2022 ACADEMY CALENDAR Spring & Summer At a Glance Dec 31- Jan 2 NEW YEAR’S CREATIVE VISION QUEST March 4-6 LIBERATING INNER FREEDOM April 7-10 PAINTING FROM THE HEART & SOUL! May 6-8 […]
Rebirth and Transformation
Spring’s Pulsing Current of Transformation It’s been a tough time for many. But nature teaches us that spring ripens below the surface of winter. Beneath the shriveled, tangled and decaying surface there is a vitality of life growing in deeper roots. Beneath what feels stuck, tired & anxious, there is a seed […]
Art & Creativity as Spiritual Practice by Nayaswami Asha
Sharing a lovely blog by Nayaswami Asha http://nayaswamiasha.org/heart/2018/09/art-creativity-as-spiritual-practice/#comment-94289
Overcoming Creative Blocks
Overcoming Creative Blocks Being in a state of creative flow can feel like one of the most engaging, wonderful, natural ways of being, especially in a world that can outwardly seem chaotic and contradictory. Too often in the arts, however, we can become conditioned to think that something “should” look or sound a certain way, […]
The Deep Unity at the Heart of Our Originality
The ORIGIN of our Originality Our Originality is a precious gift. It is an authenticity that originates in the unique pattern of each individual soul. Every one of us is unique in all of eternity. To discover and bring forth our intrinsic unique individual expression is our most sacred duty and our sweetest delight. […]
What is it Like to be You? ~ By Karuna
I recently saw a beautiful video traveling around social media that addresses a very important, a very potent, and a very prudent question: What is it like to be you? The beautiful video was created by Sustainable Human, and narrated by renowned philosopher Charles Eisenstein. It addresses the urgent need to switch our focus […]
The Vitamins of the Soul
“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” ~ Oscar Wilde Like it or not, many of us live in fast-paced worlds, where cities are sprawling, desks and cubicles draw us into isolated work zones, and we spend more time than ever in […]
The Flowering of Children’s Natural Creativity
Creativity Is Intrinsic to Being Human All children love to create. Natural, joyful, original self expression is native to being alive, instinctive in us. If you give a box of crayons and a piece of paper to a four year old they know exactly what to do. They do not need explanations or instructions. […]
The Source of True ORIGINALITY
The Source of True Originality by Dana Lynne Andersen In a culture of materialism, originality has come to mean ‘breaking the rules’. The frontier is a ‘cutting edge’ found in a pursuit of limits and extremities. It doesn’t take long for this to become a contest of shock value as it has in the […]
Mandala, the sacred Art of Centering
Mandala, the sacred Art of Centering by Dana Lynne Andersen. Mandala is a Sanskrit word that means “circle”, signifying the primordial shape that represents wholeness, completeness and unity. The circle, and the sphere is symbolizes, encompasses the totality of the world. Even as a two-dimensional shape it ‘travels without leave taking’, as the line of […]
