Art As Access http://www.artasaccess.com creating art, well-being and new possibilities Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:55:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en feast – days 16 – 23 It’s been a great week. I can feel the support of regular practice. I am happy to share that I sat each day for at least a few minutes. There was something freeing about it not having to be 40-minutes each day (especially on days when I did other soul supportive practices). Something too about [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/02/05/feast-days-16-23/ feast – days 9 to 15 I have not been sitting each day as I had hoped to, intended to at the start of the feast. I was going to say “as I would like to” and I’m not so sure whether I want to sit each day. It’s confusing to say I what to and not do it. Or think [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/02/02/feast-days-9-to-15/ feast – days seven & eight day seven notes – I so enjoy weekends at home with “nothing” to do. It’s been rainy here this weekend and I found myself simply not wanting to go out and do much. I sat for 40 minutes when it worked in the flow of the day. I often find myself in tears during meditation. [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/01/23/feast-days-seven-eight/ nourishment In celebration of the Winter Feast for the Soul – Jan. 15th – Feb. 23. This month’s inquiry is “what is your experience of nourishment?”

I continue to be amazed at how nourishing it is for me to make art, to let go into the unknown of the creative process, to be the hands moving [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/01/21/nourishment/ feast – days four, five & six The days are starting to blur together and there’s a lack of clarity that I don’t enjoy. This happens with other things for me as well and I have a sense of wanting the details, wanting to keep track along the way and have a real sense of clarity. So, that said I will hold [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/01/21/feast-days-four-five-six/ feast – days one, two, three Day One – Sunday January 15th

It’s the end of day one and I have this sense of not making art today and I wanted to. Then realizing that I want to open my idea of “making art” since no I didn’t create a collage and yet I worked digitally to edit three photographs and [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/01/19/days-one-two-three/ How I’d like to Feast I have been thinking about how I’d like to feast and what I would like from these 40 days of practice.

I miss a really great Yin yoga class I used to get to on Sunday afternoons and would like to go again sometime in the 40 days.

I miss sitting with other people and [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/01/14/how-id-like-to-feast/ winter feast for the soul I am participating in the “Winter Feast for the Soul“, a wonderful project bringing together a worldwide community of people committing to 40 minutes of spiritual practice (Meditation, Prayer, Yoga, Martial arts, Journaling, Expressive arts and Daily acts of kindness toward self and others) for 40 days – January 15 – February 23.

More details [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/01/11/winter-feast-for-the-soul/ Happy New Year 2012 I wanted to connect again and send you best wishes for a wonderful 2012. May you have a joyous New Year!

I haven’t email an artasaccess update and inquiry in some time. I didn’t intend to take a long break and it happened as the months passed by.

I have been focusing my energies on [...]]]> http://www.artasaccess.com/2012/01/11/happy-new-year-2012/ Best Wishes Happy Holiday Season

I would like to wish you a joyful, connecting and nourishing Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!

May the light of your authentic self shine brighter in the world.

May you know a deep sense of inner peace.

May each day bring a newness, an aliveness and joy.

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