STATIONS OF DISCOVERY IN ARTMAKING: Rituals, Part 1
In the process of learning to make my art, my own authentic art, I have discovered, sometimes just stumbled on, some useful rituals. I’ll talk about a few of these here.
And the first one, which has helped me big-time, is meditation.
MEDITATIOIN
I have been actively practicing Transcendental Meditation (TM) since 1970. I had the good fortune to learn this method during my first year at Uni in Glasgow. It has proven to be one of the best decisions I have ever taken. I was 18 at the time and curious about this apparently strange method that the Beatles had been learning at that time as well. TM is easy, incredibly easy to learn, and highly enjoyable. A sesson of TM takes about 15 to 20 minutes. One of the most well known authors of books on TM and creativity is David Lynch, the famous producer of the Dune movies. He wrote the book …
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