Nov 19 2024: Dandelion Dreams
and wishing upon seed stars...
Hello!
I started writing this at the tail end of October. Winter descended upon us by the time I was halfway through….
… and then the sunshine came back out to play for the reading of the Crow Calls, although it is still very cold…
This writing came from a place I wasn't sure others would understand, but following the election results I realize it's a very poignant message of solidarity now.
We only have each other to count on. None of us are property of the government or relationships, regardless what others may want us to believe. Our Dandelion Dreams are those of resilience, and we are planting Star Seeds for a better future! ❤️
Stay Strong! … and keep reading on …
October 30, 2024:
Our weather keeps turning colder and I think Fall will give way too soon to Winter. I hope this finds you warm and cozy for our reading today!
As we are still on the subject of self identity and the Solar Plexus Chakra, today's readings will be on Self Sovereignty because…
I grew up being taught I was always someone else's property.
I was never taught that anything could be just mine... just for me.
I rebelled by rebelling against patriarchy and the divine masculine. I just couldn't do it anymore... belong to someone other than myself... to belong to a world of men.
Even in this... the programming ran deep. As my memories re-stitch themselves back together... I am changing. Maybe it's brain injury, maybe it's menopause, maybe it's long covid, maybe it's alot of things....
What it ISN'T though is someone else's idea of me.
Who IEM is reflected in my Dandelion Dreams.... and wishing upon seed stars.
I know I'm not the only woman with this story. I hope you Enjoy My Women's Empowering Selection of written works today! ❤️
The Call to Live Deeply
Sweetest Grass Roots Devotionals is about making a promise to devote time and give sacred space to our healing, our internal processes. I share my practice with you in hopes it inspires you to create your own. To show the way with words and images steeped within my subconscious tea brought to life on canvas, in songs, stories and spirit journeys. How to live more deeply within your awareness and connection of the microcosmic world, and in turn our macrocosmic universe.
I wish I could promise you that every letter I write will contain perfectly organized subjects with perfect grammar and punctuation that obviously connect the dots for you. This is a promise that I simply cannot make.
What I can hope for… is to bring you along on my adventure into spirit, to show you how simple it can be, and to share in the beauty of my liminal spaces while you learn how to find your own… to make available sign posts, trail markers, bread crumbs and pin cushions.
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Because I will not pretend to know your journey more than I know my own, I write within my experience as woman. Please change as needed for your experience on this journey… for such teachings apply to us all.
Grab a cup of steaming tea or cocoa, and sit by the window with a blanket on your lap, listening to wind and snow fall while you read… for we are going on an adventure!
Love, Light & Shadows…
Isabella, Pups & Family
My Weaving
of Dandelion Dreams & Seed Stars….
October 31, 2024 pre-election:
Innanna took my hand and we descended to the underworld.
Here I have met death and am apprenticed until she releases me back to the surface.
We don't think much about the time seeds spend underground, and tend to be impatient about how fast they grow into the flowers we have been taught to prize above the plant itself.
We are in love with the magic of blowing on a dandelion puff that sends our wishes scattered on the wind. Seeds in the shape of stars with wings.
They don't stop there. Our seeds find soil to land upon. Someone comes along and plants them firmly in the darkness with their feet or finger tips.
In the under-world, the seeds break open and begin their journey of becoming.
The storms of life and weather rage above, while our dandelion seeds are safely tucked into their beds. It is here that the real work begins. Sending down taproots deep, deep and deeper still into the underside of the world. An entire container onto itself.
As star seeds, we learn about replenishment, healing and earth medicine in the darkness. Our identity of self begins to form and take shape like clay upon a potter's wheel.
Here is where our choice is made…
November 7, 2024 post election:
Given where the world stands right now, I could go on about how we choose to show up in the world. I feel like others are already shouting this into the social media void as a way to handle our grief over it all... What these results mean not only for women and all those who are marginalized, but also for our Earth Mother.
The one upon whom we live and within whom we plant our seeds in a myriad of constellations. One for each of us coming together into millions. Mirroring the sky above us deep down into the Earth below.
Roots Grow Deep and Strong,
Leaves Grow Tall and Broad,
Flower, Sweetly Flower.
I turn inward to myself and watch my body crack open from the inside out.
A blinding white light consumes all.
Suspended upside down, I watch my roots grow up and up and up, while my torso elongates and sinks further and further down.
Hungry, I reach for the soil with my roots, reach for the surface, for air, but the dirt sky above me is endless and sprinkled with other seed stars like me.
They shine brightly too. We all do.
The Crow Calls
She came to me in a dream. Showing me her sketch of the world; charcoal on brown paper. “Do you know what Crow Calls are? They are sacred.”
I woke up right after and the conversation was done. Or at least I thought it was. I remember smiling to myself in the dream at her question, “Yes,” I replied within my own mind, “I do.”
November 18, 2024, Pseudo-Autumn Returns:
This turned out to be VERY long and will be sent as a separate letter. I still have to type it up and write Your Crow Calls to go with it! Keep your eyes peeled!
Your Weaving
As you read this work, what percolated up from your subconscious? Emotions? Thoughts? Images? Does my work inspire you to create one of your own?
Journal Prompt for Secret Messages: Choose an idea, word line, or entire phrasing from what I’ve written here and write down everything that comes up for you in a free-flow without censorship. Go back through and circle key words and phrases from your own writing. Is there a secret message hidden within your subconscious? Within your Soul?
Take it one step further, and continue to journal about how that secret message makes you feel. Do you agree with it? Disagree? Why? Do you have a friend who will welcome bouncing the ideas around so you may see a deeper well within your Self?
Accessing Spirit through Creation… Words, Artwork, Jewelry, DIY Rosary or Prayer Beads. Create a more physical practice through Yoga, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Nature Walks and more! Pick one or two for your practice today and see what happens! Don’t forget to journal about it so your future self will have a road map on challenging days.
Today’s Resources
Line “…to make available sign posts, trail markers, bread crumbs and pin cushions.” : Refers to all the different sign posts and trail markers that you might find in fairy tales and wisdom stories. Bread crumbs famously found in Hansel and Gretel, and following the pin cushion comes from my family’s deep dark forest roots across the ocean.
Poetry/Quotes: Unless otherwise stated, I wrote it :) IEM 2024
My Journal Entries: Dated October 30th - November 2024.
My Photographs: The Last Dandelion series copyright October 2024 IEM. Puppy and landscape pics from my cell phone, Copyright IEM 2024.
My Artwork: Painting (not yet titled) IEM 2024 copyright… keep scrolling!
What We’ve been up to
Reading:
The Warrior Goddess Way by Heather Ash Amara
Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith
Casting the Circle: A Woman's Book of Ritual by Diane Stein
The Nature Instinct by Tristan Gooley
Artwork:
I am working on a new piece that incorporates an old painting of a Spirit Owl which is portrayed as half alive (feathered) and half spirit (skeleton).
He will sit upon my right shoulder in this next work of my Self Portrait series, in which I too shall be portrayed as half living and half-spirit.
Right now the canvas has been primed with white and light gold paint. I will start by painting the bottom of the canvas first… upside down. It's fitting for me since most of my journeys have been backwards and inside out. ❤️
Symbolism: Coming Back to Life but also… Coming Back INTO Living after a very long experience in which I wasn't just close to physical death, but had my entire sense of self obliterated into nothing but a bright white light.
My memories are returning… there are still gaps but… returning nonetheless. ❤️
General Life:
Physical Therapy continues and the winter season will be full of writing and art therapies. I'm very excited! ❤️
November Family Dinner will be celebrated twice this year (non-traditional foods) with 2 rounds of children (we have so many!). We show Gratitude on these days for Life, as we gather as a family.
My hubby will have foot surgery in December, and maybe after that life will begin to slow down a bit so I can catch up. All prayers for healing are welcome. Thank You!
Keeping our heads and hearts on straight through the cascade of it all.
Love, Light & Shadows,
Isabella, Pups & Family
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