Creative Practice
Quest for Awe
How can you expand your sense of wonder and awe? As an expressive arts practitioner, I (Tamara) have built my capacity for embodied presence and
How can you expand your sense of wonder and awe? As an expressive arts practitioner, I (Tamara) have built my capacity for embodied presence and
When the Image Stays With You Sometimes the most important part of an expressive arts experience happens afterward. Days later, a phrase returns. An image
Deep Calls to Deep This week I (Tamara) am still noticing how recent shifts in my expressive arts practice continue to reverberate and ripple outward.
Paying Attention Expressive arts is holistic work. Our whole selves are involved; physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. It is also phenomenological. We pay attention to
The Living Tree of Expressive Arts Expressive Arts is like a living tree. Its roots stretch across many disciplines, traditions, and ways of knowing. Its
Levels and Layers This week we gathered with alumni, continued with internships, and released a new Mindful Art Play lesson called Levels and Layers. As
What Becomes Possible With Age? There is a question from Connie Zweig that I have been sitting with: What is possible in late life—not despite
Finding Wisdom Within This week, we found wisdom alongside a small group of courageous inner journeyers. For four days, we turned inward—listening, creating, and following
Working with the Elements: A Simple Creative Practice In Friday’s Heart of the Elder workshop, we explored how the energies of the elements are moving