Messenger
by Mary Oliver My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird- equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is…
Marina Lenney
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Education: M. Arch, UCLA; BA Antioch College
Working with inklings and glimmerings of things that want to come into being.
Are you interested in collaborating with Creative Imagination to bring forth a more beautiful world? The Embodied Imagination process can help you to do this by coaching you in slowing down, letting go of the mind, of thoughts and interpretations,…
How the Dream Facilitates Change
From the book Honoring the Dream: A Handbook for Dream Group Leaders by Justina Lasley, MA with illustration “Presence of Mind” 1993 by Brian Andreas Our dreams’ purpose is to bring what is unconscious into consciousness, yet the dream group…
Imagining Technology in Ancient History
Adrienne Mayor discusses ancient origins of technology
The Gift of Awe
I came across some writings of Rabbi Heschel in his book, I Asked For Wonder. In it he says, “What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in Awe”. And later, “Forfeit your sense of awe, let your…
Working with Images for Creative Inquiry
photo by Lilian Bassman In recent sessions I have been working with images related to design, artwork, architecture and environments. In one example, the dreamer was in the process of creating a studio space. She wanted to explore images related…
Creating a Sacred Container
In a recent conversation with Pamela Holmes and Kat Taylor, we discussed the importance of creating a sacred container for the Embodied Imagination work that we are doing. In this work, we are contacting presences from unknown imaginal realms. Before…
Encountering Another
In this short video, Dr. Stephan Harding, Resident Ecologist at Schumacher College, discusses what it means to experience reality from a perspective outside of habitual awareness. This is a beautiful description of the kind of experience that is possible with…