Starling Art Studios

Life is a twisted finite thread. The thread is a segment, a line connecting two points. Clotho spins the thread of life into the spindle. Lachesis measures the thread alloted to each person. Life is temporal, we are portions of time. Atropos cuts the thread and death arrives. Birth and death, cradle and grave...and the rest is silence...

Shifting from cyclical thinking to solar thinking. Be the light.

Monsters are vital to our development. Heroes are only made by confrontation with the monsters. Do not give up monsters easily, keep them...mine them for their value.

One of my favorite quotes from the author of Peter Pan, JM Barrie "The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it."

When I was a kid, my Dad won me a giant Pegasus stuffed animal at an amusement park. It was magical to me. Believing in magic is the only way magic can happen. Believe.

Magic words to remind yourself of your own power.

Our thoughts are powerful. Notice how you think. See how your thoughts are mirrored back to you.

This little demon just wants some melted chocolate and marshmallow goodness on his pitchfork. Who blames him. S'mores are delicious.

Monsters make heroes possible. Without a monster there is nothing to confront. They are the invitation to grow and challenge us to develop. Thank a monster today.

Jólakötturinn, the Icelandic Christmas cat that devours those poor people who don’t have new warm clothes was the inspiration behind this design.

Death has a sense of humor sometimes. Endings are just beginnings in disguise. Get in loser, we are going to the after life.

There are no spells, no incantations, no talismans, as powerful as the magic you have within. Do not look outside yourself, trust your own magic.

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche

Mary Shelly is a personal hero and I love this quote. Once you overcome your own fears you really are unstoppable.

Beware I Am Fearless Therefore Powerful

Get to know your own personal dragon. The dragon is a representation of ego. To know it well is to understand yourself more fully.

I've always thought moths were symbols of fate. Seeing a moth has always been a harbinger of fate...and fate has plans.

The blackbird logo for Starling Podcast

"Bunnies aren’t just cute like everyone supposes. They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses, and what’s with all the carrots!? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway!? Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!!" Rabbits are powerful creatures and inspire a lot of my art. Omens, harbingers, tricksters...ferlility, luck...abundance...

I always wondered what happened to the “bad kids” and when I learned about Krampus I was fascinated. What a wonderful mythological figure.

Third eye bunny knows it is time to ascend.