Sue Hammond West

Jane Carpenter

This weekend program explores the state before you lay your hand on your brush or your canvas – very basic, peaceful and relaxed. Here art refers to all the activities of our life, including any artistic discipline that we practice, referring to our whole being. This way of working with art is noticing the state before you make art. The potential of artistic creation is to directly point to what is true, the richness and limitless potential of the present moment of experience – nowness. We awaken our appreciation for the richness of this colorful and challenging world. Fear drops away as we engage with direct experience.

Participants will investigate guided stages of meditation, maitri practice and artistic creation. Extending outdoors into the natural world, we will draw upon the extraordinary influence and elemental energies of our environment. Students will depart from this hands-on lab with knowledge of their own ways of perceiving and several art expressions.