by Dawn Patel | Dec 25, 2016 | art and nature, Brilliant Stranger, conquering fear, dark times, darkness, dawn patel art, dreams, kali time, nature, relationship with nature, storytelling, visionary art, visionary painting, visions
In the earliest hours of morning our thoughts connect two worlds. Dreams open doors into a fluid world. In daylight the thick shell of the world hides from us from the truth we seek. We forget the stars are still there. This is my story of remembering. It is one of...
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 | Feb 7, 2016 | allegorical painting, art, art process, Brilliant Stranger, butterflies, cocoons, contemporary art, dawn patel art, evolution, metaphors, storytelling
It’s one of many overused phrases in our culture, that, once full of possibility, have become slogans that sell everything. (especially cars) But… nevertheless… I have to start this post with these words:It is not the destination.It...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 15, 2014 | alley, birds, deception, fox, jackal, mystery, never-ending story, parallel universe, past lives, sentient beings, sidewalk, stories, storytelling, wolf
The world of the Sentient Beings has always been here. It’s just that we don’t always see.The Sentient Beings were in danger of becoming invisible to all. Jackal turned himself into a man, and tried to convince the people that these beings...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 13, 2014 | contemporary storytelling, deception, disguise, fables, lifetimes, make-believe, masquerade, never-ending story, parallel universe, quantum theory, reincarnation, stories, storytelling
mas·quer·adeˌmaskəˈrād/noun1. a false show or pretense.”his masquerade ended when he was...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 11, 2014 | animals, creative process, creativity, dawn patel art, fables, fox, jackal, lessons, life is stranger than fiction, moon, mystery, myth, nature, never-ending story, sentient beings, stories, storytelling, wolf
More Jackal… she is Dancing Jackal, after a long journey via magic arrow. During the long and reckless journey she is pierced by the arrow and has to land in a canyon where there is no escape. Dancing Jackal does not have the patience...
