I am going to be a guest teacher in Spectrum 2016 this year – and to celebrate I’m giving away a free spot in course as a part of the Spectrum Give-Away Blog-Hop!
Spectrum is an online Holistic-Creative workshop going on its third year, and organized by Hali Karla of Hali Karla Arts.
Spectrum 2016 will be guided by 20 NEW featured teachers and more than 20 returning contributors offering a variety of workshops, inspiration and invitations – all intended to empower, nurture and celebrate your innate creative expression, healing journey, and personal development.
There will be weekly inspiration & reflective activities related to mixed-media art-making and journaling, guidance on integrating your creative process and holistic awareness into your day-to-day life, and a variety of opportunities to connect, support and share with others in the growing Holistic-Creative online community.
The themes that will loosely guide our 2016 Spectrum experience are Forgiveness, Shifting Perspective, Navigating Uncertainty, Integration, Alchemy, Connecting with Nature, Honoring Body, Trusting Joy, and Expressing One’s Truth! You can expect a variety of perspectives on these – and so much more.
To learn more about the details, including all of the contributors and workshop offerings for this course CLICK RIGHT HERE.
I am a returning teacher to Spectrum and my workshop is called Body As Sacred: Bringing Yourself ALL The Way Home where I lead you through an anointing ritual to help you reconnect with your divine feminine nature in embodied form.
As I said – I have one spot for Spectrum 2016 to give-away to a lucky winner in our January blog-hop – but if you follow the blog-hop list below, you will have an even better chance of winning a spot by entering the other give-aways as well.
Win a spot in Spectrum 2016 by leaving a comment about how creativity has healed you below.
I will announce the winner of my free Spectrum pass here on February 1, 2016 – the same day pre-registration opens for Spectrum 2016!
Here is a list of the other teachers who are playing along in the Spectrum 2016 blog-hop, with the dates their give-away goes live – so you can visit their site and enter there, as well.
13 January:
Hali Karla
14 January:
Andrea Schroeder
Angelique Arroyo
15 January:
Bebe Butler
Beth Morey
16 January:
Briana Goetzen
Carissa Paige
17 January:
Cat Caracelo
Catherine Anderson
18 January:
Chris Zydel
19 January:
Elloa Atkinson
Grace Howes
20 January:
Gretchen Miller
Kara LC Jones
21 January:
Kelly Johnson
Kitty Oppegard
22 January:
Kristal Norton
Lisa Hofmann
23 January:
Lisa Wilson
Lucy Pearce
24 January:
Malini Parker
Meghan Genge
25 January:
Melissa Harris
Michelle Turbide
26 January:
Petrea Hansen-Adamidis
Rachael Rice
27 January:
Robin Hallett
Shelley Klammer
28 January:
Suki Ciappara Ka’Pinao
Tara Leaver
Enjoy the blog-hop, good luck on the give-aways, and I hope to see you in Spectrum!
Creativity has allowed me the escape from everyday stress – I work in software development, which can be very stressful and demanding (ridiculous schedules, impossible requirements …). Creating in my art journal gives me the freedom to do what I want, to express my frustration, my joy, whatever my heart feels at the time. Thank you for the chance to win a spot – the workshop looks fabulous!
I am still in the releasing stage of connecting to my creativity and learning all the amazing ways to heal myself. Learning this amazing way to self expression has been a little challenging as connecting to who I am , not so sure yet. I so want this healing aspect of art journaling… Thank you Chris for the opp to the possibility of winning a seat… this workshop has so many amazing healers would be perfect avenue. Good luck every one
Creativity helps me to express my emotions, feelings. It helps me to accept myzelf, who I am. I have a social anxiety disorder and live in social isolation, but through my creativity, what i’m making, I come in contact whit other people online (FaceBook, online courses, etc). Sorry for my english writing, i’m dutch)
Creative expression and art have been my only way of expressing myself during some really dark times. It is cathartic and illuminating. Creativity is like a companion that never leaves my side even in the loneliest of times. I’ve learned more about myself through creativity than I have any other way. Thanks for the opportunity! This class looks great!
After not having painted and journaled much for the last two years, I started, while doing the ‘Woman Unleashed Retreat’ my first big painting. And did finish it and it did make me feel just so happy. And now I am still busy with ‘Woman Unleashed’ and I so enjoy all the different things we have done, it makes my heart sing again.
Now the first thing in the morning I do, is working in my journal, still have 3 days to do and watch 6 video’s, and then my first Retreat is finished. I loved every minute of it, and now I have joined in so many wonderful groups, I just know this year will be amazing and the happiest since years.
My primary calling in life has been in service to others. It has been a blessing and very educational! And it has been challenging and has led to emotional exhaustion. Creativity is the most important healing tool in my self care practice. Meditation, prayer, exercise, journaling; all essential to my functioning, but allowing my creativity to bubble up, expressing it without judgment, and sharing it with others has been a miracle of healing. The flow of creativity is as lifesaving as the flow of blood in our veins and the flow of air in our lungs. It’s vital to my Joy of living. I am so grateful for my teachers who encourage me in creative expression.
Creativity heals me on so many levels, in so many ways…so much so that I usually find words are inadequate to describe exactly how. I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the sheer bliss that washes over me when I create. I dabble in many different mediums, and I’m also so very grateful for the gift of supplies and tools I have been given to work with. Creativity sustains my spirit. Whenever I feel the need to retreat into the comforting cocoon of the recesses of my mind, which is usually a direct result of some outer stressor, I turn to creativity to nourish my soul. Sometimes those stressors come at me so fast that I’m not able to head off the retreat. Creativity never fails to shine her glowing beam of light into my darkness! And I, because I learned many moons ago that I simply cannot ignore creativity no matter how hard I try, cling to that beacon with all my might. I know in my heart of hearts that creativity provides the conduit from my soul to Source, as well as the necessary outlet for me to work though all the human stuff that’s thrown at me. My mind, body, and spirit is made whole through every word written, every brush stroke painted, every stitch sewn or crocheted, every bead wired, every nail hammered, every seed planted.
Using my creativity reminds me that I am precious yet so very resourceful. Whenever I doubt who I am, or why I’m here, I tap into my creativity and know that I’m one of a kind and am loved for that reason.
Creativity is bringing me back to being my own self, freed from all the controlling ties to others that were connected over the years.
When I began my spiritual direction internship, I was caring for my mother with dementia. Near the beginning of our second semester we had a class on creativity and spirituality and were given a homework assignment to take a crayon home and create and bring back something that spoke of our creative spiritual journey. Mine was a booklet which followed the crayon through process of being melted and re-formed in a new shape that told a story of transformation. It was a healing that brought me to an intentional practice of creating that I still maintain and rely on to be a place of grounding. I’d love to win a spot in Spectrum. Thanks for the opportunity and for the work you do.
Creativity has been a sacred healing journey in discovering buried parts of myself. It saved my life.
Now there’s nothing else I’d rather do than paint!!!
Thank you Chris!
Creativity began for me as a child and kept me on the straight and narrow so to speak as a teenager. Even then, I practiced intuitive art without really understanding it. Today my creative spirit paints in the morning as I begin my day. Coffee in hand, toddler underfoot, teenagers in school and clients scheduled for healing sessions in the evening, this is MY sacred time that keeps me sane!:)
Dear Chiris,
Since I saw you at Lifebook 2015 and woman unleashed I am a big fan of You.
Your thought and teathing method are very close to me. I am waiting for any of e-course to meet you as I’m the other side of the Planet.
Creating art is like a medicine in this World.
Thank you for your generous heart to make this giveaway.
love and hug Ildy
Creativity has helped my find courage to face things in life.
I so rarely take time for myself. Time to play, explore my creativity and commit to my self care practices. I have taken the Spectrum workshop two times and each time it has opened a whole new world for me. A space for self healing and self exploration – to nourish my mind, body and soul. I have healed so deeply from the various forms of breath work, meditation, permission to splatter paint on paper, non-judging whispers, and all of the encouraging and growth provoking messages from each and every contributor. I would be so honored and appreciative to win a spot in the next spectrum. Thank you with all my heart and soul.
Creativity has helped me in so many ways, usually unexpectedly. Even exploring all these new sites during this blog hop has led to a new discovery about my childhood. So thank you for this opportunity to keep going forward!
Creativity has brought so much healing to my life, especially after experiencing a natural disaster a few years ago. I use it in my personal life and in my career. ❤️
Creativity has been a healing force in my life by helping me find myself. It has helped me be able to have a voice in a world where I am generally too shy to be a part of. I speak through my art.
thank you so much for the opportunity to win a spot on Spectrum. Creativity heals me by taking the time to nurture myself, creativity helps me discover who I really am and what I really like. Thank you so much again.
art journaling and intuitive painting have literally saved my life. As I made my way through
Breast cancer and a stroke last year, these powerful tools made it possible to move from fear to hope and healing intentions . Magical stuff
Creativity has freed me from self judgement and has brought me to a place of love and acceptance for myself and others.I would enjoy the opportunity to keep growing in this way!
Art heals me every day. I started with scrapbooking, and exploring techniques I found out art journaling and mixed media. And I dropped anchor there! I suffered phobias and anxiety so this way to express my feelings and thought has saved my life. I’m still working on my mind every day, and art is there to support me. :)
Creativity, art journaling especially, has helped me get in touch with my feelings. I am a recovering addict and was disconnected from my emotions for a long time. Creative expression has helped me reconnect.
Creativity has helped me to not lose my mind, or to lose my mind & find a new sense of self instead, to find back to openness & curiosity, a sense of connectedness to life…
I have neglected my creative soul, ignored the urges to live up to my creative capacity. I am at a crossroads in my life, taking steps on a new path.
I have to learn to be firm yet gentle with myself and push myself to take creative risks. To appreciate myself, my body, mind, sould and talent.
I hope I win…thank you for the opportunity!
Making art has helped me to deal with my feelings in a way of self expression. I feel like I have grown as a person in the short time of being an artist.
Thanks for the opportunity to win a spot in this class. Please, Ronda
Creativity has healed me in so many ways! from the simple, but valuable distraction from pain, to helping me express the unexpressable, to showing me my strengths and hidden parts of my soul, creativity is a central part of my spiritual, wellness and self-care practice. Would be so grateful for a spot in 2016 Spectrum. Thank you.
Creativity has allowed me me to blossom and grow!
Creativity is an expression of self and without it the self cannot be fully expressed—it keeps me sane and in touch with my inner knowing. Thanks for a chance to win a spot in Spectrum!
Creativity continues to heal me in all realms. As I learn new techniques, I gain clarity (about myself and where I’m placing my energy as well as patterns and shifting them), my heart opens, I make new connections, and all of this energy weaves into every area of my life – opening, expanding, drawing like-energy in. I keep playing with, and sharing, my energy through creative expression, even when I feel really vulnerable – and that keeps flow coursing through my being, which is ultra-healing. Instead of closing when I was ‘losing everything’ a few years ago, I opened with creativity and that changed my life, and keeps enriching it.
In discovering contemplative spiritual practices I simultaneously discovered myself as artist and art as spiritual practice. This combination as been the most healing experience which I want to continue to nurture. Thanks for this opportunity to win a spot in Spectrum 2016!
In a way, this seems like an odd question to me: creativity has been an integral part of my life for long as I can remember. If I couldn’t be creative…….well…….I just can’t imagine it. I was creative in my lesson planning for high school English for 29 years, and now that I have retired, I paint and art. Creative expression keeps me from going insane. I still hurt though; it isn’t a protection against pain. At those times my creative expression reminds me of beauty, and puts things in perspective.
I hope to win a spot and hope some of my friends join too now that I posted it in my Facebook page. Creativity is freeing the mind of everyday mundane things.
Creativity has helped me to overcome many challenges in my life from the time I was very young and it continues to do so. It also allows me to help and serve others in my work as a Massage therapist, Yoga teacher, and creative arts facilitator. Doing this online class would give me room to heal , play and grow.
Creativity has such power to reconnect to the spirit, the soul…the deepest circle that it really can imbibe, absorb and diffuse most of the pain, grief and whatever negatives we accumulate or come across in this every-day life. I feel that it inspires me to create a parallel universe – a world of my own where I forget the and try to forgive any such circumstances or people involved in it (maybe it’s a kind of escapism for some)! I feel safe there and creating an amazingly positive world has always been a soulful experience for me! But of course there are trying times and sometimes that does affect the creativity too…and yet I try to emerge out of it…trying to concentrate on what I create and perhaps those are the times when my intuitive paintings work the best!
After I started to express myself creatively I started noticing the colors and beauty in everything. I used to feel annoyed when seeing our old worn out athroom floor, now I discover all kinds of interesting figures and animals in it when using the bathroom :)
Creativity freed me from my critical mind and taught me about another deeper part of me. I would call the freedom that it’s given me: healing. Creativity changed my life completely!
Twenty years ago, I was in a relationship with someone that did not appreciate art. (And as it turned out, did not appreciate me!) I had thrown away my artwork, and thrown away part of myself. Becoming reacquainted with my artistic and creative self has been deeply healing and has carried me forward in life. I plan on exploring creatively for the rest of my life!
Creativity helps me to have less stress, to be calmer. If the world around me “hurts” everywhere, creativity is like a “house” around me that is smooth and kind to me.
Being creative is healing for me when it connects me to a deeper place inside. Usually when I’m creating, I “ponder” things and just let my thoughts follow rabbit trails to wherever. When I come back to the real world I find I feel more peaceful.
I am suffering from DID, and in a workshop about children and trauma, one very young part of me, who was touched by the teddybear of the workshop leader, came to surface. She started to draw the teddy, and while she (I) did that,I realized she had held and thereby protected my creativity for my entire life (I’d never been able to draw at all). From that moment on, I became able to draw and paint, and, moreover, drawing and painting became a way of connecting to the inner parts still hidden inside me. I still have a long way to go, as DID is hardwired into your brain, but I’ll never ever give up creativity any more, as it litteraly heals me, connecting me to my inner world and thereby to others as well.
Art journaling has helped to heal me by providing a meaningful way for me to lean into the depression that invades me especially during the winter months. It’s an activity that is readily available and easy enough to do even when I’m really struggling. I work really slowly but that’s ok. It’s there for me to work on the next day.
Creativity has given me space and the means to work through what I am going through and begin to heal as well as taking my mind of it and having fun.
I subscribed, tweeted, pinned it, and liked it on FB :-) I have a physical disability and suffer from major depression and anxiety. I use art to help deal with these issues and to help me HEAL- which happens to v\be my word for the year. This course is exactly what I need! I would love to win a spot :-) Thanks for the opportunity.
Oh Creativity, dear sweet creativity. If I didn’t do something creative each day, I would have most likely exploded in some fashion by now, either internally or externally. However, I can’t say that it has “healed” me, as it is a work in progress that is slowly healing. I think some wounds don’t totally heal, but creativity is the thing each day that keeps them from opening again and again. Life is tough for many, but when I am being creative in some way, my mind can go to a place where it can either work on things it needs to, or if it needs to check out a little, well it serves that purpose as well. Also, I always want/need to be learning something, and creativity is the perfect method of that learning as there are infinite ways to express one’s inner creativity. I so look forward to my creative time each day, even if it is just 10 minutes. It is the time where I feel most like the true me. It is like giving myself a hug. And lets face it, at any given time, at any moment, most of us could use a hug. Hope you have a beautifully creative day! <3 P.S. Normally I would not share my only website page (which is my creative jewelry shop on Etsy) but it seems it won't let me post this comment without a website. Sorry friend! I am not much of a fan of self-promoting in someone else's creative corner of the world. Thanks though!
Creating has allowed me to explore and (begin to) discover who I really am — and to trust that this is enough and even beautiful! Thanks for the opportunity to win a spot in Spectrum!
When I finally allowed myself to explore my creativity I discovered how vital it is to my health and happiness. I always felt time in the art room was play time and I couldn’t indulge myself until my household obligations were taken care of. In the last year, I’ve learned that giving myself some creative time each day makes me more joyful and authentic. Definitely a better person to be around!
Creativity is still healing me! :)
It is through creativity that I come to embrace more–of myself and of this vast, glorious (sometimes challenging) world. It is creativity that centers me while developing my capacity to engage in relationship with the rest of this wild world!
Creativity heals me by helping me shed layers of perfectionism and bullshit ideas about “doing it right” — it’s all about “doing it true” instead, i.e. being true to myself! :)
Ahhh…. creativity has been such a huge healing gift over the past decade for me… from handling having premature twin boys to holding my mother’s hand as she went into the mystic beyond and finding a way to turn that brokenhearted grief into something beautiful to getting to really know myself from the inside versus external opinions/expectations, etc! Thanks so much for this opportunity to win a spot. Blessings, Julia
Creativity has given me a chance to let go and be free. It energizes and lifts me up. Definitely healing magic.
Each time I felt overwhelmed, drawing + writing helped me to connect my inner guidance and helped me to find peace in the storm.
Creativity….painting making collages… is my magic wand. It is the way i use to heal myself, connect with raw emotions, receive message and feel alive. Creativity gives me the sacred space to come home and rest….to voyage into other dimension…it is when i feel real, i feel myself….
2 years ago i became reduntant, lost my savings trying to survive and eventually agreed to move abroad with my partner for his work, i had nothing to lose. Onlyi did, i didn’t find work, my partner and i seperated and i was stuck on the other side of the world from everyone and everything i’d ever known (we were in the Philippines, and not the nice touristy bit, culture shock).
I borrowed some money and did some volunteering in Australia and Newzealand to save coming home a failure, but of course i still had to admit defeat and come home, after months of feeling lost and struggling to find my path i rediscovered my creative streak via a free online retreat called woman uleashed and it literally turne my life around.
I am not not only teaching fitness, but esoteric practises, using art therapies and creative methods for meditations, and i have also signed up and am learnin to be a life coach and i know i will be using alot of the art therapies in my coaching, i have helped two friends already discover their mental blocks and make big changes to their lives and i feel i have finally found my calling.
I am ever grateful to everyone, every experience which led me to this path and for everythng yet to come which will help me yet further along.
I have only recently started art journaling regularly and am finding this to be a very calming way to focus on healing. I would love exploring more in the workshop.
About a year ago I felt drained, powerless and unworthy. Waking up day to day was a chore and the accompanied sleepless nights pushed me to a darker place. I don’t know how I fell into art journaling for sure but I found some on line art courses and they literally saved me from self destruction. My practice is fledging but I find peace and joy and power in using art to explore myself, I take pleasure in taking the blank page and pouring my heart, mind and soul into my body of work. To be able to learn from others and celebrate with a tribe of supportive creatives would be a wonderful next step. I’ll need to uncross my fingers now…the canvass is calling and I must not keep my muse waiting!
I could not live without my art, end of story! I H A V E to do something arty/creative every single day without fail. It is like a drug that draws me in. If I don’t get to create in some way (even a bit of doodling on scrap paper will do) I get withdrawal symptoms. By that I mean, I feel lost somehow and know that something in my life is incomplete. Of course I know exactly what that something is. As soon as I get that pencil, pen, paintbrush (even a bit of junk) in my hands I feel like the real me! Sounds a bit dramatic I know but after years of holding myself back for various reasons, I recognise the healing properties of my arty interests and practices. It is in my blood and no matter what, I know it will always be there to make me strong when I need it, to work out my feelings when I need that, and be simply there for me (like an old friend) whenever I feel like it! Art is that powerful. And, at the end of the day if I have something nice to look at on my walls (or other), it’s a bonus.
2015 was a HUGE year of learning. I experienced over the top anxiety from working for someone in a job I loved as children’s librarian. Half way thru the year, myself and the three other librarians quit for our health and salinity. With the time off, I found myself art journaling and releasing all my emotions. One day I found Amber B. And her free online art class. I took a canvas and acrylics and feel in love! I began painting!… Something I had dreamed of and never dared to try. I do some kind of art most every day. It’s my friend, my lover, myself.
Creativity and art journaling have had such a huge impact on my life. I used to feel a lot of anger and frustration and the feeling of not being seen or heard. Art gives me a voice, a way of expressing myself and my soul. It has allowed me to go deep and heal some very painful wounds.
Creativity is the path to knowing my true self, the wild rebel child as well as the still quiet voice. It’s my most essential form of self care!
Being creative has been my cord of live since I can remember.
Without it I feel barren. Its my dayly need, my dayly place to be alone, to play ,to be in contact with my inner child and the Spirit. My inner child makes me the wiser adult. Creativety alows me to be me in the fullest way.
Creativity has been the Doorway to Expressing the World of Magic that has always existed within me, though I didn’t realise it until I began to paint & create . It has thought me that nothing is a mistake & often has led me to something even more amazing profound & Magical. It gives me the courage to Trust myself to know I have the Answers within me . It has given me back my Child like wonder & delight in what s next that desires to be created through me. It has moved me from a place of deep dispare & Darkness to reawakened my passion for life . What a gift it is . Thank You Creative Goddess & All Good Luck Lots of Love & Gratitude Elissia
I am still exploring the benefits of turning to my own creativity. I really can’t seem to get enough!
Art and journaling have been my companions on this life road and have helped me through some difficult times. Always looking for new inspirations and digging deeper into ones that seem to elude me. Thank you for your generous giveaway
My creativity heals me daily! As a child, drawing my way into other worlds allowed my imagination to take me away from a violent and volatile home life; as an adult, processing emotions through my art, around both my early life, and the challenges I’ve met as an adult facing cancer and lupus, elevates me beyond my pain. When my body interferes with my ability to create art, I find other ways to be creative by helping others with their art, by making healthy and beautiful meals, by making my surroundings beautiful… Creativity can be found in how I see the world around me, when I am unable to actively add my own creations to it – each breath creates ????
Creativity has always been my friend, but sometimes I took Her for granted when I was younger. No longer. Dance helped heal me from a bad car accident. Intuitive art has helped me find my deepest joy and passion! It has also helped me find a nonattached way to pray for others, to hold them in love (I paint a prayer for them) without getting my energy all mixed in it–a way to ask Spirit to watch over them.
Creativity has been healing for me in SO many ways that it’s hard to narrow it down to one . Really it has become a way of life that is as necessary as breathing for my well being. It allows me to slow down, get out of my head, get into the present& tune in to my intuition like nothing else can ! THIS is my form of meditation! It can also get my imagination & passion going till all hours of the night ! A positive way to express & release ANY pent up energy or emotions! Not to mention that it is a great form of FuN !! What’s more healing than that !!
Creativity as allowed me to heal on many different levels, and it continues to do so.
It has also allowed me to meet so many wonderful artists from all around the world.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Many cheers!
Since 2014 have been searching for creative outlets….did touch drawing, attended Chris Zydel’s wonderful retreat last Dec in California. This led me also to do three classes with Lisa Sonora Beam. I feel in the process of looking for creativity I also have found a way to my inner core and healing within myself. If I had not had the art/journaling process and morning pages this past 6 months I do not know what I would have done. I have been trying to find work and found a job but know this is not for me…so I will keep searching. I appreciate all who are on their journey and finding the tools to help when things are difficult. Sincerely, Rena
Hi Chris,
Being part of this Creativity community would be a dream for me. I observe that, alone by myself, I often don’t take time to connect with me deeply in a creative way. I let myself be distracted by so many things. So I cross my finger to part of this group to help me stay focus. Thanks for the opportunity.
Creativity has helped me be at peace with difficult situations..I turns to the Arts to try and make sense of the world and in doing so..I heal..
Creativity has helped me open up my heart and gratitude, doing art to me is sacred, giving me a window into my soul…..
During a meditation, I listened to my inner voice. I was guided to “paint something and see what happens”. I’ve never painted other than in young childhood. I gave myself permission to paint my bathroom with designs and other abstract painting play without thinking what or how to paint (using my kids’ crayola set). It’s been 6 months and I haven’t stopped (but yes moved outside of my bathroom!). It’s helped me to heal by lessening the critical, judgmental voice in my head. It’s given me courage and confidence because I realized that nobody in the whole world has my authentic, creative hand.
It makes me flow, play, listen, laugh, get wild, and come alive in ways that haven’t happened since I was a young girl.
Creativity is a direct path to the soul.
Creativity has always added joy to my life, but it was not until I lost my father at the age of ten that I learned how healing it can be. Since then I have turned to art during my darkest times, from single parenthood to health issues, with myself and my children to financial strife and marriage complications. I turned to art whenever I need to focus negative energy into something healing and positive. Most importantly I use art to control and heal the worst parts of me as well as the best so that I understand it and do not splash my darling girls with negativity. I am also working on teaching them to explore their hearts, souls and creativity through art.
My creativity has, in many ways, isolated me from people and in doing so has forced me to do hard work within myself to be able to coexist with those who either ignore their own creativity for the sake of a less chaotic/less expansive life, or those who don’t believe they can start within themselves to follow that voice urging them on to something more. Everyone likes having creative people in their life but it can be hard being the ‘creative’ one when there is no well within a situation/relationship from which to draw inspiration and support. Yes, the best inspiration comes from within, but where would the sunflower be without the sun? Creativity challenges me to be more than I think I am capable of being.
I am coming out of a long cycle of depression and then a miscarriage and creativity gave me space each day while I slowly healed and grieved with my whole self.
Creativity has helped to heal me through the expression of the written word. Sometimes a short story while at other times a long poem. It doesn’t really matter if the writing is “good” as lng as whatever has been hurting feels better by the time I am done. I ould like to learn more about me, my soul, and how we can utilize creativity in other mediums than writing to heal our broken parts.
Creativity has helped me heal through some hard times in my life, giving me a safe place to express myself. Thank you for the chance to win.
Creativity has succeeded in filling voids in my life that nothing else can seem to reach. It has allowed me time and an aspect of mindfulness to get through some truly difficult times. Yet again it is coming to the fore at a time in my life where the stress and health problems I am working through have all but brought me to a standstill. As I try to battle my way through the jungle of thoughts and the heavy fog of emotions and pain, creativity is bringing in little chinks of light, calling me to let go and trust in it’s healing powers. This time around I am hoping to truly submerge myself in a spectrum of colour, creativity and light that will help me to feel whole again and light the way to a great future.
Creativity has been a beautiful source of healing for me throughout the past 10 years. It has helped me find myself again, cope with financial lack and health related setbacks, grow as a mama and connect with my children and currently it is helping me help others heal through creativity! Thank you for the opportunity to win a spot!
Probably my time of greatest healing and transformation through creativity came in the early 90s, after I’d worked in Hollywood as a studio executive and found myself out of work. My job was to find writers and directors for projects, then work with them to perfect their scripts. I had come to LA a decade before to be an actress but was told by my teachers that I was better off working with creative people than being one myself. So I took my broken heart and went off to do as I was told. Then I took a spiritual workshop where we were assigned to co-write a play and act in it. Suddenly, people were laughing and congratulating me and asking why I wasn’t writing for a living. I re-found myself and became a professional writer– and have made my living as a creative for over two decades.
Creativity is something I have recently turned to help me heal, to free me, to allot me to express myself through art. Thanks for the opportunity to win this class!
Thank you for this lovely opportunity – it has been a joy to visit your site!
Creativity has helped me to find peace during the hardest times of my life…especially through grieving. It has also given me wings to fly in happiness!
Creativity has helped me learn so much more about myself. It helps to reflect on the ups and downs of life, passed..present…future. It is a window to the soul.
Creativity is my Grail. When I remember to drink from it, submerge deeply within or annoint myself with it’s sacred waters I am connected and free.
Creativity has been a part of my life since I was a child, but I have recently allowed myself to create without looking for approval from others which feels very freeing.