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All Those Tiny Egos . . .
All Those Tiny Egos . . .
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Painting As Spiritual Practice: Life Lessons Learned, One Brushstroke At A Time
Painting As Spiritual Practice: Life Lessons Learned, One Brushstroke At A Time

Spiritual truths often arrive wearing unexpected disguises. It’s wrong to assume that the only way to get ‘there’ is by sitting in deep meditation on a mountaintop. True, that method might work for you, but there are limitless ways to arrive at some of the deeper understandings about the nature of Life that don’t require walking traditional routes. Take painting for example . . . 

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Life: A Work In Progress
Life: A Work In Progress

Each one of our precious, unique Lives are essentially works in progress . . . collectively composed of little 'chips' here and there applied over long stretches of time. And ever-so-slowly with great patience and a continuously evolving sense of inner understanding, forms take shape, things and ideas gradually make more sense . . . destinies become more clearly defined. 

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Within 30 seconds of laying out a gesso board to make some measurements for a new painting, Rocky and Charlotte move into position . . . Oh how I love cats! @christopherpalbickiartist #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #catsofinstagram #catstagram #kitties #kittiesofinstagram #makingart #happytuesday 😺😲😺😳😺❤️
Sunday morning berry run . . . @christopherpalbickiartist #raspberries #raspberry #berrypicking #berries #sundaymorning #sunnyday #september #sunshine #greatoutdoors #gratitude 😃☀️❤️
From Frank Ostaseski’s wonderful new book The Five Invitations: “We cannot be truly alive without maintaining an awareness of death. Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. Shortly after the famous psychologist Abraham Maslow suffered a near-fatal heart attack, he wrote in a letter: ‘The confrontation with death - and the reprieve from it - makes everything look so precious, so sacred, so beautiful that I feel more strongly than ever the impulse to love it, to embrace it, and to let myself be overwhelmed by it. My river has never looked so beautiful . . . Death, and it’s ever-present possibility, makes love, passionate love, more possible.’ @christopherpalbickiartist #awake #death #nofear #embrace #fearlessness #courage #awaken #wakeup #teachers #myteacher #awareness ❤️😃🙏🕉
Work, werk, wirk . . . @christopherpalbickiartist #artwork #artworks #artist #artistsoninstagram #acrylicpainting #painting #studio #artstudio #studiotime #dailygrind #tedious #happyfriday 🎨🎨☕️☕️😳
At the point, after years of painting, I can’t even count how many times I’ve almost dipped my paintbrush in my coffee . . . @christopherpalbickiartist #paints #paint #acrylicpaint #paintbrush #whoops #colors #yummy #drinks #coffee #ilovecoffee 🎨☕️😲❤️
3 new pieces done; thanks to the folks at Frameworks for always doing such an awesome job! Mandy and her crew are the best! @christopherpalbickiartist #framedart #artwork #acrylicpainting #acrylics #completedwork #painting #unique #oneofakind #originalart 🎨🕉❤️😃🌈
I hardly ever indulge in selfies. It’s not because they’re self-indulgent, which they are by nature. It’s more because I feel like they’re rather dull, a tad uninspired, and frankly too easy. Then again, perhaps I’m being way too hard on myself and everyone else? That’s probably it. What’s that maxim: the things we do and say speak more about how well feel about ourselves than anything else. True! @christopherpalbickiartist #truth #selfie #selfindulgence #ego #lookatme #hello #happythursday #feelingblessed #gratitude #inthestudio 👍🌈❤️
Rearranging the basement art gallery; place is getting crowded. I may have to start retiring some of these to the attic . . . @christopherpalbickiartist #artgallery #homegallery #makingart #artwork #makeshit #art #acrylicpainting #acrylicpaintings #happywednesday #feelingblessed #grateful ❤️🙏🕉🎨☀️
I LOVE the Four Agreements; couldn’t agree more with each of them, but dammit, that second one: Don’t Take Anything Personally . . . trips me up ALL THE TIME. It’s a good thing I hung a framed copy of them in my studio right next to my easel because I need constant reminding to NOT take ANYTHING personally . . . @christopherpalbickiartist #fouragreements #4agreements #itsnotaboutme #freedom #deepbreath #egoless #reminders 🙏🙏🙏🙏