What is Creativity? An Interview With Darren Poirier

By on March 28, 2019   /   Creativity, What is Creativity?   /   Leave a comment
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What is Creativity? An Interview With Darren Poirier

Darren Poirier is one of the most surprisingly creative artists I’ve ever come across. I knew him as a passionate musician first (guitar), and then later as a self-taught illustrator and painter. I’ve known Darren for several years through my good friend, Angela Croft (his wife). She would tell me about Darren who was an amazing guitarist and that he was the lead guitarist in the traveling Broadway Musical “Mamma Mia!” We were able to go to a performance of “Mamma Mia!” but of course could not discern the extent of his talent from that. It wasn’t until

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What is Creativity? An Interview With Karen Drucker

By on March 14, 2019   /   Creativity, What is Creativity?   /   Leave a comment
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What is Creativity? An Interview With Karen Drucker

Karen Drucker is a goddess and a highly sought-after singer, speaker and workshop/retreat facilitator. Her experience in music is diverse and long. She has been a singing mermaid, a singing casket, and was literally “elevator music” when she was hired to sing and play piano in a moving elevator. Karen was the music director for 3 different New Thought churches and was honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Music for her work within The Centers for Spiritual Living Community, and a “Grace Note” award for her work within the Unity Movement. WOW. I experienced first hand Karen’s

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Chakra Mandala Doodles Workshop October 5, 2019

By on March 6, 2019   /   Doodling, Mandalas   /   Leave a comment
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Registration has closed for this event! Contact us if you have any questions. Thank you. Chakra Mandala Workshop, Silver Spring, Maryland Why a chakra mandala? As human beings, we have challenges. These challenges are often due to stuck memories that lie energetically in our chakras. As we are created, Divine energy is poured into our being and rests at the base of our spine, where the root chakra resides. As we evolve spiritually, the energy begins to move up through the chakras, with the ultimate goal of opening up this flow through the chakras into the crown

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What is Creativity? An Interview with Lisa Ferraro

By on September 4, 2018   /   Creativity, Mindfulness, What is Creativity?   /   2 Comments
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What is Creativity? An Interview with Lisa Ferraro

You can’t mention Lisa Ferraro without including Erika Luckett. Lisa and Erika are a spiritual duo that bring the power of pure love and divine creative energy to us through their presence as devotees and gifted musicians and singers. The lists of accolades for both Lisa and Erika are well deserved and long! Here’s a highlight for each: Lisa Ferraro’s CD “Serenading the Moon” made the Billboard Jazz Charts. She has written music for ABC TV (Wife Swap), Polygram Films, Major League Baseball (More Than A Man for Roberto Clemente), The Roberto Clemente Foundation, PBS (The Other Side

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What is Creativity? An Interview with Kirsten Bowen

By on July 14, 2018   /   Creativity, What is Creativity?   /   Leave a comment
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What is Creativity? An Interview with Kirsten Bowen

I met Kirsten Bowen through Hayley Savage (now Hayley Deeter) at Hayley Gallery in New Albany, Ohio. I was planning a surprise birthday party for my husband and was looking for a venue that was different than the usual spots and ended up at Hayley Gallery. Kirsten had her work on display at the gallery when I went to make the plans for the party. First of all Hayley Deeter is one of the most influential women in the arts in Ohio. Her gallery has an incredible story of its own, stemming from her love and commitment

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The Pleasures of Being Human

By on February 8, 2018   /   Mindfulness   /   Leave a comment
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The Pleasures of Being Human

The Pleasures of Being Human by Jeff Leisawitz, illustration by Megan Hills   The other day I was cruising down the I5 freeway going from Seattle to Olympia to visit Jetta, an old college friend. It was a day off. I was free from the job, the hassle of life in general, everything. It felt like summer vacation when I was a kid growing up in Pennsylvania. More than anything it felt like I had space— in my mind, in my heart, and on the open road. I was sort of sick of the million songs on my

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Science of Mind Magazine Book Review

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Science of Mind Magazine Book Review

Science of Mind Magazine Book Review I am honored and excited to have gotten a wonderful review in the international magazine: Science of Mind. Below is the review in it’s entirety. Activate Divine Creativity: The Life Changing Magic of the Mandala By Kathy Rausch Reviewed by Erika Luckett If you’re looking for a powerful and simple way to access an expanded state of awareness, Kathy Rausch’s book, Activate Divine Creativity: The Life Changing Magic of the Mandala is just what you’ve been looking for. Having experienced remarkable shifts through her own journey with mandalas, Rausch shares a

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How to Doodle a Mandala

By on January 31, 2018   /   Doodling, How to Draw a Mandala, Mandalas   /   Leave a comment
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How to Doodle a Mandala

How do you draw a mandala? (See video at the end of the blog post). While there are many ways to draw a mandala, my favorite is to get out a pad of paper, a pencil and start doodling one! I find my best mandala moments are spur of the moment and not thought out. This whole thing (the book, the workshops, retreats and blog) all started from a simple mandala doodle. Once I realized I could just draw one without special equipment (a compass, a ruler, etc), I couldn’t stop. The first mandala I just doodled

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The Mandala Guidebook Book Review

By on November 28, 2017   /   Book Reviews, Mandalas   /   Leave a comment
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The Mandala Guidebook Book Review

Here’s a wonderful book that makes a perfect companion to my book, Activate Divine Creativity, The Life-Changing Magic of the Mandala. I have been studying and creating mandalas since 2000. There are quite a few good books available, however I have found most of them are either way to dense and academic, or are full of what look like computer generated mandalas to color. I teach a 10 week class based on my book. It was during this class that I discovered The Mandala Guidebook: How to Draw, Paint and Color Expressive Mandala Art . While my

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Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert

By on May 5, 2017   /   Book Reviews, Creativity   /   Leave a comment
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Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert

I read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and wow, I am in love with this author. I’ve read 2 of her other books, “Eat, Pray, Love” and “The Signature of All Things.“ If you haven’t read “Eat, Pray, Love”, you’ve probably been living under a rock. It was wildly popular for years and an international best seller selling over 10 million copies (much to the author’s surprise, according to her).  “The Signature of All Things” is very different. It’s a historical novel depicting the history of horticulture, agricultural trade (mostly herbs and spices) and the story of a woman growing

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