by Dawn Patel | Nov 22, 2016 | abuse, children's book, friendship, healing, healing arts, healing from abuse, healing through art, identity, inner strength, overcoming hardship, scars, stories, storytelling, swan, tiger, ugly duckling
Authors note: I wrote and illustrated this story over 15 years ago. I never really did anything with it except to send it to one publisher and read it to the Quaker Friends Sunday School, and to my elementary students in Washburn, WI. Some recent events made me...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 31, 2014 | animals, art, art process, artist, artists process, being present, belief, Chance, creative process, gratitude, healing through art, intuition, language, poetry, sentient beings, seredipity
Today it occurs to me that the language of the Sentient Beings has to be poetryWork in Progress: “Chances of Drowning”But I argue, “I’m not a poet.” Well, I’m not a good one.I don’t know what to do.”A Pigeon...
by Dawn Patel | Nov 29, 2014 | animals, art business, art for sale, creativity, dawn patel art, dreams, etsy, fairy tales, fantasy, fox, healing through art, jackal, laughter, painting, paintings, stories, wolf
Before there was Dancing Jackal there was Dreaming Jackal. He is a playful soul who has lived many lives and taken many forms. He most remembers his human self, and uses those lessons he learned in his new life as Jackal. Unlike his human self he...
by Dawn Patel | May 25, 2014 | art, artists studio, being brave, Brilliant Stranger, Chance, change, creative process, dawn patel art, doors of perception, healing through art, nature, Randomness artists process, The nature of time
When life hands you lemons, make something nourishing, and get strongerIt’s been a long time since I’ve posted. A lot has happened and I have not been in the right frame of mind to write about it. When we are navigating through unexpected...
by Dawn Patel | Apr 13, 2014 | art, art therapy, artists, artists process, artists studio, being brave, belief, blogging, creative process, domestic abuse, domestic violence, healing from abuse, healing through art
With every new painting I essentially say the same thing, “I Am Here.”This blog has become a public platform for some very personal topics. I am driven by the belief that our most personal stories are in fact the most universal. Everyone has...
by Dawn Patel | Mar 30, 2014 | art, art therapy, artists, artists process, blogging, domestic abuse, healing, healing from abuse, healing through art, life is stranger than fiction, living your dream, spirituality, visionary art
“The Way Home” Finished PaintingSometimes life is stranger than fiction. Life certainly gets interesting when you are truthful with yourself. Somewhere, deep inside our subconscious, where no one else can give...
