Thursday, June 23, 2011

If Your Intuition Were A Person

"Intuition by Susan Piver
The Domino Project ~ #Trust30

The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you could picture your intuition as a person, what would he or she look like? If you sat down together for dinner, what is the first thing he or she would tell you?"

This is a powerful request....
As soon as I read the brief

I burst into tears...

and then by coincidence...
and how utterly perfect
did I pull up this blog post
which I had completely forgotten
that I had ever written...

http://siandesign.blogspot.com/2009/06/those-who-have-inspired-me.html

that which depicts one person who "moved" my soul
into an essential point from which to "rise"

He is an artist, designer, restauranteur from Calgary
with whom I developed a friendship and a "secret" and abiding
love life....

It was not,however, realized in "real" terms
but the prowess by which this
artist created....

so inspired and so moved my soul
and its expression
into form, color, music, movement, enchantment,
and rapture...
that all days forward of our meeting
were explosive creativity ...
realized.

I was never to be the same.
It was not ever to be "about" him as a lover or partner,
as that kind of exchange never found fruition....
yet,
I am not the same for the experience of knowing him....

I became More...
I became what I was intended here to be.
I fell deeply into love...
and into the expression of it, thereof...
through art as a painter, designer, photographer...
and many, many
forms....


I realized myself...
and my "muse" was my catalyst.

In him I saw myself
and it was
acknowledged ...
We...
are kindred spirits...

To think of him now...
brings tears to my eyes....
Joy to my soul...
and rapture to my expression....

and longing for that which is known
so purely in and of the heart.
That which is known so essentially to the soul...
and that which we allow to rest, sleep, lay dormant....
while thinking what we are doing

IS what is important....

and from this view

that effort
simply is
trite

and a most shallow attempt
at being human.

In this moment the well pool deepens
and is refreshing.
It is a reminder.

It is a memory
of what has always been
and will forever forever be
the quintessential core of truth,
and cannot be conveyed in words...
or in a glance....
but to the bottom of the toes is

known....
now and forever.
in this life, present,
past and future....

infinite, and oh so intimate.














Sian .... my name and my path... of Mayan Origin.....
meaning "Where the Sky is Born" and "gift"
And so it is.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Do You Mentor Others ?



Do you have "certification" to do so ?

Are you looking for compensation for
the time, effort and energy
you put forth in mentoring and coaching others ?












I made a profession of consulting, coaching and advisement
to other people....
both to artists and to business professionals
who are seeking mentorship
in building their businesses,
in realizing their dreams....
and in living a more fulfilled and enriched life ~

And I LOVE what I do !



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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Chicago Art Leasing: Artrepreneurship: Funnels and You (Sales 101 for Artists)

Chicago Art Leasing: Artrepreneurship: Funnels and You (Sales 101 for Artists): "I just wanted to share this article here. It looks like it may evolve into a small course so feel free to let me know your thoughts and comm..."

Monday, June 20, 2011

Speak Less

and DO more perhaps.....

From The Domino Project

Speak Less by Laura Kimball

"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know I. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I once received a fortune cookie that read: “Speak less of your plans, you’ll get more done.” What’s one project that you’ve been sitting on and thinking about but haven’t made progress on? What’s stopping you? What would happen if you actually went for it and did it?

(Author: Laura Kimball)"

THIS is what would happen....


Increible !!!

Coming SOON !

You KNOW


Living in Color ~ Sian Design Collections













Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We live in a society of advice columns, experts and make-over shows. Without even knowing it, you can begin to believe someone knows better than you how to live your life. Someone might know a particular something better – like how to bake a three-layer molten coconut chocolate cake or how to build a website – but nobody else on the planet knows how to live your life better than you. (Although one or two people may think they do.) For today, trying asking yourself often, especially before you make a choice, “What do I know about this?”

(Author: Jen Louden) ~ From The Domino Project and #Trust30

The Best Thing to KNOW about the FACT that you KNOW is to also KNOW Trust ...
in that you KNOW best for yourself what you need next
or what you need to do.

Trusting yourself ....
Trusting your inner voice
can only come from practice...
as in this writing experiment and 30 day committment

Would you trust your inner voice if it told you to get on a plane
and go to LA today?

I did and had the opportunity to meet and interact with Tony Robbins LIVE
and in person.

Would you trust your inner voice if it told you to GET OFF the expressway
right here, right now...

I did and I found a company who WOULD take my meeting
with no appointment and got my handpainted scarves
in front of company AND a purchase order for 95 stores
who only purchased hand painted silk scarves ....
which is what I was selling at the time.

Would you trust your inner voice
if it told you not to work on what you were supposed to work on today
but to write the outline for upcoming world class "entertainment" event
that the world has not seen yet ???

I did and I am presenting it tomorrow to a world class entertainment
promoter.

One step closer to the dream LIFE
One that you live on YOUR terms....

How much would you risk to do so ?

Sian Lindemann
For The Domino Project
#Trust30

Friday, June 17, 2011

Dreams and RWE project

...and The Domino Project
Dreams by Michael Rad

Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life, obey thy heart. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Write down your top three dreams. Now write down what’s holding you back from them.

Increible ~ A Multi Media Art and Entertainment Extravaganza
To Own My own home in which I now reside but am only renting.
To at long last get a handle on my health and a devoted exercise regimin.

GREAT time to ask this question
because TODAY after four years of chasing the dream
all three are becoming a reality.

It has taken more time, tears, labor and focus than
anything I have ever done before in my life....
and the outcome

More positive and fulfilling than anything I have ever done.

Thanks for asking

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Dare To Be Bold

Dare To Be Bold

Ralph Waldo Emerson Prompt from The Domino Project ~

I've never shied away from being bold.
The challenge for me
is to find a way to be bold while not feeling guilty
or feeling sad about those
that I sometimes have to leave behind while
continuing to blaze a trail.

The Dream and Large Scale Vision for me
is to create an entertainment concept that is a
cross between Cirque de Soleil and Imax Theaters...
Minus the "bendy" people...

Having posted, presented, pitched to JUST about everyone
ON earth...
while receiving somewhat the "deer in the headlights"
kind of response.....

TODAY.....June 7, 2011
I have the first indication of a source of capital
that may very well FIT the bill...

The plan...
Do it NOW...
NEVER give up on your crazy brilliant ideas.
and Live like this were you last day on earth.

Only then you will know you are truly ALIVE....

Thanks for asking !

Sian Lindemann
#Trust30

Five Years

"What would you say to the person you were five years ago?
What will you say to the person you’ll be in five years?"

To the person I was five years ago....."You don't need a man in your life to make you "whole" ~ My life and how I live it is what makes me whole....

Seeking partnership with a man, and approaching the quest something like a "business agenda" proved fruitful in a variety of ways.

I did fall in love...it was unrequited....it did, however, make me aware of just how much love I have in my heart and how very much I have to share....

and to those and with those who do not "get" me and and did not wish to continue a love affair with me...and my heart...I wish them well on their journey, for in that quest I found, at last, that I am enough.

It appears that I have many lessons to learn about letting go of attachment to those things that I love so dearly...yet as I learn this lesson I am more and more fulfilled by the simplest of exchanges....

I do still need and want resolution in certain circumstances...and if it is not
"given" with ease it is indeed troublesome to my heart....

I have learned that people impose GREAT pain on one another and I used to think they did not know the difference..... I think sometimes that they do know the difference...yet remain indifferent.

It is why and ongoingly that I fall more and more in love with plants and animals in the natural world...

One always knows where one stands.

As to what I would say to my future self....

This may indeed be one of the most selfish sounding things
ever uttered from my finger tips....

I've spent a lifetime helping others grow in their creative careers....
For this time....and in future years....I am going to be selfish for a while
and focus on that which pleases me "first"

Its a strange realization .... but I have SO much more
for others when I give myself
the benefit of the fruits of my labor first....

and I only realize this now...

In five years I will be 59 years old....and having just witnessed Kirstie Ally on Dancing With the Stars.....60 can be a time of renewal...and a continued committment to living life with GREAT gusto....

Sian Lindemann
Ralph Waldo Emerson Prompts
#Trust30

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Post It

 














The prompt today is a question asking how I might live a life of passion, doing what I love.
To be certain I am actually living that life now....
and I teach to hold myself accountable to being
a "product of my product"

It goes deeper than this for those who might find fear in pursueing an artistic career.
I want them to know that I'll never ask my student to do something that I haven't already
done...
I want to be able share the experience of my own path in order that it may also inspire others
for
What One Man Can Do..Another Can Do.....


Sian Lindemann for Sian Design
#Trust30
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Travel

If we live truly, we shall see truly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have traveled most of my life. In fact, just recently I retired my suitcases to a more bucolic life in living and working a "hobby" farm in NW Washington State.

There is, however, one destination to which I would love to travel....
Maachi Piichu in Peru is ON the list.....

I have long had a passion for Peruvian Paso Horses......
and the manner by which I determined to be able to travel to this destination
is in a way that is no different from how I have live my whole life.

Designing a way to pay myself to do what I want to do....
and the project is now ready for launch....

Are you ready for Increible ???
Sian Lindemann for Sian Design

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Today Is The Promise

Today is the promise.....as the bud of the rose offers the possibility of full bloom.