Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks from Spirit Rock Meditation Center Retreats

Meditation and the Spirit of Creativity

This is a silent retreat for writers, painters and anyone wanting to deepen their contact with the creative spirit. You do not have to have previous writing or painting experience - just the passion to explore!

The focus of the retreat is on the dynamic principles of spiritual and creative unfolding: how meditation supports the creative process and how the creative process enlivens spiritual awakening. The focus is very much on process rather than the pressure to produce a result, artistic or spiritual. Alternating between stillness and creative activity provides fertile ground for the flowering of one's unique expression.

2016-09-12 (7 days) Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-09-13 The Four Foundations of Creativity 47:47
Anne Cushman	Download Listen
An exploration of how mindfulness supports creative expression and how art-making can be a mindfulness practice.

2016-09-14 The Artist is Present 31:02
Albert Flynn DeSilver	Download Listen

2016-09-15 Painting Through Life, Grief and Healing 51:56
Barbara Kaufman	Download Listen
A slide show of some recent paintings done 2015 - 2016 during the death of my mother. This talk covers the creative process with questions and answers from the writers and painters.