by Chris Zydel | Jul 24, 2017 | Articles |
There is an issue that comes up again and again and again in my many painting circles, which is the idea that happiness and joy and ease and pleasure are not REAL spiritual and emotional work. And not to be taken seriously. Because of this belief, there’s an impulse...
by Chris Zydel | Jul 15, 2017 | Articles |
Transformation is one of those things that sounds really good in theory. And that’s because what people are focused on is what happens on the other side of a change they are envisioning. They get excited thinking about how fabulous it’s going to feel to be at...
by Chris Zydel | Jul 8, 2017 | Articles |
Early on in my Wild Heart Expressive Arts Teacher Training program I had a magical experience through one of my students. During this five day intensive each student took a three hour block of time and presented and facilitated an expressive arts class that...
by Chris Zydel | Jun 28, 2017 | Articles |
Just recently I shared on FaceBook about how I had just coughed up a HUGE spiritual hairball of ancient psychological gunk that had been clogging up my emotional and spiritual energy for a LONG time. And someone asked me to share about how I approach that process of...
by Chris Zydel | Jun 22, 2017 | Articles |
I’ve been having an interesting discussion with myself about the desire to take a sabbatical. And how important it is to set aside periodic big chunks of time out of your life to recharge, and rejuvenate. But the problem with sabbaticals is that wherever you go, there...
by Chris Zydel | Jun 11, 2017 | Articles |
That thing that is right in front of you That issue or situation that keeps bringing you to your knees That you seemingly can’t escape Desperately wanting to avoid Hoping it will stop or go away The one where you tell yourself If only I could be rid of this hell Then...
by Chris Zydel | Jun 7, 2017 | Articles |
I search for the wildness still living in me Listening for my wild kin calling out With joyful memories of being clothed in fur and scales and feathers Reminding me of what it means to be deeply a part of this earth We are brothers and sisters of blood and bone and...
by Chris Zydel | Jun 6, 2017 | Articles |
Real is gutsy. Real is vulnerable. Real is raw. And bodacious. Real is at the core of everything. Real is something that you can feel. It resides in the heart and the belly much more so than in the mind. Real is authentic power. Real is where you draw the line. Real...
by Chris Zydel | Jun 5, 2017 | Articles |
I have a friend who is a musician. And more than anything else he wants to write his own songs and eventually put them together on a CD. But it’s not really happening. So he is in that particular type of artists hell where the creative longing is terribly insistent...
by Chris Zydel | May 23, 2017 | Articles |
I got into this line of work… i.e. helping people heal … because I wanted to make things better. I saw a lot of suffering in my family and community during my early years here on the planet. And I wanted to alleviate that suffering. And I still want that. And still...
