Carissa Joie Luminess |

Shake it LooseJune 18, 2016 - 5:42 pm
The birds seeded these sunflowers from the feeder. Multiple blooms on one stem so profuse. Sunflowers are symbolic of our solar plexus chakra and personal will- place of the most armored holding in my body in an unconscious effort to control. As my ego unwinds, relaxing into Being and surrendering to what is, my […]
Magical FlightMarch 19, 2016 - 5:19 pm
Birds, butterflies, dragonflies, hummingbirds have all seemed to enter my realm as of late. I am recognizing the energy of magical flight into realms beyond the mundane they symbolize for me as I heed their calling into a world of freedom, delight, and magic that I seem to inhabit more and more in my everyday […]
Orchard in El NinoJanuary 5, 2016 - 10:08 pm
Ah, we finally got our first true el nino storm which began at pre-dawn this morning. I was up at 4 to take in the long awaited nourishing water coming from the heavens while drinking my coffee, journaling and reading (I’m on the Course of Miracles). By 6 I was in the studio, painting this […]
Surrendering to Aphrodite’s PleasuresJanuary 3, 2016 - 4:20 pm
Lately I’ve really been experiencing the contrast between the state of surrender, release, and letting go that comes with the ability to just Be and rest in the arms of the Divine Mother with the different state of ego grasping, efforting, striving that is part of our conditioning of our achievement oriented culture. The former […]