Let it go!
The message came in a dream, when I fell asleep on a plane, while praying for someone who was struggling with a relationship, “Let it go!”
In the dream, I could see a mixed media piece—a girl whose shoulders were covered with a mantle, and birds lifting the black cloak off of her shoulders. The words, Let it go, appeared at the top.
I awoke and wrote down the dream and sketched the image.
Then I opened the magazine on my lap and began to read; the message stunned me. The article was about the use of mantles in the middle ages—how soldiers wore them into battle and each had a coat of arms signifying whose side the soldier was on.
The message was crystal clear: Let it go, stop fighting, because God knows best.
The irony of this situation was that I spoke with the person later that day and they said they were overcome with a feeling that they should stop fighting and work at the relationship.
Little did I know that let it go would become my life’s theme for the year. So many times the image and words in my dream have returned to me as a reminder to stop fighting to control what I cannot.
So this weekend, I decided to create what I saw in my dream. And I share this mixed media with you, my readers, because perhaps, just perhaps, some of you are trying to let it go.
*A special thanks to the following artists whose Artist’s Paper was used for the background: Artists’ Paper “Neon Nonsense” designed by Hillary Duysen with art elements by Kimberly Ward and Artists’ Paper by Jennifer Razo with art elements by Michelle Johnson.
*If you would like to see how I created the back for Let it go, select this link: The Competition Between Career and Creative Life
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