2008
Art and Soul - Attending the Spirit through Art and
Dreams
Absolutely no art or dream experience is necessary
only a commitment to honestly cultivate your creative potential
Misplaced your life's passion?
Lost your joyful carefree spirit?
Disconnected, unsatisfied?
Yearning for something more?
Wondering what is next?
Searching to deepen, enrich your life?
Our dreams
come to offer us insight into our lives urging us to open more fully and
deeply into our Self. The language of art offers the same
rewards. They are joyous wonderful soul muses.
Art and
Soul reintroduces you to these ancient muses, guiding you back into the
language of creativity... A language full of vibrant colors, rich
textures, interesting shapes, profound images, thoughtful words, playful
phrases, and insightful symbols. Not only will you master
techniques that will enable you to unearth the embedded symbols within
the dream but you will reconnect with the young visual artist within.
Nighttime dreams surface from a deep mysterious wellspring offering us
wildly creative images.
Dream
images appear nightly without effort. Our unconscious paints these
bizarre mystifying scenarios, using a visual, symbolic language. This
is the creative language of the artist’s palette and it resides within
us all. It is the soul’s forgotten language, the language of Divine
Inspiration.
We cannot
forget our dreams. They come whether called or not but our ability and
confidence to consciously create art has been cut off from our realm
of human experience.
Unraveling the meaning of our dreams and our art leads us into
insightful stories. These stories are universal “myths” carrying
personal as well as collective significance. We dream and create not
only for ourselves but for our family, our community, our world. Our
dreams and visual creations are archetypal messages and they invite us
to enter our personal dance of transformation. As we unite and
interweave our dream stories with our images, our own personal icons
emerge as a unique testament to the profound mystery of life and
creative expression
Art and Soul
2008 All Day Saturday Retreats
Absolutely no art or dream experience is necessary,
only a commitment to honestly cultivate your creative potential
Our day will open with the reading of a dream.
Through
a discussion of this dream, we will learn the practice of unearthing
symbols embedded within it, allowing us to tap into the symbolic, poetic
side of the brain, creativity's home. This lively dialog
will release insightful stories, archetypal myths. Even in the
absence of dream recall, everyone will benefit in the unraveling of the
dream as we view all dreams as gifts from the unconscious to our entire
dream community.
After lunch, various art techniques will be introduced, as tools to plunge
us even deeper into our morning conversation.
You will
discover your own unique visual language by creating mandalas
paintings, intuitive drawings, collages. Creativity is simply a translation
of our physical and spiritual worlds, where there is no right or wrong.
These creations will speak to your dreams and your dreams will speak to your
creations— each informing the other, each strengthening your inner voice.
As we
explore these languages of the soul and travel the bridge between our
outer and inner lives, your journey into your own personal dance of
transformation begins.
Testimonials
“I
touched forgotten places in my heart, opened my mind and soul, while
broadening my view of my Self , my life, and the world I live in. ”
Sara G.
“My life has been enriched and
deepened by the art I’ve created. My understanding of the “stuff”
dreams are made of" has enlivened my life and is a part of my
spiritual practice. Thank You!" Jim R.
“This safe supportive
atmosphere, these studio walls embraced, held us. Truly a sacred space.”
Claire T.
Each Retreat - $195 includes
lunch & all art supplies
No refunds after workshop
starting dates.
Class size limited:
to reserve a space and
enroll contact me at Heidi Darr-Hope
Location: Columbia, South Carolina's beautiful historic
arts district.
Vista Arts Building, Vista Studios, 808
Lady Street, Columbia, SC 29201
For hotels and other points of
interest www.vistacolumbia.com
Hampton Inn on Gervais Street is walking distance to the studio.
Dream Mandalas -
August 2 - Saturday: 10:00
- 5:00
Learn
a visual form of contemplative meditation
Collage
Illuminations - September 6 -
Saturday: 10:00 - 5:00
Reveal untold
stories by creating a series of
collages. The
symbols in our dreams will guide our way.
Painted
Dreams - October 11 - Saturday:
10:00 - 5:00
Contemplate the language
of color and experience the insightful urgings it holds for us to ponder.
Drawing from the Dream -
November 15 - Saturday:
10:00 - 5:00
Trust the process and learn the meditative art technique of blind contour
drawing. Transpose your dream symbols into powerful insightful
drawings.
Dream Amulets & Shrines -
December 6 - Saturday: 10:00 -
5:00
Create a personal altar for contemplation, for gathering strength and for
renewing one's soul and spirit.
Detailed Descriptions
Dream Mandalas -
August 2 - Saturday: 10:00
- 5:00
Learn
a visual form of contemplative meditation
A mandala is a work of art composed of a sacred
circle within a square or rectangle. Mandalas have been created
by many different cultures as a visual means to lead the mind into
introspective meditation or prayer. This workshop will focus on
discovering and creating your own personal healing dream mandala. These
mandalas will begin to amplify the meaning of your dreams. Several
different techniques and materials will be introduced.
Collage
Illuminations - September 6 -
Saturday: 10:00 - 5:00
Reveal untold
stories by creating a series of
collages, visual markers reflecting the many facets of
who we are and who we are becoming. The
symbols in our dreams will guide
our way.
The psyche speaks in images –
the conscious mind in words. By intuitively selecting
images and juxtaposing them with color and texture, the quiet,
inner voice has a
new medium to speak through. Learning to trust and listen
to this
voice allows access to the greater teacher within us all. The images
chosen may seem arbitrary, but
through the art of collage, we will illuminate
our dream stories in unique and powerful ways.
Painted
Dreams - October 11 - Saturday:
10:00 - 5:00
Contemplate the language
of color and experience the insightful urgings it holds for us to ponder.
Research confirms that color within our dreams as well as within our
creations guides us to an understanding our deepest subliminal emotional
feelings. Our response to color is individually unique. Through
meditative art practices, you will begin to understand the subtle gifts
color has to give.
Drawing from the Dream -
November 15 - Saturday:
10:00 - 5:00
Trust the process and learn the meditative art technique of blind contour
drawing. Transpose your dream symbols into powerful insightful
drawings.
Each night our psyche offers us wildly bewildering images. Sometimes
these images are mysteriously funny, convincingly terrifying, and most of
the time overwhelmingly confusing. By drawing the symbols within a
dream, their relationship to each other is reorganized and our discernment
of their significance broadens.
Dream Amulets & Shrines -
December 6 - Saturday: 10:00 -
5:00
Create a personal altar for contemplation, for gathering strength and for
renewing one's soul and spirit.
We are intuitively drawn to objects in our environment - feathers, flowers,
bones, sea shells, broken glass, rusted metal... These things hold subtle,
symbolic references to our personal lives. By learning to understand
the language of these "teachers", we begin to experience powerfully
uplifting and insightful forces that surround us each and every day.
After reflecting of the meaning behind the found objects we are drawn to, we
will create small amulets and talismans to visually relate their spiritual
significance. Small boxes will be transformed into personal shrines
using mixed media techniques such as collage, painting and mosaics.
These embellished shrines will become mystical containers to hold the
timeless wisdom harvested from nature and our dreams.
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IArt
and
Soul
Weekly Groups
am in the process of writing a book that
addresses my philosophy of teaching dream interpretation and the craft of
art making as vehicles for personal and spiritual growth.
My weekly groups have been postponed to accommodate my commitment to this project.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Please join
us for the all day retreats offered monthly.
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2008 South Carolina Cancer Center Art & Healing Groups
Classes are held on Thursdays from 11:30am - 1:30pm
Richland Campus, The
Caring House, Columbia, SC
Classes are free of charge and
open to all adult oncology patients and
cancer survivors
to register call: 803-296-3000
Pocket Prayer Boxes - September 11 - October 29
The Visual Journal - Nov. 6 - Dec. 4
2008 - Annual All Day Retreat for Cancer Patients and Caregivers
Reviving Your Spirit through Word and Image
Heidi Darr-Hope will lead
this
annual retreat for cancer survivors and their supportive caretakers.
July 18, 2008 9:30 - 4:30
The Caring House,
Columbia, SC
4th Annual La Serrania Retreat
