Positive Aspects

I am fascinated by big cities.

When I was a little girl I had dreams of going to NYC. Some of my grandmother’s soap operas were filmed in NYC and I remember watching them just for that reason. I would imagine the actors finishing a day’s filming and then stepping out into a wonderful life that only a big city can offer.

As soon as I could dial a phone and read I looked in the phone book for the area code for NYC. I dialed the 3 digit area code and then made up the last 7 digits, which constitute a proper phone number. To my surprise and pleasure someone answered the phone. I asked where I had called and the reply was, “Queens”. I then hung up lol! “Wow!” I thought,” I have talked to someone in Queens!”

It took me until I was 30 years old to make it to NYC. And just like I had dreamed I drove into the city as opposed to arriving by airplane.

For the last year I have had a strong desire to go to Hong Kong. I love a city that is so big that you can get lost in it and end up in some place where you never planned to be but are happy to be there anyway.

I remember my desire to live in San Francisco. I had visited it once and felt so strongly that it is a special place and that I should be there.

At the time of my birth (1966) San Francisco was an epicenter of rebellion and perhaps revolution in thought and human interactions. I knew about Haight/Ashbury, two streets that formed a corner in the epicenter.

Maybe because San Francisco was such a prominent place at the time of my birth I was drawn there. Perhaps it was part of my evolution to live there and absorb the energies.

I broke through all kinds of personal barriers in thought and belief in order to move there and once I arrived I had one of the best times of my life. It is truly a beautiful and magical place.

I lived on Fillmore Street on the 8th floor of a high rise. My flat was huge and I had a great view!

Right around the corner was a Japanese spa and I would go every week. It had days for women only and nudity was allowed.

I loved walking around naked in the pristine environment. I would go to the steam room, soak in the hot bath and then lay on a bench till it was time for my massage. I was in heaven!

I did have a romantic fling while I was there. We made love in broad daylight in Golden Gate Park. Afterwards I felt that was so fitting for in the 60’s that was the place to have ‘free love’.

The first time I came to London I booked a day trip to Stonehenge and Bath. It was an early December day. I was staying, as a tourist in the Inter Continental on Park Lane. I met the coach early in the morning at the neighboring Hilton.

Anyway…I had no idea what I would experience and I was not even thinking about it. Something did happen though, and later I pondered and appreciated it.

It was weird. I remember as I was nestled into my seat leaving Stonehenge a feeling of euphoria and love came over me. I remember thinking and speaking to the Universe in my mind. I felt no attachment to anyone or anything. I felt bliss. I remember saying to the Universe, “I will give anything to you. I will give anything up.” I was releasing every attachment I had and I was floating.

It was not till later that I connected my lovely inner experience to Stonehenge. They say Stonehenge has powerful lay lines/energy centers at the location. I went as a naïve tourist, but that surely was not my experience. I felt as one with the totality of…of all that is.

that a part of a person's soul does not open until they have loved an animal.

Chi Chi in a sweet moment.

I do believe animals are animated with the same life force that animates humans and all other manifested creatures and things. The other night I felt special that Chi Chi came (incarnated) to be with me.

When I went to get a puppy from a breeder I thought I would have trouble selecting one because they were all adorable. Yet, when the door was opened and the puppies came running out of the pen, Chi Chi ran straight to me....destiny had spoken.

I love images and statues of Buddha. You see them alot now as a popular decoration...a little over done perhaps, but I still draw a comfort and sense of belonging from them.

I like to rub Buddha's big belly.

When I open the jar
dip my finger in
the scent rises
my tongue receives.....

Auh! Yes! Yes! Yes!

J.S Bach

Genius is an amazing thing! It has to come from tapping into that which is beyond everything such as: time, ego, fear, personal dictates etc.

The first time I heard the Brandenburg Concertos by J.S Bach I was in awe. The music stimulated parts of me that lay dormant. I was so impressed I thought if the world were to listen to this music then there would surely be peace, for how could anyone feel anything but love when hearing this soul language?

When I listen to the concertos I am stimulated to experience who I really am and thank Bach for that because I so often forget!

Love and love and love!
Val

One of the things I like to do is evaluate things in respect to how much transformation power they have. I look for things that bring about a positive inner experience.

When I look at my art I see myself as a different person than who I am most of the time. I experience a part of me that is detached from the external and thus content. When doing the art I experience myself and a child and as a Crone.

The Art of Infinite Possibilities

I have held onto my art for several years. Now it is time to let go of it and share it with others. The destiny of it is not in my hands.

Valerie

Texas Flag

Home for me is Texas and I am missing the heat and Sun! My brother called me today and told me it is 97 degrees in Austin. I think Texas is an amusing place to be from.

So many songs (mostly country) have bee written about Texas. Some of the lyrics are:
"When I die I may not go to heaven
Cuz I don't know if they let cowboys in.
If they don't just let me go to Texas
Cuz Texas is as close as I've been."

LOL! Such songs tickle me. There is another song that says,"All my exes live in Texas..."

Texas is very urbane! It is not all country yah know?

Austin, Texas

There is some strange looking wildlife too.

Armadillo

The state flower is the Blue Bonnet and they bloom like weeds in April.

Texas is huge as you know. You can drive all day and still spend the night in Texas.

Texas

People are friendly if you agree with them. Never talk politics with a Republican and avoid at all cost talking about God, unless you say you have accepted Christ to be your personal savior. The bible belt runs right through Texas honey!

I jest some. Not everyone is like that. People are as sweet as pie! Just don't talk politics or religion!

Bye Ya'll
Valerie

Me and Jamie in Hawaii (1993)

One of my blessings in this life is my brother, James Silas Alexander. We have many eccentrics in our family and it has been wonderful to have him to laugh with, for no one else would truly understand. We bring each other great laughter and he is a delight to me! Jamie has an amazing sense of humor and somehow he can turn the most horrible thing into something hilarious.

Me and Jamie in St. Lucia (2005)