tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29300909832212666232024-03-20T03:28:36.155+11:00Meredith Mallin - A Story of Intuitive PaintingHello there! Thanks for stopping by! Here is a little look into my story of living at the edge of what is comfortable... the wide open space of the unknown. Sometimes it is beautiful and other times it seems like a giant huge frustrating mess, but that is all part of the journey. I hope you'll join me here along this crazy path, and I hope you too can discover some of your own dreams along the way. Don't forget to say hi - you are always welcome here...
*Peace, Love, Joy & Gratitude*Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-70886481488073083532014-06-23T08:28:00.000+10:002014-06-23T08:28:36.287+10:00I'm MOVING...
Hi there friends!
I just wanted to write a quick little post on here to let you all know that I'm in the process of MOVING everything over to my website - now everything will be all in one place! I'll be continuing my blog over there... so you can find it here:
www.mmallin.com
Would love to see you there! Don't by shy ;-) Come say hello!
x peace - love - gratitude xMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-11974787550668994892014-06-01T20:40:00.002+10:002014-06-01T20:56:17.076+10:00...why NOT? Hello there, friends! You might want to get yourself a hot chocolate, a yummy pot of tea, or a glass of vino as you come and ponder with me...
Ever felt yourself wondering, "WHY?"....
(A glimpse of Teresa's exhibition)
Yesterday I had the chance to meet a few artists from around Sydney, at Teresa Myat Berg's beautiful exhibition. It was so great to meet these girls and to just chat "art" Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-33570484435578572932014-05-25T21:01:00.000+10:002014-05-25T21:01:57.270+10:00Get Outa Your Own Way!!!
It seems pretty fitting that this is the street art that should happen to be in my street, don't you think? It made me so happy to see this yesterday... This is a good message for ANYone, I think. Not necessarily just artists, but all people, everywhere. To live to create. We create all the time, sometimes we don't even know we're doing it! It's true! Every day we are creating our lives, Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-89183475750958653692014-05-18T17:03:00.000+10:002014-05-18T17:21:39.026+10:00Hi There...
Hello Friends!
What is something that you NEVER thought that you would (or could) do?
For me, it is probably the idea of making a video post!
Ok, here goes.... the first ever video I've made -- Woah. Scary. And I hope you'll forgive me for going on a bit of a ramble (I have a tendency to do that, ask anyone who knows me well!).... so click here below....
And now come and sayMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-84491694616732219742014-05-04T22:33:00.002+10:002014-05-04T22:34:35.430+10:00Reading the Signs...Hello there Friends!
How was your week? I hope you found yourself moving within your own rhythm and flow. Oddly enough, taking the 'path of least resistance' isn't always easy to do, and life sometimes (usually always) asks us to move in a complex "dance". I'm finding that this dance, amongst other things, is all about balance, flexibility, rhythm, intuition, kindness (towards others asMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-37495680001752748632014-04-28T08:07:00.002+10:002014-04-28T08:08:54.996+10:00Gratitude to You
A little gratitude to you, from me.
Today I am remembering the importance
of connecting,
of sharing
of letting in.
In sharing our stories we let light in.
Taking myself back to the yoga mat and meditation this week,
and re-starting my daily ritual of gratitude.
And this:
"Living is a form of not being sure, and not knowing what next or how. TheMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-53412211568682716302014-04-27T17:36:00.000+10:002014-04-27T17:37:15.826+10:00Jumping in, question marks and all...
Hello hello friends!
Ahhhhh... How are you all? You might want to grab a cup of tea, or coffee, or hot cacao, or wine...whatever you choose...because this has been waiting awhile. And I'm in the mood for some honesty...!
...I know I have been somewhat absent from here for so long. I'm sorry...and I'm not...because I'm coming to just accept this {haphazard} part of me (I hope you don'tMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-58156427163814447402014-01-21T08:44:00.002+11:002014-01-21T08:45:48.729+11:00Hello Morning, Hello ProgressGood Morning!
This week (year!) my goal is to EMBRACE each moment - and so this morning when I was having my usual computer issues (it has been consistent every day) I decided to pick up my paintbrush instead....
HELLO INSPIRATION. Yes, a perfect reminder that inspiration doesn't just "come" to you when you wait for it... here is the thing: Action leads to inspiration.
Progress in painting butMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-5921878586918387902014-01-13T21:56:00.000+11:002014-01-13T21:56:37.903+11:00Are you ready?So. I've been thinking about this post for awhile (well, since the 1st Jan to be exact)... and you know what? SCRAP THAT.
Are you ready?
I've been thinking about what my "word for the year" should be, what really resonates with me. And the word that keeps coming back to my mind is EMBRACE.
Embrace.
Ahhh. There is so much wrapped up in that word for me, but here is how it relates to this Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-43311012728563005082013-12-22T13:28:00.000+11:002013-12-22T13:35:22.085+11:00Art Journals, Faeries, Sacred Marks and....Happy Christmas!
I'm sure I'm not alone in the fact that the last month has just raced by, but it feels good because it is that time of year where you can begin to sit back and take a breath - AH!
So what have I been up to anyway?
I've actually been spending a lot of time working playing in my art journal - I've totally formed a new 'friendship' with my journal, so to speak! Way back in May Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-73543097079943599182013-11-16T11:25:00.001+11:002013-11-16T11:26:30.799+11:00From "old" to "new"....Hello, hello....
Just a quick little post today - I thought I'd share a 'before' and 'after' of the painting I did on Monday :-)
Before I went crazy...
...and after...
Turns out following those 'crazy' urges when it comes to painting can be a GOOD thing - I think so anyway. I like how this turned out so much more than I did before, there is much more calmness and a sense ofMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-34806658791983749382013-11-11T21:02:00.003+11:002013-11-11T21:02:57.251+11:00Be still...and then let go of hesitationFor the last few weeks I've been getting to Monday and feeling a little...something. I'm not sure of the word to use - flat, but not unhappy. Quiet. And each week I've tried to push myself to open up and be energised, ready to dive into whatever it is I've planned to do...
Today the message that kept coming back to me was: to allow myself to be STILL. What is wrong with allowing quiet? stillnessMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-21808573230239048152013-10-12T22:48:00.001+11:002013-10-12T22:48:46.119+11:00Breathe.
Ahh... B.R.E.A.T.H.E.
breathe...
be in the present...
accept that It is.
let go of resistance...
welcome in peace
allow love
(within and without)
simply BE
be joy
be gratitude
be breath.
xx
Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-19252413467503657702013-10-08T00:02:00.001+11:002013-10-08T00:02:45.206+11:00You are adequate and anything is possible.
"How often - even before we began - have we declared a task "impossible"? And how often have we constructed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate?...A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on the persistence with which we affirm them"
- Piero Ferruci
Hm...how easily this becomes common. It is at the heart of so many things really...and is usually created by Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-89162653003992702412013-09-02T21:50:00.000+10:002013-09-02T21:50:27.676+10:00From Beginning to End!
Really? Has a month already gone by? I feel like I've neglected this space a little - I had been doing so well with my commitment to once a week. Life has had a way of doing that recently! Anyway, here I am now.
Today I was able to finally step away from a painting I've been working on for QUITE some time and stepping back and seeing it finished is such a good feeling. It is so Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-19218874837452881832013-08-06T21:10:00.000+10:002013-08-06T21:10:24.320+10:00Shift, shifting, shifted.
Shift - Shifting - ShiftED. These are the three words that have been surfacing over and over the past few weeks. There is definitely a shift occurring for me - a number of shifts actually, both inner soul shifts and 'outer' shifts. For the past year I have felt myself inwardly preparing, discovering and acquiring the armour needed to stand more firmly and to move forward bravely and Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-32171195065460783242013-07-15T19:21:00.001+10:002013-07-15T19:21:34.764+10:00Let go. Welcome in.
Space. As in the space around you, a place, a home.....SPACE. What is it about a space then? Over the past couple of weeks I have been paying close attention to the 'spaces' and places I am in, and although I've known for a long time how much of an impact the energies within a space can have, it's only been the last couple of weeks I've been trying to really shift some of these energies.&Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-80669786722148205322013-07-08T20:05:00.000+10:002013-07-08T20:08:38.801+10:00How of the mind...
Ok, with a second cup of chai in hand...I'm here.
I wonder - how has your week been? I wonder - have you ever had so many ideas...ridiculously big ideas...that just overwhelm with conviction? This is where I am coming from today. It's exciting but scary and daunting all at the same time. It is slightly funny though, after writing last week about how I felt that I need to let go of Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-36170192791805009382013-07-01T19:46:00.003+10:002013-07-01T19:46:23.518+10:00Live the questions now.
"Try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-38628257131548805562013-06-24T21:58:00.002+10:002013-06-24T22:15:38.928+10:00Commitment as an intuitive action...
Since commitment has been a word that keeps surfacing since my time in Bali, I've decided to make a renewed commitment to this blog space. Commitment in believing there is a reason I decided to begin in the first place, and a commitment in the continuation of that belief. And, I am choosing to believe that whatever I need to say will flow with ease and for It's own purpose.
There has been lots Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-59936736850913611472013-06-16T15:22:00.000+10:002013-06-25T21:37:49.047+10:00Bali: Listen In
Having returned from the magical place of Bali for the second time, I feel like I shouldn't be surprised by the inner shift I am experiencing and the flow on effect this has in life in general. Although, transformation is like that - you can never really know fully what it is that needs transforming until you are in the midst of it, with all the inner doubts and questions bubbling up and Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-61110813121124784072013-05-06T20:43:00.000+10:002013-05-06T20:45:17.316+10:00Vulnerability...again!
Vulnerability. It is funny just how much you begin to learn about yourself when you really open yourself up to vulnerability. ..I'm sure that goes without saying, but honestly, even though that's kinda obvious (duh!)...living that feels like a Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-73990215549321601432013-04-02T21:10:00.001+11:002013-04-02T21:10:41.261+11:00Into the studio...
So not quite the next day, but here are a few photos from my new studio! It has been such an interesting week (really, has it only been just over a week? wow!). I am definitely settling in and feeling more at home in this space. It still feels a little uncomfortable, in the fact that it seems so exposed and open there - a little hard to get used to after hiding away in my safe little room at Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-13827002316567021032013-03-24T19:35:00.002+11:002013-03-24T19:35:19.480+11:00Offerings...
'Feel the Breath' - 12" x 12" (sold).
I feel so overwhelmed with gratitude this week, as I find myself tuning in and recognising all the good that surrounds me. Since my last post, I've really been trying to turn my thoughts into actions and open myself up to all the universe has to offer me, as an artist. It has been interesting, to say the least, as my perspective has been opened up and Memhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930090983221266623.post-17312771290020129472013-02-25T20:59:00.001+11:002013-02-25T20:59:25.844+11:00"Your art is your art"
Ok, so I admit...I have actually been resisting the very idea of writing on my blog for awhile now (well, yes, since November). I'm not entirely sure why, but I it may have something to do with the fact that I still have this false belief that I'm 'just pretending'... in my head it often sounds like this: "I'm a pretend artist, so what the hell do I have to offer?" (and I'm sure itMemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156273901480176408noreply@blogger.com1