by Douglas Paul Smith | Jan 31, 2025 | Advice for Creatives, Art as Meditation, Uncategorized
Creative Flow – What is it, Exactly? Flow is life – it is the movement in all things. It rides on the limitless space that supports each moment in the eternal now. To tap into the creative Flow, we must remove ourselves from the egoic monkey mind and merge with...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Aug 30, 2023 | Advice for Creatives, Art as Meditation, The Artist’s Dilemma, Transforming Fear Anxiety and Depression, Uncategorized
Accessing Intuition Our creative genius – Where does it lie? Is it mere fiction? Do some of us have it, and some not? How can we access it? Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to your intuition and to the state of Flow. Welcome to your unblocked, unbridled...
by Wei-wu Wei | Mar 17, 2023 | Advice for Creatives, Art as Meditation
On Self-Knowledge and Creative Success As human beings, we all have unique talents and abilities that can contribute to the world in meaningful ways. However, it’s not always easy to tap into our full potential and realize our creative aspirations. In...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Feb 18, 2021 | Advice for Creatives, Art as Meditation, Uncategorized
“Magic lies in the state of mind of the artist. This magic is wakeful magic. The Artist’s mind is able to tune in to a certain balance or wakefulness. We would call it Enlightenment, in fact.” – Chögyam Trungpa What Exactly do we mean by “Meditate”...
by Douglas Paul Smith | Jun 20, 2020 | Advice for Creatives, Art as Meditation, Transforming Fear Anxiety and Depression
Help with Depression With our current global virus situation and the rise of unrest in many parts of the world, it seems a good time to address our psychological maladies. History has it that human beings started as a hunter-gatherer species, often having confined...
