Tag: creative process
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Dreaming again
In the first quarter of the year I didn’t dream much, or, I did but they didn’t have the epic, saga like quality that I’m accustomed. They were felt, slowly, and seen only in fragments. I needed the rest, and I didn’t think too hard about them. I had also been contemplating the idea of…
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Out of the Lion’s Gate and Into the Fire
Somewhere between July and August my Chariot went off-road. Things that had been moving smoothly, if sometimes slower than I wanted, started to develop snags. Like so many interruptions to flow these snags were entirely within my own mind and energy, not the sort to simply force through. Synchronicities were loudly asking for my attention…
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Creative Expression and Energy Movement
This is the third part of a short series on energy movement Free play, spontaneity, and creativity are perhaps some of the better recognized assets of the child’s natural gifts. They are also the first to dissipate in a traumatic or high stress environment. When I worked as a child therapist, it was so reliable that…
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Sound and Energy Movement
This is the second part of a short series on energy movement In this strange but interesting channeled book, one of my favorite sections speaks to the primordial nature of sound: “In the beginning, there was sound. Sound began the whole thing, and in sound resides tremendous power. It opens doorways to other realities, for with the production…
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The power of expressive art
From time to time, and especially when therapy is ending for someone, I’m asked what made me choose therapy as a profession. This can be a pretty long and personal answer if I were to respond completely. But regardless of scope I would have to start with the fact that I chose specifically to become…
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What does it mean to be an “artist?”
I made a personal decision earlier in December 2020 to take an indefinite hiatus from social media in order to free up more time, mental energy, and emotional space for practices that nourish me. There’s a lot of amazing creative work that happens on SM, so this isn’t a dig at the medium or anyone’s…
Inward Vision 