Maryam Mermey’s Healing Arts Blog

Egret Ascends

 

Egret Ascends

How many times have I lifted my feet

off the ground into the unknown

to hurl purity at deceit & injustice?

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam

 

Egret Ascends

Detachment & Rising Up

Jewelry & paintings on the themes of Detachment & Rising Up by the strong~spirited women of the Healing Arts Circle at the Center for Wisdom's Women. The following are the names of the artists in order of their artwork:

Rebecca Johnson,Abby White-Owl, Hilda, Bethanie Bernard, Ruth Carney, Judy Maloney, Abby White-Owl, Sue Coker, Ruth Carney, Jodi Hilliard, Nicole Johnson, Bethanie Bernard, Jaylin Wright and Brooke.

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

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Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment & Rising Up

Detachment

Revolutionary fusing glass artwork made by the Women's Healing Arts Circle at the Center for Wisdom's Women inspirited by the theme of detachment.

 

Detachment

Detachment

Detachment

Detachment

Detachment

Detachment

Detachment

Detachment


Detachment

Detachment

 

 

Epaulets Shoulder the Soul's Knowing

Epaulets Shoulder the Soul's Knowing

Red-winged blackbird

aimed at lies.

Red, orange, & yellow epaulets

shoulder the soul's knowing,

led by gentle

black eyes.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam

Detachment

Vitality

Transformative paintings created by the marvelous women in the Healing Arts Circle on the theme of Vitality at the Center for Wisdom's Women.

From top to bottom the artists are: Jessica Wade, Jackie, Jessica & Bethanie, Bethanie Bernard, Jodi Hilliard, Abby White-Owl, Ruth Carney, Sue Coker, Rebecca Johnson, Christine Zucatti-Doyle & Brooke.

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

Vitality

 

Vitality

Cardinal

 

 

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Cardinal

Self~assured, red headdress

reaching into cerulean blue

Black mask of clarity

Beak of strength

Glance of truth

Help us listen

in this time of chaos.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam

Reaching

Decorative plates painted with acrylic inks & glitter & completed mosaic orb designs on the intrinsic value of Reaching. Artwork created by the evocative artists from the Women's Healing Arts Circle at The Center for Wisdom's Women.

Reaching

Reaching

Reaching

Reaching

Reaching

Reaching 

Reaching

Reaching

Reaching 

Reaching

Reaching

Mongolian Expressive Arts Therapy Workshops & Trainings

 

Morning Glory Arts Therapy is honored to be offering & documenting Expressive Arts Therapy Workshops & Trainings for underserved children & their teachers/social workers in Mongolia this summer 2018. The joyful & peaceful image below is from the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center.

Mongolian Expressive Arts Therapy Workshops & Trainings

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

These are the designs from the previous post, Shaping Our Lives As We Wish Them To Be, after being fired in the kiln. These precious pieces came out of the Healing Arts Circle at The Center for Wisdom's Women. 

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

 

Firing Our Lives The Way We Wish Them To Be

Shaping Our Lives As We Wish Them To Be

 

 Shaping our lives with creative passion as we wish them to be, using fusing glass shapes & embellishments in the Healing Arts Circle at The Center for Wisdom's Women. These are the designs before being placed in the kiln. The next post will feature the fusing glass artwork after being fired in the kiln.

 

Shaping Our Lives As We Wish Them To Be

Shaping Our Lives As We Wish Them To Be

Shaping Our Lives As We Wish Them To Be

Shaping Our Lives As We Wish Them To Be

Boundaries for New Growth

Beautiful & Imaginative Mosaic Orb Designs in Progress exploring Boundaries for New Growth. Created by (from Left to Right - Back Row) Rebecca Johnson, Laura Starbird, Bethanie Bernard, Jodi Hilliard, Sue Coker, & Christine Zucatti-Doyle (from Left to Right - Front Row) Judy Maloney & Sue Sproul from the Women's Healing Arts Circle at The Center for Wisdom's Women.

Boundaries for New Growth

Skating

Squirrel on IceMM

Skating

Skating with claws extended

bushy tail 

balancing the turn,

the challenge

evoking

intensity & grace.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam

 

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