Why I chose a Creative Life
Since leaving corporate America 15 years ago and transitioning to becoming first an art consultant and then an artist, I can honestly say that I am much happier living a creative life.
I used to spend a great deal of time and energy distracting myself from a feeling deep down that I couldn’t quite identify - or satiate: it was a sense of deep dissatisfaction.
I was good at my job in marketing communications in Silicon Valley, but it wasn’t until I started to delve into what was really important to me that I began to uncover a buried love of art and the creative freedom it offers.
I have also discovered - through teaching myself how to become an artist - that it is a path that leads to intuition. Listening to my inner voice, and painting from that place, has led me on a voyage of discovery and a desire to express the inner landscape.
It’s a place that is not just confined to the insides of my body; but one that connects with the spiritual realms which extend far far out into the multiverse. I have become a traveler of realms unseen, accessible through meditation and, for me, the practice of painting itself.
When I paint I am aware of unseen but felt forces that assist and guide my hand with each gesture and the choice of colour palette.
When I paint from this place of intuition I am in a state of full awareness and concentration, yet it is a non-thinking place. Time seems to stand still and 5 hours can feel like 5 minutes.
This doesn’t happen all the time, but with the consistency of showing up in the studio and getting into this ‘zone’, I am aware of a collaboration with something greater than me: a creative spirit that guides and flows through me.
And it’s very exciting. I feel alive and connected. Expressing an inner urge from deep within that cannot be expressed with words. But paint and colour, form and gesture seem to give it agency, and a way to live in the world.
Bringing the inside out has meaning. For one, I feel much calmer once the inner voice is expressed. Time spent in the studio allows me to process events in the outside world which I find troubling.
As cathartic as making art is, I also sense a deeper purpose. Allowing these expressions of Self that are personal is also somehow universal. For the personal sits within the universal. My feelings are human feelings and they are felt universally.
When Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile in 1954, he created a new morphogenetic field of what was physically possible for how fast a man could run. Once the new M-field was created, many runners began breaking the four-minute mile record because once an M-field is created, everyone repeating it reinforces the power of the M-field.
I am not saying I’m Roger Bannister (!) but the existence of a painting made with the forces of creation has its own resonance in the world and its ripples touch everyone energetically. There are times I am aware of an intelligence working with and through me: all the hairs on my arms stand on end and I feel a tingling through my spine. And I know I’m not alone.
There’s a sense of being changed through this type of painting experience.
And the paintings I create when this happens have a particular energy, hold a certain frequency, and may even act as portals to another realm.
If you are interested in exploring this more deeply, I invite you to join me in a Studio Circle or in a creativity course or by working with me one-to-one to discover what lies within you and is longing to be expressed.
I am excited to share what I have learned about The Creative Lifecycle and to support others along their creative path. You don’t have to be an experienced artist, or even have painted at all.
Maybe you haven’t done anything creative for a long time, but feel ready to get back to it and want a roadmap to help you navigate the creative process -- so you can recognise the stages so you don’t feel lost or even unable to continue when you get blocked?
Perhaps you’re looking for an experienced artist guide to lead you through the challenges along the path and push you to new territory so you don’t give up too early, or keep on making the same kind of painting?
Maybe you want to change direction in your art and express your authentic voice and want help to access this?
Maybe you’ve abandoned your creative side for far too long and feel that now is the time to tend to your creative fire and juice up your life?
Perhaps you feel unseen, unheard, even trapped in your current working environment and know there’s something more inside you to be expressed that needs to be explored and given flight
You may even be experiencing extreme discomfort in living a life that you are no longer aligned with, and know it’s time to break free.
Wherever you are, if you feel a resonance with any of this, get in touch and let’s chat.
