Spiritual traditions world wide speak about longings – the longing to be one with the source of  love. Like a bamboo reed growing in a still pond that dreams of being a flute played in the hands of a virtuoso, the bamboo flute that longs to be a reed in a still pond, and like our own longing to connect to the source of our existence.

There is a clear connection for me between the creative process that makes art and the creative process that is love.

My late Japanese grandmother – Obaasan, Noe, saw that I had a passion for drawing. I was three perhaps four years old living in Japan, and we (my mother, father, sister and I) were staying with Obaasan.

I remember the many coloring books, and crayons she gave me. The many days spent coloring with her. One day in particular stands out above all the rest. I remember that day clearly – feeling this enormous frustration as she tried to keep me coloring within the lines.  It was quite an advanced coloring book with pages upon pages of Japanese letters and Kanji. I would naturally continue to spill out and color all over the whole book, and even onto the floor. She eventually replaced the book with these huge pieces of blank paper. I remember the enormous joy and freedom I felt when she did that. Eventually I got too expressive for these large sheets of paper on the floor, so she then began to tape the paper together all over the floor, and even onto the walls!

We were both set free that day. Free to love. Free to create!

Unconditional love frees us from the limitations of our conditioned love, informs us to be creative! Michele Benzamin-Miki

All things splendid have been achieved by those who dared to believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. Bruce Barton

The image above is Dry Media 11×14 inches, titled ‘Longing,’ all works are for sale and prints are available. Contact me if you’re interested.
I can also be contacted for Creative Coaching and Hypnotherapy.

Art heals, in the making of it and the seeing of it.

This piece is titled ‘Birth root’ 22″x 30″

I use imagery purposefully, visioning my future, re-visioning my past, looking at the present with greater possibilities. This engagement shapes my artwork, my healing work whether teaching meditation, martial arts, my coaching and hypnotherapy work and my inner core sense of self.

Imagery is a flow of thoughts you can see, hear, feel, smell, and taste. An image is an inner representation of your experience of your fantasies – a way your mind codes, stores and express information. Imagery is the currency of dreams and daydreams, memories and a reminiscence: plans, projections and possibilities. It is the language of the arts, the emotions, and most important of the deeper self. Dr. Rossman

Let us exercise our imaginary powers. Take responsibility for our inner world. Spend time intentionally guiding how we see our life, and future.  This is not spending time in a wishful state, it is much deeper. It brings to light our potential for healing physically and mentally and living on purpose, with purpose.

DR. Martin Rosaman wrote in his book, ‘Healing Yourself’ – Imagery is a window on your inner world; a way of viewing your own ideas, feelings and interpretations. But it is more than a mere window – it is a means of transformation and liberation from distortions in this realm that may unconsciously direct your life and shape your health.