Creating a Great Day ⋆ Christine Gautreaux MSW

Creating a Great Day

Vermillion is the color of the beautiful sunrise I saw last Friday

Today has been a terrific Thursday! It started off with a quick am forward bend Yoga routine, followed by morning routine/carpool, which led to walking around the lake with my friend and running buddy, Heather. After a quick dash to help a friend who need a ride I headed to my weekly Course in Miracles Group.

I made it in time for a wonderful meditation. One of the things that came to my while meditating was about my purple canvas and putting the sun that I saw at sunrise last Friday up in the top right corner. Now you have to know that the sun was spectacular – one of the things that made it so was the color. Now I know that the color can be called Vermillion. I pulled out the paints and searched 🙂
Then I decided I was on a roll so I started playing with the size and position of the Heron that I want to be on the canvas. There is more to come as I explore becoming a mixed media artist.

Experimenting with the location/position/size of the Heron

On another note I am in Love with Ghee! It’s a new find for me from the Dekalb farmer’s market and I have to say it is delightful on sweet potatoes! Tonight I was rattling around the kitchen in a lullaby voice singing, “Where oh, where, is my Ghee” and I hear Alex (15) from the living room…”Last time I saw it – it was chasing H!” Ha Ha – I love that girl’s sense of humor and stage timing!


I am in Love with Ghee!

In yet another random side note here are the daily doodles from afternoon carpool as I wait on the 6th graders. I was thinking of blog idea and playing passing the time (and also having a backup for my daily creative practice).

Daily Creative Doodles from Carpool

In a very random note – sometimes my phone startles me….


I am startled by the number of alerts I have from Groupon!!!

I hope you have had a lovely Thursday – I am enjoying the start of Fall here in Georgia and look forward to my perfect sleeping weather (61 degrees)

Namaste,

Christine

About the Author: Christine Gautreaux, MSW

Christine Gautreaux, MSW is dedicated to the pursuit of play, joy, art & social justice. Christine’s superpowers include connecting people, helping folks manifest their dreams, standing up against injustice and using art to make a difference in the world. She currently uses Interplay to address issues of oppression with people living with severe and persistent mental illness, homelessness, women refugees, racial justice and women who are incarcerated. Christine believes in the power of body wisdom and somatic play to help heal trauma. She also works with professional caregivers, activists and artists to maintain balance and self-care during these intense times we find ourselves living. Christine Gautreaux holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Social Work. Christine is a professional speaker, coach & author and entrepreneur and the owner of Wisdom on Wings Coaching. Christine is the co-author of Stillpoint: A Caregivers Playbook to find ease and to take a deep breath and reclaim joy. www.christinegautreaux

2 Comments

Darlene Sperber September 19, 2013 at 11:45 pm - Reply

I love that you are adding a vermillion sun to your purple canvas and the heron will look wonderful..Are you going to add the heron with the paper making it a mixed media or will you be painting it on. So many possibilities…Can't wait to see the end result.
Christine Gautreaux September 20, 2013 at 12:49 am - Reply

Darlene – I think I'm going to add it with the paper to make it mixed media – plus I think it would challenge my skills too much to paint it on. I envisioned the heron from a photograph and then words will be added too to give the animal its totem elements. So what I'm thinking is a new type of animal totem painting will emerge.