Most people are aware of the health benefits of meditation, but many do not know that the process of meditation awakens our higher consciousness and as a result, we become highly creative beings.

Throughout the centuries artists have informed us that art is not about talent but rather spirituality.

Julia Cameron author of The Artists Way, believes creativity is a spiritual issue, “creativity leading to spirituality or spirituality leading to creativity, I do not make a distinction between the two.”

In his book Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultvating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life, Thomas Moore says creativity is about “the preservation and containment of soul. It is about arresting life and making it available for contemplation. Art captures the eternal in the everyday, and it is the eternal that feeds soul – the whole world in a grain of sand.” Read the rest of this entry »

Recovering a Sense of Identity

When you learn to love and to let yourself be loved, you come home to the hearth of your own spirit. You are warm and sheltered. You are completely at one in the house of your own longing and belonging. – John O’Donohue

In ancient Celtic tradition the ‘house of belonging’ was used as a metaphor for the human body as the earthly home for the soul. In Week One of The Artist’s Way we work on creating a sense of safety in preparation for Week Two – returning home to reclaim our spirit. Read the rest of this entry »