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    'Ara Mikaelian - "Trip Around Leap Year"'

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    This beautiful stone mural is from the very talented artist Harri Aalto
    'My surrounding space feels a touch thicker, richer than just air. Even the knowingness quality of Self-awareness is blanketed in the soft glow of love’s universal essence: a hidden treasure I tend to keep quiet lest somehow, with too much scrutiny, it might just fade away.

    Below is a natural stone mural that I created.'

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    I found this to be beautiful sculpture that conjures up some powerful emotions and feelings (well, at least for me):

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    I thought this was pretty amazing. I remember in India carvings in bottles similar to this but not to this tiny degree - doubt there is any other in the world that can create sculptures so small. Perhaps he's a savant.

    'British artist "Willard Wigan" was able to make small statues that can only be seen through a microscope and put them inside the hole of a needle, noting that "Willard" is considered the owner of the most steady hand in the world'







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    Visionary Art from Ashley Christadudson:

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    For those who are weary, something to inspire.



    The more you look...The more you can see | "TRIUMPH" by Akiane


    AKIANE:
    Hey everyone!
    I have recently finished painting a large volume of artwork imbued with spontaneity, multiplicity and spiritual actualization.
    I have not followed any particular rules, styles, movements or forms.
    Many paintings have been purposefully left unrefined as fresh glimpses of my focused attention or visionary endeavors."
    Please enjoy!!

    Painting Title: TRIUMPH
    Film Title: TRIUMPH

    Purchase prints: https://akiane.com/product/triumph/
    Purchase original: https://akiane.com/product/triumph/

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    Hi Zirconian,


    I watched the video Akiane painting the picture above in post #66. Afterwards I went to her gallery and was looking at some of her art and I was struck by the similarity of one of her paintings that I will link below. I recently had a dream with the sky opening up at the night time and the green and gold and sparkling look was the same but there was a mountainous island out at sea that was so magical looking through the uneven edges of the sky very much like the painting, and the energy was so amazing I felt breathless.


    https://akiane.com/product/the-light/

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    I first heard about her when I saw the movie "Heaven is for real".

    Her story is quite incredible as well.

    When I see that her art is selling for many thousands (or 100.000's of $) I was not so happy with that. BUT, if it is indeed so that most of that money is going to charities, I would think it's OK.

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    Hi Zirconian,


    I watched the video Akiane painting the picture above in post #66. Afterwards I went to her gallery and was looking at some of her art and I was struck by the similarity of one of her paintings that I will link below. I recently had a dream with the sky opening up at the night time and the green and gold and sparkling look was the same but there was a mountainous island out at sea that was so magical looking through the uneven edges of the sky very much like the painting, and the energy was so amazing I felt breathless.


    https://akiane.com/product/the-light/
    Hi harmony,

    Incredible dream. Thanks for sharing.
    I could post so many of Akiane's art for similar reasons to your dream description, the energy is amazing and can leave you breathless. Yesterday, I did find a thread on Akiane in Project Avalon, started in 2010 when she was considered a child prodigy. She is 27 now!
    To me her art touches on the divine and is very uplifting.

    Here is another video of her latest art, that touched me deeply.



    What also amazed me yesterday, was YouTube, via its algorithms, put up two related videos that I was drawn to watch. One was about a young boy (who is now a young man) who visited heaven at the age of four and saw Jesus. His story is now a film with a powerful part of the film showing his mother realising that what she thought was a four year olds fantasy was actually true when he stated that he saw his sister in heaven and indeed his mother had had a miscarriage. The heart-breaking miscarriage had been disclosed to very few and no one had mentioned this to the four year old boy and yet he saw his sister in heaven. Now there is so much to this story but the reason I mentioned it was because, on an interview about his experiences and the subsequent film, the boys father mentioned that he used to show images of Jesus to his son and most of the time his son would say that the image did not depict the Jesus that he met in heaven........until he saw Akiane's painting of the Prince of Peace.



    Akiane, painted this at age 8.

    Makes you think, it really does.

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    Hi Johan,

    Yes her art is going for many thousands of dollars but she does indeed give much to charity.
    She grew up in poverty and is known for her discipline and hard work ethic.
    One of the last videos I saw of her life, she was living in a sort of annexe off the main family home and she was living simply.
    She inspires so many people, her artwork lifts perspective to the spiritual. Akiane does not seem to have fallen into any traps of fame and money, so long may she continue.

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    Hi friends! I am looking for some advice, and also would like to share my story. From 15 until 32 I pursued acting and filmmaking in Los Angeles to various degrees of success, but eventually became disillusioned, especially after my first 'spiritual awakening' at age 30. I finally moved out of LA, and wouldn't you know while my artist mother was helping me pack she found a portrait drawing of an ex-boyfriend I had done when I was 20. She encouraged me to pursue fine art, and four years later this is my main career focus.

    The last year and a half I have devoted much of my creative energy to a project raising awareness around vaccine victims. I have painted 115 portraits of those injured or killed by the vax. You can find my work on instagram @covidvictimsportraits. I was very honoured to be included in a show in London in May called "The Cure is Worse than the Disease" with other artist speaking out about the plandemic.

    While I'm still continuing this project, I'm also trying to get back to my other painting. I really love painting animals, women, and children. It brings me great joy. I paint in a realistic style and don't have any interest in catering to the current art trends.

    My question is this: are there any art galleries or curators or other exhibitions that are awake to the changes in the world? My fiancé asked me to find galleries I would be proud to be in to help manifest the next part of my career. But I'm struggling to find spaces where I would feel welcome on other levels aside from just the art itself. I'm sure many others are feeling similar struggles in their lines of work. It's one of the reasons I left Hollywood - I felt I couldn't tell the stories I wanted to tell. Are we left carving forward the way Owen Benjamin has? Are there any other artists out there struggling to figure out there next move?

    Thank you for your time and thoughtfulness

    (attaching two vax victims and one elephant)
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    The world seems to be doing it's best to bring me down today . So action is required.
    Art , in particular , beautiful paintings, are essential to me .They counteract the onslaught of
    ugliness forced upon us and they usually win I'd say. The art world has been deliberately degenerated but there are still plenty of lovers of truth & beauty though you have to search for them.
    Here is one such artist Michael Divine https://www.michaeldivine.com The painting is called Apotheosis of Hope .
    Hope you like it ...
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    Seeclearly.

    I agree. It's very important for me to look at the beauty in nature and to listen to uplifting or relaxing music, as a counterbalance to what is going on in the world right now.......and it does work.


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    Quote Posted by guenonsbitch (here)
    Hi friends! I am looking for some advice, and also would like to share my story. From 15 until 32 I pursued acting and filmmaking in Los Angeles to various degrees of success, but eventually became disillusioned, especially after my first 'spiritual awakening' at age 30. I finally moved out of LA, and wouldn't you know while my artist mother was helping me pack she found a portrait drawing of an ex-boyfriend I had done when I was 20. She encouraged me to pursue fine art, and four years later this is my main career focus.

    The last year and a half I have devoted much of my creative energy to a project raising awareness around vaccine victims. I have painted 115 portraits of those injured or killed by the vax. You can find my work on instagram @covidvictimsportraits. I was very honoured to be included in a show in London in May called "The Cure is Worse than the Disease" with other artist speaking out about the plandemic.

    While I'm still continuing this project, I'm also trying to get back to my other painting. I really love painting animals, women, and children. It brings me great joy. I paint in a realistic style and don't have any interest in catering to the current art trends.

    My question is this: are there any art galleries or curators or other exhibitions that are awake to the changes in the world? My fiancé asked me to find galleries I would be proud to be in to help manifest the next part of my career. But I'm struggling to find spaces where I would feel welcome on other levels aside from just the art itself. I'm sure many others are feeling similar struggles in their lines of work. It's one of the reasons I left Hollywood - I felt I couldn't tell the stories I wanted to tell. Are we left carving forward the way Owen Benjamin has? Are there any other artists out there struggling to figure out there next move?

    Thank you for your time and thoughtfulness

    (attaching two vax victims and one elephant)
    No need to follow anyone, only consider broadening (y)our horizon of possibilities ...

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