Musette Atelier

08/30/2024

I’m leading a class today on manifestation re-imagined. Here’s the premise…

You didn’t create all the bad things that happened to you, but you can choose how you respond to them going forward. The key is changing your internal relationship to the reality around you. The narrative that we aren’t enough is constantly fed to us, packaged in every scroll and designed to keep us enmeshed in oppressive systems. The answers you seek are within you, but make sure those guiding you are genuine, not just invented AI bios and faces.

Manifestation isn’t just about positive thinking; it’s a practice that requires action. Affirmations alone won’t change your life—you need to align them with your current reality and take real steps. We need to clear the toxic teachings that blame us for everything, breaking free from a paradigm that’s like being caught in an extractive cycle with seemingly no way out. We must start collaborating with our true selves and communities, creating a new model that makes the old one obsolete.

Despite the challenges, I feel called to help others. My focus is on guiding people to make real changes over time, grounded in intentional creativity and aligned with natural cycles, like the phases of the moon. This work isn’t quick or easy, but it’s worth it. We can’t wait for others to fix things; we must take action now, daring to see ourselves clearly and fully. Join me on this journey to discover a new relationship with manifestation that is steeped in the mindfulness of the realities we face. This complimentary one hour class can be how we begin. This yearlong class is how we continue.

Shiloh Sophia

Links are in the comments

07/06/2024

Riding the Edge of Conscious Evolution Master Class ❤️🙏Join me!

Masterclass with MUSEA Curate, Shiloh Sophia. A Sacred Confluence of Science, Spirit, Soma and Self Expression

06/16/2024

There is this strange feeling
a burst of emotional rain
that comes in with the summer winds
you have been waiting for
after a season of cold.

When you have been on your path
a long long long time and you are weary.
And you are stronger than you have ever been.
You have been weathered by times fingers
braiding your aging hair.

The weary-strong feeling is curious indeed.
You are really ready for anything,
you are almost brawny in your capacity.
But you, I,
would prefer a long Summer's nap
rather than take on the world again
to make it bend to your vision.
The sun sure feels good on your face,
doesn't it?

This feeling, 'that something has changed'
in the terrain you usually tread
is uncomfortable and also welcome.
The ground of being you are used to
becomes unfamiliar to your feet.
It's the feet that tell you.
The moss between your toes
smells different.

The way you move your hands
to make what you have always made
changes and you try something
new and create different results.
Still unfamiliar to you,
where did THAT come from?
It's the hands that show you.

When you are doing
what you have always done
to say yes to your calling
and what used to be is no more
then it is time for a shape-shifting.

This is never fast, always slow
and at times, painful to watch.

The colorful flowers growing around
you take their time to show their faces.
You long for brightness, I know I do.

A red butterfly shows you the way
suggesting cocooning instead
of blooming just yet.
Rest in the cocoon.

You speak to a small bright orange bird
and she answers you.

The opalescent lizard on the succulent
seems to know where to look
for snacks and you follow him.

If you listen....real close to the day
If you lean in, instead of out
life will bloom through you
again, but different.

Instead of running uphill
in a dress soaked with sweat
You will be carried along.
But you don't get to choose
dates and times on calendars
You must wait for life to show you.
You can set a table for a love
that won't come just yet.

And still, you are embraced
And still, you are embraced
You are the embrace of life
living through you.
Rest now, there will be time
to shift the shapes of yesterday
into the materials of tomorrow.
The compost you created
will be good nourishment
for growing what rises up.

The prayer bowls are over-flowing
and so I will chant the words
until new ones arise.

You will see, can you hear me
chanting the prayers to the Summer moon?

Shifting Terrain
by Shiloh Sophia
Written just now

Red Thread Letter #964: Shapeshifting Personal + Professional

Dear Community of
MUSEA (Global Community)
and MUSETTE (Local gallery)

I am writing with news of big-good-challenging-exciting changes for us. We have completed our time with Musette Atelier on the Plaza in Sonoma, our retail gallery. We are relocating the gallery and wine bar to our larger location at the Ranch. At MUSEA, the ranch, we have our film studio, kitchens, wine bar, atelier, retail, outdoor gardens, classroom, healing arts collective space and so much more!

Our grand re-opening is scheduled for August 17 - plan to join us for an open house and tour. We can't wait to welcome you. Thank you to EVERYONE who has been a part of our local happening, at Musette on the Plaza and the party WILL CONTINUE!

This decision is challenging, but also welcome. Our energies were so divided between our two locations, so this allows us to focus on the blooming cultivation at MUSEA Ranch. We have been in this location since 2016 and continue to fall in love with being here and making the changes to reflect our future vision.

Thank you Sonoma Plaza. I am grateful for this time. As a child, I learned to walk on the plaza so it is a close and tender place for me.

I have been in retail since I was in my early twenties, and something has definitely changed. Maybe it is just me? And how I want to spend my time? I will share just a little because people ask me....but it is strange to give language to.

On the plaza, we sold more paintings than we have the previous 4 years. We had the most amazing events and made the most wonderful connections....but something was different. I would go in there and be all excited for the day, and often leave, almost depressed. I don't get depressed without great cause. What was it? For me, it was the quality and quantity of connections. I have been doing retail for a long long time....and I know my audience and my town and it just felt - strange. Again it could have just been me, lol!

The galleries before were all about relationships and connections and they would come almost daily. The paintings continued to sell, and I hope they will continue to - but it was a feeling that changed - plus an orientation to the work itself - and a different clientele. I might go a week or two without a real connection.....or someone who saw the work, really saw it.

I have things I can point at that come to mind....like how when AI art came to the plaza the very energy felt different to me. There is a favorite local restaurant that carried my friend Julie Higgins art for over twenty years, and then it went to AI with each room featuring a different style - just one of the walls would take one artist a lifetime to cultivate. I am not harshing on the artist, but still, there is this strange feeling. The first time we went in there after the change in art, Jonathan and I could barely eat and we wondered how it would impact things.....slowly but surely. Quickly and surely. Things were getting more and more slick and less and less authentic.

With AI, you need to get better at asking questions and proposing queries, and it isn't about brushwork at all. It isn't about time spent in a field getting to know the color of grass. It isn't about the years spent learning to hold a brush. It isn't about the vision that is in your heart finding self-expression. Instead, it is about commands and questions combined to formulate an image cultivated by tens of thousands of artists, including me. I get served ads for my own imagery from both AI stuff as well as foreign companies reselling my art. Really. But I am not here to debate AI, although this artist feels it - and it is strange.

Another thing I notice is how people are more distant since you-know-what-that starts with a C (but if I put it in here my email gets flagged as spam.) How people would walk in and see me painting and ask if I am the artist, I would say yes, and they would walk away, lol, saying nothing - but reach to touch the texture of thick white paint, not slick, but textured. Sometimes people would ask if it was real. In the past, seeing me paint would be the most exciting thing for people. There was almost a dullness, a distance, a distraction. People would come in and sit on the couches and look at their phones. Then there is the reaction to the images of the feminine - women would walk in and walk out. The men would stay and sit and ask questions. I am telling you, I think my art started scaring people. Really.

There were some worthwhile connections that I am so grateful for - and you know who you are because you come to circle, and you will lead the future of the Healing Arts Collective. Thank you to all the members and clients of the collective, you will hear from us soon! The Healing Arts Collective will continue, we will have a place for private sessions and bodywork and astrology and the hand-made products of Vicchi Oleski and Ali Stoddard and the teachings of Michelle Dench and Katy Atchinson, and more to come. Jonathan's herbal remedies continue to develop and will be shared along with his teas and serums and chocolates and wine. Musette continues on in a dedicated space with a separate entrance.

At Musette Atelier, the prayer bowl was overflowing. Sometimes people would walk in, say nothing, write a prayer, pull a Mother Mary card, and slip out again. I know the gallery was a welcome sanctuary for many, including children. The kids walking by would drag their parents in, pulled by the colors. The prayers from the gallery were brought safely to the ranch and ceremony will be done. Whatever it was, I was no longer called to open shop. Whatever it was, I finally felt like I wanted to use my life force in other ways.

Waking up and not having to go...and instead heading to my studio is a welcome change. I have a new studio and I am thriving there - mostly I sit there and just rest for now. Opening to new energies and worlds within me seeking expression.

This is a peek into my new/old studio at MUSEA.

The writing above came this morning as I began to write this letter to you - and is specifically for the long-time entrepreneurs who have had to weather so many changes over the past four years since the "c" era began, like watching a slow-motion series on economic weather that you have very little to do with and very little idea what to do next. You know it is time for change, but changing into what remains to be seen.

We need new models, as the old ones fall away but we don't know what actions to take, yet. Some of us lean towards AI and others of us lean out. Some of us lean into speeding up and efficiency and others don't want to play the game. The choices we are making seem monumental yet make very little impact in the shape of things. It can be hard to trust the terrain when you feel uncertain of their next steps.

My feet however are certain of their next steps. I just had to come and tell you all this so I can move towards my future. I know there is grief, at this change, and for me a feeling of loss, but also relief. The photo above that Jonathan took is right after we moved all the plants from Musette. I worked with them to make this little set when you first walk in the door at MUSEA. There are plants there we have had for over 25 years and that have been in every gallery. Plants that my mothers, Caron and Sue planted with their own hands. Plants from my last marriage.

Making altars everywhere is how I heal when the winds of change blow through... Those of us studying for Certification in Intentional Creativity are in the course Animystica, and this photo was on the first day of our curriculum. Endings and beginnings. The old chapters are complete and a new book is being born. Literally.

I am weary and strong and my face is in the sun....and my feet are steady and my hands know where to work. But first, I had to tell you.

Because you matter to me. So much more than I can ever even tell you.

With love from my heart to yours. I know this letter was ALLLLL about me and my process, but I just had to get it out here. Been holding my breath and now, I breathe.

XO
~ Shiloh Sophia

05/27/2024

The Intentional Table went to the beach! It's the opening of Seaweed Season!

The power of Algae and Seaweeds crafted by nature and these two hands

05/14/2024

My new podcast is out and it’s a story. Get a cuppa and come have a listen… https://open.substack.com/pub/clancura/p/yesworlds-within-worlds-within-worlds

Storytime with Grandmother Tiempo and Hypatia

05/10/2024

There is no better time than Mother's Day to give her sweet face a little love and attention.

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04/04/2024

Women and Wine and Wonder - Come spend the afternoon in community, sipping wine and gathering in a Spring circle of women and seeing the art of renowned Artist Shiloh Sophia.

4-6 We welcome you to join us for a fabulous Thursday afternoon. Imagine a sunny day on the Sonoma Plaza. We will be gathering with Jill Osur, Founder of Teneral Cellars to taste the most exquisite Spring white blend. Once you taste you can take a bottle and glasses, spread a blanket on the lawn and enjoy.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-tasting-with-shiloh-sophia-and-jill-osur-tickets-874080908527?aff=oddtdtcreator

6-8 Then come on back for our monthly gathering at Musette this month. Women’s circle and spring storytelling and healing with the Healing Arts Collective.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-tasting-with-shiloh-sophia-and-jill-osur-tickets-874080908527?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for a fun evening of wine-tasting celebrating Inspire Inclusion with Shiloh Sophia and Jill Osur!

03/20/2024

Join us for Elder Lauren Adorno-Weatherford’s salon Thursday evening at Musette Atelier and Apothecary on the Sonoma Plaza Join us for Medicine Basket - Exploring the Shaman’s tools! Lauren is a dear friend, a teacher and an Intentional Creativity graduate. She has made her own tools and will share them with us - what an incredible and precious opportunity right here in Sonoma. I will see you there! ~ Shiloh Sophia

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/medicine-basket-exploring-the-shamans-tools-tickets-859744076677?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

03/16/2024

Today! Dive into the power of Intentional Creativity (IC) methodology with a fun make & take today at Musette Atelier and Apothecary from 12-3pm with Katy Atchison where she’ll teach you how to make your own crystal necklace with beginner friendly wire wrapping techniques. Come away with a necklace you made yourself and new IC skills you can easily weave into your life, too. Plus, the gallery is hosted by Lauren Adorno-Weatherford

03/15/2024

Tonight at Musette and every Thursday! Our new speaker salon. Ali Pappe Stoddard offered a wonderful talk on healing inflammation!

02/25/2024

Take a journey with those rascally little buds that make the palate-go-round! Have a read and discover all that you (probably) wanted to know about how your taste runs the offerings at the Intentional Table!

You cannot eat by proxy, you actually have to show up for it!

02/11/2024

It’s bright and beautiful here

01/26/2024

Let’s get in the mood for tomorrow for our day long experience called She Carries Me with ⭕️🎶with Jennifer Berezan. Just listen to this song. Stop everything you’re doing and tune in. Imagine singing and painting with us. Painting for peace, painting for presence, painting as prayer! Listen to the song and sing along. Then tomorrow as we’re painting and singing, you’ll already know the tune! If you can’t Pete with us live tomorrow, you have a year to access the class. We are going to be posting and sharing together in a private group. https://Musea.org/2024-she-carries-me-invitation/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FCcaYr3JB6Q

She Carries Me - Performed by Jennifer Berezan and friends. Evelie Posch, Amikaeyla Gaston, Barbara Higbie and Arisika Razak. Rudramandir Dec.16th Berkeley...

01/24/2024

Join us Saturday for a very special gathering virtually and in Sonoma featuring Jennifer Berezan

Explore our relationship with the earth, re-mothering, and self-nurturing with song while painting an image of the feminine you can always connect with when you need healing or compassion from the great mother.

01/19/2024

Dear community, friends, colleagues, and students of Musea University, I could not be more proud and honored to announce a major upcoming event in the Musea space. It's called "Inspired".
Unlock the potential for healing with INSPIRED, a Trauma-Inspired Approach to Self-Healing. Join Dr. Lissa Rankin, Dr. Jeffrey Rediger, Shiloh Sophia, and Jonathan McCloud (yours truly) in this experiential virtual program.
Discover the secrets of spontaneous healing, explore new pathways to health, and gain insights into trauma-informed care. Enroll today and save $100 before February 9th. Whether you're seeking personal healing, a healthcare professional, or simply curious about optimizing your health, INSPIRED offers a transformative journey that combines science, creativity, and compassion. Don't miss this opportunity to take charge of your healing journey and join us on the path to wellness. Register now for a week-long immersive experience that could change your life.

Join Us and let the healing begin!

http://theinspiredcourse.com

01/14/2024

Come on over to the Intentional Table and have a Sunday read about Intention and Food! If you have a poem, bring it!

The place where it all happens, for better or not...

11/10/2023

Do you read The Intentional Table? Well, hey! We have our usual offerings, rants and uncanny (my words) observations of life, but now we also are folding into the dough our Wednesday Kitchen Smarts and Friday Cocktail Hour too!

Let's learn together and we have free as well as modest subscription plans that I hope will keep you entertained and informed!

Shiloh is prone to show up as well, she loves a good happy hour....

You don't know anything about how to mix sophisticated drinks at home? Perfect. You are in the right place.

11/04/2023

November is one of my favorite times of year in Sonoma. Much of California doesn't have a real changing of the foliage colors and the vineyards are spectacular to watch turn from the lush green leaves with huge grapes ready for harvest just a few weeks ago the rich golds and reds. The weather is perfect with visitors strolling outside in shirt sleeves and sandals.

Artist Shiloh Sophia's painting "You are Home to Me" found their forever home this weekend and will be moving to South Carolina in celebration of the love of a family.

One of my favorite paintings "Golden Goose" seems like a perfect representation of this weekend. I hope you enjoy these photos I took on my drive in to the gallery and Shiloh's always colorful paintings almost as much as I am!

Kerry Lee, Musette Atelier Creative Director

Golden Goose
Acrylic on Canvas
2018
36" x 36"
$3,875
Payment plan and shipping available

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