Introduction to Dharma Art

Saturday, Sept 24. 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. 

Art Practice, or Dharma Art, is a means of connecting to natural creativity through Buddhist awareness practices.  In this class we will practice art making and meditation, and look at the relationships between them.  How do we open to our natural creativity?  How does the practice of meditation facilitate this?  How do these practices impact our daily lives?  This class is for those who want to develop their innate creativity, free artistic blocks or fears, and deepen their meditation practice.  No art experience or skill required. The session will conclude with a creative challenge for you to take into your home practice, and an invitation to bring your work back for the next class in the series, a session in Creative Feedback.

 All materials and supplies are provided.  Suggested donation of $20 for the class.  We will take a lunch break in the middle and ask that you bring your lunch.

 “Imagination relies on empty perception. Painting relies on empty planes. Sculpture relies on empty space. Music relies on empty time. Literature relies on empty concepts. If we are to realize the art of freedom, if we are to discover our creative potential, we need to rely on the experience of our intrinsic vibrant emptiness—the beginningless ground of what we are.” —-Ngakppa Chogyam, Roaring Silence