Christy Higgins, M.A.

3 new works from my “Self-Residency Project”; portraits paired w/essays that explore what the images may be trying to tell me about myself.

In “Are You a Boy or a Girl? Part II: My magic trick,” the tale of my transformation continues. Link in bio.

#theseekersnotebook #surrealart #collage #essays

I lost some professional credibility when I quit my lucrative job in post-production 13 years ago, which was a hard thing to give up; however, by following my inner guidance I became credible with myself instead. I validate my life choices now & I have a beautiful life that I love and call my own.

Hey Everyone!

I’m happy to share the first essay in my new series titled “Are You a Boy or a Girl? Part I: Wounded Me.” It’s the story of how I became a girl. Thank you for checking it out and sharing it if it resonates. Link in bio (under essays). 🤓

#christyhigginsart #essays #theseekersnotebook

A #surreal #selfie from 2014, Parts of Me.

#blackandwhite #selfportrait #mirrors #christyhigginsart #photography #theseekersnotebook #surrealart

I love this quote by #TaraWestover (author of #Educated) in her February article in #TheNewYorker titled, A Visit to Madame Bedi:

“No one had ever told me that delusion is not a nutrient, that you cannot build a true future from a false past.”

If you are a #selfseeker and #selfhealer, like me, then I’d like to offer you a big dose of compassion. I know how hard it is to #change, but change is not only possible; it is inevitable. Why not #direct yourself to the changes you want to experience? You have so much #creative #power.

The theater of #time and #space, a dimension with its own rules and logic, is an illusory domain as in a dream. We play out our #thoughts, #beliefs, and understanding of things in a dense, #physical dimension where time tempers the learning curve. But this is not the real world.

#cause #effect

#Jung said that you can only deal with the #unconscious through #images. He took the view that we needed to express ourselves & the works of #art or #talismans that we created are means to our own #growth. (aka #healing.)

This feels so resonant as I embark on self-portraiture. It’s a deep process.

Field of Attraction, 2025. My latest #analog #collage. Original #artwork and #prints available via link in bio. Thanks for checking out my work!

Tend to yourself; the kind of world we live in depends on our collective #selfawareness. You can’t be a part of the solution if you’re still vibrating at the level of the problem.

#knowthyself #selfcare #shadow

This is the second in my #self-portrait project for 2025, titled “Self-Portrait II: Pollinated.”

It’s a #mixed-media #analog #collage with an #encaustic wax finish on a wood box panel. 20” x 20”

#Original #artwork and #prints available on my website (link in bio).

My #artwork & #writing explore themes of our superficial selves & the #masks we wear to adapt ourselves to the social order we inherited. I’m interested in revealing and tending to the inner wounds that keep us prisoners to our #stories & #fate, so that we may heal & free ourselves for our #destiny.

It’s the inner Magician who enchants the acorn into becoming an oak.

#tarot #magician #archetypes #archetypalpsychology #depthpsychology #jung #enchantment

Hey everyone!

With newfound energy in the new year, I’m happy to share some new #artwork and #plans for 2025 in the latest exploration of The Seeker’s Notebook, “A Year in Self-Residency: 12 Self-Portraits.” I hope it gives you some comfort & enrichment for your Deep #Self. (Link in Bio)

“Something out there — we don’t know what — is doing something we don’t know what.”

— Sir Arthur Eddington, astrophysicist

Another favorite: We don’t know what we don’t know.

Ponder and enjoy!

I was well rewarded. #madeleines 😋

Clever #TurtleDove nesting safely on our wall, thankfully well out of my cat’s reach.

#nests # bougainvillea #cats #protectwildlife

How about a chainmail cape made with paper clips (to keep it lightweight)?

I am the #Wendy to his #PeterPan. He teaches me to #fly and I help him keep his feet on the #earth. Together we make #magic.

#magicians #DanPiraro #Bizarro #partners #love

In #Tarot this is year of the #Hermit. As a student of this system, I’m going deeper into the woods. I’m circling wagons & hunkering down w essentials.

So…it’s a simpler digital life for me! I’ve made the leap from all #Meta platforms to #publishing my content exclusively on my website & #Bluesky.

A new #thought I’m working with in the new year:

“I don’t owe anything to anyone.”

I’ve been making this true in my life for decades already in my financial life, but now I’m looking at the ways that I feel #indebted to people #emotionally…the default people-pleaser feeling of guilt for existing.

#Art is a #mirror of and for #humanity; making art (of any kind, at any skill level) is like holding up that mirror to your own face. Get to know yourself by making your own art. 🖼️

#selfawareness #selfknowledge #knowthyself #makeartnotwar

I had a good day in the studio yesterday. I’m really starting to love #painting. This is a #WIP #background for a new #collage #composition I’ll be hopefully gluing this week. Stay tuned! And a merry winter’s eve to you and yours. 🖤🕊️🖤
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#art #analogcollage #collage #mixedmedia #clouds #bluesky

This is a time that calls on all of us to see and think of ourselves as #globalcitizens, first. #Nationalidentity is a beautiful expression of our uniqueness and specialness, but there’s a bigger identity that we share as #humanity that supersedes our #individuality. All of us depend on #Nature.

If you’re ever in Long Beach, CA and you like books, coffee, baked goods, and plush mix-matched chairs scattered around, go check out The Library, A Coffee House. It’s one of my favorite places.

#coffeehouse #books #coffee #bakedgoods #longbeach #favorites

Warm wishes on #WinterSolstice; may the Spring come soon. 🖤🦢🖤

I see and feel how much I live in a box. It’s a comfortable box, but it’s limited. Lately I’ve been feeling the box, as though my damp wings are pressed up against it from inside.

#livinginabox #boxes #wings #transformation

The #sylphs are passing through San Miguel.

#clouds #skyspirits #sky #blackandwhitephotography #sanmigueldeallende

Interesting. Becoming more Real is definitely a thread in my life story, which I’ve always associated with Pinocchio.

What #myth or #fable tells the #story of your life…or at least some part or aspect of your life experience? One story I strongly identify with is The Ugly Duckling. I’m working on an #essay about it now. I’m hoping that telling you about it here will help me finish it. 😁

#theuglyduckling #writing