STUDY THE FLOWER OF LIFE This interlocking circle design is an ancient one. Called The Flower of Life it purports to be the blueprint of Creativity Itself. Look up Seed of Life. Look up Tree of Life. And draw it, trace it, color it, organize it, reorganize it, embody it. Allow your eyes to wander over it and around it until it becomes three, even four dimensional. Look at it until you see straight lines and squares and tunnels. Be sure to breathe. ☺ Here's a PDF for you to … [Read more...] about DAILY PRACTICE SUGGESTIONS
ENERGY SIGNATURES – large abstract (acrylic) paintings
Saturday, December 9th, 2023 10am – 2pm With Jas Milam, ATR/BC registered art therapist; board certified As more and more of us understand – it is/we are all energy. Slow/fast, dark/light, disruptive/peaceful, in the flow/resisting. Perhaps our retinas and rods and cones cannot “see” this energy but we are attuned to it. I believe that we can learn how to “see” it too – using our 6th sense, the third eye. Come see how our visionary elders have drawn and painted and acknowledged the … [Read more...] about ENERGY SIGNATURES – large abstract (acrylic) paintings
THE TAROT AS A JOURNEY OF DEVELOPMENT AND INDIVIDUATION (through Jungian eyes) – beading project
Saturday, November 11, 2023 10am – 2pm Using the Imagery and Symbolism developed by Pamela Coleman Smith in the Rider Waite deck, Tarot beginners to advanced may come to see the Major Arcana Spread as the Three Phases of Life and us as – are you ready? – The Fool at every turn. See how understanding the Journey through the Major Arcana can help you see and bless and heal places where your own development could be broken or missing and learn the lesson you were supposed to incorporate on … [Read more...] about THE TAROT AS A JOURNEY OF DEVELOPMENT AND INDIVIDUATION (through Jungian eyes) – beading project
HEIRONYMOUS BOSCH – SOUL COLLAGE TECHNIQUES
Saturday, October 14, 10am - 2pm Bosch was born in the Netherlands in the 15th century and never left his small hometown. He is famous for his “fantastic” imagery, detailed landscapes and illustrations of moral and religious concepts and stories. Join us for a day in this hard edge collage class as we create fantastic illustrations of Biblical stories, proverbs, or parables. We will be using Xacto knives and specially curated images to achieve the tight surrealistic composition while … [Read more...] about HEIRONYMOUS BOSCH – SOUL COLLAGE TECHNIQUES
THE JOHARI WINDOW – art print collage and form-a-line
Saturday, September 9, 2023 10am - 2pm Designed as an heuristic study and based on the Jungian premise of the unconscious mind, The Johari window presents a compelling map of the mind. Participants will use art prints and form-a-line to create their own 4-quadrant Johari window. Then we will use collage and collage techniques to process the most compelling part. The results are a profile that is sometimes surprising and always revealing. No art experience required. DATE: September 9, … [Read more...] about THE JOHARI WINDOW – art print collage and form-a-line
DREAMTIME DOT PAINTING – Aboriginal art – With live digeridoo
Saturday, August 12, 2023 10am - 2pm Part of The Maps of the Mind Series with Jas Milam, ATR/BC Indigenous Australians believe that during sleep they leave their physical bodies and travel to the realm they called Dreamtime. They also practice ritualized journeys to Dreamtime through the use of evocative music and repetitive dot paintings. These paintings are still being made by Aboriginal artists/journeyers today. Learn more about journeying, Dreamtime, Aboriginal painting techniques … [Read more...] about DREAMTIME DOT PAINTING – Aboriginal art – With live digeridoo
PORTALS and THE VEIL – Thangkas-inspired fabric wall hangings
Saturday, July 8, 2023 from 10am - 2pm Part of The Maps of the Mind Series with Jas Milam, ATR/BC Having studied the Collective Unconscious last month, we will discuss accessing it and the long traditions of art as portals we have used to get in touch with The Other Side of the Veil. In this workshop we will study the Veil in many contexts, how it serves us and how to access the unconscious material we might benefit from encountering (with or without substances). Then we will use fabric … [Read more...] about PORTALS and THE VEIL – Thangkas-inspired fabric wall hangings
THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS painting and mixed media
Saturday, June 10, 2023: 10am - 2pm As envisioned by Carl Jung, the Collective Unconscious is a group head, a warehouse of information and energies to which all humans have access. This content is not something we learn, it is innate. We now know that knowledge and memories pass through DNA! This warehouse is invisible to the well-socialized individual but is available through Dreams, Symbols and Rituals. We will explore this concept and other phenomenon in the collective and take a look at … [Read more...] about THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS painting and mixed media