determination

today i am determined,
to be the best that i can be,
to love with an open heart,
to listen with an open mind,
to follow my heart,
and to live my dreams.

LOVE.love.LOVE.
xoxo.
e.

thank you sooooo much to all of you for your love & support!!!
i couldn't do it without YOU :)
hope to see you at my show tonight~
i know many of you far away peeps will be with me,
in my heart!
thank YOU! thank you! THANK YOU!

i LOVE you!

today

'thinking about where you've been
or what you did wrong in the past
are impediments
to an inspired life.'

-wayne dyer

big show is tomorrow!

xo.
e.

Romeo & Juliet

ok, this song . . .
"when you love somebody"
by the fruit bats~
i am listening to it over & over & over
as i paint this picture~
it is sooooooo freaking cute i can't stand it :)

"Baby, remember on the bus and my hand was on your knee?
When you love somebody it's hard to think about anything but to breathe.
Baby, I am the cub who was washed out in the flood,
When you love somebody but bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood.
Here we go-
Baby, i am the cub who was washed out in the flood,
When you love somebody but bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood.
When you love somebody its hard to think about anything but to breathe
When you love somebody but bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood
When you love somebody its hard to figure out, hard to figure out
when you love somebody its hard to figure out, its hard to figure out
when you love somebody its hard to think about anything but to breathe."

too cute!
makes me smile
Romeo & Juliet,
sitting on the bus~
his hand on her knee . . . .

xo.
e.

p.s. this painting will also be at my art show this friday!

p.p.s. if you get tired of this song ~ go to the right . . .PAUSE the pink playlist & PLAY the purple one (that's my regular music :)
ENJOY!

before and after

remember this girl from last week???

look at her today!!!

she'll be at my art show this friday!

i LOVE her :)

xo.
e.

why i do the things i do

. . .because,
whether i mean to or not,
whether i am conscious of it or not,
my actions are always setting a example.

my oldest daughter, Clara, had to write a paper for school. the topic was, "who inspires me". she wrote it by herself, and just got it back, and wanted to show me. it made me smile & made me cry. i am so overwhelmingly proud of my beautiful, strong, brave & sensitive kids! here is her paper:

"My Mom!"
by Clara Aubin

Have you ever seen a mom with purple hair? Probably not, unless you have see my fabulous mom! Think about it. How many moms have short, purple hair? She has other wonderful characteristics too. Like, did you know that she is an artist who absolutely loves anything old fashioned! Also her favorite colors are purple, blue, and black, and she adores dolphins. I can tell ~ANYTHING~ to my mom and she won't laugh or tell anyone!

My mom finished college & got married. She also had three kids and started her own home based business as an artist! Now she has started to become more famous with the help of her friends :) At the end of last year she quit smoking (yay mom). In her eighth grade french class she traveled to France for a week, I think that sounds wicked! French is my favorite subject & so is hers!

My mom says, "you have to be brave even though it may be hard". I think she is absolutely right! She believes in every human right and for everyone on this earth to live their own dreams, and to live in peace.

Later on in my life I would like to travel the world. I would especially like to visit Bali. I would also like to get married, live in France and become a Dental Hygienist. I would also like to go to university in Turkey & maybe get a degree in chemistry! I would also like to get a tini tiny chawawa!

Thank you mom for being the best mom you could be. Thank you for helping me when I need you and always being kind to me and everyone you see!
~~~
pretty freaking proud of my amazing daughter!
thank YOU, Clara, for being you.
i love you to the moon,
to the top of the tallest mountains,
to the bottom of the deepest ocean,
all through the puffy, fluffy clouds,
through the whirly-swirly wind,
and back to your heart!
xo.
mom
;)

inspiration

'somehow,
being inspired
allows your thoughts
to remove any of the bonds
that can serve as excuses for
not doing
what you know
you're here
to accomplish.'
-wayne dyer


what iNSPIRES YOU?
what are YOU here to accomplish?
tell me . . .

xo.
e.

love.

This is love:
to fly toward a secret sky,
to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment.
First to let go of life.
Finally,
to take a step without feet.
-rumi

love.hugs.kisses.butt-smacks.&one.more.hug.
xo.
e.

seriously

let's not take ourselves too seriously,
shall we?

WATCH THIS!!!

peace&LOVE&hugs&KISSES
e.

look what i found in my inbox!

"Dear e, You are amazing.

Many do not understand; but you can rest assured ...
Your experience is no more than this:
A heroic soul born inhumanely sensitive, desperately in need of true connection. To you ... a touch is a blow, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a daydream is a premonition, strictness is suffocation, and completion is death. Add to your brutally sensitive soul the overwhelming need to heal, create, and transform -- so that without the outpouring of honesty, the creating of music or poetry or something of meaning, your very breath is cut off ... You must create, must pour out your entire being in each and every encounter. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency you do not feel truly alive unless you are risking everything through your divine expression. Thank you for having the courage to create ... to transform ... to be ... in a way other souls don't. For without your courage and your light the world would grow listless and dull and the rest of us who are like you would not have your courageous acts to inspire our own. Rock on, Garret"


pretty freaking amazing ~
it's me, in a nutshell,
a pretty, painted, sparkly nutshell!
thanks Garrett :)

xo.
e.

i LOVE my job :)

so, i have been busy, busy, busy!
getting ready for my big art show~
less than 2 weeks . . .
can you FEEL the butterflies?!?!?
they are ~swimming madly~ around here!
i have several paintings on the go~
this one, is 18'x24' on canvas.
background is ~drippy~ orange.
real maple leaves glued on . . .
my lovely lady has green eyes,
and her top, is covered in words.
these words,
"she smelled it in the air. she smelled the decay. she smelled the sweetness, the unmistakable, bittersweet smell. she knew that change was eminent. the sweet smell gave her peace. it calmed her heart & renewed her hope. she had waited so long for this change. she was ready. she was anxious for change. and like the rainbow that follows the rain ~ when she felt the crisp wind, when she smelled the change in the air, when she saw the new colors of the leaves, when she saw the first leaf fall ~ her heart leapt with overwhelming, undeniable, unstoppable, amazing JOY . . ."

hope she makes you smile.
peace&love.
xo.
e.