What's Your Vision of Spaciousness?
I invite you to sit back, relax, and savor these images of S P A C I O U S N E S S that your fellow readers sent in. What does spaciousness look like to you. 💫
At the end, find info about three upcoming “Spaciousness Sessions” you can attend virtually or in person. 😘
Coleen
Mark: “[This is] Spaciousness!!! Also… if you turn your attention around, away from the world, back to what you are.. you are the spaciousness within which everything occurs!”
Jeannie: “This tiny closet contains an expanding universe of quilting/ textile art possibilities. When I’m designing a new project, my textile stash offers endless inspiration and delight and my mind luxuriates in all that space to roam. Ahhhhhhh.”
Coleen
Rosie: “For me it's being outside, and horses or dogs, or just a plant takes my breath away — is spaciousness and free.”
Tia: “I had just started watercolor and had a really large sheet of paper that I wanted to use. It is so simple, but it brings me joy when I look at it. The subject matter, as well as the time that I gave myself to create it, is spaciousness to me.”
Dawn: “Spaciousness for me is being surrounded by books and a sunset and perhaps a cocktail. My time. To clear out the cobwebs, sink deep. (Screen image is of a Durga or Saraswati goddess figure in the Hooghli River after a puja.)”
Dawn: “This time with a cocktail.”
Me: A blank doodle journal page opens up a world of possibilities.
Coleen
Want more of this 👆🏽 in your life? Or, perhaps, less of the stuff that gets in the way of having more of this? I won’t promise you a tropical vacation or a personal assistant, but I can offer you spacious creative time. For more on that, see below.
This holiday season I wish you great gobs of open outdoor space and large blocks of unscheduled play time in your calendar!
With unbounded love,
Pam
Spaciousness Sessions
What and Where: Spaciousness Sessions are a chance to step out of time and let your creativity roam. It’s like a re-set button for your nervous system. Join me in my studio for low-key art-making OR join us on Zoom and craft from home. Extra spaciousness challenge: Come unprepared! Let it be about deciding in the moment what you want to work on. 🙌🏽
Why: This season — and modern life — can quickly shift us out of spaciousness into “crampedness.” (I’ve been there and back a few times recently.) We can all use practice slowing down. When we allow time and space to create, without expectations that what we make will be amazing, or even good, or even finished, I believe we grow more soul.
Who: YOU, if you ever feel susceptible to urgency, scarcity, or the fear that you’re not creative enough. (If you never feel those things, join us and tell us your secrets. 🤓)
When: Attend one, two, or all three of these upcoming sessions. And who knows? Maybe 2022 will bring more of them.
Sunday, December 19th from 2:00 - 4:00-ish Pacific Time
Tuesday, December 21st (winter solstice!) from 5:00 - 7:00-ish pm Pacific Time
Wednesday, December 29th from 5:00 - 7:00-ish pm Pacific Time
How: Reply to this email to let me know WHEN you want to join, and HOW: in person or on Zoom. (I can host up to 5 people per session in my NE Portland studio.) I’ll confirm with you and provide more details.
How Much: From $0 to $50 per session; you choose your price. I won’t judge.
Want more info? Reply to this email and ask. 👩🏻💻🙋🏾💁🏼♂️🤷🏽♀️✨
Consider forwarding this to a friend who seeks more spaciousness in their life. 💫🙏🏽😘