Loveday Funck  Fairy Surreal Art

The time has come for the Fool to transform. He's learned much on his journey. He is ready to shed the weight of his past and became something new. Life is full of endings and new beginnings. If you aren't prepared to change, if you stay in a rut, you will never evolve. You will never feel the amazing pulse of things becoming. You will never reach even a fraction of your potential. We have to change. We have to evolve. Refuse to become a dead end. If you're feeling unh

Summertime has well and truly arrived in southern Louisiana. At my art market on Saturday, I truly realized this. Somehow I'd forgotten just how brutal the sun can be. I'd forgotten just how draining the heat and humidity are. At my New Orleans market the week before, we'd been under the trees and I'd thought to myself that it wasn't so bad. I could do these summer markets. I just need to be able to hide in the shade. After Saturday, I'm realizing that I need to cut back

In the darkness of night, the moon guides us gently with a beautiful half light. Some truths can only be revealed under its soft gaze. Some truths can never be fully revealed at all. We can only sense them or understand them on an intuitive level. We cannot always verbalize all that we feel and all that we know. The truth exists, shimmering just beyond the reach of our conscious mind. We sense it best in our dreams, in our visions, under the guiding mystery of the benev

Spending four hours under a fragile canopy during a series of rain storms and wind gusts serves as a powerful reminder as to just how delicate and vulnerable we and our material goods really are. I went out to Bayou Boogaloo determined to put the ghosts of the worst disaster of my art career firmly to bed. The first two days were everything I could have hoped for. The crowds were happy and friendly. Sales were good. The weather was warm with lots of cooling gusts blowing

Last year at this time, I was preparing for my first three day festival. I've done many single day events and two day festivals but I was feeling a little anxious about a three day event. I made all the lists and all the preparations. I had a tent that was only a few months old. I'd gotten my fire extinguisher re-filled the week before (as required by New Orleans ordinances). I'd purchased re-chargeable lights just for the event. I'd charged up my portable fan and charg

Over the weekend, I worked a three day festival and had a lot of very positive interactions with potential buyers. While I always have the inevitable browser (or several) who insist that I must be using psychedelics to come up with the surrealistic themes of my art, I realize that they are mainly just trying to interact and be clever but their distracting inanity does help me to appreciate that rare browser that really wants to talk about the meaning and intent behind my wor

As I've gone through the Major Arcana, I am constantly reminded on how often the cards emphasis the importance of balance. The underlying message always seems to be an emphasis on learning to blend the material and spiritual; combining work with play; being vulnerable and remembering the importance of non-attachment. The Temperance card places this meaning up front. Since I came back from my retreat at Gryphon's Nest, I keep trying to nurture that place in my mind where I r

The Hanged Man appears at just the right time. Even as I am frantically trying to fill my car with camping gear, I am reminding myself to breathe. I am leaving tomorrow morning for a well needed break. The Hanged Man reminds me that sometimes you just need to take a moment. You need to pause what you are doing, maybe for just a breath, maybe for a week, maybe for a month. Sometimes you just need to stop. Sometimes you just need a lot of time to put all your plans and fra

Justice gives us so much to work with. The modern world paces us faster and frantic; trying to find a sense of balance can be so difficult. On Friday I organize and pack for my art market. On Saturday (sometimes Sunday as well), I leave before dawn and head out for a long day of selling art. I try to keep a balance in my booth between being friendly and wanting to talk about my process but also hoping to encourage browsers to become buyers. My art pays my bills even thoug

This seems like the perfect week for a review. I'm deep into taxes this week as well as finishing up some course work so I thought I would share the cards such as they are so far. The Fool has traveled half way around the Major Arcana. He's learned the importance of balance between his physical and his spiritual self. He knows that determination and time are important to achieve his goals as well as to think long and hard about what goals are actually worth his time. I'm t