Like myself, so many women find this to be a proudly healing and empowering act. We’re so often told not to feel, not to express… fitting ourselves into roles within patriarchal society that don’t adequately honour our natural cycles and the feminine. I find it a wonderful way to destress, let off steam, connect with … Continue reading The benefits of fire dance
While feeling separated can cause us humans great distress, it can also be the fuel for great art. I regularly participate in and run mask workshops, and last weekend, me and my fellow European ‘masketeers’ (as Mia Tullberg calls us) ran a Trance Mask Workshop Demonstration at the Questors’ Theatre in London. Β The workshop was … Continue reading Separation creates great art
Put your own story into your art. We want to see the deeply personal, vulnerable side of life. This is the face we do not show, or see. Artistic expression gives us permission to explore this. The mask of your art will protect you, and through expressing you may also find some healing. You will … Continue reading Telling your story through your art
Are you looking for a way to rekindle the passion in your art? Stephen Nachmanovitch, author of “Freeplay”, points out in an Accidental Creative podcast that the sequel to a blockbuster movie is often not as fun as the original. There are different energies going into it. This can be true, when commercial potential comes … Continue reading Rekindle the passion in your art