{"id":9855,"date":"2018-12-08T06:15:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/?p=9855"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:37:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:37:52","slug":"vision-boards-can-take-many-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/vision-boards-can-take-many-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision boards can take many forms"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve heard the expression, “wearing your heart on your sleeve”? This week, I got to wear my heart on my butt.
\nOur artist friend Rick Midler created these beautiful pants for me, which I wore at his art show opening in Brooklyn:
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\nWhat’s so special about them is not that they’re hand painted with gold and silver paint, but that before Rick began the artwork, he interviewed me about what I love and what I’m passionate about.
\nRick asked me what music he should listen to as he drew. I am learning to read tarot, and so many times already, the cards have given me messages about rebirth. Because I love New Orleans and brass bands, I told him Rebirth Brass Band.
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Music playing causes new vines to grow<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI talked about my love of hosting parties, and how the best compliment a guest can give me is that we have good friends. It’s not simply that I like to fill people with food and liquor so they have a fun night, I take pleasure in creating connections and community.
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Making the magic of concentric circles of community<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI shared how I had refocused my priorities, realizing that ultimately, the meaning of life is loving and being loved.
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The rose weeps a tear because there is beauty in empathy. Creating love is the foundation to everything.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nI am instinctively a words person. I have gotten paid to write since I was 17. I don’t make a penny from this blog, I have written here for nearly 10 years simply because I enjoy it.
\nBut I feel strongly that some ideas come through visually that don’t translate into words. They are ineffable.
\nFrom Webster’s New World College Dictionary:<\/p>\n
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in\u2022<\/span>ef\u2022<\/span>fable<\/span><\/h3>\n

adj.\u00a0<\/span>1<\/span>\u00a0too overwhelming to be expressed or described in words; inexpressible\u00a0[<\/i>ineffable<\/i>\u00a0beauty]\u00a0<\/i>\u20022<\/span>\u00a0too awesome or sacred to be spoken\u00a0[<\/i>God’s\u00a0ineffable<\/i>\u00a0name]\u00a0<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you’ve ever struggled to explain why a landscape or a piece of artwork moved you, and tried phrases like “It’s pretty” that felt inadequate, you understand.
\nThat’s part of why I like seeing my values and goals take visual form. I can explain to you what they are, but that’s just my best translation of how they feel in my heart. Seeing them expresses them in a different language.
\nMy husband John made what we call a spell painting for me several years ago. It’s sort of his artistic rendering of a vision board.
\nYou can see that the themes of music and parties came through in John’s art, as well, in addition to peace and writing, good food and drink. Unfortunately we don’t have the dogs yet but I hope to remedy that before too long.
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\nGetting my pants from Rick feels like perfect timing, as I prepare to set my 2019 goals. My values and my priorities are my compass, helping to guide what I want.
\nEarly this year, I hosted a group of women to create vision boards, visually representing what they wanted from their 2018. We cut photos from magazines and catalogs, then created collages with glue sticks. I was inspired and awed as I heard these ladies describe why they selected specific images, with one small item representing a huge value or directional shift. If they simply handed me their vision board, I wouldn’t have understood the depth and meaning. But I didn’t have to. Those images skipped words and spoke straight to the creator’s heart.
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As these amazing women explained how they chose the pictures for their vision boards, I was awe-struck by how a simple image can represent a huge, complex goal or value.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nYou could write out the whole story of what you want, or use pictures as shorthand. I like to do both, actually. Each approach taps into a certain kind of power and motivation.
\nHave you created a vision board? How did you do it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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