Google+ LISTENING TO THE SQUEAK INSIDE art by Kirstin McCulloch of LilliBean Designs: ☆ Embrace your Fear [Friday Art]

Friday, August 23, 2013

☆ Embrace your Fear [Friday Art]

I started this painting last weekend. It is another journal page, (I am having so much fun playing in my journal at the moment!!) one that started with one set of feelings + emotions, but by the time I managed to drag my sorry sick self back into the studio, it became something else.

My sister is due to have her second baby, and true to form, baby 'Rosie' (as Bean christened the baby) is running late. 

So I was remembering those last days before the Wee Beastie arrived, how I would chant to myself in the shower 'Release' over + over, trying to let go of the fear, the worry + the control, and I was thinking about my sister, and where she would be in her head, ready to meet her baby, a bit worried about the upcoming labour, and all those hormones running amok, and this is where my journal page ended up...

'Some times when you Embrace your fear, something beautiful will grow'

So a deepish question for you this week. When did you last embrace your fear + did something beautiful grow from it? As usual I would love to hear your story!

Have a fabulous weekend.






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21 comments :

  1. Clare LloydAugust 23, 2013 at 3:34 PM

    Another wonderful piece of artwork. Enjoy your weekend too. X

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  2. Ayala ArtAugust 23, 2013 at 4:53 PM

    She is so cute!! Adorable! I bet the whole journal is fabulous! I'd love to see it in a video if you have any!
    Congrats and good luck to your sister ♥

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  3. ErikaAugust 23, 2013 at 5:16 PM

    Love your painting and the wonderful quote ♥
    Happy PPF and have a fine weekend!
    Erika

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  4. Anne MandaAugust 23, 2013 at 5:52 PM

    So pretty, love the hair flowing in the wind! <3

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  5. Sinderella's StudioAugust 23, 2013 at 8:40 PM

    beautiful & thought privokibg. . . hummmmm. . .will get back to you on all that!
    cheers, dana

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  6. Sinderella's StudioAugust 23, 2013 at 8:41 PM

    beautiful & thought privokibg. . . hummmmm. . .will get back to you on all that!
    cheers, dana

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  7. Sinderella's StudioAugust 23, 2013 at 8:41 PM

    beautiful & thought privokibg. . . hummmmm. . .will get back to you on all that!
    cheers, dana

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  8. www.dorissdaughter.comAugust 23, 2013 at 9:18 PM

    Lovely painting with great composition and colour. That your girls have a story to tell makes them all the more interesting:) HPPF

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  9. Šolanje na domu-WaldorfAugust 23, 2013 at 9:47 PM

    She's so adorable! :)

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  10. ann @ studiohydeAugust 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM

    So sweet, I love the butterflys you have on this too :)

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  11. IvyAugust 23, 2013 at 11:59 PM

    I just adore this journal page, the message and your beautiful girl are perfect!

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  12. PaintingWriteAugust 24, 2013 at 1:35 AM

    I love the concept behind this one and she is stunning as always! You've got me thinking now - I think I'll be embracing my fear later this year when I fly to London, then Dallas, then Florida for a friend's wedding - I've developed a late onset fear of flying and on the return journey I'll be alone as my sister is staying on in America to visit someone else so that might involve me embracing some fear especially as I then have to travel across London from Heathrow to Gatwick to fly back to Scotland - I get butterflies just thinking about it and yet when I was in my 20s I was such a carefree traveller up for any adventure who thrived on new places!!

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  13. FayeAugust 24, 2013 at 2:36 AM

    This is such a beautiful piece, Kirstin. I love the sitting position she is in. Your ability to make beautiful faces is incredible.

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  14. Linda KunsmanAugust 24, 2013 at 2:56 AM

    I SO love this page-everything about it!! Good ?- but I need to think on it awhile. Happy PPF and good luck to your sister!

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  15. ireneAugust 24, 2013 at 3:35 AM

    first of all, congratulations to your sister. i like how her experience took you to a place of your own. embracing fear is often difficult for me so thanks for the reminder. love the expressive art.

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  16. ElobibieAugust 24, 2013 at 6:04 AM

    so beautiful! Félicitations!

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  17. janice smithAugust 24, 2013 at 7:42 AM

    So sweet. Congrats to your sister and the whole family! Sometimes my hesitancy...the fear itself...is an indication of just how badly I want to do something. Pushing through and facing that fear is so empowering.

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  18. GigglesAugust 24, 2013 at 5:10 PM

    Oh I love your artwork and you should have your own font too!! Girl you are amazing...this is a very heartfelt post and I love it!! Not sure I have faced my fears recently...I think I should ponder this more!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  19. NordljusAugust 24, 2013 at 7:27 PM

    Love the emotion in her, and the flowing hair and those flowers around her. I'm still working on embracing and overcoming my fear, but I hope I'll get there soon and something beautiful will come out of it.

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  20. dentheAugust 24, 2013 at 10:35 PM

    I love her. The way she's sitting there, her striped pants, her flowing hair, the look on her face .... Great message too, and not always easy!

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  21. K J DAugust 25, 2013 at 4:54 AM

    She is one of my favourites....

    Hope everything goes well for your sister.

    I am trying to get over some of my fears... it is so freeing!

    Karen x

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