in amber

[brightlotusmoon]

I decided to wear the amber butterfly ring instead of the dolphin, today. The dolphin ring has a different kind of power and signature, and I feel that wearing it all the time is like wrapping my entire being in pure emotional energy. Granted, I can choose the kind of emotion... but it is sheer power.
The butterfly, on the other hand, is calmer, quieter, gentler. It's peaceful in a light, free way. I can control the power more. My mind is clear, ready to transform and transcend. I'm always transforming and transcending, in some way. To be honest, the butterfly is my signature over anything else. It's been that way since I was born. I keep rebirthing myself.

And amber for balance, after all. Amber is balancing, purifying, soothing. As one website puts it for amber, "It is a stone dedicated to the connection of the conscious self to universal perfection. It helps one in the art of manifestation to bring that which is desired into the state of reality. It stimulates the intellect and opens the crown chakra. It also transmutes the energy of physical vitality toward the activation of unconditional love. It aligns the ethereal energies to the physical, mental and emotional bodies, providing for an even flow of perfect order on the Earth plane."

And now, because the camera phone was in my hand, a slightly blurry picture:

Comments

[gwynethfar.livejournal.com]

It's very strange... you really look like Helena Bonham Carter, but you really don't look like her, too. You look like you could be her sister.

As for the rings, I really like Amber. I find I'm the most calm and centered when I have a warm-colored stone on me. Somethings, like gold citrine, are supposed to energize you, but the warm tones kind of subdue me.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Wow, Helena Bonham Carter... thank you! She is ethereally beautiful.

Amber is my favorite stone, next to amethyst. I also like topaz and citrine. I find that they all balance me, more than energize or subdue. Which is nice.

[armandii.livejournal.com]

I like seeing photos of you, you have a beautiful face

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think the more I hear it, the more I'll know it deep down. Sometimes I have trouble believing it.

[whordorable.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you have such yummy skin. You should post pictures of the paintings you've posed for so we can rave over them. :]

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Well, now I can tell the makers of the concealer I was wearing in that photo that their product works great!
Seriously, though, thank you. I do work hard to take care of my skin. It's why I'm so interested in researching the "natural oils as sunscreen" thing.

To be honest, the only full paintings I have ever posed for are "The Familiars" which I think you've seen (me in a black gown with two cats) and a painting Mom did when I was eleven, of me in a yellow sundress sitting at a desk looking up from a poem I was writing. The rest are sketches that Mom has done from the classes of hers that I have modeled for. I should get more "modeling" photos taken, though; I'll remember that. :)