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Healing Busyness

Hi 
 
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.
 
This past summer I have been going through a kind of a death around
my busyness addiction. I have been experiencing an absolute refusal
to be busy. In turn, I have not wanted to create anything.

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
 
 
Love to you,
 
Shelley

 
Expressive Art E-Courses
 
I offer you these e-courses on creative self-reflection that be
done quietly, easily and daily in your own home. I hope they bring
more richness, surprise and inspiration into your life.

Creative Intuition
This free course will help you gain clarity into to where you are
in your life right now and what steps you need to take to round our
your growth. The course involves choosing one image to meditate on
each day.
 
Deepening Creativity
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.
 
Collage For Self-Discovery
This is a an in depth collage journaling course that is very near
to my heart. It is a practical, mystical journey into the depth of
the creative soul.
 
Featured Book

The Untethered Soul 
The Journey Beyond Yourself
By Michael A. Singer
 
"Your current relationship with your psyche is like an addiction.
It is constantly making demands of you, and you have devoted your
life to serving those demands. If you want to be free you have to
learn to treat it like any other addiction.
 
You are capable of ceasing the absurdity of listening to the
perpetual problems of your psyche. Your daily life can be like a
vacation. Work can be fun; family can be fun, you can just enjoy
all of it"