Sheena Ludlow

The Path

"To a woman not led astray from herself by sentiments stemming from the surface of what she sees, but courageously responding to the dynamics of her own nature - to a woman who is, as Nietzsche phrases it, "a wheel rolling of itself" - difficulties melt and the unpredictable highway opens as she goes."

This quote from a book by Joseph Pearce and Micheal Mendizza, Magical parent Magical child, is a constant inspiration to me up there on my studio wall. And how true it is that to respond to the dynamics of your own nature takes courage, sometimes its uncomfortable to go with your gut, when perhaps it means confrontation or doing something that everyone else will think is mad or just believing that what you want is possible.

This image above taken on a rainy day in September, a beautifull rainy day in September, depicts just this for me, staying on your own path, at your own pace, relaxing into the flow of your life, observing and experiencing as you go, learning to be excited at what might be around the corner and all the time there is the ground beneath your feet and the sweet air in your lungs as you roll along.

Bye for now. Sheena

Eat me 2

Hello there folks, here's some more of those circles I was talking about, each one not exactly a perfect circle and yet perfect in its own right. I love the intense bright colours and finding the balance between them as I paint and then being entranced by the painting from afar, the eye takes the whole thing in and is immediately brought to the different clusters of colour and then you are taken on a journey around the painting connecting the circles as you go.

I've been hibernating like a hamster huddled up in my nest, conserving energy, restoring my batterie, something that feels so right to do at this time of year, necessary for my system to be well.  My son said a few weeks ago "I really want a hamster" and I said well you realise that I dont like seeing animals in cages, when I was a kid we had a budgie and all I ever wanted to do was set it free. Everybody kept saying to me but those budgies were born in captivity thats all they know they'll  die if you set them free. And I would reply but they have wings I'm sure if the budgie had a choice it would take one day flying, feeling the wind on its face doing whats its supposed to do over a lifetime in captivity. We used to let the budgie out of its cage to fly around the kitchen and on one fatefull day it got out the window, we watched as he flew far away and I was so happy for him up there in the sky.  So I said to my son if you really want this your going to have to save up buy it yourself and its completly your responsibility from that point on.  The next day I was at a friends house for coffee and at one point in the conversation she said "you don't want a hamster do you? My daughter has one and she cant sleep at night with the noise in her bedroom, you can have the cage and everything?"!!!!  I love when things like this happen here I was presented with a choice, say no, say yes and tell my son I bought it and he has to pay me weekly even though I got it for nothing!!! or say yes and make my son very happy and find a home for a hamster that might be set free someday!! I mean how could I say no! it was just far too perfect and my son was thrilled of course. The hamster circle has started in our house, literally she has a plastic ball that she runs around in, its the wierdest thing tripping over a rodent in a ball in the kitchen, she's already gotten out of it twice, I reckon her day of freedom will come.

Bye for now & thanks for reading. Sheena