Tina Winterlik: 2016

Saturday, December 31, 2016

New Year’s Celebration- Shambhala- Zipolite, Oaxaca Mexico

I have been.
I've been blessed.
That is how I felt after attending this truly beautiful ceremony. It touched my heart, my soul. I was so blessed my child and I could attend together. Even more blessed to know Gloria and Shambhala.

I am missing it tonight. I makes me sad. I know the momentous task that they all take on every year preparing the flowers, crowns, the decorations, food and just everything that goes into preparing this and on very little funds. I seriously do not know how Gloria makes it happen every year. She is AMAZING!

It's magic. Miracles make it happen or maybe we should say it's a MIRACLE! After you have been, that's what it feels like...like you have been blessed with miracles.

Every year I plan to get back but it isn't happening tonight...
As I write this from Kitsilano, Vancouver Canada, the snow is really coming down.

So I send you love and light and pray that next year I will join you and that 2017 is a beautiful year, with love and many victories for peace and the environment.

And for you, I ask that you take a moment and send back the love they are generating tonight and let's heal this cRaZy mixed up world...for our children, and our children's children.

Happy New Year!!
Sending out love, light and peace!
Thank you Gloria!! Thank you!!

Shambhala New Years Ceremony from Thinking Eye on Vimeo.
Text from video:
shambhalavision.org
http://shambhalavision.blogspot.com

New Year’s Celebration

Our celebration consists of a ceremony to CLEAN OUR SPIRITS. Our true being is a pure spirit and this night we will try to give total expression to our humanity, united in LOVE AND PEACE. This is an offering to God: The Divine Intelligence.

We have chosen the essence of each philosophy and religion of the world. Because each of them has his own truth we respect.

The symbol of our soul is the flower, and we bring it to the fire with all the negativity that we have inside us in the form of a tree of life that we will construct during celebration.

Celebración de Año Nuevo

Nuestra celebración es una hermosa ceremonia de limpia espiritual.

Nuestro verdadero ser es un espíritu puro y en esta noche tratamos de dar su expresión total en una hermandad, unidos en amor y paz.

Esta es una ofrenda a DIOS: La Inteligencia Divina.

Hemos elegido la esencia de cada filosofía y religión del mundo, pues cada una de ellas tiene su verdad la cual respetamos.

El símbolo de nuestra alma es una flor y la entregamos al fuego con todo lo negativo que llevamos dentro en forma de árbol de la vida que construiremos en la celebración.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Family Christmas with the Muppets- Classic!

Hadn't seen this in years...watch it, right to the end for a treat!

"Published on Dec 14, 2015

In this one-hour Christmas special, Fozzie Bear surprises his mother Emily on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the Muppets in their holiday activities and preparations.

The Sesame Street regulars, including Big Bird, Bert, Ernie and others, join the festivities, but to Kermit's dismay, the only one missing is Miss Piggy, who has been caught in a snowstorm."

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Signs: Eagles & the Moon

Well I haven't posted in 8 days!

How are YOU doing out there? How is life treating you? Have you had some really interesting happenings in your lives.

I have.

Many strange happenings and goings on.

We have powerful forces at work I must say. With all the cRaZy energy generated from just the whole Trump thing...the world has whiplash.

Pipelines, Indigenous Rights, Human Rights, Mother Earth Rights, #WaterIsLife, #MniWiconi, #Standing Rock, well I don't know about you but whoo eee, there's some strong opinions out there and a lot of unenlightened people who think the $$$ rules...

Now let's throw Christmas into the pot and BOOM!

Has the stress monster got you?

Families are just not jiving from what I am hearing and a lot of people are just buggin' in or buggin' out. Forget the holly jolly happy family get together because no one is speaking to each other and if they are, it's an argument... sort of an analogy for what's going on in the world ...when you zoom out and look at the REALLY big picture.

Anyways, we are going to have a lovely quiet little Christmas,(let peace begin with us) and I have been getting in the spirit with the help of the greater powers that be.

Yesterday I had a very successful little shopping trip and on the way home connected with this woman who needed directions. Turned out we were heading the same way. She was going through some very hard times with the loss of a loved one and I could totally relate. Christmas is so hard the first year after you lose someone and every year after because you miss them so much.

We had a great chat. I felt our loved ones put us in each others path for a reason.
Later I had a fun little experience...

I saw Santa.

He was at Granville Island. I was looking for a gift and he was calling kids for storytime. He's so sweet, suggested we have a selfie together and then this lady offered to take it. (Thank you!! )

When I was walking home I saw how beautiful the mountains were, so I grabbed my camera and went out but clouds had rolled in and I couldn't see the mountains but then guess what!!

The eagles were there!!
Hurray! These are the best photos of eagles I have ever taken.

I have lots more, these are the best. It was hard to do, I wasn't using a tripod. I love my camera, it has a fantastic zoom and auto focus. I am going to make a video and maybe put the eagle and moon photos together and try to carve them.

And then this morning the beautiful moon in all her glory!!

Today I ran out to Surrey to drop off some gifts and WOW! they still have snow and it's COLD! Cold here in Kitsilano but no snow. The sun is shining and I love that. Okay will post more photos/videos soon.

Sending out love and light that good things are happening to you...Just to let your know...it was just after I had sent out a little prayer to help people who were missing someone this Christmas that I connected with this woman. Send out love and light to all and put your loved ones in bubbles of love this holiday season and keep everyone safe and happy!

Monday, December 5, 2016

Standing Rock - Progress...? Victory ?

Wait and see..
#StandbyMe
#IStandwithStandingRock
#StandingRock
#NoDapl
#NoTankers
#NoPipelines
#WaterIsLife
#MniWiconi
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/standbyme-standingrock-waterislife.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/water-is-life-treaties-nodapl-mniwiconi.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/listen-mni-wiconi-waterislife.html https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/listen-mni-wiconi-waterislife.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/10/stand-with-standingrock-or-you-and-your.html

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Tonight- Charity Bentwood Boxes Auction

Annual Charity Bentwood Boxes event. Artists will be in attendance, refreshments will be served, and you will be able to witness the frenzy of the last minute bids on these amazing steam-bent boxes.

TONIGHT

This reception will be held at

Lattimer Gallery in Vancouver on

December 3rd between 5pm-8pm.

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

A great piece about the boxes on CBC. https://t.co/zI8j1jHuft
— Lattimer Gallery (@lattimergallery) November 29, 2016

Thank you @GlobalBC for a great piece about our Charity Bentwood Boxes!https://t.co/ozuohIDBmG
— Lattimer Gallery (@lattimergallery) November 28, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/lattimergallery/
https://twitter.com/lattimergallery

Monday, November 28, 2016

#StandbyMe #StandingRock #WaterIsLife #NoPipelines #StopKm #NoDapl

#StandbyMe
#IStandwithStandingRock
#StandingRock
#NoDapl
#NoTankers
#NoPipelines
#WaterIsLife
#MniWiconi

Now is the time to speak up!

#IstandwithStandingRock
#NoTankers
#NoPipelines
#WaterIsLife

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Water is Life, Treaties, #NoDapl, #MniWiconi

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Get YOUR BIDS IN! Bentwood Box Auction- Lattimer Gallery

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

http://www.lattimergallery.com/
Join us for the final night of bidding for our Annual Charity Bentwood Boxes event. Artists will be in attendance, refreshments will be served, and you will be able to witness the frenzy of the last minute bids on these amazing steam-bent boxes. This reception will be held at Lattimer Gallery in Vancouver on December 3rd between 5pm-8pm.

Lattimer Gallery has the unique, warm atmosphere of a Northwest Longhouse. We offer a fascinating display of gold and silver jewellery, argillite carvings, soapstone sculptures, bentwood boxes, masks, totem poles, and much more. In our "longhouse" we also feature a large selection of original paintings and limited edition prints by many well known Native artists. We want you to be swept away by the selection and quality of art that we house here at Lattimer Gallery.

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

1590 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
@lattimergallery
Call (604) 732-4556

I really love this one. I love Ian Reid work since seeing it this summer at the MOA. If you receive this, you are truly blessed!
http://www.lattimergallery.com/products/eeincarnation-back-into-en-light-enment-2016-charity-box

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

Have you met Yágis ?
..
Meet Yágis- he eats Tankers!!
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/07/meet-yagis-he-eats-tankers.html

Sharifah Marsten

http://www.lattimergallery.com/

http://www.lattimergallery.com/collections/2016-charity-boxes
For the past nine years Lattimer Gallery has organized an event to help support the Urban Native Youth Association, a Vancouver organization which has been providing 21 prevention-focused programs and services to Native youth since 1988. UNYA’s work includes advocacy, community development, and providing youth with meaningful opportunities to provide input into their programs and services.

All of the work in the creation of these small cedar boxes was donated: the boxes were steam-bent and constructed by Métis/Cree artist James Michels; the promotion and collected funds were be donated by Lattimer Gallery; and all the artwork was donated by the artists. 100% of the proceeds were donated to the Urban Native Youth Association.

Boxes will be available to view online, November 19th
This year's auction will be held from Nov. 19th - Dec. 3rd
Artist reception December 3rd from 5pm - 8pm

Listen.... Mni Wiconi #WaterIsLife

Mni Wiconi features water protectors from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and allies trying to stop the 1,100-mile Dakota Access Pipeline - DAPL. Interviews in the film include Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Chairman Dave Archambault II; Jodi Gillette, former White House advisor for Native American Affairs; Ladonna Allard, founder of Sacred Stone Camp; Winona LaDuke, founder of Honor the Earth; and Cody Hall, Red Warrior Camp spokesperson. Created by Divided Films with support from the WK Kellogg Foundation.

No Pipelines!!

My Carvings So Far

So we are almost finished the first semester.
Here are some of my carving designs and carvings I have done so far.

I am going through a lot of emotions right now. I am so tired, I have been dealing with a lot of personal issues related to the education system and feel like I am at a crossroads if I want to do the 2nd semester.

Many many thanks to Aaron Nelson Moody for his patience, humour, knowledge and wisdom. Very grateful to meet you and have you as a mentor. I have learned so much

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

A Visit to TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION for Mom Says Campaign

A while back we made our way over to TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION for the Mom Says Campaign.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Moms of Canada please join us in sending a message to Justin Trudeau asking him to protect our water, our children and our future from the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker project.
http://MomsofCanada.ca

Please do it now, its urgent, a decision on the permits for the project is expected within a week.

Check out TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION's AWESOME SOLAR PANEL.
I have never seen an actual solar panel up close and never one this big!!

Do you see how close they live to the water?

Huge Solar Panel! Solar is the way to go!!
Go Green! No Fossil Fuels! No Pipeline! No Tankers!

Check out their beautiful Totem Pole!

Angel being silly!
As kids should be!
Not worrying about an oil spill....

This is where the oil refinery is. Do you see how close it is?

Do you know what Environmental Racism is?
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/02/canada-do-you-know-what-environmental.html

The fumes and air must be toxic.
I wouldn't want to live across from that.
Would you?

See how close. I don't want to imagine an oil spill...

When we were leaving a deer came right out and was looking at us. That's how close and wild it is.

Boy I bet that deer would love this! As you look at this, think Green!! No More Fossil Fuels!

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Waiting for Justin Trudeau to Say NO TO THE PIPELINE!!!
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/justin-trudeau-tell-kinder-morgan-to.html

Spelling Mistakes & Time

You may find spelling and grammar mistakes in my blog. I do try to go back and correct them when I notice them and have time .

The reason is my brain works faster than I can type. As you can see I am SUPER VISUAL which is why I like to share photos, drawing, paintings, videos, film, but typing can be labourious sometimes and I don't care for it because people sometimes misinterpret my tone.

Tone is very hard to convey in type sometimes, fonts themselves can mess with everything. So this is why you will find spelling mistakes.

Also as I say to my friends, love me or leave me. If you like my blog stay and visit, if not move along and I wish you a lovely day.

I just wanted to add a little bit that things change with time. There may posts on here from 7 years ago and I have grown, and learned so much since then, that I may think differently. So when you read my posts also consider the age of it.
Thanks!

Saturday, December 31, 2016

New Year’s Celebration- Shambhala- Zipolite, Oaxaca Mexico

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Family Christmas with the Muppets- Classic!

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Signs: Eagles & the Moon

Monday, December 5, 2016

Standing Rock - Progress...? Victory ?

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Tonight- Charity Bentwood Boxes Auction

Monday, November 28, 2016

#StandbyMe #StandingRock #WaterIsLife #NoPipelines #StopKm #NoDapl

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Water is Life, Treaties, #NoDapl, #MniWiconi

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Get YOUR BIDS IN! Bentwood Box Auction- Lattimer Gallery

Listen.... Mni Wiconi #WaterIsLife

My Carvings So Far

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

A Visit to TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION for Mom Says Campaign

Sample Letter to an Advocacy Organization

Sample Letter to a Member of Parliament (MP) or Minister