Painting Your Heart.

(painting & poetic thoughts by moi)

Don't believe the lies that come to rob your fragile heart

The voices of the past that build a wall and stab repeated shame

I see wholeness and delight, feathered prints beyond eyes of sight

All those who love you are wrapped up in your existence-your life

You are beauty and you should know

 Your heart is the most remarkable badge you could ever show.

Old Soul?

IF you're an old soul such as myself, we share a dream to drive a 1940 Ford Deluxe Convertible Coupe and seek the beginning of a beautiful friendship in Casablanca! I'm intrigued with the days of old. More than anything I find myself falling back into the most comfortable place in my soul when my ipod shuffle plays a Billie Holiday tune. There's a certain nostalgia that rushes in.  Music, anytime, anyplace can take me by the hand and lead me to a distant memory.  It's just as poignant as a memory jarred by a particular scent or scene.

Just last year I discovered an artist named Madeleine Peyroux.  I absolutely fell head over heels in love with her voice.  Her music stirs up the same emotions I feel when I listen to Billie's soulful voice. There's a longing that is projected in every note these two women sing.  Could they be soul sisters? Decide for yourself.  Tonight I filled the bath, lit a ton of candles and listened to Peyroux's music.  Be good to yourself and do the same.

Take in an ear sample here on youtube. In simple terms: click the purple link! :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJsa-qqF7uY

The eye of GOD.

(picture: The Eye of God.)

I'm always enamored with the vast universe.  I find myself captured and lost in the stars night after night.  If it's been a while since you've looked up and set your gaze upon a starlit night, take some time to fall in love with God's spectacular creation. Speaking of....if you're searching for answers in your life and need the facts to believe that there is a great God above I'm including some fascinating links that correlate the details the bible speaks of with the facts of science. Take a look, I pray you will SEEK and FIND God in the stars tonight. Know that he loves you so. YOU are dear to him.http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/tba/universe-confirms-biblehttp://www.godandscience.org/love/tourjs.html

Support the people of Nashville.

It's disturbing when a tragedy happens in the great homeland of America and the media barely covers it.

I'm reminded of the scripture reference in 1 Corinthians 12, 'The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.' 

This parallels all too clearly for me.  As we are the body of Christ and we need one another to function as a whole, isn't this the same in our country, as human beings?  Just because the flood didn't happen in our back yard doesn't mean it didn't destroy maybe the 'foot' of the being of our body as Americans!  We need to take care of each other.  Haven't we seen our country in enough defeat the past couple of years. If we the people don't serve each other we will dwindle in our selfishness. 

In that being said, for those of you who don't know and you're in my circle of life, let me shed some light on what's happening.  I believe the best way for us to capture the essence of the amount of loss that Nashville is experiencing is to see it ourselves.  Let it sink in.  Put yourselves in their shoes. Don't just feel sorrow for them but take on the burden and make their load a little lighter.  This is a wonderful video a friend of mine put together.  Please view it and make a donation.  Every little thing amounts to a great thing.  You can make a difference.  Nashville's mayor Karl Dean said Wednesday that he expected damage estimates around Nashville to top $1 billion. Let's help put a dent in that 1billion.  If you don't have a heart or compassion for this sort of thing....FIND it...NOW!!!! Click the links below. Thank you!
 
To donate head on over here ---> http://corybasil.bandcamp.com/ 
 
***WATCH The Video:  http://www.vimeo.com/11658009
 

White Sands Hair Product

I've had the honor of working for White Sands Hair Products  http://www.whitesandsproducts.com/ as an educator over the last three years. I've had my share of hair shows and visits around the country. I was also lucky enough to travel to the beautiful Vancouver, Canada in the spring of 2008.  Just recently I was given the opportunity to head up a show of my own here in Arizona  representing the product line.  It was my responsibility to find models, pick out apparel, color cut hair design and create a festivity of new runway looks(credit due to my great friend and co-worker, Kristin Santiago who taught and styled along side of me!) .  If you're a stylist you know that hair shows in general push the limits of our culture and creativity.  They are meant to infuse a new passion for our line of work.  So here's some pictures of the looks I had a blast creating(photo cred: Amy Haskell from Haskellphotography in Tucson AZ).  Enjoy. 

Ever Yours & Ever true.

When will my love be free?
It's always tied up in knots
A fisher's net aloof at sea
Once opened envelopes
Distant letters and lines of poetry
Moments preserved in tears and ink
Stained papered prints cover the moon
The last falling star, the sun's rising tune
Crossed the cursed lovers
A candles bluest flame
The darkest of nights
The deepest onslaught of rain
Pictures perfumed, lips marooned
Heart beats casting shadows
Bouncing in between passionate gloom's
Holly hock of black blossomed beauty
The bosom of a love so true
Don't doubt nor deny this love
Is ever yours and ever true