Nancy Ashmead
Announcing Release of Book Two: VIBRUM!
Book Two is available on-line now! Though you may find Book One still available on Amazon (publisher’s edition), Vibrum will be sold online exclusively from my website. You’ll also find copies in Bloomsbury and Treehouse Book Stores in Ashland and hopefully others soon). My self-published version of Book One: New Moons is also available here […]
What a Summer!
This piece, entitled, “What Innocence Sees” in my current show, has sold! South Stage Cellars – Opening Night – Sat. Sept. 2nd, 4-6pm 125 S. 3rd St., Jacksonville, OR Show dates: 8/24/23 – 10/5/23 Starting at 6pm Opening Night- Rogue Suspects – Eagles Tribute show! ( $20 cover to sit out in the garden). That’s […]
Reverence and Reverie
Hi All: Here’s the latest painting hot off the easel…literally hot, as I painted much of it out on my back porch. This is a departure from the imaginal style that has become more the norm for me over the past ten years. It was an interesting journey because the inspiration for the painting was […]
Transmutation
This painting is fresh off the easel. It depicts the process of welcoming new energies emanating from the universe to change us. It’s my best effort to express the multiple flavors and dimensions of influence flowing in and through us if we don’t shut ourselves down in resistance. The woman is relaxed and open even […]
Dynamic Balance
This painting is from the early ’90’s, when I was struggling emotionally with an inner conflict that took a while to unpack and sort out. With the help of a therapist I had a pivotal dream that showed me something important. I realized at that time that I used the “Encourager” voice mostly in service […]
Listening
Like everyone else, I listen to people, read things on the internet and glean what information I need to make my decisions. I’m leaning into interesting changes, as perhaps you are as well. I find I’m listening with a wider and wider sense of inclusion to other sources including birds, the wind, the water, my […]
New Line of Art Cards
We all need messages of encouragement, acknowledgement and caring. It felt like the right time for me to create some new art cards using prints of my artwork that include positive messages. Here’s a sample: I see your inner beauty emanating out into the world. Just as a forest weaves an underground network, never doubt […]
Lightness of Being
This year has been one of challenge within change for all of us. What I have found crucially important is to be very discerning about when I use “soft focus” to observe the phenomena of the larger scale motions, machinations, mayhem and momentous flux worldwide and when to use “sharp focus” in particular situations, personal […]
Discovery of a Hidden Joy
I’m learning a new method that is intriguing and difficult. It is about manifestation, and I hope to use it for healing especially, but initially while I’m developing my skills, I’m challenged to simply imagine having the results I want. Easier said than done, especially at the pace I’ve been instructed to visualize them, but […]
Book Tour
I will be traveling through the Puget Sound on Book Tour soon. The Traveler Oracle and my novel will both be featured, though in Metaphysical stores the first will be highlighted and in book stores the novel will lead the show. If you reside in the Puget Sound area but haven’t ever met me, I […]
Traveler Oracle – Roots and Wings
The time has come for me to take the Traveler Oracle and my novel – The Seed Songs: Book One – New Moons on the road! I am preparing a promotion tour up the coast in September. On Thursday, Sept. 12 at 7pm, I will give readings from the novel and sign books at Bloomsbury […]
Today, before heading to TreeHouse Books on the Ashland Plaza for a three hour gig, I pulled the Superpower card, which gave me a wave of encouragement. I know I can trust myself and the deck itself. When I offer the deck to the public by doing these kinds of events magic occurs. It feels […]
Gratitude – A Vista Point
I pulled this card today and felt awash in feelings that I realized were worthy of my attention. It is so easy to forget to acknowledge the little things or the biggest things when my attention scale gets hardened around my ego-centric comings and goings, the calendar of events and appointments, and the tasks that seem to […]
At the Threshold of Change
Just a few days ago I pulled the Threshold card. My mind and imagination started gearing up for what it wants. Yes, sometimes I can be just as foolish and lost as anyone else! But the next day I pulled the Fury card. Now, I did beat the pillow for good measure, as sometimes that’s […]
The Shield
The Shield – This is what I pulled today. Then, when I went to my computer this morning two things occurred having to do with shielding. First I got a Google warning to check four of my low-risk apps. for security breach. And then a message from my credit card company saying they detected something […]
New Year – New Ways
It’s always deeply rewarding to hear from someone who has been using the Traveler Oracle creatively in a new way or a new setting. This New Year I heard in a round about way of an acquaintance using this deck with a group of women who have been involved in drama therapy as practitioners. Years […]
This is the card I pulled this morning. It took me by surprise. Just as I was about to begin a Forgiveness process that I have found valuable, I received a phone call from a new friend. This is the second day in a row she’s called and provided me with valuable guidance, though her […]
The Hopeful Ideal – a Pitfall
The Hopeful Ideal, a card from the Traveler Oracle Deck, has come up in conversations recently. It is a card in the suit called “pitfalls and baggage” because we can become fixated on an imaginary ideal and fail to engage and relate to the people and opportunities that are actually presenting. Its tricky because while […]
Musings on “The Shield” Card
I have made a mindfulness practice of pulling a card every day, after my morning opening ritual to greet the day and prepare myself. Yesterday I pulled “The Shield”. It surprised me because I don’t consider that I’m a particularly shielded person. Why it came up emerged as the day progressed, and it kept rendering […]
Language Barrier
Yesterday, after scrambling through files, trying to gather the receipts, the notes, the documents my tax accountant will need, I was frazzled and feeling very inadequate to the task. I can be organized, if I’m clear what the pieces of the puzzle are, but this little fledgling business is sporadic, at this point, so there’s […]
Twas (almost) the Night Before Christmas…
Well, Friday before Christmas turned out to be quite a day. I’ve not even sure why I pulled three cards that day, when one is my norm unless I’m doing a full blown reading. So I took note of these, but couldn’t really make sense of them. Off I went to the gym for a […]
Three in One Day
Perhaps I was forewarned about today, for I had an interesting dream last night involving construction within stables that I could see out a window. Now that I reflect on it, the stables could be a play on the idea of stability… I got up earlier than normal today and was feeling good so off […]
In Honor of Solstice
Solstice is coming and I want to celebrate it with this featured painting of several years ago. Not only are we in a dark time of the year seasonally, it feels like a dark time in our civic world, not just America but in many other places. I recently attended a wonderful one-day workshop entitled, […]