Pamela Susan Hawkins

our waters have know each other for centuries

Pamela, watercolor, 2010

Pamela shares experimentation and transforming
play, public circles and private cycles, intimate grace
and communal spirit.

She stirs forms: flat, 360, time, story, food and
community peace recipes. Living an eclectically
creative life of alchemic ordinariness, Pamela
makes hopeful art, engages in humanitarian
activism, active listening, family farming,
educating/learning, non-violence actions and
unabashed cooking.

Macedon, NY, Summer 2011

to receive joy, give joy

Hibiscus, Syracuse University, October 2011

paradox, trust
the red fox
scattered matter
up the ladder
lemons flowing
knowing bloom

gratitude settling
like excellent food
depth of soul drinking
from a singing bowl
  greeting wild wisdom,
heated and seeded
listened, heard
holy insights served

opening doors,
crossing moors and lores
you've taken my hand awakened my band
together we
set each other free
dandy how handy
   community expanding can be
   power to our authentic
hours, flowers, wow-ers

more to come...

through my windshield art finds me, 2010

a street walker
my Dad fondly called her
years on a postal beat
walking sun, rain, snow and sleet
she checked on the forgotten
people, packages, places, one by one
living love out loud
beyond the steeple crowd

in other ways too
she made our own road
brought us into knowing
each others modes
through sweets, treats and seats
a yearly cookie swap and meet

now i know how
because she avowed
to live this love out loud

love your life out loud.

Farmington Rd. Cookie Swap, Farmington, NY, 2011

hello & thank you to the Universe, love, think positively, pray, meditate, rest, eat vegan, laugh, smile, active listening, share a story, exercise/stretch, go outside, give attention to breath, prepare, be true to myself, do acts of kindness without others knowing, reach out, give time, create art, speak affirmation, test truths, study

the ordinary is a spiritual path

The Art School in The Art School, Syracuse, NY • September 2011

stepping through any door
imagine yourself into more
shedding try

laughing thighs
belly windows, river toes
mountains of woes
undone like birthday bows

another thought planted
another block walked
another gift opened

CPR Training, Happiness House, Canandaigua, NY • August 2011

dancing moves wind through your veins

Ganondagan Native American Dance & Music Festival, Victor, NY • July 2011

spirit(ed) warmth
vivacious delight
unbridled lingering
friskily animal
yielding to flame
hospitable swell
to commune, rise, enliven
breath
splendid wild

earth