Vision: Making a Statement

vision statement

I WONDER if the vision is fueled by imagination + intention + communicated through inspired action.

VISION is the 5th Principle of Inspired Living. It is associated with the colour blue and the throat chakra. It is about communicating and voicing yourself confidently. Getting clear on what you envision by aligning  and creating a plan  of inspired action steps.

I SPEAK MY VISION.

Vision is knowing what you want. What you want to experience in life. You can look at your vision in all areas of life, apply it to your home, your business, your day, yout parenting style, you choose.

Vision is communicating consciously by being yourself without feeling a need to justify your actions.

My Vision Statement:

Creativity, Storytelling and Design as a Soulful Practice that focuses on Happiness + Wellbeing : To provide the world with access to design + visual storytelling + creative expression that supports growth and improves quality of life, so we can all thrive [live our best lives + know our soul purpose].

also see my artist prayer

BE WONDERFUL

♡

LaToya

Radiant Self (exploring my word of the year)

radiant light

dear me,

RADIANT SELF (I AM)

this year is dedicated to you.

You are the embodiment of the LIGHT. the LOVE. the TRUTH. you are my essence + unbounded

You come through my actions. my thoughts. my creations. my interactions + my being. (I AM ENERGY) - always expanding.

you are the AWAKENING. the arrival + the return. you are wholeness come to earth to express + experience self (oneness) in multifacited ways - the breaktrough

you are a mirror reflecting + shedding the layers so that i may see with my open heart - unconditionally. you teach me to THRIVE in the moment here + now -pulling me into the present when my mind wanders.

I channel you with gratitude from the heavens into the earth. you transform me into a tree spreading branches into the sky + roots deep into the crystaline structure* (I AM a BRIDGE). you urge me to follow the path i chose long long ago - and to sing my soul back into my body - DAILY

You urge me to change perspective again + again - letting life come to me. enjoying deep fulfilment + happiness. you urge me to embody the child. the mother. the goddess. + the infinite wisdom. you bring the unexpected - challenges included.

you are pure RADIANCE

(expressing the inside on the outside)

you call out ::

I AM a HEALER. I am a GRIOT. I AM an ARTIST. I AM the dancer. I AM the SONGSTRESS. I AM a RADIANT BEACON of LIGHT.

(stepping into my path)

Be Wonderful

♡

LaToya

Notes: 

*the Earth's crust is 57% silicon compounds - almost pure crystal. Silicone makes forms + relationships.

SPEAK IT (back into existence

speak it

SPEAK IT (back into existence)

remember where you come from. origin before here. intention is needed.

speak it. 

your lineage runs deeper than the imagination. remember why you are here. be inspired.

enjoy it. 

regenerate the networks that connect you back to the beginnings. leading you into awe. be activated.

live it. 

you know exactly where you need to be. there is only room to gain experience. nothing to lose. thrive.

trust it. 

loosen all these things you have chosen to carry. lift your head. remember your blueprint. be free.

share it. 

you are not alone in the ups + downs. the tides of emotion. these are not you, these are signs. you are connected. go deep + then return.

embrace it. 

rise up. step into your rightful place. speak your experience into being. believe in yourself the way you believe in others.

LOVE it. 

musing on: Communication + the many voices of the throat chakra. Using digital media to edit a handcut collage to make a pattern about speaking things into existence.

Be Wonderful.

♡

LaToya

Param (the symbology of storytelling)

As a visual storyteller I can be found converting concepts into symbols.

Param means transcendence - to move beyond or above.

To me it also means to reconnect with source. To recognise growth in cycles within the whole - ever evolving.

rise + e x p a n d

with infinite balance

move above or beyond

connect with SOURCE in the everyday things

obstacles are removed when challenges are accepted - opening the opportunity to learn to move through life's events with grace. . .

the joy of empowering heartfelt change makers + magic seekers tell their stories on their own terms.

When I was asked to create a logo for Param Events I aimed to express these concepts graphically - using symbology to tell a story.

I believe logos are a form of storytelling. They tell the essence of a business in a visual sense. 

I chose a series of circles, triangles, and petagons to represent sacred foundations - sacred geometries. Laszio, the creator of Param, requested an image of Ganesa be incorporated. 

Ganesa is the mover of obstacles. Who helps us move through life's challenges with grace. Each challenge we face, accept and move beyond allows us to grow and move to the next level of challenges.

I enjoy working on graphics for small businesses because we can use creativity to produce images that tell their story and which incorporate their core values without words.

To see other explorations in visual story telling for small businesses visit the gallery.

Be Wonderful

♡

LaToya

I used vectors from here to complete this design. 

Clarity of Passion (creating fulfilment)

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.

Blaise Pascal

Often around the new moon I restate my desire for CLARITY. My sense of clarity sometimes goes in cycles. When I am most unclear I know it is time to recalibrate.

I have been participating in Mindy Tsonas's Wish Alchemy and last month's theme is ALIGNMENT - which has come to be all about readjusting + finding my way back to my own path -

with my passions guiding the way.

Passion is revealed when Iedit, when i release and get very clear on what is important to me.  Clarity helps me to focus my energy rather than letting it wander all over the place. (I think some wandering is necessary, but focus helps me to stay centred no matter my circumstaces).

It is inner clarity that I seek.

Because even when I am feeling very clear intellectually I am not always fully at ease in the flow. Fulfillment eludes me if I only use my mind.

When I release self doubt I move into

clarity of heart

and my True self brings solutions into every challenge. Getting Clear reminds me of my core values, which makes decision making come with more ease, bringing with it peace of mind.

Clarity allows me to set all of my other intentions into motion. 

It is clear to me that my passions lie around creativity and the freedom to create. Giving myself the freedom to create. Creativity itself clears my mind + my search because sometimes you need to create what you most need to find.

Through the process of pursuing my passsion clarity finds ME.

Fulfilment is something I have to define for myself. I have to look at what really brings me joy and that always brings me back into ALIGNMENT.

I really enjoy collage I always find my way back to it. Last year I completed my first 100 day project where collage became my meditation.

I placed no restrictions or requirements on my creations + they evolved naturally from day to day. This 100 day journey lead to many new opportunities, including creating an album cover with a custom collage for Leaf Newman.

Leaf reached out after seeing my passion project and the above image is the results of this collaboration. I love that Leaf makes MUSIC THAT BREATHES.

The flowers I used come from another creative outlet I enjoy: macro photography of flowers and other flora + fauna.

Beautiful when you look back and see the things you love to do come together while being of service to another,

that is fulfilment.

be wonderful

♡

LaToya