"You can't eat the scenery, someone once said to me. Well, I eat the scenery! I live and breathe the energy of trees, stones, water and sky in this old farm on the knees of Hatchet Mountain near Maine's coast"
I am Magnificence Diva, Carla Sanders.
I make paintings and sculpture inspired by the Spirit in Nature in my farmhouse studio in Hope, Maine. My purpose in making art is to express my joy in all its depth, color and texture, and to bring pleasure and joy to everyone who sees my artwork.
On the morning of November 6, 2004, a bear killed a deer at Hope Peace Ceremonies, barely 100 yards from the house. The kill likely happened just before dawn. We found the deer arranged in a neat oval shape, buried under a pile of his own fur and grass. His (or her) belly had been slit open and eaten. Claw marks from a paw the size of a small child’s hand were easily visible on the skin. For 24 inches in all directions the grass had been raked over the body; clearly, large sharp claws had made those marks on the ground.
I live in a rural area of Maine, but not remote. I am near the busy coastal areas of Camden and Rockland, in a town being sold off and built up too fast. Bears are not unheard of but very rare in Hope. Evidence of a bear in my neighborhood is thrilling!
Because I have dedicated my property as sacred land, home to sacred ceremonies of Prayer and Peace, the appearance and activities of animals is full of importance. It is perfect synchronicity that the bear ate the deer on November 6th.
On the evening of November 6th, we gathered on the vision questing ledge to meditate. Our teacher, Beautiful Painted Arrow, had told us November 6th was a special night for meditating and receiving information from our relatives from other galaxies. My relatives came and showed me the place to build the Peace Chamber. I am to put the door in the place where the bear killed the deer.
The Peace Chamber was given to Beautiful Painted Arrow in a vision. It is an oval building designed for sound healing and other ceremonies. Each chamber holds the vibration of the land it is on. It has its special sound which brings healing and peace to the Earth and the people who live here. It is connected to all the other Peace Chambers on earth and throughout the Universe. You can visit this website to learn about other Peace Chambers already in existence.
I received some insight into the Bear eating the Deer. On the medicine wheel as I learned it the Deer is the animal of the South direction. The South is the direction of the Heart, the emotions and feelings, and compassion. The Bear is the animal of the West direction. The West is the direction of Physical, of healing and of manifestation. The Bear in healing and manifesting takes into itself the heart and the feelings. It takes its energy and sustenance from the Heart.
And so with more clarity I meditate on what that means for me. Where in my life am I recognizing this truth, and where am I missing it? It is the gift of the Bear and the Deer to teach me and all who are a part of this Peace Chamber family about gaining sustenance for manifesting from our heart feelings, and our compassion.
You Can Be A Part of It!
The Peace Chamber will have over 1008 crystals in the top of the wall where it meets the roof. People can help raise money to build the Peace Chamber by donating a crystal. Send the crystal to Hope Peace Ceremonies, 379 Hatchet Mountain Road, Hope, Maine 04847; wrapped in a $5 bill, and include a piece of paper with you name and your prayer for peace. The crystal and your name and prayer will be set in the wall. Your prayer energy will be joined forever into the structure of the Peace Chamber. The $5 will go toward materials to build the Peace Chamber.
Another way to support the building of the Hope Peace Chamber is to commission a Peace Painting. Each painting is a signed original individually designed specifically for the person who will receive it.
Be Still Let Go with Willow and Snake
Your Painting for Peace is a work of art that is all about YOU.
It is about how you feel when you are aware of your inner Peace.
It is about how you feel when you know you are loved.
It is about how you feel when you know you are loving.
Belove with Mica flecks
For more information, Click Here to contact me.
I believe there is really only one reason to buy a work of art--you
absolutely love how it makes you feel! Once you have it, you start to
feel all the magnificent side effects!
Being with art enhances your connection to your Source of Well-Being. Participating in the artist's creative energy by owning original work--or a print--can stimulate your own creativity! Buying art, or even DREAMING about buying art (putting it on your wish list) is acknowledging your abundance.
And looking at and choosing art is not rocket science--to paraphrase Duke Ellington on Music--if it makes you feel good, it is good!
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I do appreciate you!
My art lives & gives love in private collections throughout the United States.
Here's what some of my collectors have to say:
"Precious and provocative. Peaceful and profound. My 'Woman In a Pot' lives somewhere between a classical Greek statue and the Venus of Willendorf. Holding it in the palm of my hand always makes me smile and brings about gentle waves of love and appreciation for all 'my' women...."
-- John Milton Fogg, author, artist, and coach
"When I hold your work I feel I am sharing in the essence of your craft......my fingertips trace yours and I'm suddenly art and artist with you. I will keep and treasure this piece always."
-- Nut Butterfly, artist and healer
"I love my trees! Everyone who comes to my house is irresistably drawn to that corner of the room, to gaze and wonder! I love living with your paintings!"
--Lindsley Field, spiritual counselor and healer
***Also(in case you missed it)***
On Feb. 2, 2006 our Magnificence Diva Carla Sanders became a 1st time Grandmother with the birth of Flannery Linn O'Donnell! Join us in congratulating her and their, now larger, family!
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Hello. Allen Smith here of Rainbow Didge Music.
I'd like to tell you how much I love you, admire you, miss you, feel your worthiness and all of that……..; but I can't. Not in the sense that the "you" I'm talking about here is your personality self or what I'd call the "little you." It's similar to "mini-me."
You see, I don't know your "mini-me" self. I've never met the part of you that has agreed to pretend to be infinitely limited or separate from the rest of "YOU."
I really have no personal attachment to the "little you" or even a clue as to whether I would even like you or resonate with you at all or agree with the things you do or choose. Until now, you have not even been in my personal "story" and did not matter to me in the least. Get it? No matter. (meaning, you did not "materialize" in my world.)
I love some of the characters in my world, I like some, I dislike some, I'm afraid of some and I feel many things for others in my world. But if they are in my world, they all "matter" to me. Until now. You did not.
There is however, a connection between us. You see I know the "complete you." I've met what I call the "Big You." A couple other labels I have for this total package of you is the "Mighty You" or, in personal grammar, "The Big Me." I'm into "Big-a-Me." Or Mighty Me. So there is THE BIG ME & the mini me.
From this "BIG" perspective, I know YOU because I know ME, that is, the me that is you. Which really, is all of it. So now that I'm done having fun with myself (you), I can get to our point.
I LOVE YOU WITHOUT LIMIT. I SEE YOU, I KNOW YOU. I YEARN FOR YOU, I REFLECT EVERYTHING I AM TO YOU & YOU TO ME. The EYE of me that is the total YOU gives you complete permission to take up space in any creative reality that we choose. But a reminder to the mini-me aspects of ourselves; - You are not Free from anything for there is nothing to be free from; or of. There is the ONE. The "ISness." You have no choice separate from the one. Not one nanosecond or Pico meter squared exists outside the ONE. Yet as the one, we have complete choice, complete free form, complete responsibility (ability to respond) over every aspect of the one. We are the center of our own universe. We exist in complete seeming paradox. Yet there is none. If any part of us thinks that our mini-selves are in charge, well, that will eventually be straightened out and put into proper perspective. But our mini selves in alignment with our "MIGHTY" selves is pure truth, pure awareness, nirvana, in the zone, elightenment, fathomless satisfaction, infinite orgasm, beyond plausible peace. And yet, in my own imaginations of the limitless limits, I find nothing more amazing than existing in what appears to be limited form in a limited world with limited rules. Ahhhhh, the mini-me of ME. Making our way back to the Big ME. Bending then breaking the rules, seeing each others limited perspectives then going beyond. The ecstatic nature of the internal/eternal lava lamp of self re-creation. Of play.
So again, My BIG self loves you as there is no other. YOU are truly marvelous. However, my mini-me sometimes wonders if I am worthy to play with all the other mini-me's in the sandbox. Some might not like me. What if I don't like them? Do I deserve to take up space in this game? Does society want me or you? Do we fit in? Will you love me? Do I love you? Can anything be trusted to be abiding from "within" the game perspective? My Big ME perspective says "trust in the abiding emaculate beloved creator of the game and enjoy the play." Yet we are so good in the pretending I see we still get lost in the parts. Big Me says "All is as ordered."
So welcome to my sandbox fellow mini-me. I still only know of you through colored pixels on a computer monitor. I play in imagination and draw from expectations, patterns & memories to piece together my picture of you. What a game! For truly, I already know you. From the Big perspective I have already seen your face. No kidding. In a lucid dream I once had in the game of time years ago, I asked spirit, "Who am I?" It answered in a wordless wry smile from one of my dream characters that quickly hid around a corner then peaked out suddenly as a different face. Then hid again. Then peaked again as another different face. It went faster & faster & faster into a cosmic blur of remembered faces. Pure soul satisfaction and infinite gratitude filled my being as I faded back into my prevailing resident game experience.
Inlakesh. I believe it means "I am another you or You are another me." Amazing. Just amazing. Peace. Allen (Clarion)
Posted by: Allen Smith | March 22, 2004 at 11:47 PM
Dear Carla,
You are a true Diva and celebrating your birthday should be a national holliday. Your home reflects your heart wonderfully. It is open to new experiences and welcomes those looking for a chance to share deep meanings that lead to a fuller life. All that you put out to others is returning to you 10 fold and no one deserves it more. An ever expanding circle of friends are drawn to your side, as you are an inspiration to many and a blessed friend to all who know you. Blessings always. Jack.
Posted by: Jack | March 10, 2004 at 04:07 PM
Happy Birthday beautiful lady!
Magnificent Diva Wombn that you are!
Hugs,
Velma
Posted by: Velma Gallant | March 08, 2004 at 02:13 PM
Dear Carla - it was a pleasure to share your celebration yesterday, and to begin to get to know you. thank you for calling us together to share jokes, ceremony and light. May you continue to celebrate your arrival in this life-time every day.
love, Sue
Posted by: sue | March 08, 2004 at 12:37 PM
Thank you Divas for the Birthday wishes!
The weather was gorgeous today. My son came to delight me on my birthday, and help me prepare for the party. I invited many friends to join me, and many of them came. We told jokes, and ate wonderful food, and expanded our horizons a bit.
I am vibing so high! The full moon riding the sky with Jupiter last night kept me awake most of the night, and they are still a beautiful team
sending me the most beautiful birthday gift!
Thank you for your high vibing messages!
Many Happy returns to you!
Love,
Carla
Posted by: Diva Carla | March 07, 2004 at 06:46 PM
Happy Earth Day Diva Carla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I affirm that you are having a love filled day today no but's, and's or maybe's. Your life is your purpose and your purpose is spreading your gift of joy, laughter, healing and orgasmic love through every cell of your beingness. Whether that be sitting, talking, walking, singing, sweating, chanting, sleeping or painting a wonderous awe inspiring picture. Your life is your gift. So Carla MD may your next moment be as creative, loving, giving and mind blowing as your flow through your 7 bodies (and More!). Happy, Happy, Happy, BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBirthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peace, Love & Joy
Nejh
Posted by: nejh | March 07, 2004 at 05:41 PM
Ok, so I goofed and called for your Celebration a day early!....Just couldn't wait to sing your praises Diva!
Celebrate, Rest, Luxuriate.....u know do what cums naturally to such a one as you ;~)
Two Days worth of B-Day Blessings to YOU!
~Nut
Posted by: Nut Butterfly | March 06, 2004 at 01:37 PM
Carla,
you gorgeous diva!!
Happy Birthday! I bet you are vibing high today,
you delicious character! Is it as warm there as it
is here?
I love you and wish you the greatest level of abundance and joy possible,
Katie
Posted by: Katie | March 06, 2004 at 07:58 AM