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O Mother of God…..

July 3, 2011 by anado 1 Comment

Godliness

…..did I just say that while getting up from the couch this morning before breakfast?  This guy…I am alluding to me… is worn to the bone and back again.  We got home from the US on Thursday afternoon…somewhere along the journey I contacted a cold and I am feeling a bit weak…but let's get back to this Mother of God thing…I no longer consider myself  a Christian…the myth had too many holes…and seeing the clergy up close while in prep school damaged any belief that these guys had the power to change unlevened wafers into the body of Christ…I tried to be a Christian again in the late 70's while reading Thomas Merton…however it was obvious to me that he was getting ready to jump ship before his untimely death in a Bangkok bathtub…I guess that deep down there is a connection with what I call the divine feminine that was ignited by the love my Mother showered on me while pointing the way to a life of Art and Adornment…I still like to check in with the DF (Divine Feminine)…there is assurance in that contact…when I was a sannyasin with Bhagwan…I used him as a touchstone..it got me through the 70's and the 80's…but the events around him and his commune were tarnished somewhat and I found the DF was till there…waiting…lingering in the light..pointing the way..not to God per se, but a divinity..a godliness  that I savor….

 

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Richard Schultz and Anado McLauchlin: Same Sex Married Santas…The New Black…

June 26, 2011 by anado 4 Comments

…well we all heard what happened in New York just recently…yes Children…there is a Goddess…and to go along with that…Richard and I…known in some circles as The Brothers Groove have given Santa Claus that Pagan edge that commerciality has tried to dismantle.  So next Christmas…when Santa asks you what you want and perhaps you live in South Dakota or Oklahoma…or wherever you call home in this vast world…tell Santa you want equality for all..tell Santa that you want the world and you want it…….Now! Download

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The Long and Winding Road…

June 24, 2011 by anado 3 Comments

…leads to the Santa Barbara Solstice Parade…and here is a photo of yours true-ly and a young vistor to my float christened "The Heart of the Jungle" yesterday…tomorrow is the parade…there are finishing touches today.  This has been one of the most magical, provocative, and labor intensive projects since my days in Cult City USA up at the Big Muddy in Oregon.  I have had such an amazing experience of community…there are so many stories…I will try to post some sort of "greatest hits" of my experience here when I return to Groovelandia in the Heart of Mexico next week….

Thursday

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My Sister Came to the Heart of the Jungle….

June 21, 2011 by anado 2 Comments

…to visit me.  My sister Joanie from Oklahoma City came for a short visit to the workshop on Monday.  What a joy!  She drove up from LA where she was visiting with her husband who is on business there.  Needless to say, we go back a long way.  My life led me away from Oklahoma early on and I have not been the best "keeper- in- toucher" for many different reasons…however, two years ago, Joanie and I mutually decided to repair our differences.  I found myself yesterday falling into my lil' brother role with her.  As many of my women friends can attest…that lil' brother role does pop up now and then (Lovee Groove?)…family is such a rich dynamic… I am happy that Joanie and I can get together and love one another…I called my other sister when I got home yesterday…such bittersweetness……I feel blessed and at the same time regret the loss of some innocence along the way…I love my sisters.  I want them to know that…..

Joanie
Joanie and I in front of "The Heart of the Jungle"….

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Another view…we are so Scottish in our stature!

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Further Along….Further Along….

June 16, 2011 by anado Leave a Comment

…..still working away in Santa Barbara…my back is giving me fits…but the show must go on….today I will paint the Serpent's head and hopefully the pedestal will be built on the platform to house the heart……tomorrow or late today I will begin adorning the Serpent head..there is lot's and lot's to do…it will get done …just need lots of help…..Some real life artists (Perry and Doug) are coming today to help out…

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Photo on 2011-06-16 at 10.36

I appear distracted…actually contemplating the Portopotty …(sigh)….

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Well it must be many days down the road…

June 14, 2011 by anado 4 Comments

…preparing for the Solstice Parade…the heart is painted (70%)…the serpent head is being formed…I should finish papier mache on the serpent head today…the flames behind the head have been painted red (more definition is needed)…the whole process has been very miraculous and staying with my spontaneous and improvised ways…I am praying to get this thing finished…I will be riding the serpent in the parade…here are some photos….the Parade is June 25th….

Jimmy and the Masks
Jimmy the Mask Maker

Saddle
Preparing the Saddle for the Serpent

Riding

Riding the Serpent

Stages
Stages of the Float

Primer
Greg priming the Heart

Tracy

Tracy made my Santa Jungle Suit

Painting
Painting the Heart

Cary
Carey painting the heart

Serpent Head

The Serpent Head

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