Finding the Hero Within
By M.
Lucia Phillips
The Hero Journey begins in a dark and warm cocoon – A place of
incubation, as if we are an idea taking shape, becoming flesh.
When we leave the cocoon for a much larger world, full of light and
senses never before imagined, breathe is the first thing we do in communion
with all mortals on planet Earth. – Life is a web of relationships.
In this journey we are the heroes at the “center” of the universe, from
where we have our worldview shaped. From there we weave our stories and are
woven by our interconnectedness with others in the river of life – In truth we
are the river ourselves.
Life and Art are being crafted right now and shaped by how we respond to
those external and internal challenges of ours. Are we transforming those challenges
and limitations in raw material for our next creative work, be it a book, a
painting, a play, a movie, a dance, a song, a project, or a relationship?
Each one of us is in a certain point of this unfolding journey. We can
be slaying or embracing the fifth dragon of our lives, saving the tenth
princess, or lost again for the hundredth time, it doesn’t matter. It is always
the right time to explore the boundaries of our creative potential, embracing
our inner demons and transforming them into our allies.
Art is always personal, always flesh-and-blood. It is all about
conflicts, struggles, victories, losses, love or lack of it, frustrations,
shame, numbness, faith, solitude, anger, expectations, dreams, courage, desire,
fear, all of the above and more.
It is all about what we truly embrace in grace or in pain throughout our
lives and dare to express in some form – It is contemplating our history in the
world that we create our own stories.
The Art & Thought Lab Creativity Boot Camp is inspired by this journey, and
designed to find, release and transform one’s resistance into creative
material.
The Art & Thought Lab is not for the feint of the
heart. It is a place of surrender – an art playground, with no 'adult
supervision', reserved for playing with the unthinkable, nonsensical, where you
are the marble, the sculptress and the sculpture at the same time.
September 4TH, you are
invited from 6 to 8 pm to participate in a free Art & Thought Lab session
designed to inform and explore your own potential through unique art
exercise.
Limited space, please reserve your
seat at 805 6465581 ext.390 at Ojai Recreation Department, 510 Park Road, Ojai - m.luciaphillips@yahoo.com
M. Lucia is a local artist and creativity guide born in Rio among
storytellers and artists.
If you desire to explore your creative potential M. Lucia art labs are
for you.
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