My pictures come in as sentences,
short bursts of words my mind plays
in response to a picture or feeling.
Not song lyrics or anothers poetry
but what my mind says in seeing it;
the repeated refining and speaking it aloud,
the ear to hear a new sentence within,
creates the energetic poetry
that finally gets to what
I really mean to say.
You will be alone many times
when you shine, stand out, grow, excel or are happy.
Even in groups, even among your friends.
Be okay with aloneness for learning to trust and befriend yourself.
Dorothy, contacting here.
One day after weeks of sitting in a room,
I can suddenly feel the image on the left should be moved to the right,
and feel much better on doing so.
My inspiration stemmed from a Threads writer
advising people to hang their own original art up on their walls ‘somewhere you’ll see it often’.
Many of my community and clients are visual artists themselves,
and it’s a terrific idea in seeing your images from your computer or camera actually visual in actuality
is a very good energy for creative people who sometimes exist in sensitivity,
and have experiences that need to call in feelings of validation and encouragement during their processes.
From an energetic view, though, I would curate the work by feel to fit and enhance the ‘time’ the room is used,
to mesh and match the images with the organic time flow of your home
to enhance where you rest, work, and eat – and especially where you ‘future’.
Some images illustrate your waking early morning energy:
to show your family fortune in golden triumph, (this can also be a family portrait).
I have nothing against vision boards,
but I am drawn to that meaningful art message
being within periphery and sight elegantly, however it works for you.
The images for your day and afternoon generating area or workspace ideally are chosen
for its subconscious boosting ‘recharge’ to inspiration throughout the workday;
tabletop sized family photos of the kids at play, big wide baby smiles,
or the special shot that is your absolute FAVORITE
and makes you happy every time your eye falls on it.
Legacy photos of loved ones and goals achieved
create the warmth of gratitude in mind.
Sit and have coffee, fill your eyes with beauty,
and create a restful garden for your mind.
Sometimes also the first selection may take moving around or changing out.
Those photos or art show you by their inner sensation of feeling
WHAT goes WHERE. It’s a process that takes time for me:
and returns to sensing the room as you enter and stay;
and ‘read the room’ until it brings your eyes
H A P P I N E S S.
Dorothy Perry, Contact.
Counterintuition: an instant change of picture and response,
given by neuro and physical emotions saying, ‘this, instead‘.
It’s a part of your intuition and a place that comes from even further out / (or deeper);
a ‘wild card’ of deep knowing, immediately.
It requires trust in yourself like never before,
physically being in your body like never before,
which is the practice of inside body connection and inner communication
that builds mental and emotional strength to do other things,
and in that spirit, ultimately, the things you were meant to do.
Dorothy Perry, contacted here.
Seen at different times of the day,
the art in your home engages and influences your energy.
Like arranging feng shui elements in a home
bringing flowing good energy into life activities,
your art has other metaphysical abilities in addition to decoration.
A life missions’ purpose in the morning, inspiration in the afternoon,
or a satisfying sense of legacy relaxing in the evenings.
I have had clients hang their couples’ portrait in their kitchen
where they contemplate their relationship
in the private early morning time before work.
Others hang child portraits eye-level,
raising confidence in photos of love
on the walls they pass every day.
Baby sized portrait books offer
a personalized bedtime storytelling experience.
Beauty created for both the eyes and spirit.
I would love to know if you have created
such zones of energy in your home in this manner.
It is easy but intentional. Contact me to create this ‘flow’ of energy
whether with my custom portraits or your own.
Dorothy Perry, Contact or https://dorothyperry.com/contact/.
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I really focus and laugh and relax:
Hold the ‘angry baby’ of me,
sooth and hear what is it she is saying.
get the words out, hear the real emotion
and the words I say without censor.
And then I cry and then I laugh and cry again,
and when I come back to normal breathing
to come back to the picture with deeper and better feeling
if it returns at all, repeated, as many times as needed.
The wordless emotions of pictures connected to nerve endings no longer a mine field.
It can surprise you while it’s happening, but preparation and set mental intention
make the emotion my friend, like a child’s trust for their mom will be heard,
I return in time to my breath, showing my peace of mind.
Dorothy Perry is an artist and mystic photographing both. Contact her here.
Old Car to New Old Car: This is a little story of the application of abundant thought to creating a new auto. In short, this is how I made my new car happen!
I am a fan of the Volvo 240GL car – it is a very unique and beautiful car to me, and I have already owned four! My current 240 was classic and beautiful, had deep sentimental value, and ran like a champ.
But 3 years ago, a motorcycle hit and run damaged its side, and my energetic pleasure for this car decreased when I looked at it. The quotes for body work alone were more than it cost!
I was learning to ‘drive’ the idea of a new book for creating abundant situations in daily life, and chose to test its efficacy with my car situation.
In meditation, I realized that I looked and thought about it in a continual state of dissatisfaction. I did not want to feel this way about this car, which was great in every other way.
So I began to really love the heck out of this car just the way it was, seeing memories of its dependability and protection in my mind, memories of washing and cleaning it, happy moments driving in the beauty of nature, and talking with loved ones,
saying that it would resolve itself in an even better way than I can imagine, and most importantly, leaving it alone, and not dwelling in doubt that my desire would be granted in its own Divine order.
I have since worded this to accept it as already as having happened, and already mine.
I blessed the situation with this confidence and abundance mindset for four months to see a change in the situation. It happened in a way I did not predict.
The Fourth of July saw a rash of gunfire in the area where I was visiting, and my rear car window was shot out by a stray bullet. No auto glass places, even the ones famous for older models, could find a window for it.
I lost my mind a little in the energy of ‘fixing it’ – activity that often makes things more expensive or worse! – searching want ads, frustrated at the communications with strangers, while dealing with the realities of errands without a car.
I had to speak what I desired into effect. Aloud, in writing, in dancing, in WILL.
Now with sanity restored, I looked at the photographs of my car and thanked it
for its’ years of dependable, safe operation, the memories driving loved ones, and its dependability, wishing its next owner years of pleasure and safety in driving it.
I then began to describe in detail a beautiful auto of the same style that had been well cared for, and would be a stable, good running vehicle for myself and my family.
And let it go again.
The changes happened the next day. My searches led to a new auto website, and the details of an estate sale car lovingly cared for came on the market four days ago!
Within a week this lovely gold 240 was mine!
From stating my desire to seeing it at home my next new car took about 6 months (when you really do this often, this change occurs more quickly.)
It is exactly what I desired, and I enjoy it even more, knowing it was generated and manifested in this manner. Now she even has her own name (RaeJeanne) and her own Instagram (called Volvocago)!
Now the car is driving on the streets of Chicago, in addition to safety, I put an invocation over its origination and manifestation that everyone who has seen, learned of, or drives past my car would get good energy.
Good gratitude habits to send myself and everyone uplifted thoughts of abundance keep it shining as we travel into 2026 in grace and style.
DESIRE ENERGY FOR THE WIN.
RaeJeanne on Volvocago https://www.instagram.com/volvocago/ and happy driver Dorothy on Perry_Portrait_Art https://www.instagram.com/perry_portrait_art/ .
In an unexpected feeling
a large wave of reacting emotion
I felt ‘coming on’ with velocity
crested but did not break.
In the midst of the feeling
my inner self said aloud,
“THIS is my lesson. THIS is my lesson.”
To stay awake in the face of quick angering,
to catch my reaction and choose another,
enabling a ‘aha’ so I could genuinely laugh at seeing it,
loving that I can regain my footing when I stumble,
control and have mastery over my feelings:
the gift of my manifesting life.
No matter how it started,
it turns into something better: my lesson.
Dorothy Perry is a photographer of family happiness. Contact her here.
I follow a writer and influencer named Maxpein on X.
The curated posts always raise the bar,
but this one vibrated with beauty and poetry.
Without force, I am simply suggesting
tune in – the time is now.
Integrate your tools into your being.
Practice meditation without music, incense & oils.
Practice opening your heart without cacao or chocolate treats.
Practice multidimensional sight without plants.
Practice yoga without a mat.
Practice ceremony without feathers, guitars & drums.
Practice clearing without sage.
Practice enhancing, amplifying and protecting without crystals.
Practice without any aids…
just You and the expanded You.
Practice conversing without convincing.
Practice being without doing.
Practice feeling without analyzing.
Practice experiencing without criticism.
Practice listening without projecting.
Practice thinking without a story.
Practice speaking without parroting.
Practice seeing without lights.
Practice dancing without a DJ.
Practice getting there without GPS.
Practice creating without a laptop.
Practice connecting without a phone.
Practice Love without conditions.
Practice. ~ Kamau Abayomi
Dorothy Perry is a photographer of family happiness. Contact her here.
My Threads community
has me doing some simple tools
to help prosperity on its way.
Burning bay leaves written
with a desire for abundance
has WORKED in creating random opportunity
where money has come quite easily
and from places I had not expected
when I ‘prime the canvas’ enegetically
to create and manifest.
Endless Good now comes to me in endless ways.
Dorothy Perry is a Chicago portrait photographer of family portraits and happiness. Contact her here.
