Seth Apter's 2010 Buried Treasure Collaboration

The Premise of this collaboration is that  because there are so many amazing posts  each day by such an assortment of the most talented artists around,  it is virtually impossible to have the time to see them all. Seth has requested artists to select their own "favorite post" to link to his

2010 Buried Treasure Listing Here. ( I call it "Unearthing my diamond jiLY) 

 My  contribution for this collaboration is from my post called Serendipitous Serendipity which you can see here based on my latest artwork I created for the 

 in collaboration with The Mount Sinai Medical Center in May 2010.

It starts  off the same as my original posting on May 11, 2010- but the ending is very different. On June 21, 2010,  I went to work in my role as  Vice Chair of Administration for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC.  I ended up having a "first ever" seizure at a meeting with my Chairman and my 2 other Vice Chairs of Emergency Medicine.  They took me to my own ER, where it was discovered that  I had a brain abscess. As the bacteria could not easily  be identified and the abscess was growing rapidly, I had brain surgery to have it removed - led by a world renowned team  of doctors consisting of a neurosurgeon, neurologist and infectious disease specialist. I am now recovering at home on a multi month course of  IV antibiotic treatments for a  full recovery.  I am blessed to be alive- to have the most amazing supportive network of  my husband, two children, dad, sister, brother, precious friends, doctors, co-workers, therapists, colleagues and special 11:11 angels watching over me.  I can no longer drive (which I hope will not be  permanent), and have reductions in my eyesight which i am also  optimistic will return when the swelling in my brain goes down.  I have  actually been blessed by this catastrophic event- and look forward to  continue to see rainbows everyday, be inspired with new creativity - and hoping in at least  small ways, I can touch others as  I have been so overwhelmingly touched by them. 

 My new beginning, starting with my  first post dated July  3, 2010 made from my hospital  bed which you can see here.  

As most beautifully written by Helen Keller:

  The Best and the  Most Beautiful Things  in the World

  Cannot be  seen or Even touched. 

They must be FELT with the HEART. 

 

Serendipitous Synchronicity...Energy Whirling of Lives Together Twirling!

ANoThER daY of THOuGHts crossing,

In sync sightings - An integral part of me    

  Just amazing unending SYnChRonicity!

Events with special meaning, Rhythmic Rhyming.

  In melodic time to the clicks of a metronome ticking.

A synchronized Dance of perfection, like Dolphins Diving-

 Gliding and jumping with exact spectacular timing.          

  With words and thoughts of energy whirling 

Of lives together with movements twirling.

 Mirrored reflections of rainbow prisms
Sparkling flecks of light twinkling.   

 Showing us earth's  Sweet subtle chatter
That we're connected - that we all  matter.  

Here's my latest mixed media painting-
Measuring 30" x 24"- adorned with 101 jewels of mine
A collage of  flash frozen moments in time.

 Each one a tale of seReNdIpItoUS sYcHroNicitY.

   A kiss from the earth with it winking at  me.

  

Look around- something's ToUchinG you.
Maybe from afar-
Maybe from within.
 A fleeting thought, pAssioN, uncontrollable Laughter
The Wetness of rain on your face- feeling its pitter patter.
If you are open,
You'll FeeL the rays of the world's EmBrAce    
ForeVer-In your own special sacred plACe.

Black and White: "Lost and Found" in Altered Bits- All the Time!

The amazing and talented Alicia, from Altered Bits has created a new eZine with the theme of Black and White. I was lucky enough to submit and have accepted my first work in this edition which you can see here. You can also see a preview copy of this super eZine in yudu.com here.

This is the cover of the Altered Bits Zine.

The request for submissions was for a black and white work, which could include all shades of gray in between, and could be an artwork in any type of artistic medium. I chose to create a mixed media piece, with the central theme involving time, synchronicity and butterflies to represent a free flowing energy that encircles me. With clock in my work is fixed at 11:11. My mom died on November 11, 2004, and ever since then, I see 11:11 all the time.

Within this work, which I've titled "Lost and Found", I've included a mah-jong chip and dice that were my mom's.

A central focus of my artwork includes the line "The Only Thing Black and White in Life are the Colors Black and White".

This represents my philosophy of living - with flexibilty, ability to change, freedom for self direction and to move from one idea to another, aways open to life's infinite possibilites.

Here is my finished work.

It measures 19" by 13" and is constructed of heavy watercolor paper matted on cardboard backing, acrylic paints, a piece of a folding antique ruler, sections of musical notes, clock hands, and a mirror box identifying the reflections we "see" in life - all open to interpretation. A tiny replica of a poetry journal was made from the metal component of an old floppy disk.

There's so much poetry in me

Just working to unlock my energy.

I feel the hold of a magical magnetic electricity

Living, breathing, touching, seeing

It's synchronicity

It's true alchemy.

Live like you mean it-

Believe that you have wings that will take you where ever you choose to go!