Im enrolled in two courses this year... One is Transpersonal Art Therapy at the Phoenix Institute. The other is a Solo Residency program at Victoria University. In the residency, Ive been able to immerse in whatever creative process I can envision, following my souls quiet promptings. It has been a gorgeously flowing exploration that has included songwriting, a journey into the desert and three day solo vision quest, music making, drawing and painting. Ive played with acrylics and then oils, tried felting for the first time and have begun to play with film photography. I entered a photograph into a local exhibition for the first time. Throughout the year I have had beautiful and inspiring phone conversations with my wise supervisor, many of which have been quite vulnerable. He has been a support in both creative process and a philosophical sounding board for life. Tomorrow marks a culmination of sorts. I chose not to give any official exhibition or performance, but instead to gather my various creations into a space and invite my supervisor to simply witness. Although the whole journey has been one of gentleness and emerging, with greater focus on process than outcome, I still find myself nervous about tomorrow. I notice a part of me that wants my artwork to be amazing, and to receive accolades and to be told Im wonderful. I notice a part that wants to impress my supervisor. I want it, this showing, to be awesome and to have made it as an artist. I want to be told that my work has potential. And yet, all this is beside the point. I feel this year has been one of grace and success, simply because Ive allowed myself to follow my inner promptings. After hearing myself say, I want to paint! for too long, I let myself paint. And I let myself do that in a curious, exploratory way, without any expectations. Sure, expectations creep in sometimes, and I see how they stunt my creative expression in those moments. But I see them, and I chose to be present to what wants to emerge now. It is so lovely. Am feeling deeply blessed to have given myself this opportunity. If you feel the call to deepen into your souls creative expression, please, give yourself the gift of picking up a paintbrush, knitting needle, ukulele, pencil or whatever else calls you. Let yourself immerse in the incredible richness of play!
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:04:56 +0000
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