Do you have paper?
Do you have charcoal?
Pastel?
An earthen crag?
Then you,
My dear,
Can make a creative beginning.
Welcome to this creative meditation from before the brush.
I'm Patricia Baldwin-Sagerbrook,
And this brief yet rich two-minute exercise I'll take you on a journey to touch your soul of creativity and begin this one new day in inspired,
Intuitive expression.
This is just one of three creative beginning,
Creative meditations.
One with pen,
One with brush,
And this one with charcoal.
If you do not have one of these mediums,
Don't worry.
Use what you have and give each exercise a try.
See how it responds with your own sensory interpretation.
It is said that one cannot have a destination that is not of the same energy as the journey.
By beginning each day with a quick shot of creative application,
You set yourself each day over and over onto a trajectory of refreshing,
Reinvigoration,
Connection to your intuition.
Whether you call yourself an artist or not.
Gather with me now,
Standing or sitting before your canvas,
Your paper,
This charcoal in hand,
And let's see where we can go as we begin.
Start with the consciousness of your feet,
This firm grounding you have from them to the earth.
Solid,
Secure.
Start here.
Imagine the power radiating from this footing up through your legs across your abdomen,
Into your organs and limbs.
These limbs we use to express,
To create,
To share into the world.
We continue the flow of this power radiance from the earth through our bodies,
And even further onto our canvas.
A melding of forces that happens uniquely here in the integration of this earth energy to our personal power.
Take up this charcoal today,
This solid earth material in its more coarse texture and rich color.
It will give us inexplicable delight in the contrast of it,
This coarseness to the smooth white paper on which we will apply.
Delight in this.
Like the solid earth we stand upon,
This solid material connects us and invigorates us to new energies and new vibrations.
Different than that of the fluid brush or the precision of the pen.
Let this realization roll through your mind.
Have this connective material occupy your thoughts as you begin.
Senses tingling with this new material in hand,
Scratching across the canvas,
Scribbling with sound as well as color and depth.
In this material we begin to see tones,
Visual textures,
Wonder for me.
This is a gift from the earth to the hand of creation,
To my hand of creation.
Again delight in this.
We connect here,
Each of us to this earth born substance.
We work together,
Harmonizing across the surface of paper or canvas,
But each unique in the expression created.
Delight.
Step back.
Firmly plant your feet once again in this back stepping and look.
What is there?
What has been created?
What has come in this one brief expression of power flow through your creative hand?
Whether you see it yet or not,
You,
This creation you have just made,
Is evidence of the power flow from earth,
Divinity,
You and the black canvas.
Harmony.
Delight.
Go on from here.
Enjoy your day,
Knowing that you chose to begin here,
Opening a doorway to a whole new way of showing up in the world,
Little by little,
In creativity.
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