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A canvas of thoughts
My blog explores Expressive Arts — the sensory, imaginative, and intuitive ways of knowing. I describe the pre-reflective self and the subtle ways we perceive and inhabit the world.
Reclaiming our sensory and creative selves
Our sensitivity shapes how present we are in life, and the intensity of our aliveness. Listen for it, feel it move in you, and let it emerge
Jun 124 min read
Discovering change through Expressive Arts
Expand your "what's possible", take risks and let the process surprise you. You’re learning through experience, and it becomes part of who you are.
Jun 13 min read
Expressive Arts principles
Discover the main principles of Expressive Arts—exploring yourself and the world through senses, imagination, and intermodal expression
Mar 193 min read
Practical tools for regulating the nervous system and releasing stress
Techniques I use in my sessions with my clients for calming and stabilising agitated states, reducing stress response and creating grounding
Jul 4, 20243 min read
Poiesis: finding form for experience
Poiesis is a way of knowing that invites us to engage with the world through imagination, intuition, and artistic creation.
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Meeting beauty
Aesthetic knowledge is immediate and it's bodily. It moves me, it strikes me, it touches me, it gives me shivers
Mar 5, 20242 min read
Seeing and being seen: witnessing and aesthetic response
Anything that's witnessed can't remain unchanged - it transforms🌀. Someone looking at me or my work turns me into something seen.
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Presence as a process of encounter
The quality of presence enables authentic connections. It is our capacity to engage with the world and respond to what and whom we encounter
Mar 1, 20242 min read
Phenomenological approach: uncovering the (in)visible
What is this lived experience like? Meeting the process and the art work.
Mar 1, 20242 min read
Power of imagination
Imagination helps us to step away from "what is" to envision "what could be". Through imagination, we leave taken-for-granted fixed reality
Feb 28, 20242 min read
Within the frame
In life and work, we encounter frames all the time. Maybe it's your daily routine, setting boundaries with friends, or planning a project.
Feb 27, 20242 min read
Sensory awareness: Low skill, high sensitivity approach
In Expressive Arts, we use this approach to access individuals' inner wisdom or to gather collective insights from groups.
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Whispers within: Accessing intuition through expressive arts
Discover your authentic self through expressive arts. Explore imagination, peel away limitations, and integrate newfound insights into daily
Jan 29, 20243 min read
Ma (間) - Embracing the unseens: Expressive Arts exploration of the negative space
In our Expressive Arts circle "The Liminal" we entered the invisible presence of 間 (Ma) and inquired about what exists in the negative space
Dec 15, 20232 min read
How art and creative process impact us
My reflections about art, the power of creative process, and the changes it evokes.
Sep 3, 20236 min read
Intuitive painting: Connecting with yourself
Article explores intuitive painting process, a state of creative flow in a journey of self-discovery. Insights from Giora Carmi's book.
Aug 30, 20236 min read
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