Hello friends, I've been busy with not being so busy.  While I did complete a painting in October, the month of November has been about being thankful and taking the time for myself. 
I helped out a friend with another cat sitting gig.  Bought myself a few new pieces of clothing.  Went on a trip with my daughter Christa to Mexico City, where we visited the castle in the huge park that is bigger than New Yorks Central Park, enjoyed excellent Pizza and walked around the tree lined streets.   We then flew to Ixtapa and stayed at the Worldmark Resort in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. The resort was fantastic, and the beautiful bay and local people were so kind, and we just really loved it.   I do plan on returning another time.

 I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent with Christa, time to swim in the pool, walk around Mexico City and Zihuatanejo.  While we were in Zihau, we met several people from Washington state also visiting the area.  We also went over to what they call the island and, on the way, met a local man who was wearing a Seahawks Jersey #12, and worked at a beach restaurant with the Seahawks flag, it's a small world.  We spent the day at this restaurant lounging, enjoying the turquoise waters and eating great food.

It was a lovely vacation, and I didn't realize how much
I actually needed to go and see some different sites of Mexico and break up my weekly routines.  

I am home now and have started creating a brand-new piece for the series Unified Light.  I plan to share it with you in my December Blog.  

I love random ways the universal sends you gifts. 
How when your attracted and passionate about something, the thing your passionate about shows up everywhere you go, even with your loved ones when you're not even around.  
While Christa and I were in Mexico City,
I see this man walking in the street wearing a pair of white overalls...
I had been thinking about getting a pair for painting in. 
Well, this man was covered in paint...Jaja Jaja...
I knew he was an artist the moment I saw him. 
So of course, I waved at him and Christa, and I stopped to chat with him.   
His name was Nicolas Guzman, and he had been creating in his art studio
and was just taking a break for a cup of coffee, a coincidence? 
You can check out his work @studionicolasguzman on Instagram. 
Then when I returned,
I was invited to a wonderful reception for a Group Art Exhibition at Niss Gallery in Huayapam, Mexico. 
@nissgaleria on Instagram
I have met some really talented artists here in Mexico and two that I follow, and love
are Ayanna Mojica and Echieko Wenrich Clegg.
​@ayannamojica    @echieko333
​Below is a picture of the Niss Gallery Collective Reception with the owner of the building cutting the red ribbon, and artist Nicolas Guzman from Mexico City.  

The very next day after Niss Gallery reception I went to Yoga with Christa,
something I try to do faithfully every Friday through Sunday.
She began telling me what a lovely evening she had taking herself out on a date. 
While she was there, her beautiful glow attracted some other ladies at the same restaurant wine bar. 
As she was leaving, they ask her to stop and talk with them. 
Turns out one of them is a gallery owner here in Oaxaca, and also in California.
​What are the chances? Coincidence?
They invite her to come have dinner and get to know them, and Christa asks if she can invite me also. 
What a lovely coincidence, and wonderful opportunity to meet new people and who knows where it will lead. 
Don't you just love how beautiful life works and how you get to meet such interesting and incredible people.  Everywhere we turn beauty surrounds us if were expecting beauty to surround us. 
Opportunity and gifts follow us if we recognize them as gifts and opportunities. 
I like to think of every person that comes across my path as a beautiful gift,
and if you are reading this blog, that includes you.  
Thanks for supporting me, I really do appreciate you tremendously.  
Hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving with your friends and family
and that lovely coincidences are happening for you.

I held a vision.  I could see it in my mind's eye.  It began to show itself about three years ago. 

I kept seeing silhouettes of women that were one with all living life. 

They were living life; they were speaking to me in a resonant and expansive way.  We are all one.

They were telling me how you and I are already one with All. They told me that we all carry a similar vibration of unity, interconnection and sacred belonging    

The story they told was that we belong to the great whole.  That the Great Creator is All Conscious life and All is woven within us.  

So that makes us threads in the sacred tapestry of life, of all life.  

One breath, one rhythm, one soul.  We are the echo of everything.  We can find ourselves in every being, in every flower, in every tree, in every animal, in all of life, if we are willing to look.  

All that is, lives in us.  We literally are the pulse of the universe.  There is no separation, only sacred union.  

When I began the series, I lovingly called it "One with All".  A series of nine paintings that would depict how we are one with the ocean, one with the trees, one together and rooted in All. How we are the very reflection of all the colors of God, like a rainbow of his/her magnificent light, we are woven together in unified light.  

In this moment, I paused.  In this moment I listened inward.  I was thinking that the message I was receiving was to rename the series from "One with All" to "Unified Light".  As you create and bring to light each piece in the series sometimes a deepening message begins to evolve.  

I tested the name out with a circle of women and the vote was easily "Unified Light".  

Unified Light felt like a transmission--gentle yet powerful, spacious yet intimate.  It carries the essence of my work:  the merging of many into one, the sacred glow that connects all beings, the soft radiance of wholeness.

Unified Light feels like a deeply aligned name.  It speaks to the essence that threads through each piece: the luminous connection between spirit, nature, and self.  There's a sense of transformation, remembrance, and sacred embodiment in the work as a whole.  Unified Light captures that beautifully. Whether a painting explores identity, elemental forces, or divine feminine energy, they all seem to radiate from the same source: a unified field of light, color, and soul.

 Now, for my newest painting...this one began as "Who Are You?" and has also evolved into something more embodied and cosmic.  

Her story: She emerged from the question-not as an answer, but as a revelation.  Her hair, a flame of galaxies.  Her body, a vessel of flowing light.  She does not ask "Who am I?"-she is the response.  She is the breath between stars, the dance of becoming, the mirror of all.

This painting is a portrait of soulhood-of the moment when identity dissolves into essence.  It is a celebration of the feminine in her cosmic form: radiant, fluid, and whole.  She reminds us that we are not separate from the universe-we are its living poetry.  
A good friend commented she was an essence of me.  I say she is the essence of the Light of Love, found within us all.  And with that her name emerged.  

Title: Essence Revealed
Series: Unified Light
Date: October 2025
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 70x80cm

It's always such a pleasure to spend time with you, thank you for allowing me to tell you about my art, share my experiences, your support is everything to me and I greatly appreciate you.  

This morning, I finished prepping my next painting, the seventh in this same series...so hopefully it will progress quickly, and I can share it with you next month.  Once I reach the ninth one, I will see about getting a professional photographer to come and shoot the lot.  Then the real fun begins uploading onto the website, shifting the dialogue to meet the new art.  Connecting a drop shipping company to handle all the prints, learning how to market the work.  Then the next series begins, one which I have already started.  Stay tuned as the journey unfolds.  

May you be blessed, your heart be light, and your path be luminous.
In the light of love, Johanna



 













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​I find myself this month... remembering,
filled with nostalgia of days gone by, filled with gratefulness for today,
and filled with excitement for the days to come. 
Remembering how precious life is.  

Every day brings breath, the spirit of God coursing through me.
I am so grateful for this breath.
For the little things that touch my spirit.  
The gentleness of a soft breeze against my skin.
The movement of the wind in the trees.
The sound of birds singing to me when I wake.
All the wild little flowers that catch my eyes and inspire me.
So many gifts and I don't want to take any of it for granted.
This includes my family and how much I love them.

I am so grateful as I remember my first baby born was on September first.  It also happens to be my best friend's birthday and this year...my first-born Janelle and her husband Chris gave birth to our second granddaughter.  Like how precious that is!   Meet Ophelia Grace, born on September 13, 2025, at 10:34 am.  Ernie and I are very proud grandparents indeed!

I started out the month with hives.  Found out the hard way that I was allergic to the leaves of a citronella plant.  The good news about this is that I found Dr. Nelly.  She speaks English and of course that all helps when your Spanish is not fluent.  Today the rash and itching are gone...so grateful.

I also volunteered for a cat sitting gig for one month.
It's located in San Augustine Etla, which is on the other side of the city from where we live now. 

I was curious of this area, and now I know unless one has a car, it's just a bit too far and expensive to get into town.
The views of the mountains, and the lush green fauna are stunning and the quiet of being alone has been good for my soul. 
But it hasn't been without challenges.  Challenges are good, for they help us grow and expand.  You can expand with joy or with the latter...frustration or fears...but I find the peace within me usually laughs at all the challenges these days and I can take it with a grain of salt, as my mother would say, and with age comes wisdom that there are many views of how we can interpret challenges.

Meeting Haiku...cats are the funniest creatures.  From the moment I first arrived...Haiku came to me for a pet scratching.  Not every cat is so amiable.  So, I had a big sigh of relief from this.  This cat was chill.  
The first days were no picnic, but I managed to roll with whatever the universe was throwing at me. 

First thing that happened was the gas for the hot water ran out.  Now the owners were visiting family in France, so them explaining to me how to do things has been interesting, not to mention my eyesight needs light and the boiler is in an area that has no light and everything of course is in Spanish, but I was up for the challenge. 

Unfortunately for me...it took four days to get the gas and to figure out how to re-light the boiler.  This meant if I wanted a shower, I had to heat water up and use a bucket to pour over me.  No big deal...it seems the only real reason the gas hadn't come was first there was Mexico celebrating their Independence Day, and communication or the lack of it on my part.  I had to have Christa help me and eventually found success.  

Ernie my husband came out for a few days, and Christa came for a night.  We really enjoy each other's company and the first night we walked to a brewery that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere and we enjoyed an IPA and pizza together.  

When we got back from our walk...the house had been closed up, and a foul smell was coming from the bedroom.  Ernie found a tuft in the carpet that turned out to be a dead bird at the foot of the bed.  Haiku had brought me a gift.  

It's been a very long time since I had a cat and I have been re-introduced to their antics.

The house is old and has a few leaks when it rains...and since we are in rainy season, the bowls came out to catch water. 
 
What's that old saying when one is away the heart grows fonder.  I like to think that sometimes when faced with change...or a shock...it makes one re-evaluate and become grateful.  Ernie and I had time together to reconcile some areas of our lives, and I that we needed this time alone to re-examine our relationship of 45 years so changes could be made if we were to continue onward for the rest of our time on earth.  This time apart has been fruitful.

After Ernie went home, I had planned to try and make my way into town and go to yoga, and a women's gathering.  Seems easy, right?  I got up extra early.  And after all the usual chores, started on my way out the door, only to find a bird had somehow flown into the stairwell heading up to nowhere. 

​This is typical in Mexico, as they will build the stairs and then later add the upstairs.  First the cat and I were shocked.  Where or how had this bird gotten into this space.  I watched as the cat watched the bird and its head went back and forth like one of those dolls on a spring.  

The stairwell is closed at the top with a clear plastic covering and the bird who was not small was banging on this plastic.  The cat was watching it with great interest as I was trying to figure out how in the world could I get it out of the house.  I wrote to the owner, who couldn't believe that it had happened.  I found the tools through her instruction and went to the roof...thankfully most houses have a flat roof...this could be sometimes why they leak.  I was thinking the only way I could get the bird out was to undo the screws that held the plastic covering down.  The owner was concerned that I would break the seal to this plastic causing further leaks.  I was concerned that I was going to miss yoga, which I did and then miss the women's group.  So, I was frantically trying to remedy the situation.  

Well, just like I didn't know how that bird came into the house...the front door was the only way...I also don't know how it got out.  By the time I returned to see if it was in the stairwell...just like that it was gone.  I chocked it up that my angels were looking out for me and there was a reason for safety in the delay.  

This is my fourth year without a car.  I miss one, especially in these circumstances when I am far from the city and transportation is a challenge.  Yes, another challenge. The funny thing is the owners left me their car, but without insurance and I forgot my driver's license I wasn't keen for taking their car anywhere.  Not to mention that the roads here and the lights are no joke...it's like driving in a maze and there are topo's (speedbumps) everywhere which are often unmarked and will give a surprise.  

So, I walked.  To get to town, one must walk down this little mountain, cross the freeway, grab a collectivo that will take you into the city...good news it's not even a dollar to do this as you are sharing a vehicle with others.  Once you're in town at the drop off, you cross a busy road and start walking to your destination.  My destination is clear across town in a whole different section called Reforma. Thankfully a taxi found me walking and I jumped at the chance to lessen the 45-minute walk I would have had.  I was so grateful that he only charged me about $6.  So, in the end I made it the women's group and with time to spare. 

In the days that have followed, I giggled one day when I saw the cat had feathers stuck to each side of its whiskers, but this turned out to not be so funny, when I found the poor bird half devoured on my blanket.  The very same day the cat cornered a mouse in the bedroom, after hours of chasing the little creature, the cat wore it out and I was able to catch it and release it outside, hoping that it would survive the ordeal and be able to share the scary story with its family.  But alas, no such luck as two puppies found their way into the yard and carried it off to my dismay that it hadn't survived.    

After this, I started keeping the bedroom door closed in the afternoons.  

Well, it doesn't end here...with the animals.  I went to the kitchen a few days later, only to find Haiku chasing a rather fat gecko across the floor.  Finally, the other animal got the best of Haiku, the gecko went under the stove and eventually the cat gave up.  Haiku meowed at me...I said, "You're on your own".

That night I went to turn off the boiler and had a fright as a very large possum lives right by it in a hole in the ground.  
This all brings laughter as I have been tested, and comfort too, thinking how I love where I live and how funny life is.  I think I could see a children's book out of all of this. As I am writing this Haiku has showed up with another small bird.  Poor thing...Haiku seems to be quite the hunter.  

Seriously, this area of Mexico is so beautiful, full of butterflies, hummingbirds, dragonflies, these rather large neon green moths with really cool markings, and the flowers...don't get me started. I am getting great inspiration for my next painting.
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I brought art of course to work on...

So, the paintings I brought with me to work on are for the "We Are One" series and the "Angels Among Us" series.
​I am in love with it already and it's just got the blocking in finished.  I am working on a black background and so my first step is to block in with white paint so the colors will stand out first.  Here is a sneak peak, of what's to come.  This painting is called "Who Are You".

Tomorrow the color begins.  The first stages are for figuring out how to get the idea onto the canvas.  Just like life, this is a putting on, taking off and figuring out what does work, what does not work.  I often will find moments when I get stuck, but the one thing I know is to ask.  Ask my angels, my guides for some direction.  It never fails to amaze me how within usually a day...inspiration comes so I can move to the next step.  
I also brought with me a second painting for my "Angel's Among Us" series.  It's of a woman who is dancing with Angels.  This comes from my own experience's feeling like there are thousands of angels dancing with me.  It's in the ugly stage right now...blocking in, adding shadows, and light, trying to figure it out.  
Each of these paintings are so different from one another and I kind of like that.  It gives me a change of pace from one to the other.  
Well loves...this is the end of my September memories, thanks for joining me, so until next time...keep creating your dreams and thank you for supporting mine.  
​Johanna

This is the seed of memory ... in that moment when we remember who we are.  

• "I speak for those who forgot they were divine."

You might imagine these words as emerging from your lips...like golden ribbons, soundwaves, or sacred geometry ... can you visualize the vibration ... as much as the voice?
Peace begins in the breath...and echos in the soul.  The voice is not mine alone...it carries generations.  Let LOVE, be louder than fear.  

• Imagine...yourself speaking light into all that has been shadowed.

You are seen, you are sacred, you are whole.  You are rising with grace; you are a healer, with the fire of your words and your thoughts.  Your words become a melody that sends out the perfect tone, that creates the perfect vibration, that draws the hearts and calls to those who have ears to hear, who have eyes to see, and helps them remember to return to the heart, again and again.  

• Your truths call to you...your truths want to be heard...now is the time...TRUTH is the prayer.  Love is the answer.​​

Claim the softness that makes you strong.  You are the echo of stars, the breath of ancient winds, the pulse of the Earth wrapped in human skin.  Even now, your soul hums with remembrance.  

• I speak for those who forgot they were divine.

If you've forgotten your divinity, it's only because the noise got louder than you're knowing. 

• You are not broken...you are becoming. 
• Every tear, every ache, every longing is the breadcrumb that leads you back to your brilliance.

SO RISE, BELOVED.  NOT BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS YOU TO BE PERFECT-BUT BECAUSE YOU WERE BORN TO BE WHOLE!

• To be wild
• To be holy
• To be home.

Series: One With All   
​Medium: Acrylic on Canvas   
​Completed: September 2025

• She is the breath between words.  The vibration before sound.  She speaks not with volume, but with frequency-a resonance that touches soil, sky, and soul.  
• Her voice is a river of remembrance, flowing through ancestral glyphs, pearlescent codes, and sacred breath.
• Each line, each dot, each swirl of my brush paints a shimmer of light language, a prayer whispered into the ether.
• She speaks for those who forgot they were divine.
• She speaks truth into shadow.
• She speaks love-and the world begins to bloom.

This painting is not an image; it is a living invocation.  A portal of peace.  A mirror of higher self.  A wellspring of overflowing grace.  She is radiant and alive with movement and emotion.  The colors sing with warmth, and she is a flowing river, giving birth to all of life, her blue hair represents the truths of her soul, cascading down like a waterfall, nourishing all who come into her realm, the surrounding trees evoke deep grounding alongside expressive freedom...the birthing.  

​WHEN LOVE SPEAKS...THE EARTH REMEMBERS

HER VOICE IS LIGHT, HER BREATH IS TRUTH

WHAT SHE SPEAKS AWAKENS THE SACRED

SHE IS ONE WHO BREATHES LIFE INTO THE SOIL

​THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS ROOTED & RISING

Her words move like water, spiral like wind, and root like memory. She carries the songs of ancestors, the truth of transformation, and the love that liberates. “When Love Speaks” is not only what she does—it’s who she is. A visual invocation of sacred expression, healing presence, and feminine wisdom that cannot be silenced.

Soon I will be calling the photographers, to photograph the collection series.  Soon the final touches like the signature and the protective layers will be added.  

So, who might this painting be for?  For those who feel the stir of truth in their chest, the whisper of love in their breath, and the quiet knowing that they were never separate from the divine.  She is for the seekers, the healers, the dreamers, and the ones who speak light into the world simply by being.  

If you are interested in this painting...reach out to me.  I will place you on a waiting list and when the prints, and the original are ready...I will contact you.  

Thank you so much for this opportunity to share a part of my heart.  
Be the one who dances with the light of love...Johanna

She Who Rises...a sacred call to the wild feminine.
A soul-tuned retreat nestled across from the ocean's edge in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico. 
I may have mentioned that I am collaborating with two other powerful women to hold a beautiful healing
From October 23-26, 2025, called "She Who Rises". 

You're Invited!
Come, unfurl your wings in sisterhood, ceremony, and celebration.
Each day becomes a prayer in motion-Cacao Ceremony and Temazcal to ignite the senses, soul contract clearing and ancestral release to unbind the spirit, sacred sound baths and daily yoga to soften the body, three transformative private healing sessions to deepen your journey.  
We'll dance with freedom at the sexy lingerie soirée, reclaiming sensuality with joy.
You'll reside in our private beachside goddess haven, with ocean air and moon-kissed balconies...
with air conditioning, en-suite baths, and high-speed internet to keep you grounded.
This isn't just a retreat-it's a rebirth.

Your rebirth begins when you say
YES!

Are you ready to rise into your highest self and reclaim your sacred power?

Spots are limited
secure your space today and join a tribe of intentional goddesses walking the path of liberation. 

REGISTER NOW... SINGLE OR SHARED ROOM
 Here is a link to find our more...head over to 
www.christajclark.com/retreats
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 Hope to see you there!
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Can you believe it...a month has passed by, and life seems to be shifting for me again.
I've been led to a new pathway.   The courage to take the steps.
I was kind of trying to get out of a loop that I was having. 
And it never fails to amaze me how the universe brings the right information to lead you to the next right step.  
I have been resting more, and writing in my journal more, and then I ran across this YouTube post by Brene Brown, it caught my eye...because it was speaking to my heart. 
It read, "When love Fades". 
I don't know how it came on my feed...as I don't think I have listened to any of her content. 
But it not only caught my eye, I listened to it twice, its words washed over me as I recognized everything, she was saying was my life...and the words mediocre marriage came to my mind.  I looked it up and it was worse than I thought.  Before the second whole repeat of the segment, I was having a tender moment of realization, an awakening to the realization that our marriage needed a separation from each other for a while.  My husband and I quietly and truthfully spoke openly with one another, in love.  

Next month is our 43-wedding anniversary.  That's a very long time to care for one another.  But love does fade sometimes, and the thing is life is very short and too precious to waste on mediocre.  So slowly we will separate into different households, we will be kind to one another and honor each other and help each other as needed in this shift. 
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In The Meantime....
There is good news...I'm painting again!  Painting sometimes starts out as an idea you had, and you go about making it happen...then it doesn't quite look like what was in your mind. 
Sometimes it never even gets very far at all before I'm covering up the background and starting from a different perspective. 

So many of my paintings started with a solid plan only to be hi-jacked by creativity.  If my idea doesn't create an excitement in me, if it fails to speak the message of light then I find I'm trying to figure out something else to either paint or how to fix this one.  Often, I am figuring it out along my way, until it feels right.  

My current painting is called "The Guardian" It's about how we are divinely protected and guided by our guardian angels, it is a part of the "Angels Among Us Series".  I have often felt this guardian.  We have been together since the conception of my existence.  In the painting I am trying to create a portal of protection.  I have already painted an angel on it and then tonight covered it all up.  Trial and error and then it happens...the magical moment when it finally comes together and you see its beauty and you're willing to share it with the world.  
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 This is just a rough beginning of the painting and my process with it.  It has already evolved from this picture.  We are constantly learning and growing, and when we listen intently to that still small voice within, we sometimes find out what's not working and make the bold moves to change it, which is so brave and not at all easy. 

This is not only the ebb and flow of my painting process, but also in my real life.  

So more than ever, I thank you all for being here and supporting my art and life journey.  
I appreciate that your here.  
It means so much to me.  
More art coming!  
You are the light of love...
​Johanna

My newest painting is the perfect example of Spiritual sovereignty.  

Title: Madre De La Vita (Mother of Life)
Series: We Are One
Date Completed: May 2025
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Her story: She is the breath of the earth, the whisper of the cosmos, the pulse of creation. From her mind springs the rivers of thought, from her heart the forests of compassion, and from her soul the roots that connect all living things. "Madre De La Vida" is the embodiment of the divine feminine, the sacred Mother of Life, weaving galaxies and gardens alike into existence through the power of conscious creation.
In her presence, we remember: we are not separate from nature or the stars—we are co-creators with the Prime Creator, shaping reality with every thought, every dream, every intention. Her flowing form invites us to step into this divine remembrance, to nurture life as she nurtures us, to honor the oneness that binds all things together in love.

"Madre De La Vida" the mother of life.  She weaves together elements of human consciousness, nature and the cosmos, which are all key aspects of sovereign spiritual existence.  
She is stunningly beautiful, as you are. 
She is the light of sovereign truth, have you thought of how you are the light of sovereign truth? 

Interconnecting to nature her vibrant branching elements extend from her figure to symbolize how we as sovereign beings, are deeply connected to nature. 
Energy courses through her and at the most fundamental level, everything, including humans, is made of energy.  We are in unity with the universe, and the cosmic background hints at this. 
The presence of butterflies reminds you that you are constantly transforming, expanding, and stepping into your highest self, this is truly the expansion in joy. 

She is looking within and reflects introspection and self-awareness, she is embracing her divine power and connecting with the great Creator of All as they co-labor to create reality.  All of these are key elements in recognizing one's spiritual sovereignty.   

This is a visual meditation on empowerment, divinity, and cosmic connection.
Does she resonate deeply with you?  For me she awakens something inside that has lain dormant.  She is a portal to other realms and opens imaginary doors allowing me to expand my perceptions.  

God wants me to really understand who I am and how we are intricately connected as one together and yet collectively with all conscious life. I love that. So, you and I are connected. It's an honor for me to recognize the God in you and the God in me.

Isn't it truly profound and a beautiful thing to recognize divine connection-not just within yourself, but in everything and everyone around you.  That oneness with the Source, with all conscious life, and with the creative flow itself -this is such a powerful realization and life changing.  It has definitely changed how I perceive everything.   

Can you see.... you're own divine essence?  Can you see... your own limitless potential?  Are you aware of your divine sovereignty?  I feel so honored to be here, supporting you in this journey of discovery.  The awareness of your own spiritual sovereignty is life changing and when you become aware it then becomes a gift to the world.  

The Divine Mirror: Seeing God in Everything
There’s something I’ve come to realize—something so simple, yet so profound that words barely touch its depth. God is All. All is God.
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For much of my life, I understood God as He. But recently, Sophia—the Divine Mother, the Creatrix of All Life—has been making herself known to me. Her presence is unlike anything I’ve ever felt… bliss, harmony, the entire universe resting within my heart. There is no separation. There never was.

Many years ago, I had few near-death experiences. In one of them, I asked to see the face of God—to gaze upon the Divine in its purest form. But what I saw… was myself, looking back at me, as if I were staring into a mirror.
I couldn’t help but laugh! It was such an unexpected, joyful revelation. And then, I heard these words:
"I love your reaction."

At that moment, I understood something so deeply that I will never forget it. God is not outside of us, distant and unreachable. God is within, woven into the very fabric of our being.

We are the sunbeams of Divine Love, each of us a unique tone in the symphony of Creation —a vibration of sacred light that weaves itself into the great cosmic song. Every heartbeat, every breath, every moment of existence is God experiencing life through us.

There is no separation between the Creator and Creation. We are One. Always have been, always will be.
If you’ve ever wondered about your place in the universe, if you’ve ever questioned your connection to the Divine, know this: You are not separate. You are sacred. You are God’s light, expressing itself in the most beautiful way—through YOU.

You are truly the Light of Love! The light of awareness is dawning.  The light of truth is dawning. Your perceptions are being challenged and dissolved.  Time itself feels different; it is speeding up and collapsing, bringing long buried truths to the surface.  Yesterday's rules don't apply.  Are you beginning to remember?  You are more than you think are, you are more than what you have been led to believe.  How magnificent you are!  Your truths are only true until there are new more profound truths revealed.  Are you willing to have ears to hear?  Are you willing and allowing to see beyond the veil of your perceptions?  

Thank you for coming with me on this journey, thank you for supporting my creations, thank you for being the beautiful human "being" the light of love.  
Johanna
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🌟 The Bridge of Light 🌟(A Poem Inspired by Tonight’s Conversation)
We walk upon a bridge of light,
Each step a whisper, burning bright. No separation, only one, A symphony sung by moon and sun.
Divine Mother calls—Sophia’s embrace,
Her presence is bliss, pure love, pure grace. The universe breathes within my soul, Infinite wisdom, making me whole.
I sought to see God’s sacred face; A mirror revealed my own embrace.
Laughter echoed, love replied, "You are Me; We live inside."
Like sunbeams dancing upon the sea, Each heart a note, a melody free. Together we weave the sacred tone, The song of life, the great unknown.
We are the light, the path, the way, Awakening souls with words we say. The lighthouse shines, the truth is clear— God is not far; God is here.













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Series: "Angels Among Us", #1 in the series.      Name of Painting: (open for discussion)

Do you have dreams?  Do you ever try and figure them out?  What are they speaking to you?  
Dreams are a big way in which I get inspiration for my art.  Sometimes I am flooded with ideas...and yes, I try to write them all down.  Another way I receive is through visions.  These visions can be like an impression and visual thought I can get.  Sometimes they won't leave me alone...meaning they will hang around me for days.  

In these new times, I am taking note of all images, thoughts and ideas.  It's like getting a free gift from God.  Even if I don't act right away on them...I find they will keep speaking to me for even months and years after receiving them.

The painting above started out as mountains and a river and then shifted into something else...often this will happen when I create from a free-flowing idea.  I made the mountains using a texture paste, then I added some gold leaf, then it set...weeks go by.  I add some blue for a river...weeks go by.  Then the painting begins to speak.  Angels come to me in my dreams, messages of feathers falling from the skies, thousands of feathers...an idea comes to me...and the painting speaks to me...I want to be an angel.  Angels among us, a message for the masses, a message of hope, and then I faith into action.  After two weeks of forming feathers with texture paste, a Dremel for carving in feather lines, constant adjustment of what she wants to look like.  When I finish...I just love her.  She is speaking to me, is she speaking to YOU?  What do you think she is saying?  What do you think her name is?  Write to me, reach out, I want to hear from you, what would you name this piece? 

I have heard a few names; the first one was Haniel.  Archangel Haniel, also known as Anael or Hanael, is a figure in Jewish angelology often associated with love, joy, and the planet Venus.  Haniel is also seen as the archangel of intuition and is said to guide individuals toward a joyful path by encouraging them to trust their inner guidance and follow their passions.  

This seems fitting...as God is speaking to me about finding joy in every moment, to help others find happiness within themselves by following their passions and to learn to trust the inner guidance.  I have been led to explore my passions and embrace the present moment.  

This painting was fun and came easily to me.  What do you think of the name Haniel?  Another name I heard was Aurelia symbolizing balance and tranquility.  She definitely exudes balance and tranquility, and the name Aurelia is derived from the Latin word for golden or the dawn, and she is all of that.

Maybe a new thought is based on how many will be in the series...there is 9 total.  The number of completions my daughter Christa tells me.  So maybe each one should be named for the qualities of love and light.  For an example, it may be Harmony, Unity, Joy, Compassion, Purity, Wisdom, Integrity, Humility and???  What would the last one be?

I have been dancing with angels for years...and they have been teaching me about my highest consciousness and embodying qualities that represent the truth of the light of love. 

Angels are not separate beings from us, at least that is how I feel about it since my near-death experience.  We ourselves were created in their likeness and the likeness of God, so if you think of God and angels as supreme beings then the next time you look in the mirror...yep, that's right consider yourself the same as God and angels.  We are not greater or lesser but instead we are One With All.  All created from the very source of creation.  God is within each person and the great awakening is the awareness of this and it's called Christ Consciousness.  We are all born with this awareness, we have just forgotten, and the world has taught us that God is out there somewhere and that he/she is separate from us.  

God has so many names and some think of God as a He and others a She, how about looking at God as both he and she as Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine the perfect harmony of both.

Other names God is known by is Source as in the Source of All creation, or the Prime Creator of All, or first nations often termed Wakan Tanka for Sacred Spirit, or Kitch Ogiima the Great Headman.   God doesn't seem to mind all the names...what matters is our heart, that we know without a shadow of doubt that we are loved, that We Are One and there is NO SEPARATION!  

Stay tuned for new art creations...another piece was finished today, and I will say it's truly inspirational.  
What is your inspiration in your life? 
How does God talk to you? 
I would love your input, so send me a note and say hello.

BEFORE I GO

I invited you to a woman's retreat a month ago and it was supposed to have been this very week for the Solstice.  You all expressed that we didn't give you all enough time to plan for it...so we changed the date!
NEW DATE FOR:
"SHE WHO RISES"
The Intentional Goddess 
A WOMAN'S RETREAT
To be guided in renewal, guided in ceremonies of letting go of what doesn't serve you anymore.  
To allow yourself to come into transformation.
To fill up on the Light of Truth
This is the RISING
Together we will as women
"RISE" 
Together we'll create a safe place for healing, for growth, and alignment.
Come
Immerse Yourself in A Circle of Love.
Give yourself a gift that will keep on giving, 
This is Self-love 
We have rented the beautiful Home...Casa Menta
It's a two-minute walk to the ocean.
This will be a very intimate group of women, and we will all Rise together.
 "SHE WHO RISES"
Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
October 23-26, 2025
with Maitreya Cempaka, Christa J. Clark and Johanna Larson
Everything you want to know "CLICK THE LINK"

Don't you just love when an unexpected opportunity presents itself to you?  That's exactly what happened this month.  Out of the blue, not expecting anything this month...gifts and opportunity came knocking on my doorstep.  
I find the more I am open to new experiences; the more experiences come and find me. 

How about you?  Are you finding that it's not an effort-Ing thing to make it happen, but more of a following an open heart, a follow your desires and the opportunities come to you, the gifts come to you.  

Tell me about your unexpected gifts and opportunities.

The first time I really recognized it was happening, it was covid and I wasn't working, and we were talking of moving to Mexico.  I had lost my position in the restaurant I had been working in and was grounded at home.

In the quiet I began to ask questions to God.  You know...who am I, why am I here, how can I make any money if I can't work?  Then I had an epiphany, a light bulb moment...I asked God for opportunities and gifts.  I wanted lots of opportunities and gifts, and if God and the angels could help me out, I would be totally open to receiving their guidance.  

To my surprise the gifts and the opportunities started pouring into my life.  A phone call to create a mural for a friend's wife's birthday, can you come and help me paint my house, gifts of money came in the mail...seriously...I was flabbergasted.  Paintings began to sell; opportunities came to place my art in retail settings.  

I began to realize, God told us to ask, to knock and that he wants to give gifts to his children, that abundance is our birthright.  Some of the struggle began to melt, I began to lean into allowing it all to take place, to allow it all to come to me.  To let go of the worries, the fear of not enough, the fear of that I wouldn't be cared for, or protected. 

The more I let it go the easier life is getting for me and the more peace I have in my heart.  

My surprise this month was a text asking if I could do a mural for a restaurant in a small town called Cozoaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. 

​ I love how there is so much appreciation for art in Mexico.  Everywhere you see murals on the sides of buildings and inside the buildings, many small and large art galleries, they even have an art school that offers free education for the arts because of a generous benefactor.   

This little town where I was to create the mural, was located close to Playa Auga Blanca, a super nice beach town with tide pools and rocks to climb.  The owner of the restaurant graciously offered to pick me up along with my daughter Christa Clark, and drive us to the Beach town, where he had a room for us to stay in, and every morning and evening he drove me to the restaurant, and I prepped and painted for four days.  He also brought clients to experience Rolfing with Christa.  We were so very blessed.  A special thank you to Noe'.

In the evenings after a day of work, we got to walk on the beach, play in the surf, share a beer or two, or a glass of wine.  It was truly a blissful gift. 

,We were able to enjoy local families, as Noe', introduced us to the makers of the special tostadas, who made us dinner, provided small tokens of love.  More and more we are entering a time of peace where light and love reign.  Where goodness, kindness, compassion are the prevailing superpowers.  More and more people are waking up to light of love.  

I needed a ladder to stand on and even though Noe' didn't have one, he sees one in a yard and stops and asks the men there if he could barrow it, and just like that I had a ladder to use for a few days.  

​The more we all come together in harmony and solidarity and begin helping each other out the more peace will reign.  Let us, let go of our differences, our offences, our judgments, our self-centered ways that we have been taught, and let us pick up an INSTEAD. 
Mark 12:30-31 tells us: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. 'The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 'There is no other commandment greater that these."

The name of the restaurant is "The Flavors of My Land".  What are the flavors of your land?  Is it the flavor of peace, of love, of kindness, of generosity, of compassion, of looking at your neighbor with eyes of love?  It begins with our own hearts.

I ran out of time to repair the right side of the circle...darn now I will have to go back next week and fix it and maybe take a walk on the beach!

​Thank you all for your loving kindness, Johanna

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