by Orly | May 3, 2016 | Blog
I’ve loved spirals for a long time. My doodling used to be an endless series of spirals. My philosophy on life relates to spirals. So many of my designs proposals have been spirals. Vortex was many spirals within a spiral. i feel a strong connection between life and the spiral.
I’ll continue to explore this ..
The spiral in a snail’s shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it’s also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It’s the same ratio that you’ll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world.
– Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.
– Julia Margaret Cameron
by Orly | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog
This blog post really represents a big part of the journey I’ve been on to transform my life. Exploring is how I like to learn and my massive challenge has been ‘exploring’ in the public eye.
I have spent my life trying to hide. Even now I tend to wear mostly black, and I have a desire to slip into the shadows and go exploring. It’s how I’ve lived my life. And it has been fun. I’ve imagined I’d have made a great spy. I love to ferret information, to develop theories, to examine, the cross examine, to twist things around in every possible angle and interpretation. But of course all that takes time and energy .. so I’ve had to be very particular about what I’m studying at any one time. And yet it feels like there are multiple studies happening in the background at any one time .. a process of discernment, observation, appreciation, cataloguing .. and I think in recent years my system started to overflow and was in meltdown for a while. So the meltdown was my ‘soul soup’ period of really getting clear on what I was going to do with my life. I’m still very connected to that soul soup – it was like the culmination of a lifetime of searching and letting go and trying to find the gem in amongst it all. I feel like I’ve been swimming underwater for a long time. I feel a bit like an amphibian, crawling onto land, taking breaths of air, feeling the ground beneath my feet, feeling exposed, feeling brave, letting go, opening up, transforming.
In a chance conversation today I got the message that I need to speak up, for people like me who feel like they are alone in how they feel .. in feeling weird or like there’s noone else like you .. in feeling bad about wanting time to yourself, in feeling like you don’t have a purpose on earth and what’s the point, in wondering what contribution you are making and why does it have to be so hard. I could keep on going .. but the point is .. we are never alone. There is ALWAYS someone out there who thinks like you, or feels like you, and as much as you may feel like an alien who has been placed here from another planet, trying to make sense of this crazy civilisation, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
So that is my message. I can promise you with certainty.
And if you feel alone, send me a message, and I will respond and be your witness.
So in full circle fashion which is the flavour of my life at the moment, I will conclude this post with what message I’m getting from what I have written above ..
We all need to be seen, to be acknowledged, to feel like we exist other than in our own minds. But being seen is really scary. It means being open to attack. It means needing to have a strategy for responding to whatever comes at you. Yet coming out of hiding opens up the whole world, opens up opportunities for connection, and opens up the possibility of moving forward to something different.
So, in short, this blog allows me to open up my life to connection (or attack), it forces me to stand open (and exposed) to the world, and it helps me to take action which then begets more action .. and slowly, but with increasing momentum, a path of action is taken and the world starts to expand, and more things start to happen .. and well, I’ve got a way to go yet .. but I’ve been feeling like I’m on the right track, and that’s the main thing.
Onwards.
by Orly | Apr 17, 2016 | Blog
Since getting lost has formed the background to my life, and led me into so many adventures and experiences, it is something I am exploring.
Getting lost can be a time of discovery, of letting go, of surrendering to a higher power.
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
– Andre Gide
by Orly | Apr 16, 2016 | Blog
Artistry in Play
presents
Cloudscape
a journey
into the rabbit hole
An awakening
A world to explore
A place to discover
Sacred
Spaces
Dare
to
Dream ..
Big.
Connect
Be inspired
Transform.
Take a chance.
Enter at own risk.
It’s all relative
All the world’s a stage
This is your life.
Come on a journey.
Explore
Breathe.
Release.
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting
– Paul Coelho, The Alchemist
There is only one way to learn,” the alchemist answered. “It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
– Paul Coelho, The Alchemist
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure
– Joseph Campbell
by Orly | Apr 16, 2016 | Blog
Someone made a comment the other day, about a difference between males and females, in a general sense of course, but it holds true for my experience. I wonder whether it is a feminine versus masculine principle. The comment was that women are more interested in the journey, and men in the destination.
In the context of travels between Fernmount and Sydney for many years, I can definitely say that I was much more about enjoying the journey and not worrying so much about timing than my male partner, whose aim was to get to the destination in record time and then relax.
Without raising the issue of gender differences, I think I can say that the experience of Cloudscape is a very feminine, flowing, journeying experience. It is an opportunity to explore organic forms, light and movement within a balanced container.
