Part of a collectors edition drawing done on the inside of my book. Books are available on my site. DorianVallejo.com . #penandink #penandinkdrawing #penandinkart #penandinkdrawings #reverenceforlife #artdrawings #art #drawing #realismart https://www.instagram.com/p/CCl2nv4BZ6N/?igshid=hb20d3icq086
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A little girl’s Christmas was ruined when her elderly rabbit passed away. The girl advocates for rabbits everywhere even though she’s only 8 years old. So a few days before Christmas, Papa hoomin is going to reward her rabbit advocacy be delivering Corey Glover to her as a nod from the Great Rabbit and tell her that Corey will be with her for many years to come. It is good. Don’t give animals as gifts but if the parents appoove, and it will heal a wound, and the parents do rabbit rescue anyway, gosh dang it, it’s ok. #brighteyesalive #bunnysanctuary #canyouseemywilltobe #houserabbit #reverenceforlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYnTppFWsH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jux8uzwqkkcq
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Today I decided to break a rule I’ve always had for what I post on my personal Facebook account. I openly shared my thoughts and some other media about the recent SCOTUS brief and it prompted conversation with a family member in a swing state who holds beliefs different from mine.
I’m tired of walking on eggshells and holding back my opinions for fear of rejection or alienating friends and family. If they really care about me it shouldn’t matter. So far so good, conversations have been productive and civil.
Years ago I began a career shift that is still evolving. While working full time in my current field, I pursued a multidisciplinary Master of Arts degree in Earth Literacy. People used to ask me if I was going to teach the Earth to read and I’d reply it was the other way around. I learned so much during this time that deepened my reverence for all life and helped me adopt a less human-centric worldview.
One section of the coursework centered around activism and how to really get a message through to people. There were three key learnings from the instructor that I’ve continued to use and am focusing even more intently on now.
No matter how crazy someone’s worldview may seem to us looking on from the outside, it makes perfect sense to them.
We can’t control how someone will receive our message, and we’ll likely never know how it impacted them, but they can’t unsee it and they can’t unhear it.
It’s our responsibility, as the ones trying to effect change, to meet people where they are, to find common ground from which to start the conversation.
From my current career I’ve added a fourth concept that is commonly used in marketing: Seven Times, Seven Ways. Using this technique we recognize that people have different ways of remembering and synthesizing information, which can be very helpful when crafting our message to be effective for the intended audience and recognizing when we need to consider adopting a different approach.
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‼️‼️‼️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 #sundaysthoughts #believersmindset #churchgirlsrock #reverenceforlife (at Honolulu, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVI2-TwpuBf/?utm_medium=tumblr
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This wee caterpillar said no one had ever asked for his portrait before and happily obliged. 📸 🐛 #alllifeisbeautiful #naturelovers #tinysoul #caterpillar #metamorphosis #animallovers #naturephotography #bekind #respectothers #natureshot #animalsanctuary #californianative #blackberrycreek #reverenceforlife (at Blackberry Creek Farm Animal Sanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLU4Nk_Mx8z/?igshid=10lu2ktev2qf5
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Walking Hand in Hand with Nature
Walking Hand in Hand with Nature
“Nature inspires me. My hope is that my art will serve its purpose, remind us of how the human-nature relationship is supposed to be, beautiful, harmonious, and living side by side. My subjects are often children and animals because they are sincere, unprejudiced and unpretentious. There’s an innate relationship between them.” Indonesian artist Elicia Edijanto I find these watercolour paintings…
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Everyday, think as you wake up, "Today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others, I am going to benefit others as much as I can." .:: <> <> <<♡>> <> <> ::. gratitude wisdom from the Dalai Lama #givethanks #reverenceforlife #humbleseeds #prayerwheel #mamamaui #sacredtemple #ohmydharma #upcountry #miracletribe #haleakala
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If I had the chance, I’d ask the world to dance then I’d be binkying by myself, and I disappoove of binkying by myself oh oh oh Tokyo -o -o I also disappoove of Rabbit Island oh oh oh take them home and stop killing dolphins and whales oh oh oh!! #houserabbit #rabbitisland #banwhaling #boycottpalmoil #adoptdontshop #rabbitrescue #bunnysanctuary #canyouseemywill2be? #reverenceforlife #disapprovingrabbits #billyidolbunny #rockstarrabbit https://www.instagram.com/p/BsPu1NClp_Y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8epjoa1lyypn
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#bunnybuttfriday Study - Beatrix Jolene’s perfect derrière! Mama hoomin is finishing the Bright Eyes Sanctuary holiday newsletter tonight with hopes it will go out Saturday morning. Please email her or use our FB newsletter tab to subscribe! It’s going to be a good one! Or you can msg her on IG or Twitter or tumblr with your name and email and just say “newsletter” ! Thanks! It’s a lot of work so please check it out! #bunniesofinstagram #houserabbit #sheltersurvivor #rabbitsofinstagram #rabbitrescue #reverenceforlife #canyouseemywilltobe? #brighteyesalive #brighteyessanctuary https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqi6k28lCM6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1soz0fnomsk6b
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P!NK FLOYD FUNDRAISER UPDATE: it’s barreling toward the $800 goal with current total at $582! It’s almost there! This covers diagnostics already done (radiology, blood work and tests) and spay itself plus anything left over for Billy Idol’s neuter. Please share and help us surmount this hurdle for our little lagomorph dwarfs! Link in profile or https://bit.ly/SPAY-pinkfloyd #rescuerabbit #brighteyesalive #elderbuncare #canyouseemywilltobe #reverenceforlife #houserabbit https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZ7xMlF-zK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w8t20herq1j3
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MH! You missed #whiskerwednesday again! And yet, I gave you the perfect shot of my perfect self! Post it anyway! Oh yes, I know it was a Big Day for you! You got into a wheelchair for the first time in 3.5 years! I’ve never even seen you sit up before! —Thanks my beautiful little Beatrix Jolene, the Princess Queen! It wasn’t like I got myself into a wheelchair. I have a Barton chair which converts from a stretcher into a wheelchair. But I was scared. —MH, I was scared, too. They started rolling that bar that slid you onto the stretcher and I thought you were were going to become a Mama McNugget! —Oh no, don’t worry, dear girl Mama hoomin isn’t going anywhere. But you and Eddie can cheer me on. —We did! I know Eddie just sat there chawing hay like he’s watching a movie but I was worried the whole time! I love you MH. —I love you more, Beatrix Jolene! Now say Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American friends and tell them be safe and appreciate loved ones. It was 3 years ago today I lost my own mama. —Oh, MH! Mwah!! Be good and safe y’all! Be good to your parents and extended family, too! #brighteyesalive #bunnysanctuary #canyouseemywilltobe #reverenceforlife #rabbitrescue #houserabbit #sheltersurvivor https://www.instagram.com/p/BqeNyBIFhwZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jssavxtlk6c7
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We got gwoomed today. Mama hoomin pwomised not mention which pawts got gwoomed. If she doesn’t keeps her pwomise, we’s going to wevolt. We’es got a pwan for world domination. Are’s you afwaid? #rockstarrabbit #brighteyesalive #bunnysanctuary #reverenceforlife #canyouseemywilltobe? #sheltersurvivor #rabbitrescue #bunniesofinstagram #lionheadsofinstagram #nethie #brittaniapetite https://www.instagram.com/p/Brgk3hVlsfr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ritvtxbmxhwv
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So the little girl who lost Jezzie the Sanctuary bunny (plus two other elderly girl buns in the last 14 months) now knows little Corey Glover will be coming to be her bunny but doesn’t know when. Both she and Corey can heal together as Corey came here because his brother escaped their hutch and disappeared, presumed dead. Corey will have a friend in Everett the Leveret who was adopted to the same family earlier this year. They may even be able to be bonded. They should both be around a long time and send this gal off to college! Meanwhile, Jimi Hendrix was supposed to go home today but climate change sent torrential rains and flooding plus Christmas traffic so he will now go home next month. #brighteyesalive #bunnysanctuary #canyouseemywilltobe #houserabbit #reverenceforlife #rockstarrabbit #runbunmag https://www.instagram.com/p/Brd9xXfFF5S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n8c1yhohnfe9
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Hi, you can call me Pink! I had an embarrassing day. Oh, I had a lovely ride in the Bunny Limo with Papa hoomin as chauffeur. But then I met the new bunny vet and she called PH over and showed him that I’m not a boy like the lady said who left me behind. And Mama hoomin OBVIOUSLY didn’t check me thoroughly when I got here or I’d have been spared such embarrassment! But MH is busy, you know? I still love her and let me tell you, now she understands why I like my neighbor, Billy Idol! He and I sing to each other the songs of our people! Well, I need my beauty rest. Oh and apparently, both Billy and I have uneven molars...sigh. #bunnysanctuary #brighteyesalive #canyouseemywilltobe? #reverenceforlife #youweremygodandyouabandonedme #rabbitdentaldisease #dwarfrabbit https://www.instagram.com/p/BnnOO8UgrbE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i6wd8w4ccyfp
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Bob the Vulcan has no ears. Born without them. He has no incisors, had to have them all removed due to malocclusion. And the teeth he has need regular trimming. He’s Mr. Special Needs. And also Mr. Grumpy. His family was killed by an alcoholic jerk before he was rescued. #brighteyesalive #bunnysanctuary #reverenceforlife #canyouseemywilltobe #rabbitrescue #bunniesofinstagram #disabledrabbitsofinstagram #disabledrabbits #crueltysurvivor #rabbitdentaldisease https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYC8JzA5mm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qroxqe6dtwcr
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Just chillin’ wig Mama hoomin and watching football. She says ‘please donate to link in profile as she needs funds to cover my “tutoring” education, ok? #brighteyesalive #houserabbit #rabbitrescue #billyidolbun #canyouseemywilltobe #reverenceforlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BoajUSDlQnE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bgocnk59twq1
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