by Chris Zydel | May 21, 2022 | Articles |
When Gemini appears on the scene you can be guaranteed an endlessly entertaining torrent of scintillating conversation about anything and everything under the sun. Gemini’s primary superpower is an unquenchable curiosity that searches far and wide for the most...
by Chris Zydel | May 9, 2022 | Articles |
In these times of radical change and upheaval I’ve heard a number of people question the relevancy of this inner creativity work or making art at all. It can seem like this focus on healing and internal awareness and exploration using art is no longer necessary when...
by Chris Zydel | Apr 2, 2022 | Articles |
Whenever I begin one of my workshops, classes or retreats I always get a big laugh when I say : “You are all here because you think of yourself as someone committed to pursuing deep psychological and spiritual healing. You sincerely believe that you want to become...
by Chris Zydel | Feb 9, 2022 | Articles |
Greetings to my beloved wild heart community, My signature online intuitive painting class Painting With Fire begins in a couple of weeks. And many people have happily signed up in eager preparation for a 6 week deep dive into their sacred creative being...
by Chris Zydel | Sep 10, 2021 | Articles |
No matter what it might look like from the outside, everyone is learning the hard way. So give yourself a break. If you’re struggling or floundering or feeling stuck and confused and can’t see a way forward out of whatever is challenging in your life right now,...
by Chris Zydel | Aug 16, 2021 | Articles |
In the Wild Heart Expressive Arts approach to intuitive painting and art-making we are in a continual dance of trying to navigate our relationship to the judging mind also known as the inner critic. I’m defining the inner critic as the part of our psyche that is...
by Chris Zydel | Jun 23, 2021 | Articles |
As many of you know who have been in my world for awhile, prior to the pandemic, I lived my life pretty much on creativity retreats. I offered Wild Heart Painting workshops in some of the most beautiful natural places in the western United States...
by Chris Zydel | May 31, 2021 | Articles |
Some tips for when you find yourself at a creative standstill. Don’t expect yourself to be creative. Or original. Or goddess forbid an ARTIST! Don’t even call what you do creativity. Or art. Simply pick up a brush if you paint. Open a notebook if you...
by Chris Zydel | May 11, 2021 | Articles |
Many of us are still wrangling with a bullshit layer of some old UNHELPFUL story that comes out of an ancient family wound. And this wound is related to the way that we took on the pain of those around us who couldn’t be supported to see their OWN beauty and gifts and...
by Chris Zydel | May 3, 2021 | Articles |
I often think of the intuitive painting process as a spiritual adventure. It reminds me of this lovely quote from the poet John Donahue: “Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.” I really see creativity and...
