Whew! We crossed the threshold of the Mayan calendar this wondrous and epic day of December 22, 2012. We have now entered into The New Age or Era of enlightenment and consciousness. Happy New Era everyone! Since we only get this opportunity once every 5,000 years I hope you chose your resolutions very carefully.
As this new age was approaching I spent more time actively watching nature. Real nature. Live nature. Not on the TV or from books but outside with living breathing creatures. I have a small orchard of avocado trees, my favorite fruit, and each spring I plant chili peppers. Every year it is in-spiring to watch the leaves and fruit develop from a seed. Pure Magic.
Flowers are a great source to observe color, divine geometry and butterfly sightings. I have to look at them very closely to replicate them with sugar. When you look at a flower in every stage of growth and study every petal, it's shape and relationship to other petals, you can't help but be amazed. How does the flower know to be that precise and when to bloom?
Applying these studies to create sugar flowers has been a monumental lesson about the supreme intelligence of nature. I do not need to give the flower direction on how to grow, yet just by being their true nature they teach me. Who would've thought sugar art and cake decorating could be such an enlightening experience??
Much love,
Connie
