Principles of Art, Life & Creativity

• Art is a discipline of awareness of internal and external movement. It is the subtle and delicate practice of following the creative impulse: that intangible, nonverbal dynamic that simultaneously connects us with our most authentic self and the Oneness of all Creation.

• Life and truth live and breathe in the creative process.

• When we attempt to control the creative process, it slips away from us to merge with the diversity and mutability of life. If we attempt to make it conform to our desires we strangle the Life out of whatever we are trying to create.

• Through the artistic discipline, we learn to amplify the fluidity and vitality in our life.

• Art asks us to courageously open ourselves to whatever wishes to be in the moment.

• Art is not about making what we think we want come into existence; rather, art is about inviting Life to guide us.

• It is a matter of being authentic and responsive to the inner impulse of Creation speaking to and through us.

• When we practice and witness art, we collaborate with the Universe.

• A conduit to the Universal Creative Intention opens when we turn inwardly to our authentic Self.

• Art requires a willingness to abandon societal constructs of reality.

• Preconceived beliefs, formulas, and judgments fade as one directly experiences the vibrantly alive face of the Universal Creative Will and Intention.

• We have taken a long ride through the landscape of the rational mind. Its one-dimensional and linear qualities dissociate us from the awareness of ourselves as connected within the Oneness of Creation.

• The practice and witness of art reestablishes and enhances a feeling of connection.

• Like prayer or meditation, but more visceral and tangible, art returns us to our essence. It takes us inward and focuses our awareness on that delicate communion with Universal Creation, which sustains us, aligning us with our authentic selves.

When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world." - African Proverb