I look up and I see the sky.
It becomes part of me.
My feelings like clouds
against the clear blue vastness,
scudding across the backdrop of
infinite consciousness.
I look out and I see the ocean.
It becomes part of me.
My memories like islands
in a sea of universal mind.
Jill Joy – Gathering Storm – oil on canvas – 48×72 -2014
Jill Joy – Blue Sky – oil on canvas- 45×69 – 2014
Valentine’s day…the holiday of hearts and love. I have one here for you. Maybe for you or the one you love. A painting about independence, resilience and self love in the face of disappointment and the challenges life throws at us, teaching us to love ourselves above others so we can truly love others and have relationships that go beyond an exchange of need. How do we ever find true and unconditional love unless we learn to give it to ourselves? The poem below goes with this painting. Interested in purchase? Contact Jill
Jill Joy – Self Love Trumps Heartbreak – mixed media on canvas – 44×44″ – 2006 – $2,400 – includes shipping in the US
I am the sea I’ve been seeking,
An ocean of love so pure.
A body of water to swim in
Endlessly without reaching shore.
I thought it was you and you and you,
But then you were there no more.
I kept thinking I’d find the one
If I knocked on a million doors.
Now I realize it’s just me.
As it has been all along.
A million melodies in the world
Only I can sing my song.
I can swim forever
Swim forever without end.
In the body of water that is me,
I am my own best friend.
Other people will float in my ocean,
Islands of pain and delight.
I am the vastness they reside in
An ocean of clear white light.
(c) Jill Joy
How do you capture
and bottle
Divine Inspiration
merging with
free form
un-tempered talent?
How do you
package it
For sale
without killing it
So the host
can survive?
(pay the rent
buy groceries
afford paint)
To keep working
and be a vessel
for divine love
Inspiration
and energy?
How do you do that?
(I’m finding out)
© Jill Joy August 26, 2013
Jill Joy – Growth – oil on canvas – 60×48″ -2013 – Available
Change is upon me
The opening
of a closed heart
Blue green
(and) bursting
Restoring
my capacity
to love
Change is upon me
The opening
of a closed heart
Blue green
(and) bursting
Deepening
my understanding
of love
© Jill Joy 2013
Over 20 of my paintings will be featured on Wednesday night. Please come out if you can!
Jill Joy – Wave – oil on canvas- 57×69″ – 2013
A wave.
has crashed through my life
and separated me
from what has tormented me
and sustained me.
I sit here in the silence
in the receding tide
Wondering.
what will become of me
© Jill Joy 2-4-13
Jill Joy – Wave Installation View – oil on canvas- 67×69″ – 2013
Jill Joy – The Color of Heartbreak – oil on canvas – 48×48″ – 2010 – $1,200 USD
Deep in the color of heartbreak now
Wake me please, I beg you
Nicked and bleeding
Red and green
Hidden by the sun
Giving up on you now
Because I have to
One sad blue dream at a time
You opened my heart for me
Loved me through
I try to remember that
While slippery tears release you
If you would meet me halfway
I would take you back
In a broken heartbeat.
© Jill Joy September 11, 2012
Love
is a window
to the gods.
When it opens
we feel exalted.
When it closes
there is darkness
seeking an immutable
pinpoint of light.
© Jill Joy 2012
Life has broken his heart
It has blown it all apart
Among the pieces that remain
He’s looking for something to keep him sane
In the space between the pain
He’ll find love that does not change
© Jill Joy August 2012
Hope springs
Tempered by experience
Still it sounds above reserve
With the ringing voice
Of a child
© Jill Joy August 12, 2012
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