The world needs more Uslada

Language is the most potent act of creation we possess. With every word we speak, we weave the fabric of our own reality – often unconsciously, by repeating inherited patterns and obsolete words and thought-forms that anchor us to a fading past.

Or we can use it deliberately, choosing words that align with life, beauty, and possibility, thereby summoning an entirely different future into being.

Uslada is the word I offer the world as a seed for that future.

In Russian, Услада (Uslada) is an ancient, richly layered term that escapes simple translation. It carries within it pleasure, joy, delight, delectation – yet it is far more than hedonism. Uslada is the fierce, fiery love. It is also the sweetness of being wholly nurtured - tender love that arises when we know that we are held by the Universe. It is comfort laced with ecstasy, the lullaby of Mother Earth meeting the blaze of awakened desire.

Uslada is both the giver and the receiver of this plenitude, and the living archetype of pleasure itself.

Uslada is the necessary state for all human beings to truly evolve. It is only when we feel deeply nurtured, loved, and lullabied into our own sweetness that we can give the same energy of self-love and support back to the world. Self-love ceases to be a concept and becomes the quiet revolution that heals the world.

Uslada is the sensual embrace of the Universe, and the ever-lasting support of Mother Earth.

Uslada is the state of deep, unshakable inner contentment with ourselves as creations and as creators. It is reverent awe at the miracle of breath, of footsteps on this exquisite planet. and at the gift of every breath, and every step on this beautiful Planet. Uslada is enchantment with life, with love, and with our own authentic power.

My work is an invitation – and a declaration – to inhabit this frequency.

The world needs more Uslada.

Video: travel through the details of Uslada’s paintings