Just Casting About
Through the layers of the heart, in the deep, the vast Mystery lives
Category Creativity
Mark Making 1
Last night in our markmaking class we explored making marks that re-define, that limit, that show discernment and nuance… First, we each sat in contemplation of a value, or a tradition, that we had once loyally embraced…We sensed into its…
An Inspired Collaboration
This is a collaboration from one of our mates from our ongoing art group. Elisabeth Gladstone’s images along with Christian Doering’s music. If you would like to find out more about Christian, you can follow him on his YouTube channel.…
Beginner’s Mind
These pictures are from a walk I took down the road. As I walked I opened myself to the liminal world that is always right in front of us but most of the time we are lost in our thoughts…
Notes From the Mark making Class
…as we wander into that free zone of making marks—marks that don’t “make sense, marks that our habitual thinking can’t quite tame—we begin to notice some of the marks in our world…the handprint on glass…scratches in the soil…an array of…
Deepening our Relationship to the Imaginal
As a result of yesterday’s meditation and the resulting painting, I made a decision regarding a problem I wasn’t resolving that had been taking its toll mentally and emotionally, when I see the resulting image all thoughts were resolved and…
New Class Being Offered
Mark Making for People Who Can’t Draw An experimental, informal gathering to re-introduce ourselves to markmaking materials and the experiences they evoke. Six sessions, free of charge. We will convene via Zoom, 4 – 5:30 pm Pacific Time, on Mondays…
Lens of the Heart
Bold Connections,Fine Discernments
In a recent Level Two Markmaking class, we reached inwardly toward a strongly-held value or commitment, picking up a large bush and swathing ink across large papers to respond to what we found. At our subsequent session, we revisited this…
Courting the Imaginal
Sweep Clean the chambers of the heart. We glimpse into the vastness of other realities by observing, our inner terrain to allow ourselves to be available for what the imaginal wishes to express. We listen and see the image and…
Our Bodies are a Visual Resource
I just completed a series of classes with a group of young lovely woman. We worked with learning to see our bodies as an embodiment of presences that teem with life. The body is an endless resource of imaginative possibilities.…
Field of Gold
Preparing gleaming surfaces, their light such joy to the hungry eye… gold has been used for centuries with cinnabar and lapis to speak of awe.