ALUNA TEMPLE MAGAZINE Edition No2 'HONOURING LIFE' | Page 34

As a Mother, I am raising two amazing boys! (Jasper 15 & Liwanu 10). They are really amazing! And I have a huge smile and so much Joy bursting over, just thinking about what to say! I love and appreciate them SOOOO much! My boys and I, live in a community in Victoria, about an hour from Melbourne, on top of a mountain called Mt Toolebewong. Its an off the grid (solar), springwater fed co-operative that focuses on deep ecology and sustainable living. Detail; Cosmic Mother Birthing the Rainbow Body into Form - Egg tempera and oil glazes on board, 2013 Its a haven for my creative and ecological values, and it works me hard too because its cold here and there is a LOT of physical work to be done in order to live comfortably. So it is a state of living close to nature, raw and honest. It also brings me in close relationship with the ancestors that infused this land with their dreaming. I sit in meditation often and listen, listen deeply to the call of the ancient songs that need to be picked up and kindled, perpetuated to keep the flow of ancient wisdom alive and present in this beautiful land. I wish to share with you, my visions in the form of my paintings with the intention to inspire and motivate core values to be encouraged and activated within. Chaska Prophecy - oil on canvas, 2011 And I wish to go ever deeper into the source of this mystery and share with you the bounty of this journey. ~ In Love, Unity and Spiritual Nectar! ~ Melissa Shemanna - Honeybee of Pure Intent Honeybee of Pure Intent' - egg tempera and oil glazes on board, 2011. 34