As I prepare to create Visioning®
for 2015, I am struck by how everything on my 2014 Visioning Board
(a 4-part collage) came true. What really
struck me were the surprises, so I want to share those with you.
In the "grab what grabs you" phase of shopping through
magazines, I often have something specific in mind. Other times, I
follow my intuition and select images because I want more of
what I think they represent in my life. But
sometimes, life throws a whole new meaning at me as the image
unfolds into reality over time.
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| Lucia's 4-part Vision Board 2014 |
A cluster of flowers blooming in the
upper right hand section signified
that I wanted more cut flowers around the house and was looking
forward to my iris garden due to bloom in the spring.What I didn't know was that I'd take up water color painting again, after a long hiatus (inspired by seeing a Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit) and that I'd be painting mostly flowers (mixed bouquets as well as iris from my own garden). What a joy that has been!
Other surprises had to do with Health and Balance. A woman is meditating and beneath her another woman is floating in a pool. The words Balancing Act...LIFE...well, well, well... WATER (Don't) think tank appear next to these images. While creating the collage I was thinking: "I need to meditate more to balance a lot of left-brain work I've been doing". (I am a long-time meditater.) I thought the meditating woman meant I'd be doing more sitting meditation.
Unbeknownst to me at the time,
the answer to "meditate
more" was in the floating figure. I was already using a
physical therapy current pool at my local gym on a regular basis,
so the woman in the pool illustrated a conscious choice to
continue pool exercise. What I didn't realize was
that my exercise in the pool (which I have all to myself) has
become some of the best meditation I can remember. After I've done
my exercise routine for physical strengthening and flexibility, I
allow my body to move in any way it wishes. Through this
spontaneous dance in warm water, I often enter a trance state of
"no thought" which has become a wonderful form of
meditation for me.
Another surprising outcome grew from
the image of a young woman sitting on suitcase.
She spoke to me about a need for more recreational travel
in my life. I wasn't sure where I'd be going, but I did notice that
her luggage consisted of old vintage style suitcases like the ones
we had when I was a kid. Not the canvas bags on wheels I travel
with now on planes.
It crossed my mind that this woman might be
waiting for a train. Lo and behold! In the summer I found myself on a train from the central coast to visit friends in San Francisco! My first train ride in many years. Although the upper left portion of the 4 collages was dedicated to Vacation Travel that I had already planned (Cabo San Lucas in December) with pictures of pools and tropical lushness, the summer train trip was unexpected and quite a surprise.
These serendipitous happenings show
how we get previews of coming attractions by following
our hearts and intuition.
2014. It was a very good year,
indeed. As this photo of a theater
marquis announces in a photo on my studio wall: You are the writer,
director and producer of your dreams.
Looking forward to Visioning®
2015 and watching it unfold.
