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Michele Maggiora Artist Commentary
I have been an artist since three years old. Throughout my life I’ve wanted to express to share my feelings of the world and of myself in it. My journey through careers, travel and personal expression have woven a tapestry on my path as a seeker, exploring spiritual views and philosophies from Buddhism, the Spirit of Indigenous cultures, core Shamanism, New Age, yoga, meditation and Quantum physics …each offering a thread to my tapestry.
I’ve been a teacher of visual art in printmaking, drawing, painting and design yet the truth of it was I could not express through visual art, the profound inner consciousness that I was beginning to experience. I was able to sell my prints and paintings, those that were commercially viable, but that did not reach my core, did not express what was deeply emerging in my heart and soul. I felt pleased but not nourished so I used other art forms such as poetry and writing in the hopes to express the growing awareness within.
About seven years before finding the Yucatan with my husband, and being drawn to this magical land, I lived in Oaxaca. There a seer and healer told me that I would someday meet the jaguar people, my people and connect with the ancient wisdom that would be a sort of culmination of my journey.
In 2006, my husband and I traveled throughout Mexico to find our place. We found the Yucatan or it found us. Shortly after our move to this magical land, I met Trudy and through her, Don Miguel Angel and began a friendship and study with my teacher.
This humble and highly gifted man began to teach me of the messages of the ancient Maya. He brought life to the relief sculptures and the sites we visited but even more than these profound details, he stirred in me my own creativity in relationship to consciousness. From what I have observed, this is one of the gifts of this man…to ignite that part within the self that hungers to express.
His words and his interpretations of the ancient wisdom align with visions I had in my late adolescence: That we are here this time to live the truth of our spiritual knowledge. It is like coming home…it is coming home. It is time now to ground, not escape…time to be connected to the Mother and to the Universe, to the Oneness of all. It is a time of transformation and we assist by bringing the light of wisdom into our day to day lives by expressing our joy, honoring our abilities and in so doing, healing ourselves and contributing to a positive creation of the future.
So I have begun to paint my visions and experiences with the spirits of the Maya energy. These are personal but also hopefully universal in their resonance and vibration for transformation.
In essence I have been gently pushed from the nest. Now is my time…as my teacher has `said, “you are the ripe fruit on the tree. You are ready so do what you need to do.” This message is vitally simple yet highly significant. The time is now…consciousness is quickening. It is the time of action expressed through our hearts.
MICHELE MAGGIORA
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