Art or Magick?

I've been feeling very much the Hermit lately. It comes & goes; I get this way...from time to time.

Perhaps I'm just hibernating? It's probably a good theory.

I was very restless yesterday...& I'd been reading this book that a friend gave me--"Embracing the Moon". The book suggests using collages in spellcasting, & being a practioner of Chaos Magick...in which you use whatever works for you....belief being the key....I found myself intrigued.

& compelled to try my hands at it.

So I went to Walmart & wandered the store for a bit...watching people, allowing my mind to wander, & I purchased some art supplies & a few random magazines. 5 or 6 magazines --of varying genre (a National Geographic, TIME, a hunting magazine, a guitar mag, & a fashion/girly mag)...& a calendar featuring Wolves.

I had a specific intention in mind when I set my hands to it. In the creation it morphed...mutated... & became something else entirely. But I guess that's the point...in art or magick...

Art & Magick. Art is Magick. Magick is Art...

...if the rhythm is there....it will create itself. & the two are interchangeable. At least they've always been in my case. Much of my art is laced with magick...& vice versa....

I put on some Mazzy Starr...one of my very favorite albums...probably of all time--"So Tonight That We May See"....lit some incense...& just...tranced.

Then I went through the magazines...& started cutting things apart...& the very act quieted my Spirit & my Mind. I was amazed by the imagery I found in magazines purchased at the local Walmart. Proof to me...that I am on the right path.

I was exactly where I was supposed to be....

I put it all together...drawing runes on certain cutouts with magick marker....

Creating. Zen.

I ended up with an image...that I find...mesmerizing. I just keep staring at it...& getting lost within.

Is there more to it? Yes, I suppose there is....

But only Time divulges such secrets.

I always feel more...alive, after such activities. & much more contemplative. I was waxing poetic on Fate & Choice & Human Will today... pondering purpose....Overthinking ...as I am wont to do. Especially on a Monday.

I was told "Do not define yourself by your profession. You are Missi, Non Native American Shaman in training....."

This made me smile.....Thanks Friend....