March 29, 2022

Thank you Michael Ireland for your support, help and sharing your talent, your time and Gifts with me. Here is my submission for my art submission for the museum, I am sharing with you.

Hello. My name is Daved Beck. I have always been an artist. In my youth, my artistry was expressed in dance, dance instruction, and choreography. My mother was artistic and I used to love watching her paint and craft.

When I was in second grade, I was coloring an elephant. The nun told me, “You used the wrong color! Elephants aren't red or black. It looks messy. You colored outside the lines. The lines are your directions. Clearly you don't know how to follow directions.” My mom completed my art assignments because "You aren’t good enough.” One day, there was a parent/teacher meeting and I let the cat out of the bag—my mother had been doing my art homework. Eventually, my father and paternal grandmother took me away from my mom and I did my own art!

My grandmother enrolled me in dance class, and this became a vessel of healing for me. I was blessed—I attended a private high school and graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts as a dance major.

In my adult years, I stopped dancing and my career shifted—I became a certified life coach. I began painting as a hobby and as a creative outlet. During this time, I could no longer hide my gifts as a psychic medium. I “came out of the closet” again, accepting who I am and my purpose in this world.

My fiancé and I used to love painting and hiding rocks for the people of our town to find, to bring them joy. We were planning our wedding for May 1, 2020, but in March 2020, the world went into shut down, and our wedding had to be postponed. I made one of the hardest choices I’ve had to make in my life. I called off the wedding and ended our relationship. My grandmother had recently transitioned into Spirit. I was starting all over again. I was alone with my two dogs, Mug, my 12-year-old Maltese/pug and Mindi, my 13-year-old puggle. My life shifted again, this time into what became the darkest months of my life. I stopped painting!

In March 2021, I enrolled in a “Grow Your Psychic Business” course taught by world-renowned psychic medium and author, Lisa Williams. Some psychic medium healer circle courses opened, along with a “Become a Paranormal Investigator” course. I enrolled in all of them, learning, healing, and surrounding myself with like-minded people and uplifting energy.

At the end of August, Mug transitioned into Spirit—I’d never be able to hold my baby boy again. Then I received a phone call and learned that my father had stage four cancer and was dying. That day, I painted for the first time since my grandmother’s passing. I grabbed a canvas and the paints we’d intended to use for our wedding décor. I poured the colors into a bowl, swirled them around, and dumped the bowl onto the canvas. Holding the canvas in my hands, I let my Spirit dance. The dancer within me was resurrected. A tornado of painful memories swirled in my head and raged through my body onto the canvas. I let the painting dry and felt Mind Blown.

I grabbed another canvas and assorted-color paints. How grateful I was! I was taking great courses and healing. I was learning so much from Lisa Williams and the participants, my peers, and my colleagues. I thanked God, Source, the Universe, and Our Ancestors. I thanked Spirit. I felt grateful for the Angel of Light and Wisdom that is Lisa Williams.

I kept painting. The canvas and paints were healing me.

Synchronistically, one day I was scrolling on Facebook when I I came across a design company website where I could have my artwork put onto clothing. This was a message from Spirit—I knew it. When I was a dance instructor, I had my students create their own costumes by painting, adding rhinestones, ribbons, and such on their regular clothing. My intention was to allow their individual creativity and Spirit to shine. I did the same for costumes for dance pieces I choreographed in two of my productions. When I saw the Facebook ad, a vision I’d had many moons and suns ago came to life: Finally! Textiles created from my artwork! I signed up and tried it out. Poof, Oracle Originals was born.

In December of 2021, I showed my teachers Lisa Williams and Muni Sayed and my peers in the “Psychic Business Course” my new designs. Lisa and Muni each purchased something. I was excited and overwhelmed with gratitude—I had what I call a “Janet Jackson” moment. When I was a professional dancer and choreographer, it was my dream to work with Janet Jackson. She has inspired me since I was a child. I wanted so much to be a part of her Tribal Dance—but I didn’t live that dream. Lisa’s and Muni’s support has been equally inspirational—it’s like being able to work with Martha Graham, Bob Fosse, Alvin Ailey, and other legends. I am inspired by anyone who is willing to allow their creative Spirit to flow and share themselves and their creativity with the world.

As a spiritual entrepreneur, it is my purpose and my calling to teach and support individuals in discovering the artist within them. We are all artists in this world. The moves we make and the words we think are the songs we sing. Our artistry is the magic of our Spirit and Soul—it’s the human life we co-create and manifest in a world of many colors.

I am honored to have this opportunity to be a contestant and to be considered by the Luxembourg Art Museum Committee to be a prize recipient.

Namaste

Daved Beck

www.davedbeck.com