This past summer has been an interesting journey one that I would not call prolifically expressive but rather simple, deep, questioning and intuitive. As you know I have developed a very simple creative contemplation process of meditating on a daily image and writing a few words - a poem - simple self expression. This free course is called Creative Intuition.

My journals and my paintings were set aside for the entire summer and I engaged in an almost monk-like creative practice of just picking an image and writing a few words about it.

What I have been doing without knowing it by following this inner directive is deepening my intuition. As I have quieted myself, my intuition is getting louder and I find myself being strongly directed by my inner body feelings....so much so that I am unable to refuse listening to my intuition anymore without getting sick or out of balance immediately.

The strong directive these past months to "do nothing" has been hard for me and I have been experiencing much inner wrestling and depression around my inner refusal to create and be "productive". My mind so wants me to "progress" on creative and career levels but even as I flail myself forward into life there is always an inner resistance. Now I go through periods of silence where I cannot even seem to "think " in regular ways.

Curiously without "doing anything creative" my connection to life has deepened.  My work relationships have deepened in their bonding exponentially, I am cultivating new creative friendships with people outside of work that feel stimulating to my inner life.

I am savoring my home life. My partner and I are experiencing new creativity in our relationship. A long quiet walk feel creative because it invokes inner body richness and relaxation. The every day can feel ecstatic at times. This past week, I was sitting on the sofa with my daughter and my heart burst open. I could feel myself sending waves of love to her as she sat silently reading a magazine next to me.

"Without time to reflect, savor and connect you will lose yourself."  -Chuck Spezzano

 

Miniature collages are a wonderful way to begin creating without pressure. This is a course that teaches that spontaneous creativity is as effortless as breathing and is as profound.