It's Friday, yey! I've been working hard this week and trying to reach my goals. Check out my updates from this past week - images of multi-media paintings and more! #TGIF
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Beautiful day! It's official!!!! I booked my flight to Lebanon today! The excitement is building but it hasn't hit me yet that I'm going!
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"Hope" is a little painting I made for myself that has helped me through some tough times. I decided to paint a second one to sell and inspire someone who may also need the support. My little blue tea pot pouring into the golden cup is my reminder to "stay golden" when I hit some tough places. Images in the blog!
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Venturing into a new little world of art about tea! Here and there I paint and draw about my favorite past time, but now I'm going to push the theme a little bit more. I have so many ideas swimming in my mind, from oil paintings on wood to water colors with cool vintage-like frames.
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Belly Motions celebrated our 12 year anniversary this past Saturday, March 4, with a spectacular and vibrant theater show. "Oriental Fantasy" was a unique and unforgettable experience! Check out the fun backstage and post-show photos.
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The Moon Sisters. They are my newest paintings that I'm so happy to finally write about! I've been through a journey with them. I'd love to share my process here and I will, though it is an intricate one with seemingly no order. Hang tight! Their story is very special to me.
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This past weekend at Lebanese + Egyptian Love Affair III was jam-packed, physically draining and ultra fun! It was an all-in-one event with all my passions placed together – dance, art, learning, and making friends!
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Monday's are my day off. Usually I'll take time and bake or cook something for the first half of the week, something for breakfast, since that takes too much brain power in the morning. I have extra "fresh" cranberries in the freezer from the holidays and googled recipes for Cranberry Muffins with Essential Oils....
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Happy Saturday everyone! I really wanted to share this little story from last night's Paint Night! I'm so proud of this lovely lady, Ivory! She completed her second-ever painting with me in our one-on-one class, and she delivered!! Cute and inspirational little story of the day!
A view into why I absolutely LOVE to teach these Belly Dance Painting Parties!!! They speak to my soul in many ways! Hope you can experience one of these classes soon!
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We are getting ready for all sorts of projects this year. We have a big theater performance coming up where we will perform a duet once more. We have Essential Oils Classes that we teach together, and some fun and short video's every week that we've started on our YouTube Channel.
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First blog of the year! Hands are one of the most fun and beautiful areas of our body, full of expression and personality. They symbolize all sorts of information about us.... Have you danced with your hands lately? Have you had any obstacles, any success, anything you would like to change or keep? What's your story?
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It can get overwhelming where to start to look for inspiration. Sometimes you have to look at the things near-by in order to spark some momentum in your work, even if it may have no visual relevance, it will have some soul-relevance. This morning I searched my mind for something that would be interesting, insightful and something different I could listen to while I prep my breakfast and work area for painting.
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I'm so excited for my next set of paintings! Lately I've been keeping an eye on two types of dancers, each on the other sides of the earth. The Argentinian and the Russian/Ukrainian belly dancers are emerging with some strong styles that impress me very much. Here's a small look into what I've experienced so far... it's going into paintings! Yey!
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Turned on my Pandora station this morning to New Orleans Jazz and sat back remembering the wonderful city of NOLA. It was my third time visiting this past weekend, this time I went for a Belly Dance Event - Shimmy Soul featuring Sadie Marquardt and Simon Sako, organized by Karla Marie Cochran. A wonderful and homey event, it was definitely a good, little vacation for me. I stayed with some good friends, rented a car and booked my trip in the city with time to explore and re-visit my favorite places.
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I am a TEA FANATIC! I feel like it's and early Christmas opening my new herbal teas! I'm not the type who would usually buy herbal teas, but I decided to be a little adventurously spicy this time and order something new. Check out this cool company, Mountain Rose Herbs!
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So tired today but I managed to write about the incredibly fun weekend I had! Events surrounding Caravan of Dancers IV, directed by Zizi Zabaneh. <3
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Hello November...!! Remembering the many fun things from October and getting ready for this November! From photoshoot's to Painting Parties and a special Sister Duet Theater performance at Caravan of Dancers IV!
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Thinking about how healthy keeping journals is… it's that moment to recollect, those timeless moments focused in your words, in the moments you're recollecting or the thoughts that have no specific moment.... It's a nice Monday morning despite so many thoughts running around in my head!
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Last night Belly Motions performed at the Shops at Sunset Place for a special cause in support of those who have been affected by Breast Cancer. As October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, we wanted to make this community show a special one!
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