Going to sleep on fear

How are you navigating these times? Yes, I too am concerned about what appears to be an incoming dictatorship in the United States in an undemocratic process! I need to choose how much I focus on that. I need to keep my eye on it, but I need to focus on other things too. My life force needs my attention.Do you need to rescue your nervous system from the hijacking of the narratives of force? Are you willing to collaborate with your chemistry towards something that you love? Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

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Exotic Creatures begins on Friday - come create feminine alchemy with meTomorrow we have a live ritual - join usDear Ones,This is the finaly promised Re-Imagining Women’s Mythologies. Seems like I am just getting started!Today’s episode isA rejection of the normaliztion of rape storiesA call to action out of reaction Rescue of life force from the power over structuresTouching on women’s stories where we were mis-informedInvitation to choose your consciousnessPaint with me this weekend and talk to me tomorrow!Shiloh Sophia Tea with the Muse welcomes your subscriptions as you choose. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Re-imagining Women’s Mythologies continues today with * a look at the perilous life of Little Red Riding hood* a call vicitims to ask when we are no longer victims* the dead grandmother wolf archetype* the dead mothers in stories* transcending the need for rescue* a general call to go beneath the layers of weapons into a pre-conquest state.Join us to paint your wild free woman archetype in Exotic Creatures starting Friday. No painting experience required. Part Two in the player above.Then I have included two additional audios - the 2:52 one is just a breif note on Baba Yaga. The second 42 minute audio is a re-telling of the Selkie story released earlier this year. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

OK, here we go. I’m diving in. I’ve already been to bottom recently. I’m not here to save the day. Just FYI I’m mostly gonna stir stuff up. I’m not here to change your mind. I don’t need you to respect my opinion. It’s just time to speak about the sacred cow within mythologies centering the feminine psyche. It’s true. I take the mythologies way too literally. I do.But when I look at the state of the world, I can’t help but wonder how these dominant narratives have shaped us into the culture We are today - where women are in need of rescue. But who will rescue us if the rescuer is also the perpetrator? Enough. Shiloh Sophia PS To learn about the Exotic Creatures course go to intentionalcreativity.life We would love to have you paint with us. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Hello Everyone! This three part series starts RIGHT here. I will be sharing an un-hinged view of the changes I am hoping we can make together regarding women’s stories. Three podcasts in three days breaking it DOWN. So we can bulid up something living.Those who are called to become the Shereo of your own story and who want to experience my new work - join us for Exotic Creatures - no woman ever regretted spending a few days listening to the new story that wants to emerge AND making a painting that goes along with the narrative that is ready to emergePhotos taken yesterday at Wild Water Creek by Michelle, the beauty on the far right.Norma Jeanne, Shiloh, Vicchi, Naia and Michelle. We shared a lovely day together in ceremony, story and creativity. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Hello Dear Beings!!I hope you can join me live today! Change your schedule, move the world, and or get the recording! Luscious is here, just click the button below to register as a gift. Today we will reclaim all of our senses! Yes there are more than five! Let's count them together and let them speak to us!Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

I am an exotic creatureprecious, rare and endangeredYet todayMy paws remember the groundthe Earth rises to meet my pathMy whiskers sense the unseenthe unseen remembers my scentMy keen ears listen to the windthe wind whispers her stories through meMy shiny pelt grown dullwith too much to feelreminds me how to glisten my sheenMy eyes look towards the starsthe stars look back, daring me!The blood in the soft animal of my bodystirs with ancient stardust codes long dormantMy lips are cracked with decoding liesThen the white hot kiss came to find meThe animystic kiss of all Creationlanded one right on my heart!My calling flares up as a thousand sunsurging me towards a new directionclaiming my territory!Hesitating...I step backthen leap forward into the unknownNot with faithbut fear present!Not with hopebut rigorous tenacity!Not all pretty-likewith raw feral vigor roar!Not pretty, not nice, not apologeticI am an exotic creature grown weary ofthe shenanigans of men with weaponsof every kind seeking to tame my spirit!I shall not be tamedI step out of domesticationI shed colonizationI release too busy to restI remember my sovereigntyI claim my saced path now!I am already on my wayto find my feral sistersI shall remind them tooif they have forgottentheir shiny pelt and sharp teethWe shall howl under that moonwe shall walk our sacred pathwe shall not turn back againor spend our lives in reactionInstead of being endangeredI will become dangerousto systems that bind, trap, ensnareReleasing false selves on the forest floorWe will create what we prophecyWe are exotic creaturesremembering our true naturewith power, pleasure, prowesssand passionate flaming hearts!And so it already issssss.Curate Shiloh SophiaFresh of the press poetry that's been brewing for some time. A metaphoric framework for how it feels to be a woman in a dominant culture.Exotic means is strikingly unusual or strange or unfamiliar. The word comes from the Greek, Ekotikos, meaning foreign or outside. The process I will guide you through in Exotic Creatures will be unusual. Outside of the way you have been taught and have thought all your life. We are going to step outside the normative and into the imaginal.In my life, I am on a bridge right now. Having ompleted my first sacred assignment at 55 that I have worked on my whole life. The other horizon is yet to be revealed. I must wait and be patient.There is a bridge between my sacred assignments that must be walked to get where I am going and take as many of you with me as is called.That bridge is called Exotic Creatures. This is new work, fresh energy, advanced approach to medicine painting and a neo-shamanic painting and power ritual over three days. Join us on four different dates dates, Livestream, Sonoma @MUSEA, On-Demand and in Miami @COSMICALink in the comments. xo PM with questions.Painting by Shiloh Sophia 2024 Animystic Kiss of Creation Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

“My first day with the Muse was in 2018 and it changed my life, awakened something in me that has brought so much color, solace, movement and pleasure to my soul, and it continues. “ R.A.Dear Ones,I would love to have you join us on Friday for Muse of Magics.This is my only day long class until the late Fall. It will be broadcast live from MUSEA Center in Sonoma with people painting in person. The images above share the evolution of the process we call Intentional Creativity.Painting isn't about painting. Painting is about discovery.Painting good is not the point, at least when you paint with our community. We are in it for the revelation. We are here for the ride. Those who want to learn to paint 'good art' can find lots of teachers to show them how to improve. We aren't here to improve our painting, not at first. We are here to break free.We are here to reveal locked rooms. We are showing up with brush in hand to set caged birds free. We are braving the unknown by diving into the dark recesses of our psyche without a flashlight. Cuz we can. Cuz there is magic in those hidden places. Cuz something has been asking us to wake up even more.Once we get access, there is magic waiting for us.Yes...waiting...as if it was there all the time anticipating our arrival. This process of Intentional Creativity cannot be spoken in words, you have to expeirence it for yourself.You don't need any actual painting experience. You won't need a flashight since what we are looking for isn't something outside, it's something inside. Stop saying you don't have a creative bone in your body, every bone is creative. It may not be 'talented' at painting, but it IS creative. You are creative, we can prove it.The Muse she waits for you. She flirts with you. She scares you into waking up already! She is the part of you that you are often afraid to reveal because she might disrupt your current paradigm. Yet she stirs you through play, through color, through adventure. She isn't gentle though - so be warned she will request your full attention and a day of your life, focused on her medicine. It is always worth it.The Muse, she cracks the critic code just long enough to bypass that part of the brain that keeps you stuck in those loops. So if you are open to something new and you are ready for change that challenges you in fresh new ways. Come on thenDo I think one day can do all that? I don't think so. I know so.But it is for you to find out.Muse of Magics is happening Friday. Make a date with the Muse if you dare. See you in class!It isn't a zoom it is a high quality livestream - wear your pajamas and sunglasses and bring a cuppa tea and chocolate for the Muse!This image shows the evolution of a painting in less then 5 hours. This isn't about good art, this is about feeling GOOD about your self expression and getting messages that are trapped inside, revealed.Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Hello Everyone,The greatest human power begins here, with step one. Step one is a choice for consciousness and for navigating your own narrative. Around here we often call it,Tea with the Muse. A time to listen for your own voice above all the others. Join us for On Uncommon Grounds this weekend, it’s a gift hereJoin us to paint the Muse of MagicsShiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe