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To Everything, A Season ~ by Karuna

access_timeDecember 21, 2017December 21, 2017 personkarunafolderAuthenticity, Creativity, creativity in community, Sacred Art, Self-discovery, Self-Expression, Uncategorized

To Everything, A Season   Sitting in the heart of midwinter, and entering into the darkest day of the year, I am reminded of the proverb that says: Nothing in […]

Dance!

Overcoming Creative Blocks

access_timeDecember 5, 2017December 5, 2017 personkarunafolderAuthenticity, Beautiful Art, Creativity, Free Your Creative Spirit, Inspiration, Originality, Self-discovery, Self-Expression

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 […]

The Deep Unity at the Heart of Our Originality

access_timeDecember 5, 2017December 7, 2017 personDana Lynne AndersenfolderAuthenticity, Creativity, Free Your Creative Spirit, Inspiration, Originality, Sacred Art

  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 […]

What is it Like to be You? ~ By Karuna

access_timeDecember 3, 2017December 4, 2017 personkarunafolderInspiration, Uncategorized

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 Vitamins of the Soul

access_timeNovember 23, 2017December 5, 2017 personkarunafolderBeautiful Art, Creativity, Inspiration

“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 […]

The Flowering of Children’s Natural Creativity

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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 […]

The Source of True ORIGINALITY

access_timeNovember 30, 2016November 30, 2016 personDana Lynne AndersenfolderBeautiful Art, Creativity, Inspiration, UncategorizedcommentLeave a Comment on 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 […]

Mandala, the sacred Art of Centering

access_timeJuly 14, 2016November 27, 2016 personDana Lynne AndersenfolderBeautiful Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Sacred Art, Sacred GeometrycommentLeave a Comment on 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, […]

Art Specialists

access_timeApril 25, 2015November 30, 2016 personDana Lynne AndersenfolderCreativity, InspirationcommentLeave a Comment on Art Specialists

‘Creativity is like blood to the soul- oxygenating our sense of purpose, nourishing the wellsprings of our joy and replenishing the vitality of our passion’   Art Specialists     A […]

Made in the Image and Likeness of God

access_timeSeptember 12, 2014September 18, 2014 personDana Lynne AndersenfolderInspirationcommentLeave a Comment on Made in the Image and Likeness of God

     ‘We are made in the image and likeness of God’, this simple and magnificent truth can change the way we see ourselves- and the way we live. The qualities […]

The beautiful art at Padre Pio’s

access_timeJuly 18, 2014July 18, 2014 personDana Lynne AndersenfolderUncategorizedcommentLeave a Comment on The beautiful art at Padre Pio’s

I was so impressed by the amazing artwork leading to and surrounding the tomb of Padre Pio. The larger than life sequence told the entwining story of Christ, St. Francis and Padre Pio.

“A Place of Refuge”

access_timeOctober 25, 2013June 28, 2014 personDana Lynne AndersenfolderUncategorizedcomment2 Comments on “A Place of Refuge”

“The place of refuge” is a holy place on the big Island.  In ancient times, If a law breaker, refugee, or defeated warrior could make it to this place of […]

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