Title: Natasha
Artist: Beth
Sax
Media: Crayon, 8 /12"
x 11"
About this drawing:
December 13, 2002 - Igniting Your
Intention - 4th session.
Intention statement: My life's vision is becoming
clear to me.
Who is this woman? Who are you woman in dressing?
I'm not sure who you are yet. I do know you are peaceful and
serene - no worry furrows your brow. At first I thought you were
a none, nun. (I wrote none first and then nun. I wonder if I
feel nun's have none?)
Pink paper, purple habit, beautiful jaw, beautiful lips,
beautiful face. Blue almond-shaped eyes, light brown brows. A
purplish-red hat of sorts - purple hair, red turtleneck, a
dimple.
Drawing what is your message for me today?
Russian beauty. Adventures in Fashion, adventures in life.
Calm, serene, peace even when the ride is wild. She has seen a
lot. She lives a colorful life and inside all is well. She knows
some mysteries and she will lead you to the answers.
Natasha.
Coincidence:
About 1 hour after drawing Natasha and writing about her, I was
reading the Greenwich Time. In a special section called
"Teen Speak" the attached photo of Russian doctor and
beauty Anna Malova appeared and the article was titled:
"Can A Beauty Contest Save the World?" To me, she
resembles Natasha.
Natasha, where are you leading me?
February 21, 2003 - The Adventures
of Beth & Natasha
SCENE: Beth and Natasha board the 1:32 pm Metro North train
to New York City for a business meeting at a top fashion
publication
This is the first day I have worn my Natasha t-shirt. I take
off my black turtle-neck sweater since it's kind of like Spring
today. I wrap it around my shoulders. The Conductor comes by to
take my ticket. He takes it from my hand, catches my eye, looks
at my t-shirt with Natasha looking blue-eyed, pink-skinned,
purple- haired on my white shirt and says, "Who's
that?"
"Natasha," I say, "she's Russian," I add,
"she searches for answers to mysteries and secrets."
"Oh," says the Conductor slowly, looking pensive,
"I have to read up on Russian literature."
"Yes," I agree with him, "she's also a
character in War & Peace," holding my hands about a
foot apart to show the thickness of the book. The Conductor
squints a little and says turning to move to the next train
passenger, "Did they make that into a movie yet?"
SCENE: 15 minutes later -- still on the train -- at the
Mamaroneck Station stop.
An old man shuffles in wearing a stocking cap hat tilted on
his head and glasses. He looks a little like a homeless man from
the corner of my eye. I worry that he will sit next to me rather
than in the empty seat across the aisle. I like my space.
Thankfully he chooses the latter and I turn to get a better look
and realize he is not that rickety and unkempt, his boots are
just not laced which explains the gait. This has been a tough
winter.
Then the Conductor comes by to take the old man's ticket.
"Have you met Anastasia," the Conductor questions the
old man. The Conductor looks over at me and so does the old man.
I turn so my shirt front shows and say, "This is
Natasha."
The old man looks across the aisle at me, he replies,
"Nice to meet you." As if I were Anastasia-Natasha. I
say again pointing at Natasha, "Actually this is Natasha
and I'm Beth." "You're a good-looking girl," says
the old man smiling.
The Conductor walks away. His job is finished -- he has
introduced Natasha and me to another person in the world.
A few minutes later, "Well have a nice day dear,"
the old man says before turning, clear blue eyes under glasses,
to shuffle off the train at the New Rochelle stop, "I like
it," he smiles.
SCENE: One half hour later - off the train - at the offices
of the top fashion publication
Natasha really kept me calm and peaceful through this
meeting. It was tense.
There were five of us in the office in New York City. And
there were five other people who were conferenced in by phone
from Los Angeles and other parts of the country. The senior
executive of the publication was agitated - what celebrity would
host the annual party? Who would be the right one to attract the
perfect crowd?
No one in the New York office noticed, or mentioned anything
about Natasha being with me, on my shirt. (Within these fashion
bible's walls, people are on guard, not like the train.) Natasha
quietly supported me.
For the viewer:
Any comments on the adventures of Beth and Natasha? Please post
your comments and share a little of yourself with us today.
Thanks.
Posted: July 11, 2003
Written by Bethany Sax
© 2003 Bethany Sax
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