Melissa Halbert
@melissahalbert.bsky.social
My latest painting. Acrylic on Canvas. May we all be blessed with our dreams sprouting and coming true. Even in the darkest of times, we are still blooming. The light within you is brighter than you can ever know. #art #theabstractexpressionist #artist #painting
August 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
My latest painting. Acrylic on Canvas. May we all be blessed with our dreams sprouting and coming true. Even in the darkest of times, we are still blooming. The light within you is brighter than you can ever know. #art #theabstractexpressionist #artist #painting
It’s been a while since I posted. I have been in that zone of being curious, exploring, dreaming, and creating, and what a beautiful adventure it has been so far.
You can join me for FREE on Substack to explore Integrative Art Journaling. Link is in my bio.
#artjournaling #abstractexpressionism
You can join me for FREE on Substack to explore Integrative Art Journaling. Link is in my bio.
#artjournaling #abstractexpressionism
August 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It’s been a while since I posted. I have been in that zone of being curious, exploring, dreaming, and creating, and what a beautiful adventure it has been so far.
You can join me for FREE on Substack to explore Integrative Art Journaling. Link is in my bio.
#artjournaling #abstractexpressionism
You can join me for FREE on Substack to explore Integrative Art Journaling. Link is in my bio.
#artjournaling #abstractexpressionism
I’m getting ready to begin a new cycle of Integrative Art Journaling on Substack. My Journal Guardian is ready for this cycle’s theme called: Awakening of the Dragonfly. Grateful to share this process with others.
#integrativeartjournaling #art #artjournal #artistlife #abstractexpressionism #artist
#integrativeartjournaling #art #artjournal #artistlife #abstractexpressionism #artist
July 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m getting ready to begin a new cycle of Integrative Art Journaling on Substack. My Journal Guardian is ready for this cycle’s theme called: Awakening of the Dragonfly. Grateful to share this process with others.
#integrativeartjournaling #art #artjournal #artistlife #abstractexpressionism #artist
#integrativeartjournaling #art #artjournal #artistlife #abstractexpressionism #artist
Curious about what I call Integration Art Journaling? Come explore with me.
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#artjournal #artist #art #journaling #creativity #healing #HealingJourney
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#artjournal #artist #art #journaling #creativity #healing #HealingJourney
What is Integrative Art Journaling?
The Abstract Expressionist Way
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June 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Curious about what I call Integration Art Journaling? Come explore with me.
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#artjournal #artist #art #journaling #creativity #healing #HealingJourney
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#artjournal #artist #art #journaling #creativity #healing #HealingJourney
Descending to Rise, a new cycle of content, mythic reflection, and abstract exploration inspired by the ancient Sumerian tale of Inanna’s Descent is coming to The Abstract Expressionist.
#abstract #art #myth #poetry #story
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#abstract #art #myth #poetry #story
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Descending to Rise
A New Cycle Begins
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May 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Art is more than a visual story.
It holds the power of timelessness.
It invites us in.
To touch, to feel, to explore…
This is interactive art, alive with texture, layered in meaning, and open to discovery.
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It holds the power of timelessness.
It invites us in.
To touch, to feel, to explore…
This is interactive art, alive with texture, layered in meaning, and open to discovery.
melissahalbert.substack.com/p/touching-t...
Touching the Power of Timelessness
Create a Reflections Poem with Art Reveal from Stillness Speaks
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May 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Art is more than a visual story.
It holds the power of timelessness.
It invites us in.
To touch, to feel, to explore…
This is interactive art, alive with texture, layered in meaning, and open to discovery.
melissahalbert.substack.com/p/touching-t...
It holds the power of timelessness.
It invites us in.
To touch, to feel, to explore…
This is interactive art, alive with texture, layered in meaning, and open to discovery.
melissahalbert.substack.com/p/touching-t...
Story Reveal from "The Threshold" with Integration Art
Once upon a time…
They called her The Withered One, though no one remembered her name...
#theabstractexpressionist #blooming #creativewriting #creativity #art
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Once upon a time…
They called her The Withered One, though no one remembered her name...
#theabstractexpressionist #blooming #creativewriting #creativity #art
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She Who Bloomed Beneath the Sun
Story Reveal from "The Threshold" with Integration Art Journaling
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May 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Story Reveal from "The Threshold" with Integration Art
Once upon a time…
They called her The Withered One, though no one remembered her name...
#theabstractexpressionist #blooming #creativewriting #creativity #art
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Once upon a time…
They called her The Withered One, though no one remembered her name...
#theabstractexpressionist #blooming #creativewriting #creativity #art
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You are invited to dance with the living currents of your life, translating emotion into color, rhythm into brushstroke, spirit into flame.
#beltane #theabstractexpressionist #Blooming
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#beltane #theabstractexpressionist #Blooming
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The Dance of Blooming with Life
Beltane Blessings
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May 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
You are invited to dance with the living currents of your life, translating emotion into color, rhythm into brushstroke, spirit into flame.
#beltane #theabstractexpressionist #Blooming
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#beltane #theabstractexpressionist #Blooming
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Creative writing, woven with intentional exploration, becomes a sacred way to witness the stories we carry. It invites them into the light of awareness, giving shape to what once lived in shadow...
#creativewriting #theabstractexpressionist #artjournal
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#creativewriting #theabstractexpressionist #artjournal
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The Threshold
A Creative Writing Activity
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April 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Creative writing, woven with intentional exploration, becomes a sacred way to witness the stories we carry. It invites them into the light of awareness, giving shape to what once lived in shadow...
#creativewriting #theabstractexpressionist #artjournal
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#creativewriting #theabstractexpressionist #artjournal
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We stumbled upon what seemed, at first glance, a forgotten well, an echo of something that once was. As the landscape shifts around us, I find myself honoring the humble, faithful path of the snail. Slow, certain, and full of silent grace.
April 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We stumbled upon what seemed, at first glance, a forgotten well, an echo of something that once was. As the landscape shifts around us, I find myself honoring the humble, faithful path of the snail. Slow, certain, and full of silent grace.
The Sacred Art of Stillness in a World That Forgot How to Listen
Soul-Soaked Reflections with Journal Prompts
In a culture addicted to speed, stillness can feel like rebellion…
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#reflections #journaling #journey #mythology #theabstractexpressionist
Soul-Soaked Reflections with Journal Prompts
In a culture addicted to speed, stillness can feel like rebellion…
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#reflections #journaling #journey #mythology #theabstractexpressionist
The Sacred Art of Stillness in a World That Forgot How to Listen
Soul-Soaked Reflections with Journal Prompts
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April 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Sacred Art of Stillness in a World That Forgot How to Listen
Soul-Soaked Reflections with Journal Prompts
In a culture addicted to speed, stillness can feel like rebellion…
melissahalbert.substack.com/p/the-sacred...
#reflections #journaling #journey #mythology #theabstractexpressionist
Soul-Soaked Reflections with Journal Prompts
In a culture addicted to speed, stillness can feel like rebellion…
melissahalbert.substack.com/p/the-sacred...
#reflections #journaling #journey #mythology #theabstractexpressionist
Take a sneak peak into one of my art journals.
Living life in The Abstract Expressionist Way requires one simple thing. Become unattached to the outcome…
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#art #artjournal #artjournaling #artistlife #abstractexpression
Living life in The Abstract Expressionist Way requires one simple thing. Become unattached to the outcome…
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#art #artjournal #artjournaling #artistlife #abstractexpression
A Day in the Life of an Art Journal
The Abstract Expressionist Way
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April 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Take a sneak peak into one of my art journals.
Living life in The Abstract Expressionist Way requires one simple thing. Become unattached to the outcome…
melissahalbert.substack.com/p/a-day-in-t...
#art #artjournal #artjournaling #artistlife #abstractexpression
Living life in The Abstract Expressionist Way requires one simple thing. Become unattached to the outcome…
melissahalbert.substack.com/p/a-day-in-t...
#art #artjournal #artjournaling #artistlife #abstractexpression
Dreaming Yourself Awake: A Guided Meditation with Journal Prompts - Enjoy the full meditation over on Substack. #meditation #dreaming #awake #journaling #empowerment
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Dreaming Yourself Awake: A Guided Meditation with Journal Prompts
In the Remembering
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April 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dreaming Yourself Awake: A Guided Meditation with Journal Prompts - Enjoy the full meditation over on Substack. #meditation #dreaming #awake #journaling #empowerment
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What is asking to be expressed and witnessed from the unspoken places within you? Let’s go on a journey, in The Abstract Expressionist way to create an art journal page together. #art #artistlife #expression #abstractexpressionism #artjournal
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Doorway to Stillness: A Guided Art Journal Page
Dreaming Yourself Awake
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April 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What is asking to be expressed and witnessed from the unspoken places within you? Let’s go on a journey, in The Abstract Expressionist way to create an art journal page together. #art #artistlife #expression #abstractexpressionism #artjournal
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What Happens When…
we dream,
fall in love,
step into pure joy?
Is it so easy to forget
that once upon a time...
This week the project is an invitation to dance with the currents of your life and express them through color.
#poetry #abstractexpressionism
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we dream,
fall in love,
step into pure joy?
Is it so easy to forget
that once upon a time...
This week the project is an invitation to dance with the currents of your life and express them through color.
#poetry #abstractexpressionism
open.substack.com/pub/melissah...
April 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What Happens When…
we dream,
fall in love,
step into pure joy?
Is it so easy to forget
that once upon a time...
This week the project is an invitation to dance with the currents of your life and express them through color.
#poetry #abstractexpressionism
open.substack.com/pub/melissah...
we dream,
fall in love,
step into pure joy?
Is it so easy to forget
that once upon a time...
This week the project is an invitation to dance with the currents of your life and express them through color.
#poetry #abstractexpressionism
open.substack.com/pub/melissah...
Don’t forget to carve out a little time for you this week. Breathe deeply. Surrender to the moment. Lean into the quiet meaning that’s gently asking for your attention. What do you notice? That moment is yours. Claim it. Cherish it. Thinking of you. Wishing you a wonderful week.
March 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Don’t forget to carve out a little time for you this week. Breathe deeply. Surrender to the moment. Lean into the quiet meaning that’s gently asking for your attention. What do you notice? That moment is yours. Claim it. Cherish it. Thinking of you. Wishing you a wonderful week.
Reflections carry so much,
Do they not?
When I gaze into the mirror,
what truly looks back at me…
At the bottom of every poem Is a project idea dedicated to exploring abstract expressionism.
Thank you for your support.
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#poetry #abstractexpressionism #art
Do they not?
When I gaze into the mirror,
what truly looks back at me…
At the bottom of every poem Is a project idea dedicated to exploring abstract expressionism.
Thank you for your support.
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#poetry #abstractexpressionism #art
A Garden Temple of Mirrors
a Self-Reflection
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March 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reflections carry so much,
Do they not?
When I gaze into the mirror,
what truly looks back at me…
At the bottom of every poem Is a project idea dedicated to exploring abstract expressionism.
Thank you for your support.
open.substack.com/pub/melissah...
#poetry #abstractexpressionism #art
Do they not?
When I gaze into the mirror,
what truly looks back at me…
At the bottom of every poem Is a project idea dedicated to exploring abstract expressionism.
Thank you for your support.
open.substack.com/pub/melissah...
#poetry #abstractexpressionism #art
Dreaming myself awake.
melissahalbert.substack.com/p/stillness
#poetry #poet #creative #expression #expressionism #lifeisart
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#poetry #poet #creative #expression #expressionism #lifeisart
March 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Dreaming myself awake.
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#poetry #poet #creative #expression #expressionism #lifeisart
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#poetry #poet #creative #expression #expressionism #lifeisart
What is calling to be created this week? Painting with young artists fills me with hope—they speak their truth, embrace vulnerability, and create with passion. Art heals, empowers, and reveals. What story or vision is waiting to take shape for you this week?
#artistlife #inspired
#artistlife #inspired
March 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
What is calling to be created this week? Painting with young artists fills me with hope—they speak their truth, embrace vulnerability, and create with passion. Art heals, empowers, and reveals. What story or vision is waiting to take shape for you this week?
#artistlife #inspired
#artistlife #inspired
Read my latest poem on Substack, another format for my creative expression. Are you on Substack? Let me know. Let’s connect!
#poetry #poet #creative #expression #expressionism #lifeisart
#poetry #poet #creative #expression #expressionism #lifeisart
March 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Read my latest poem on Substack, another format for my creative expression. Are you on Substack? Let me know. Let’s connect!
#poetry #poet #creative #expression #expressionism #lifeisart
#poetry #poet #creative #expression #expressionism #lifeisart
What is asking to be created this week? Challenges invite change. Your choices inspire. Witness yourself, embrace curiosity, and create. Step beyond the narrative—find beauty, connect moments, and open space for meaningful solutions.
#artislife #art #painting #creativity #inspired #beauty
#artislife #art #painting #creativity #inspired #beauty
March 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What is asking to be created this week? Challenges invite change. Your choices inspire. Witness yourself, embrace curiosity, and create. Step beyond the narrative—find beauty, connect moments, and open space for meaningful solutions.
#artislife #art #painting #creativity #inspired #beauty
#artislife #art #painting #creativity #inspired #beauty
What is your latest ear worm? “Sing it on Sunday”, is a thing around here. Let’s face it, we aren’t getting any younger, the world we live in is questionable, so what’s stopping you from singing at the top of your lungs?
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#singing #singitonsunday
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#singing #singitonsunday
LaBelle - Lady Marmalade (Audio)
YouTube video by PattiLaBelleVEVO
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March 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What is your latest ear worm? “Sing it on Sunday”, is a thing around here. Let’s face it, we aren’t getting any younger, the world we live in is questionable, so what’s stopping you from singing at the top of your lungs?
youtu.be/Tw6HrI9e1K4?...
#singing #singitonsunday
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#singing #singitonsunday
What are you creating this weekend? I decided to play with ink sprays in the studio. Watching the pooled colors swirl and dance across the paper is a mesmerizing experience, and I have to admit, I felt my inner child stirring, and she loved every second of this process.❤️
#abstract #art
#abstract #art
March 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Looking for a fun way to create an Oracle or Artist Deck? Here is another option for my beloved creatives to try, and seriously bowling alley wax? I would have never thought of this!
#oraclecards #artistlife #create
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#oraclecards #artistlife #create
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Make Your Own Oracle Cards ✸ ✸ ✸
YouTube video by karen michel - sketchbook seidr
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February 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Looking for a fun way to create an Oracle or Artist Deck? Here is another option for my beloved creatives to try, and seriously bowling alley wax? I would have never thought of this!
#oraclecards #artistlife #create
youtu.be/6VuPprgmeE4?...
#oraclecards #artistlife #create
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Longing for spring beneath winter’s shadow—the soft caress of sunlight, a breeze whispering against my skin. Warm earth cradles my feet, while playful blades of grass slip between my fingers. Above, wisps of cloud flirt with the endless blue.
January 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Longing for spring beneath winter’s shadow—the soft caress of sunlight, a breeze whispering against my skin. Warm earth cradles my feet, while playful blades of grass slip between my fingers. Above, wisps of cloud flirt with the endless blue.