Sparking Art and Creativity
“Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?”
— Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
Muse Journey
Creativity: Catalyzing The Journey, Developing a Practice
Muse Journey magically transforms obstacles to creativity a little each week as we study and apply
the creativity tools of the Nine Modern Day
Muses. This is both a book study, art process, and dream-sharing group. We use many mixes of media with journaling and focus on a particular creative project or dream. Muse Journey is a great place to connect, be appreciated, and have fun implementing Kaizen while building a creative practice.
View Slideshow to peek in at the Autumn 09 Muse Journey Studio class.
See 2010 Schedule for Muse Journey Studio or Muse Journey Teleclass
What are the The Modern Day Muses?
We use the book, The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard),
10
Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers, and Other Mortals
Wanting
to Live a Dazzling Existence, by Jill Badonsky, M. Ed.*
At Sparking Art Studio, Muse Journey participants,...
- gain focus and momentum for creative endeavors
- develop strategies to utilize strengths effectively
- reveal obstacles and break through creative blocks
- celebrate the ability to create, laugh and see life anew
- learn to see and respect yourself as a creative person
- surround
yourself with inspiration and creative brilliance
Whom does Muse Journey benefit?
Muse Journey is for all
artists in any stage of creation...
...for visual artists, designers, performing artists, musicians,
writers, storytellers, filmmakers, dancers, craftspeople,
teachers and inventors...
...for experienced artists
Muse Journey deepens awareness of the creative process
and an artist's unique strengths and challenges. Working
artists
find that this study/play series can
transform a stuck place quite quickly and provide the artistic nutrition
that is needed to be back in the creative swing of things.
...for people re-discovering themselves as artists
Muse Journey focuses energy on one's individual creative desires and needs, and it
propels the emerging artist gently through blocks often experienced in the
creative process. These blocks can be due to resistance, fear, procrastination,
overwhelm, or perfectionism.
For more info, email Laurel
See Laurel' s Muse Cards, a SoulCollage® Suit
based on the Nine Modern Day Muses.
* See Modern Day Muse Table at Jill badonsky's site.
Laurel Aston is a Certified Muse Facilitator and a Certified
Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, trained by Jill Badonsky.
Sparking Art and Craft
NEW OFFERING AT SPARKING ART STUDIO!
By private contract for small groups
of: Adults, Teens, Families, Intergenerational Groups with Children, Non-profit, Green/Corporate, Healing or Art Professionals
Spring Holiday Crafts Studio
Seeds, Hearts and Eggs - Fabric and Paper Arts
Please contact Laurel for Consulting, Coaching, Planning & Production, Event Support, and Rejuvenating Creative Retreat.
Winter is waking us up. Are you be ready to till the creative garden, as light and warmth return to the earth? Do you know what seeds you are planting?
Gather a group for dream-making to imagine the next year unfolding; imagine the most important work that awaits you in the creative journey. It is in our wildest dreams and image-making that we can find the conviction, the seed of an idea, trust in the vision, the next step, and the attentiveness to materialize it.
Organize a group to finish winter dreamtime, support your creative journey, share your hearts, rebirth beings, paint paper eggs, and plant creativity seeds. We will do any of this with art materials provided by Sparking Art.
Contact Laurel for a consultation and portfolio presentation of simple, elegant craft projects to catalyze the creative soul and the artistic, spiritual or life journey.
See Schedule
Also by contract for individual or family or intergenerational groups.
Eco-Note: Sparking Art Studio uses earth-friendly, non-toxic materials, with some exceptions that we are working on... We focus on re-purposing materials, choosing bio-degradable when buying new; using natural materials, and avoiding use of plastics and synthetic glue as much as possibled; gifting earth and the ecosystem we share.
Muse Walks and Hiking with the
Muses
Awakening the Body to Creativity
An Introduction to Muse Journey
Playful presentation of the Nine
Modern-Day Muses is combined
with
a meditative walk or more vigorous exercise.
Take a group Muse Walk locally or join us
for longer Hiking with the Muses in the foothills
of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
See Schedule
For more info, email Laurel
“A week ago it was the mountains I thought the most wonderful, and today it's the plains. I guess it's the feeling of bigness in both that carries me away.”
— Georgia O'Keeffe
Creativity Coaching
For individuals of any age or artistic persuasion
“Creativity is the celebration
of one’s grandeur, one’s sense of making
anything possible.”
— Joseph Zinker
Telephone plus email; and in-studio (Mountain View, CA)
Laurel is certified through the Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching training
program founded by creativity coach pioneer Jill Badonsky,
M.Ed.
See Creativity Coach
Creative Companions
Artists’ Support Group with Coaching
“When you affirm your own rightness in the universe, then you co-operate with others easily and automatically as part of your own nature.”
— Jane Roberts
A mix of artistic development, coaching with Laurel, and support from group members.
Twice a month meetings. We request you consider a three month commitment after the initial visit.
Minimum of 4 people required.
Eight week sessions.
See more Sparking Art programs:
Creativity | Self-discovery | Kids | Healing
|
