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Aneesha Parrone
8050 Niwot Rd. #49
Niwot, CO 80544
303-304-9606
aneeshaparrone@yahoo.com
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NEWSLETTER 'The Language of Love….It seems that in this time of the darkest night (Winter Solstice), nature is showing us where to look for the Light. The language is varied in perceptions, expressions, multifaceted like the brilliant diamond clarity of 10,000 things. I recently read a quote by Lao Tzu : "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." There is such beauty in being loved and loving deeply. It is indwelling. The other is an expression of our own ever renewed heart. Whether beauty is glistening in seasonal ornamentation or is holy ordinariness of everyday simple and pure, when it is translated in the surrender of love, it lights up the whole universe. This is a season of sharing and nurturing and growing in our hearts and lives. This season, coming at the ending of a year, is often reflective. Somewhere within, there is a smile waiting to be born…waiting to be discovered…uncovered. As awareness emerges, it seems that this veil of separateness that we imagined begins to dissolve in the “seeing.” That smile in our heart is our very heart, itself, our love. It is expressed. That smile opens our lives like the sunshine that nurtures and opens the blossoms of the plants we see and eat. I ask myself, “What food am I putting into my heart and into my mind and how is it expressed out into the world?” Like the shortening of sunlight in the darkening days of winter, my light, too, sometimes falls short. This awareness urges me to go within, and spending time in the Silence of my heart, I find renewal. In my acceptance of my actions, my expressions, I am enveloped by Love, incomprehensibly seeking to express. I take this celebration back into the studio, back into the world. In the light of a friend’s eyes, I find comfort and strength. In the smile of hearts connecting…if we have the courage to love deeply, we begin to share communion. And this communion is very inclusive and expansive. When this happens, I find I love “the world” and myself effortlessly. I smile more. People smile at me. Such a small thing, a smile…and yet the myriad “… of 10,000 things” is illuminated. Life is lived. Somehow, looking honestly in the Silence shapes the integrity in which I live my life. We can only be who we are, really: Acceptance in the Light of Compassion. What could give greater peace, greater joy? For me, this illumines my art. I find expression and tapestries are the vehicle to express my heart and my love. In my studio, I have been working on, what I call, mini sketches. I am exploring this theme of love, and how it is produced or affected by the image of spiraling energy. I often incorporate copper wire as a tool for exploration. Sometimes, it is a conduit for the energy of gemstones into the weavings, sometimes copper screens serve as a filter, sometimes as a means of discriminating wisdom, sometimes as an indicator of something released, something forgiven, something nurtured. I also find that most of this “thinking” gets done after the weaving is completed. While working intuitively, I explore what is inspiring in a quote, like the one by Lao Tzu, or a poem by Rumi, or music infusing my studio as I create. When I create a weaving for a commission or for a friend, I incorporate these tools and focus on the deep love in my heart for that person. Even if I don’t know a person, I simply focus on the love in my heart. Love, it seems, is a well-spring and wants to be expressed in some creative form. Whatever that person who the weaving is for, what ever that person wants or needs will be given and received. The weaving is a dialog between artist and viewer and not simply a static representation. My intention is that my art not define you, not define me….We dance in our celebrations together. Cultivating and nurturing, may you be happy ~ From American writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne:
"Love, whether
newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create
sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows
upon the outward world." Much Love always ~ Aneesha
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donating to Arpana Aneesha Studio. Any amount is greatly
appreciated: You will receive a personal note card with an elegant
tapestry printed on the front, suitable for framing. Donations of
$25 or more will receive a small tapestry in appreciation of your
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Aneesha Parrone has been a weaver/fiber artist since 1977. She studied at Barton College, Penland School of Crafts, Haystacks School of Crafts and graduate work at Goddard College. In addition, in 1979 she served as apprentice to North Carolina master weaver, Jane Weir. Exhibiting throughout the state and nationally, her work expresses an exceptional style of tapestry weaving. more...
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