Divinity Rising: All Part of the Show -

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I have to start by saying how grateful I am for all of the support, love, and blessings I find myself surrounded by. I am reminded time and time again that true beauty is found when people join together to accomplish more. You are all so wonderful and amazing. I have to pinch myself to remind myself that I’m dreaming the most wonderful dream ever.

Speaking of beautiful people, I received a beautiful gift last week from Matthew Blake Wallace. A video documentation of a peace mural that some beautiful people from Louisville joined together to create on Halloween weekend. Matthew did an awesome job editing it, and his music is perfect for it.

I’ve been busy preparing for my book release, huge release show so it’s been a while since I posted. So, there’s a lot to share. Sorry if it’s too much at once.

I wanted to share some photos by Taylor Woods from the photo shoot for my first Graphic Novel… I hope you enjoy them. Taylor is always a pleasure to work with.

I find myself in the midst of a whirlwind of activity, doing my best to stay centered – the eye of the storm. I’ve got a lot of shows coming up with Sub Rosa that will be fun. We’ve got a space theme in May for derby, and we revisit the zombies in June for our one year anniversary of making the zombie cowgirl video and being at Diamonds for one year. Can you believe that it has been that long?

On a more sacred note, I’m excited to be moving forward with my own art as well.

As my last post pointed out, I’m about to release my first graphic novel in the “Diaries of a Godling” series. The series is really about learning to be ruler of my world. To be ruler of your world, you really just need to draw out the boundaries of your world, then journey forth to build upon it.

Last week, I was asked to speak at Ivy Tech and had a blast doing so! (if you’d like me to come and speak to your school, church, group – don’t hesitate to let me know.) One of the people in attendance came to me afterward and said the muse hit her while she was listening to what I was saying. She had to start writing. I’m so proud of her, I wanted to share it with all of you.

She handed me this:
I’m on top of the world.
Nothing you say to me,
nothing you do to me
can change my stance.

I’m on top of the world.
You did your best
to bring me down.
You hurt me physically;
You hurt me mentally.

I’m on top of the world.
You were locked away,
and I had nothing to fear.
You had no control over me.

I’m on top of the world.
You came back for me;
I was afraid,
and you had me where you wanted me.

I’m on top of the world.
I will no longer be afraid.
I live life as I please.
I will never let you harm me again.

I’m on top of the world.
Nothing you say to me,
nothing you do to me,
can change my stance…as queen of my world.

The good news is…. I’ve finished the first of the behind the scenes videos from the zombie/cowgirl shoot.

Hurray! It was tough editing it down – Taylor did a great job really catching the entire day, but I’m trying to keep all my videos under ten minutes, so I tried to keep to the funnies.

So, Here’s the video! Enjoy! (don’t forget – if you’re reading this in your inbox, you’ll have to come over to the blog to see the video at www.doggeddreamcreations.com/divinityrising

On another note, I’m mourning the engine of my RV. The engine locked up last night on my way back from taking a load to my new studio.  So, we had it towed back to it’s parking space at the studio. I’ve got a mechanic looking for another motor for me at junkyards, but I’m waiting to see cost on that.  In the meantime, I’m looking for a cheap alternative vehicle.  Poor poor Rv. It was quite an adventure in itself! The engine locked up while we were on the expressway, so I’m very grateful that we are all safe. We also noticed a cracked manifold, so it may just be time to say good bye to this RV.

There’s not really a whole lot I can do right now except try to be still and listen.  I find that moments like this are a great opportunity to reflect and check our inner road maps.  So, I’m maintaining faith that all works out for the best and trusting that all works together for good And, I’m enjoying getting the new studio set up.

On the upside, the Gypsie Courtyard events continue to do well and are growing.   They’ve been more fun than I ever hoped for, and I’ve really enjoyed the last couple weeks.

When following your dream/the path you feel is laid out for you, it’s pretty troubling when you hit road bumps. However, seeing these road bumps as opportunities can really help you learn to fly over them.  What difficulties are teaching you to maintain your focus this week? How is your faith and trust being tested  in your ability to make everything work for your benefit?

Leave me a comment…let me know I’m not alone. Share the video with a friend or two. Give me a hug.

Thanks… I needed that.

This past weekend, I got to take a MUCH NEEDED mini vacation out into the woods of Lanesville, Indiana. We were very blessed to be able to spend the day at Steve’s Fun Farm, a great day trip from Louisville, Ky.

It did me so much good to get out and have some fun with the kiddo and friends, and just being in nature really helped recharge my batteries. It was my frist time paintballing, and I can’t wait to go back!!

We had so much fun and got so many great moments on camera, it was really hard to edit it down, but go me! I got two hours of footage down to 16 minutes.  Even more exciting: I got a great song from Lotus Blake to overlay the video and it really was perfect! It’s got me super excited about this Monday at the Gypsie Courtyard because Lotus Blake is the featured music act. We’ve got some other exciting stuff going on this Monday, too.

Steve is such an amazing guy! Go stop in and tell him Divinity Rose sent you. They’ve got super reasonable prices on activities  and camping!

Check it out – (if you pay attention, you’ll catch my birth name)

Divinity Rose:Vacation and real name revealed from Divinity Rose on Vimeo.

We’re going to go camping up at Steve’s Fun Farm again in a week or so. I’d like to have a big camp out with great music around the fire….. Who wants to go? It’s only about 20 minutes outside of Louisville. Let me know if you’d like to go – I’m thinking leaving Friday June 19 afternoon, coming back Saturday afternoon  (because I have to host the indie film night at Peak Summit at Saints Saturday night – come see indie film at 8 pm June 20 at Saints in St. Matthews)

What do you do to relax? Where’s your favorite spots to get away?  Find a way to feed your soul this week and recharge….There are lots of way to do it regardless of time, money or anything else you think might be stopping you.  Even pampering yourself in your own backyard can do wonders to recharge you for the coming week.  DO IT!