In the practice of art-based mindfulness, an intention rests behind every artwork. Preluding the creation of Timberella 6 (T6), the intention was enterprising.
Immediately, the piece went in unexpected directions. I wanted to think forward in time, but T6 took me back. I wanted enterprising to be expressed as entrepreneurial grandeur and financial success, she wanted simplicity and resourcefulness.
Restricted by time and materials—and knowing better than to force creative flow—I opened to the process. Here are the surprising (and inspiring) results!
Art-based mindfulness and mindfulness-based art therapy can be used to address the physical and socio-emotional changes that are experienced during mid-life. In this week’s blog, I explore the research, and also share five benefits of art-based mindfulness during mid-life transitions including perimenopause.
When things fall apart, it is entirely possible that they are falling together. In this week’s blog, I share about the two most difficult periods of my life—caregiving and divorce—and how creativity and mindset were used to get through. This blog also features six tips for managing personal crisis with acceptance and grace.
There once was a girl, who lived in the woods, in a nest on the tallest of treetops…
Through parable and environmental sculpture, Girl in the Woods is an ongoing body of work that explores my personal journey through the lens of yoga philosophy and nature-based art. Central to the story is a woodland character named Timberella.In Parable 6, she meets the Stag— symbolizing divinity—who teaches her how to connect with her Inner Wisdom through art and creativity. The sculpture Timberella 3 is also revealed
Art-based mindfulness and mindfulness-based art therapy can be used to address the physical and socio-emotional changes that are experienced during mid-life. In this week’s blog, I explore the research, and also share five benefits of art-based mindfulness during mid-life transitions including perimenopause.
When things fall apart, it is entirely possible that they are falling together. In this week’s blog, I share about the two most difficult periods of my life—caregiving and divorce—and how creativity and mindset were used to get through. This blog also features six tips for managing personal crisis with acceptance and grace.
Through art therapy, courage is cultivated not by “building up”, but by exploring the things that block it. Art therapy allows those blocks to subtly shift and fall away, so that you can be more present and authentic to life’s challenges and opportunities. This blog explores how I used art therapy to start my business.
In those moments when life puts you too outside the norm, when your emotional bottle gets too full…and when you are meanwhile trying to present to the world that all-is-normal-and-good...I highly recommend that you do an Emotional Vomit artwork. It's a time to be real, but also to be playful and to be YOU. This blog will talk you through it.
For creatives who know what it’s like need a drink to get in the “flow,” to have stories and rules about what to make and not make, who are terribly bored by production work, or are stifled by perfectionism and making work to please others. If you are experience any of these creative blocks, here’s how to find your way back to yourself.
Creative Freedom: Eight Essential Keys to Unlock Inspiration are the guiding principles in establishing a game-changing personal creative practice. This is a practice not about technique, but one that reconnects you to your creativity as a source of wisdom and direction. It’s available to anyone who feels creative, at any level, in any artistic genre. This must-have mini-course is offered free of charge.
