'We are the sun, and we carry the dawn' - C.O. 

Radi(Titled, “B I R D S E Y E" 
(a self-portrait drawing from a mirror)
charcoal, watercolor, ink, acrylic paint on cold press paper
23 x 31
2021

A REFLECTIVE WRITING PROCESS: 

​Revelations: This process was a sort of homecoming for me or a coming home. Reaching all new heights in my artwork with lots of shakin’ after much-much contending with my wild animal, the shadows and the flesh of humanness. I was tremblin’ while breaking down self perceived limitations…befriending all of it while doing my best to integrate my polarity justly and finding out what could be possible in casting “the” light forward while still honoring the depth of my darkened shadows. Bare with me, artists (we) speak in metaphors. So on, I think I told good ol' boy satan get behind me more than once- and there face to face I was…finally drawing a self-portraiture clearly focused on my face into a hand held mirror taped precariously to my easel, looking upward to jot done the beautiful lines, shapes, curves in what ever form they arrived at. So much appreciation I didn’t notice before. There was also some private schizoid writing involved and the warmth of soothing inward reflections pouring out to meet my own goodness that later moved me very much. (You know the kind of goodness you dismiss rather than acknowledging—as to ‘Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth’). It’s more than okay to acknowledge our own (reflection) sometimes~ our humaness, not in a self-serving way but enough to know we make a difference in others lives and in our own. To bear another in the same light without judgement- just be & bearing witness...the mirror:

We are who we think we are.
You are who you think you are.
I am who I think I am.

It is a kind of radical compassion for ourselves, and when we offer this kind of presence for another to share their humaness it is a divine gift-- I could only ask a brother and sister to do the same for me.  I didn't have healthy attachments growing up (to reflect my nature)-- it has and continues to taken me a lifetime to distinguish + to properly integrate these 'truths' with practice. Believe me, I don’t have it all sussed out, still much more to go…
The beauty here though is that when we remember to perceive ourselves differently than how others perceive us, we know that the rest whether good or bad is to be taken with a grain of salt (that's just me though). Utter freedom like a bird in flight against the winds of gravity. 

A message I received during this endeavor was to  love the abyss that stares back at me now-not later-NOW…the sacred mirror is reflecting the mystery, the miracle and gift of being alive. There is so much LOVE in that when we do the solitary work. This body-vessel is the one sacred thing I will ever really own and that which comes with great responsibility to take care. 

Synchronicity was real...the day I finished this self-portrait...that exact evening our dear friend Al gifted me a bundle of bird feathers, he had been collecting while he landscapes. It was unusual timing, don't you think? After I had been pondering, drawing and imaging the freedom of the bird spirit (as seen in my self portrait.) I am sincerely grateful for such thoughtfulness...I am surprised again and again by other birds of a feather. Thank you to other artists who share a similar blood vein as I do. I don’t think it’s been an easy road, maybe feeling sometimes as my artist friend recently described to me...that it is as if she is in a field alone, valid of course-- BUT I have faith that her hope, her gifts, her solitary mission, her art and most of all her (maybe yours too) is a love that carries all of us forward (the hope, that is!).

I so much looking forward to where the depths and this shift takes me next in my artwork and how I work with others in theirs own art therapy work (not having to do anything, just be present to the many complex forms we as human arrive at, morphing every second)….I’m ready for steeping into the valleys of discomfort, discarding more old wood, standing Sovereignly in the sun and in the humility challenge that dawns on me with intentional frequency (may I be true to these proclamations).

Love to you, some honey and goodness too,
Moriah "Birdseye"

If you are a materials-based visual artist and have never drawn a self-portrait through the looking glass as point of reference or have and are are interested in exploring visionary aspects, I highly recommend this process that Amanda Sage teaches— offered through The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, give it a whirl: http://academyofvisionaryart.com

Awakening to Nature's Beauty 10 New England Meditations for the Wandering Spirit is a book created to bring awareness and appreciation to nature's many wondrous gifts.

By simply getting in touch with nature through our senses, we discover that we are not entirely separate from it and we can easily make contact with it through the presence of breath at any time. Through this detailed reading and meditation guide, you can explore 10 popular New England travel destinations without ever leaving your room. Embrace your wanderlust and connect with mind and body through this immersive and visual book!

Available as an e-book or physical copy. 100 percent of all profits will be donated to the American Art Therapy Association in support of mental health awareness and ending stigma related to treatment. ​

Officially OUT NOW! Over the past year, I’ve been working in collaboration with
Jennifer René Ingham.  Awakening to Nature’s Beauty 10 New England Meditations for the Wandering Sprit is intended to offer any reader an immersive and visual experience through vibrant descriptions and earth mandala (by Moriah M. Mylod) of some of my favorite #NewEngland locations. All seasons are represented in painted words and earth mandala photography. A few of the journeys included are: ⁠⁠
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Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, ME⁠⁠
Walden Pond, Concord, MA⁠⁠
The Cliffwalk, Newport, RI⁠⁠
Franconia Notch, Franconia, NH ⁠⁠
Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME ... and more! ⁠⁠
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At the end of the book, you'll find instructions to create your own guided meditation to promote calm within your body + mind. ⁠⁠
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What's new? 
You may have noticed that my website is a work in progress as I update it will all new work specifically my paintings and earth mandala art from the past few years. 

A special thank you to everyONE who purchased the 4th Annual 2021 Earth Mandala Calendar, we sold out of them which made it possible to significantly contribute to the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. It would have not been made possible without you. Thank you so much for your time, energy and resources-- also it was a beautiful opportunity to simply share my earth art I work so hard on year round to create for an even bigger cause and to donate to a vital project like FIRRP. 
To continue helping children separated from their parents and innocent adult humans placed unjustly in asylum, please visit FIRRP;
 firrp.org/donate/
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New Features: 
Under my CONTACT tab there is an opportunity to schedule consultation. On Thursday I am offering for free a 30 Minute Free Phone Call Consultation to discuss implementation of therapeutic art in your practice, body somatic yoga practices/sessions, guided meditations, commissioned art pieces, creative projects, workshops for groups, special topic lectures, brain health/self care in-service presentations, creative expressive lessons, and art/art therapy mentorship or for just a heart-centered conversation or interfaith prayer session "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them"-- please book online with me for consultation appointment and to discuss further details or futures appointments for these many offerings. I have dedicated my Thursdays to speaking with you. Go here; 
https://www.moriahmylod.com/consult.html


Stay Tuned as I continue to update my website with new artwork and I will be opening up my STORE here again on my website to begin making my seasonal windchimes I've titled as PHOENIX CHIMES where you will have the opportunity to pre-order as I only make a limited amount of chimes a year! Take Looksie:

Ring in the New Year, 2020 with Earth Mandalas sourced by Nature’s palette and carefully handcrafted with honor & gratitude by Moriah M. Mylod. You will see playful patterns, tactful textures, range of hues and curiously patterned assemblages in various forms arranged within the Tri-State Region of U.S.A.   Each one unique like each month~ 12 Earth Mandalas celebrate the Spirit of every month’s time radiating blessings, meditations and inner peace that speak to the impermanence of the natural world, the cosmos, the environment’s expression and of the ephemeral arts. May the enchanted beauty assembled in these Earth Mandalas bring the wonder to each month & Mother Nature into your space-- and may you detach them off your calendar when done to display them as Art for all the years to come!
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UPCOMING: Moriah will be releasing her third-annual Earth Mandala Calendar for the 2020 new year with the new online store addition to her website. All Earth Mandala images of next year's calendar were created in each month of 2019 and have not yet been revealed to the public, keeping the essences of each mandala fresh! Stay tuned, for pre-ordering Moriah's Limited Earth Mandala framed prints, blank greeting cards & of course her 2020 Calendar that will (hopefully) be ready for purchase in Mid-November-- as a limited number are printed every year. ​

​"The Wooded Nest"- An Earth Mandala assembled by Moriah M. Mylod on 4/15/18 at Big Flat Brook, Delaware River in Sussex County, NJ.