but are also changed. My presence and words are also similar but changed. Into the transforming fullness of me, my deep spirit invites. Into full expanse ahead and […]
Monday, December 7th, 2020
It is never too late to hold my inner child in my lap, look into her eyes, and tell her she belongs. There is so much we have all learned about belonging since childhood. This is hard-won wisdom and the learning is ongoing. What does your current adult-self know about belonging that the child didn’t […]
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
I will no longer pay a price to belong. True belonging is free. Have you ever found yourself in a group of people and fakely laughing at a joke that hurts people, or engaging in false intimacy with people through gossiping? Or perhaps saying or doing things out of simply wanting to belong? We all […]
