Los Angeles based artist Alex Cherry produces beautiful pieces with incredible textures and depth.

He has only one rule: If it looks good, it works. I love the pairing of simple, minimal silhouettes with the complex, busy textures. It invites the viewer to wonder about the message behind the image, with just enough abstract-ness and simplicity to allow your own interpretation.

Click here to purchase his open edition art prints at Eyes On Walls who are his exclusive publishers.

'Disagreements in relationships aren't as dangerous as secrets. Secrets breeds mistrust.' Trust requires confidence in security and the space to feel safe. Gain trust by daring to risk vulnerability and sharing secrets, and allowing space for the other to do the same. Dare to share. Create the safety to share. Gain trust by looking after the vulnerability.

Skydiving. It was on my list of 'things to do' in life. I'm terrified of heights, but it seemed like something I should do. Strange I know. Actually, when the opportunity came to do it, even when bad weather meant I couldn't do it over a beach as I had hoped, even when I was strapping up and watching in horror as they explained my need to sign their documents, I still felt an internal urge that I had to do it. As my heartbeat increased with each feet the rickety old plane rose, my stomach couldn't handle the wobbly movement of the plane. I was feeling such motion-sickness I actually couldn't wait to get out of the plane. I was actually LOOKING FORWARD to jumping out of a plane at 12 000 ft in a daggy polyester jumpsuit, stuck to the front of a constantly chewing-gum adrenaline junkie. I didn't enjoy the usual claim of calm when coming down and when the shoot opened, the spinning actually made my nausea worse. I was just so glad to touch the ground. In the end, I am glad I did it. I realised I had to do it, because I was scared of it. I needed it because there would come a day, when I was sick of being in the 'safety' of my current situation and would look forward to doing something most sane people would consider irrational. Jumping into fear & the unknown. Fear and unknown are emotional responses. You may know in your head that success is rationally possible, but the fear still clings to you like fluff. It's hard to get rid of all of it. I am at that point now. The whispers inside me to create, to express myself more authentically & creatively are now as loud as nausea can be. I don't know what I am jumping into. I don't know exactly what I am doing. The fear is still there, but I am going to make it my friend. I am going to trust the whispers and let it sing. I look at that picture and it gives me faith, that it would all turn out for the good in the end. Hope is my friend too. ------------------------------------------------ comment zen... (inspired by havi) This is part of my new practice of expressing myself creatively. This reveal is something that’s hard for me and requires love, patience and compassion. What I really appreciate: being acknowledged (and maybe even cheered on) for being in the process.  I like it when you say yay, you!

What I can’t deal with right now: any form of critique. I’m not interested in knowing about how I can do better or what I’ve misspelled. Maybe later on. Right now this is about me and my baby step process.

Thanks muchly!”

Sometimes, it's nice to just look up and have a mini daydream.

{photo by sashe studio}

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
- Marianne Williamson