Meet Rebekah Berger | Visual Artist & Starseed

We had the good fortune of connecting with Rebekah Berger and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Rebekah, what led you to pursuing a creative path professionally?

When I was a little kid, I loved flowers, books, cats, art, and decorating cakes. I haven’t  changed that much. I still love the same things. 

Art chose me, and the creative path saved my life, bringing me from feeling like a victim of  circumstance and a dysfunctional family to becoming an empowered creator of realities. 

The practice of art over many years made me realize that all human beings are artists. We are  all creating our personal and collective experiences of reality in every moment that we live,  whether or not we are conscious of that fact. 

Our emotions, thoughts, and intentions literally create what we perceive as a physical world.  In truth, reality and everything we experience is fluid. Everything is energy, and our  imagination is our super power. 

When humanity will finally begin to co-create consciously and intentionally, and when we  stop allowing our consciousness to be hijacked and manipulated by those to whom we have  given our creative power, then we will finally live in harmony with the planet and with one  another, if we so choose. 

In my paintings and drawings, I create worlds, beings, relationships. Painting is a personal  transformation of worlds. While the political and social activism that is rampant today promotes more of the same and is reactionary, art is revolutionary. Art creates an upward  spiral to higher levels of awareness and experience. 

Art is life affirming. To be creative and playful stimulates all of the layered bodies: the  emotional, mental, physical, spiritual. In fact, I feel that without art, my life would be quite  dull. Art is both active and passive and incites a delicate balance of chaos and peacefulness. 

Art and creativity allow me to continue to look more closely at everything and to be fully  mindful, all while making connections between things that on the surface seem to be  unrelated. 

In a world dominated by masculine values and technology, math, science, and left-brain dominated activities and extroversion are valued over dreaming and contemplation. The pursuit of an art career has allowed me to be fully authentically myself in a world where I  mostly feel I am an observer and a visitor. Art gives me value as a human being. 

To be able to make part of my living from one of the activities that brings me the most joy is  a privilege for which I am very grateful. I still work full-time in a public library, where I am also surrounded by my love of reading and where I am given the opportunity to create  displays, coloring sheets, classes and programs and to serve the public in many ways.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.

My life journey has been complex and challenging on many levels, and I have learned to  embrace all challenges as gifts and opportunities for personal growth. The experiences of  scapegoating, abuse, bullying and victimization are not a badge to wear, but a path through which I have evolved and for which I am grateful. For I know I am not a victim, but a master  of my realities. 

When I was 19 years old, I left my family and moved to Paris, France. I went to art school  there and lived in and around Paris for almost 18 years. I worked in the French national  museums and was also a journalist/translator in an international photo/press agency. I showed  my paintings in many beautiful galleries in France, Germany, and Switzerland.  

I was reluctant to leave France behind, and external circumstances forced me to make the  decision to leave and to return to the United States. I have not found the level of success and  recognition in the United States that I experienced in France (yet), but I have persevered in  creating and showing and selling my work when possible. And I have met many wonderful  artists, fellow gardeners, animal lovers and creators here in the United States as well! 

I am most proud of my identity as a starseed, as it took me many years of personal evolution  and searching to remember my true nature and origins. 

According to Dolores Cannon, three waves of volunteers have chosen to incarnate in human  form on Earth over several generations in order to assist a deeply mind-controlled humanity  to awaken and to remember our personal and collective origins and co-creative powers. These  volunteers are starseeds. Many of us are artists, musicians, intuitives, healers, and creatives. 

In my human form, I am deeply connected to the divine feminine, the consciousness of our  planet Earth and all life on Earth, but also to our galactic origins. In my life and in my art, I  seek to create a balance of masculine and feminine energies and imagery. 

Because of this journey, I am most excited about painting galactic family portraits in order to  assist humanity in our collective remembrance of our true (but forgotten) history as cosmic,  interplanetary, and multidimensional beings. I love painting all living beings, and I often  paint plants and animals, including pet portraits.  

We are all intimately connected to the consciousness of all things, animate and inanimate.  Our minds and emotions can be mastered, once we let go of fear and survival/victim  consciousness. When we take back our power, then we no longer allow our consciousness to  be manipulated by others. To me, art and self-mastery are inseparable. To be an artist is to be  a master of energy and consciousness. I am very passionate about the nature of reality and  consciousness. 

Much talk circulates about the future of our planet as well as that of humanity. We are all  responsible for the state of our world. And activism will do nothing to change the chaos and 

suffering going on around us. Only a shift in consciousness and our accepting responsibility  for our creativity can bring peace and joy. Like Einstein famously said, a problem cannot be  solved at the same level of consciousness that created it. 

I am proud to use my voice as an artist and as a writer to assist humanity in using our  consciousness responsibly and in a non-dogmatic way. I dream of a world full of intentional  actions, kindness, non-judgment, beauty, playfulness, and reverence for all life, where all  businesses are focused on service to others and embracing the highest good of everyone and  everything. I dream of a world where no one and nothing is taken for granted, and where  everyone and everything is truly seen and experienced. 

While I do paint commissioned portraits of pets and their humans, as well as plants, my  dream is to extend and to expand my business. As a starseed, my dream is to be a successful  painter of galactic family portraits, portraying the relationships between humans, plants,  animals, and our extra-terrestrial families, ancestors, and multi-dimensional cousins. I see and  sense the energies of each person, their energy fields and galactic origins. 

I also love to paint imagined worlds and realities where the different layers of reality overlap, full of characters and creatures, some of which are familiar, and others not so much. I love color, gesture, flow. My paintings burst with color, love, and life-force energy. Although I am a shy person, in my art, I am powerful and forceful. 

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.

I love to walk, and I love Atlanta gardens and architecture – especially the quaint  neighborhoods full of adorable bungalows, such as Grant Park, Inman Park, Kirkwood,  Oakhurst, Cabbagetown, Avondale Estates. I would take my friends to the Beltline and show  them all of the great murals and green spaces around Atlanta. One of my favorite spots is the  DeKalb Farmer’s Market as well as the restaurants on Buford Highway. Depending on the  time of year, we might go to a seed and scion swap at the Wylde Center or the Porchfest in  Oakhurst, or take a hike at Sweetwater Creek State Park, Mason Mill Park, or the Doll’s Head  Trail. One fun thing I love to do is to drive around my local area looking for Little Free  Libraries so that I can restock them with fresh books. Such a fun way to visit neighborhoods!  I love the fact that Atlanta was built in the midst of an old growth forest and that ancient trees  are always around us, full of beauty and wisdom! 

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I would like to dedicate my Shoutout to Yves Michaud, French philosopher, art critic, and  former director of the École Nationale Supérieure des beaux-arts, in Paris, France. When I  was a student there, I was struggling with the culture at the school and most of the professors  there didn’t appreciate my work. Yves Michaud, who was the director of ENSBA at the time, loved my paintings and stood up for me. He gave me confidence and opportunities opened up for me to show my work in galleries in Paris and elsewhere in Europe. 

Art exhibits:

You can see my art in person at Westside Market, Toco Hills.  

And starting on April 1 through the end of May, I will be showing some paintings with the  Avondale Art Guild at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Public Library, 5234 LaVista Rd, Tucker,  GA 30084 

I also show with Art Haus Gallery in Grant Park. The gallery has recently moved (new  location: 315 Kendrick Ave SE, Unit 105, Atlanta, GA 30315). Look for exhibitions later this  year! 

Website: https://animapetportraits.com

Instagram: @anima_petportraits and @ascensionartist

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekah-berger

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/animapetportraits

Other: https://adamevenevenadam.wordpress.com (blog)

Image Credits
Rebekah Berger, Lucas Yoni