Vincent Van Gogh on Talent: "the art trade brings with it certain prejudices... particuarly ideas that painting is a gift --- well yes, a gift, but not as they make it appear; one must reach out and take it (and that taking is a difficult thing), not wait until it manifests itself of its own accord. ... one learns by doing. One becomes a painter by painting. If one wants to become a painter, if one has passion, if one feels what you feel, then one can do it, but this can go hand in hand with difficulty, worries, disappointments, times of melancholy, of powerlessness and all that."

"I dream of painting, and then I paint my dream."

Use Art to Turn the World Inside Out

A Year of Metamorphosis

The Awakening

For the first time in human history, an immense shift is taking place. This important occasion is not only for humankind, but also for the rest of the universe. Terrestrial and extra-terrestrial connections will be enhanced. Communication between the species will be on a more conscious level than it is now for humans.

For the human story, it’s a shift from victimhood to self-empowerment. It’s a shift from the imprisoning clutches of fear, to the sweet open arms of love.

Everything on the planet’s biosphere will be affected in some way. Change will occur rapidly, rippling across the earth’s surface like a gigantic wave. Economic systems based on fear and greed will collapse. Governments and regimes who lack vision of love and compassion, whose time in power is more for their own personal gain rather than the progress of its citizens, will be disassembled by their own people.

On a personal level, families that lack true partnership and cohesion will fall apart at the domestic seams. Health scares, breakdown of relationships and true reconciliation will dominate the private domain. Individuals will have drastic career changes, finally having the courage to follow the calling of their heart.

These are positive changes. It’s the emergence of truth. Away from the dramatization of movies spelling the end of the world, it is more the case of the end of the world – as you know it. The end of senseless bloodshed, unnecessary starvation, exploitation, and needless suffering. What was once regarded as sensible and wise will be shown in true light as foolish and ignorant. The quantum awakening is happening  for us all.

Extract from Ocean WhiteHawk’s recent book ‘The Simple Truth: 2012 and Beyond’