This Taurus full moon, we’ve been spending a lot of time outdoors and taking walks. Getting in touch with nature and the rhythms of the earth and spiritual bodies arounds us really gets me into a clearer state to receive images for paintings that am urged to create. I get those huge “AHA!” moments where I just know exactly what I am going to paint. Or at least how the painting is going to start! I’ve been getting my home in order and spending time beautifying and expanding my redesign project a bit further. Doing this has given me some inspiration for this next round of Aura Art paintings that I am doing for a lovely group of women! I intend on using this full moon energy for appreciating all things coming to fruition. As the waning period begins, I am focusing on tying up loose ends with existing projects. I’m also doing some preperations for upcoming projects here and there. It is a beautiful moon, and I am going to get my butt off the computer now to go enjoy it!

Beauty is everywhere, in everything, in every particle of energy that is the collective universe in us all. There are no categories of beauty, but perhaps there are levels of intensity that one may experience. The clearer one can become, feeling an all-knowing inner peace and love for all, the more beauty that person shall experience. When we love something, it is so easy to see its beauty. Whether it is those that are closest to us, our favorite foods or flowers, a painting we absolutely love, or even a particular building that captures our gaze, love and beauty are one and the same.

So just as we can easily see the beauty in something or someone that we love, we can also learn to feel love for something or someone that we discover as beautiful. For instance, I have this plant in my home that was neglected for sometime. It didn’t look as vibrant and healthy as before. I didn’t love it so much as I had, and so could not recognize its beauty as much either. I realized the cycle I had engaged in, and began sending love to the plant. I would stare at it, looking for parts of it that I still found beautiful. The more I could find and appreciate the plant’s natural beauty, the more I began to love it. And of course, the more I began to love it, the more beauty I could find! And the result of all of this was that because I could see and feel this plant’s inner beauty and potential, I began taking better care of it again. It is now one of the healthiest and most radiant plants in my home now!

We can do this with anyone or anything. Take a moment to try and sense the beauty in something or someone. Notice its shape, textures, and characteristics. Are there certain countours and curves that attract your eye? A particular color that just stands out with presence? Even if you can’t put your finger on it, but can find a good feeling about something or someone, you are on the right track. Please share with me your experiences with this! I find it to be quite transformational every time I do it, with even the simplest things in life!