Empowering Women Through Art -- Bacone College, Muskogee, OK, Nov. 29, 2016

Bacone College's Merritt D. Betts Library will host a special reception for the artists featured in the "Empowering Women through Art" exhibit from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 29, 2016. There is no cost to attend and refreshments will be served.

The "Empowering Women through Art" exhibit features the inspiring works of Minisa Crumbo Halsey and Molly Murphy Adams, both multi-talented Native American women.

A talented artist, author, teacher and photojournalist, Halsey's contribution to the "Empowering Women through Art" exhibit includes a selection of hand-made turquoise and silver jewelry and her latest publication "Spirit Talk - A Book of Days."

Molly Murphy Adams' work stems from a combination of traditional feminine arts, both Native and mainstream, with contemporary design and media.

"I overlay these traditional skills and design sensibilities with a contemporary understanding and interest in modern art," she said. Her contributions to the "Empowering Women through Art" exhibit include many beautiful beadwork on fabric pieces.

The exhibit continues during library hours through Dec. 15. For more information, please contact Merritt D. Betts Library Executive Director Faye Davis, davisf@bacone.edu.

Listening to SPIRIT TALK: make prayers ... burn sage and sweetgrass!

Well, good morning, bozho, jayek!

No damage from the quake here in the black jack hills of Oklahoma, even though it measured strongly, the experience of it was gentle and rolling ... a surface quake ... apparently, the deeper ones are jerky because of plate activity. Interestingly enough, I found myself listening for a message at each pause and realizing, that IS the message ... listening to the natural world.

This was a short break from the SPIRIT TALK contributions but, Spirit has spoken and this is what I hear. We will soon be hearing many voices of wisdom arise from the four directions and a great many cries will multiply and be heard upon the land.

Current events are a wake up call to all. What we must now do? We must look to do that which is before us ... as well as just keep on keeping on with daily and personal contributions and responsibilities ... but, many, more, important considerations vie for our attention.

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Current events are charging us to 'make our own elections' and in so doing, position or reposition ourselves from a powerful and centered personal focus upon our Medicine Wheel, a position that does not entertain or function (for long) from a sense of fear or division.

More than ever, it is up to us to listen and to 'MAKE PRAYERS' that the world might go on 'in a good way' and then, most importantly perhaps, to remember that within all of these things are deeply embedded messages of seeding, growing, maintaining and continuing stances of  active positive consciousness, postures of gratitude, senses of spacious wisdom, growing awareness, vital and enduring senses of internal Spirit connection ... no matter what. We must remember that the answers are encoded within every question ... we must ask, listen, question, test and consider obeying that which would appear to be clear, loving and positive responses emanating from Spirit and or our highest mind, heart, body and spirit construct.

Election or choice positions and results of any and all kinds extend and represent unique liberation and empowerment opportunities. Evolution opportunities abound and clarity is being made strikingly clear, where perhaps heretofore clouded by inertia, under attention or personal interest.

It is now clear that the map of each person's Standing Rock has moved much closer. We here in Oklahoma have the Black Snakes to deal with as well ... as do each of us.

Let us never forget that we and all others are the SACRED!

Let us walk all days, all ways, in balance and harmony with you, Creator ... AHO!

Bama  mine,

Dawn Woman

Spirit Talks

Greetings Spirit Talkers and Spirit Walkers,

I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for your visits to the SPIRIT TALK entries, both on my blog, to Debra at the Jaguar Spirit-Medicine Wheel site, Mayan Majix, Kaypacha, Facebook, and Twitter publications.

After much thought and prayer I am ready to speak of how it is with me, at this time. The voice of Spirit has been speaking for some time, suggesting to me, that this season would most ideally be explored and honored as one of simplification and relative silence and solitude.

I am deeply appreciative of this guidance and am in the process of listening and obeying.

As I accept and seek the ways by which to best respond to this direction, I find there will be no further posts of Spirit Talk and the Medicine Wheel column.. for the time being. The book, SPIRIT TALK, was initiated during a first four days of December, in silence and solitude, therefore, moving forward  into the relative unknown with confidence and happiness, I would invite you to consider and perhaps join in initiating a personal medicine journey of listening, BEING the witness, appreciating, Firing the Seeds of Inspiration for a very personal Medicine Wheel passage of observing, writing, dreaming and lovingly honoring the coming 13 Moons.

Please feel free to enter your discoveries and wonderings on my blog (dawnwoman5@gmail.com) should you want. I would love to hear from you, as I'm sure would others, as we share our earth walks and Spirit Talks within this time of great positive potential and personal evolution of mind, heart, body and Spirit...within the context of the Sacred Medicine Wheel Teachings, one among many, of the great truth teachings and systems to be found upon our beautiful Mother Earth and Father Sky-Sun.

Blessings,
Good Journeys, Balance and Harmony be ours, this and all days, now and forever more..for it is by our prayers that our world goes on In A Good Way.

Kiche  migwech, Mamogosnan, for all of the gifts..may we move always, with hearts full of love and all of the good things.

To All My Relations,
Dawn Woman
Minisa Crumbo Halsey