"Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience." - Masaru Ibuka
Like many others, finding appropriate space to explore and cultivate my art everyday is essential to my mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Thus, nurturing personal creativity is key in my balancing act of bliss.
This
page is dedicated to sharing my
personal creations, artistic musings, daily inspirations, and
educational crafting ideas with you. It will include
resources that I rely upon to find creative, fun ideas for both children and
their magical mamas. I have faith this information will inspire like
minded parents to cultivate and celebrate the wisdom of the arts in everyday family life. It is our responsibility to
transform and resolve the problems we find in the world. Creativity is
Key. Find your balance outside of the box!
Artist
Alan Moore claims,
"Magic
is art and art, whether it be writing, music, sculpture, or any other
form
is literally magic. Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating
symbols,
words, or images, to achieve changes in consciousness..." I couldn't
agree more and further propose that a life filled with artistic
creativity transforms the mundane into the magical and
miraculous...always. Instant relief from the tedious sufferings of
"everyday life."
Whether metamorphosing a stressful afternoon into a fun, family adventure or transforming your toddler's frustrated tears into laughter, as magical mothers we must master these skills utilizing our infinite capacity for compassion, wisdom, and joy. Familiarizing oneself with spontaneity, imagination, and relative discord is necessary in this magical approach. The result? Or should I say the path? Compulsive creating! Now everyday I find passionately and relentlessly utilizing my artistic skills to balance (and re-balance) my needs with those of my children, husband, and greater community. It has proven an invaluable tool to sustaining my happiness and that of those around me.
Whether metamorphosing a stressful afternoon into a fun, family adventure or transforming your toddler's frustrated tears into laughter, as magical mothers we must master these skills utilizing our infinite capacity for compassion, wisdom, and joy. Familiarizing oneself with spontaneity, imagination, and relative discord is necessary in this magical approach. The result? Or should I say the path? Compulsive creating! Now everyday I find passionately and relentlessly utilizing my artistic skills to balance (and re-balance) my needs with those of my children, husband, and greater community. It has proven an invaluable tool to sustaining my happiness and that of those around me.
Infinite opportunities arise
to express and share our ideas through art. I love curling up by myself in a
quiet corner to serenely draw tiny spirals for hours, just as much
as I love building magnificent cardboard castles and mixing
magical potions. However, in order to fully indulge in and enjoy my
love of
creation, it is necessary to keep an open mind and no expectations when
it comes to what art "forms" evolve and the time
needed to see them through completion.
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” ~ Buddha
Integrating art into my children's
education and play, food preparation, daily meditations, domestic
chores, friendships, and personal income has become absolutely necessary and relatively easy for my family. Fortunately, art is easily the most
important element of my children's education, as well as my sanity. Cultivating the imaginations and creative critical thinking skills of our children is IMPERATIVE for
them to handle the huge global catastrophes their teenage and adult
lives face. It is our most important responsibility. We must teach our
children how to create positive change and achieve healthy balance in
order to save the world. Literally.
Here are links to my personal art
pages, with more to come. . .
DREAMSCAPES
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” ~Buddha
My son has always loved to talk about his dreams. I love nurturing his desire to recreate scenes from his imagination. Whether it is building a fort, designing a block castle, or painting his face with his inner vision, Maddox joyfully blends dream with reality. I consciously support this melding of inner and outer visions and the ability to create our unseen realities in the material world. I strongly believe that by strengthening our imaginations and joining our waking/dreaming realities, we are able to develop critical "creative" abilities. This form of critical thinking will help us develop new solutions to problems ranging from personal depression to global catastrophes.
It is true that the external is a reflection of the internal. I have been refining my shrine and temple building skills since I was a child. Now as an adult, I incorporate it into my art, everyday fashion, and domestic chores. A few secrets -
1. Clean up your temple. Go thru old closets, boxes, file cabinets, etc. Get rid of everything you really don't need. Why do you have pay stubs from 1998? A forgotten picture of an old lover? An expired AAA card? A shirt that you haven't worn in 3 years? Why? You don't need that stuff. Clean up your space, clean up your mind. You will dream better. You will think better. You will find it easier now to recreate your dreamscapes and live in a magical reality.
2. Take inventory. Now that you have cleaned up a bit, see what magical objects are around you. Re-imagine them, if necessary, into things you wish to create. Transforming your child's bedroom from a toddler's nursery to a "big kids" room? You probably have everything you need if you look around the house. Imagination and creativity are key, not money. Try to re-purpose items as much as possible. THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
3. Collect scarves. Scarves can serve as: headwraps, capes, bandages, spit up cloths, belts, tops, slings, alter cloths, unexpected birthday gifts, window/wall hangings, wrapping paper, handkerchief, a form of entertainment, and many other things. Collect many of them in beautiful colors, textures, and patterns.
4. Find magical friends for yourself and your children. We are what we think. A group of positive, like minded people is very powerful. Lets engage with others that respect and honor our roles as magical mothers. Lets abandon relationships that are not serving our goals as responsible parents and stewards of the Earth.
5. Don't hold back. You are a Goddess! THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!!! Manifest your dreams! Indulge your child's imagination. Indulge your own imagination. Have fun! Laugh a lot!
Here are a few examples of my favorite "dreamscape" artists. If you have time please check them out. It is very worthwhile "screen" time in my opinion. These artists are amazing!
Korean artist Jee Young Lee
Queenie Liao
Vivian Masters - The Dreamscape Project
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