heArt-a-Day http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Intuitive Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:21:35 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-draw-rose A variety of techniques and methods for drawing roses. Rose drawing copyright Gretchen Little. Drawn (but not traced) with pen & ink using a photograph as a guide. education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:49:06 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/imagetransfer A collection of image transfer methods.  Check out the new "Image Transfer of the Day" module!  Image transfer techniques have become a popular among artists, artisans and crafters, especially for collages and many types of altered art, as well as on fabric for quilts and t-shirts.  Here you will find links to instructions for the various types of image transfer using inkjet, photocopy, laser, polaroid pictures,  magazine images, photographs, etc. onto a variety of surfaces including paper, fabric and polymer clay. Image copyright Gretchen L.  For more see my heArt-a-Day lens and my heArt-a-Day blog. education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:50:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/doodle-art All about doodling as an art form. Doodling is generally seen as something everyone can do and therefore not really "art". The internet and scrapbooking have caused doodling to come into its own as a legitimate art form. arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:51:17 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/sugarcookierecipes Here you will find many different sugar cookie recipes.  Sugar cookies come in many shapes and sizes and can be soft or crispy.  For most americans they evoke memories of grandma's house.  This is collection of different recipes, tools and even a mystery to help you bake your perfect sugar cookie. Image courtesy www.PinkCakeBox.com on Flickr. food Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:52:23 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/inkjetimagetransfer Image transfer is a highly popular technique artists use in collages, altered art, art journals, cardmaking, art quilts, etc.  This lens is a one stop resource for what I think is the best information about how to do an inkjet image transfer along with where you can get some of the papers and other products to try it for yourself.  It is also organized by different receiving surfaces (paper, cloth, ceramics, etc.) so you don't have to wade through Google to find the one you want.  Image copyright Gretchen L.  See my heArt-a-Day lens and heArt-a-Day blog for more. education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:52:44 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/creativityreiki Creativity Reiki utilizes the univeral life force to remove blocks from your chakras, give you more inspiration, higher energy, and greater access to your imagination and archetypal levels of consciousness.  It is a practice I have developed based on my own work with energy and creativity for the last two decades. Creativity rarely works in a straight line, so although this is a manual and attunement, start with whatever you are drawn to here.  Most Reiki starts with the attunement but this is not ncessarily the case here.  For example, you might feel the need to prepare your creativity altar (see below) before you really feel ready for the attunement.   That's perfectly acceptable. All images and text on this page copyright Gretchen Little 2007 unless otherwise noted. education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:53:05 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/archangelraphael This is your one stop resource for everything about Archangel Raphael:  information, channelings, music, artwork, etc. to help you better connected and in tune with this charismatic angel's energy. Image courtesy of Admin_070 on Photobucket.   education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:53:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/heartaday Several years ago I had an idea to make 1001 hearts.  I also had the idea to sell miniature, artist-trading-card-sized (2.5 x 3.5 inches) pieces of original art on eBay, which I tried and failed at.  I was apparently just six months ahead of the curve.  I recently discovered that there is now an entire art collectors movement on eBay and in blogs for miniature pieces of art, and also artists who are doing one piece of art each day.  At last!  My time has come! The drawing above is my first heArt and is not for sale.  Copyright 2007 G.L..  Digitally watermarked.     arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:54:00 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/artist-trading-card-ideas A place where you can find new ideas and swaps for creating Artist Trading Cards. Artist Trading Cards (or ATCs) are playing card sized pieces of art. Like baseball cards, they are traded from artist to artist. They can be collages, paintings, drawings, quilts - basically any sort of art you can think of. arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:54:23 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/goddessbrigid Look here for lore about Brigid and Imbolc/Candlemas, modern day priestesses of Brigid, Brigid related spells and rituals, and Brigid and goddess inspired music, books and art, and the celtic/voodoo connection. education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:54:50 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/inchies Inchies are the eeny teeny evolution of the popular artist trading card revolution. Everything from traditional art to altered art to art quilts are made in one inch squares. Here you will find examples, tips, how-to's, swaps and more! Image of my first inchies. arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:55:56 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/spiritguideportrait Psychic and intuitive artists create portraits of your spirit guides.  Spirit guides come in many forms, from angels to fairies to ascended masters to deceased loved ones to animal totems to light forms and everything in between.  Some artists use clairvoyance, others use automatic drawing to let the spirit guide draw themselves.  I use my clairsentience and a little bit of logical problem solving.  Image copyright 2007, G.L. arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:56:25 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/intuitiveportraits In early 2005 I did some experimenting with what I call “intuitive portraits”. I’ve never been much of a portrait artist. One night I was playing around and drawing a friend and I found that my hand wanted to keep drawing other faces on top of my original drawing of her. I decided that maybe my inability to draw faces exactly as they are was not a mistake but my strong intuitive capacity coming to the foreground. I wanted to explore this some more so, as part of a promotion at the Artella Words and Art website I offered free drawings. I expected five responses and received 25+ requests! I didn’t have an exact method for this, other than being open to wherever my hand wanted to go with minimal direction, exactly the opposite of what I learned in my college art classes. I worked with some photos of the subject but didn’t intend to make the drawing look like them.  The drawing on the left is an example of one of those portraits. Since then I've discovered that there are other artists working in this way and I am fascinated by their process.  Image copyright 2005, G.L. arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:56:57 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/archangelmichael This page contains some materials that could help you connect with Archangel Michael, as an imaginary being or not.  It has no particular religious orientation, but rather focuses on what I've found and liked that I think will aid you in making a direct connection (or just struck me as interesting).  I am no expert on archangels by any means, but I believe that if you focus your mind on something such as an archangel you can make positive changes in your life that you might not be able to do otherwise.  Image courtesy of Lawrence OP on Flickr education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:57:32 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/mail-art This lens is my attempt at pulling the various strands of the mail art movement into one cohesive resource. Mail Art, or Postal Art, is many things to many people: sending art randomly to friends, swapping art covered envelopes with other artists and many variations including artist trading card swaps. My friends involved in correspondence art in the 1980's and '90's were counterculture folk interested in recycling and giving postal workers something interesting to look at. I found mail art to be part intellectual artsy snobbishness (and I can talk cause I've been there, done that) and part silly madness. It was a way to let the otherwise serious artist's trickster side come out. Today there are so many people of varying degrees of artsy-ness sending works of art through the mail to each other that it's become more of a fad and less of a statement. But, at the same time, I think it's a good thing that the line between an "artist" and the rest of the populace is getting blurred. To me, the concept of mail art is what started that merging of worlds. Art courtesy of Lord Marmalade on Flickr arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:58:05 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/altered-domino-art Using ink, paint, tiny images and more, artists are altering domino pieces into miniature pieces of art, many of them wearable. This lens is a sampling of domino art, jewelry, techniques, and supplies. Image courtesy of artbyheather on Flickr arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:58:43 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/angelcommunication Angel communication resource including free online angel oracles, recommended books, music and meditations for guidance in opening your own channels to the angels, links to angel communicators and artists, and articles about how to communicate with angels. Angel communication is becoming much less of something reserved for special people and more something that everyone can do.  I am able to channel angelic messages the more traditional way, but as I've been working on this lens lately the message has come to me that I should let people know that they are talking to the angels all the time, in many ways.  It's coming to me as I write this that we humans have divorced ourselves from our own angels in such a way that they seem separate, yet the angels are a part of each of us.  A part of us that has been neglected, ignored and shut down.  The easiest way to talk to an angel is to write a dialogue with them.  Make it up.  It will still be valid.  If it makes you feel good and loved, you've made the connection.  If you get frustrated, the angels are still there.  They're just helping you through some negative feelings.   Image copyright 2005, G.L. education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:59:23 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/vikingrunes How do you work with the Viking Runes?  Where did they come from?  This lens is about how to use the Runes to access your inner wisdom and the gods and goddesses of the norse tradition to help you, as well as how to decide which set of runes is best for you or even craft your own.  You can find links to free rune readings and articles about reading the runes for yourself and others.    education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:00:53 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/goddessfreya Look here for lore, books, music, and magick related to the norse goddess Freya, or Freja as well as links to free rune readings. Image courtesy of Vikingpride1971 on Photobucket. education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:03:55 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/goddessfrigga Frigga was a goddess of the pre-Christian people who lived in Northern Europe from Scandinavia to Germany.  She is still alive and well - all you have to do is look for her.  If you found this lens consider yourself tapped on the shoulder by her. This lens is a collection of hand-picked links and info about her. people Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:06:12 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/littlegalleryofart The Second Life art gallery of Brunnhilda Quonset. It was built by Rick Logan.   arts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:40:57 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/intuitive-lensography The world of Intuitive Heartaday is filled with art, metaphysics, food and the metaverse. people Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:41:29 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/artshaman As the Art Shaman, I use art as a tool in assisting someone's soul for the purposes of transformation.  It's a title I created for myself through my involvement in the online reality of Second Life.  In the realms of art, shamanism, magic and Second Life the line between reality and imagination are very blurry.  (My lens about Second Life)  In a way, I am just posing as an "art shaman", making it up as I go along.  But that's the way it is at the heart of creativity, too, and that's where transformation happens.  The Art Shaman is real and not real at the same time, standing in the middle of the creative flow. The art I do is mainly intuitive. (My lens about intuitive portraits.)  I rarely know what's going to happen as I sit down to work.  I have been attuned to Usui Reiki II and Kundalini Reiki to the Master level, so the energy flows from my hands as I work.  I know, intuitively, that the art I make can change the viewer's energy field, aligning it to higher vibrations.  That's something I knew was happening even before I read the Healing Power of Hado (see below).     The Law of Attraction is a hot topic right now, and my goal as an artist is to give people an image they can put in their surroundings that can actually help them attract the things they want in life, especially on an emotional level.  Some people would consider it sympathetic magic, and it is.  And it works, especially when charged with the universal life force energy.   (See my lensroll for a lens about the Law of Attraction) In my studies of subtle energies in the human body I have learned about the chakra system.  There are many books and websites about chakras now, and I have links elsewhere on this page.  My art is designed to "tune up" your chakras in order to increase your own creative flow and also draw into your life the things you want by repatterning your own energy field and unconscious mind.     education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:41:48 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/bru Brunnhilda Quonset is a persona created for living and working in a virtual world known as Second Life.  It may seem strange to some, but since I do art and music and am otherwise wildly creative in "real life", putting on another costume and character is not so strange.  The "real" me is basically a blank canvas on which to put various masks, anyway.  And - in all honesty - "Bru" is oftentimes a truer expression of my real self.  Unlike some in Second Life, the real person has some basic similarities to her avatar, the main difference being physically twenty years older in real life, and much less physically beautiful.   Bru is a chance to explore some things that can't be done in real life, at least not with the same immediacy, if at all.  She has been a lot about playing dress up and doll house.   She's another vehicle for me to express myself with imagery and interactive conversation - a sort of virtual 3-D art journal. people Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:42:05 -0600