MIDDLETOWN >> People learn to access their intuition in many ways, whether through meditation, spending time in nature, bicycling, drinking a comforting cup of morning coffee on the porch, playing music, or dancing.
In the Soul Painting class urges artists to tap into their feelings and intuition through the act of painting.
Soul Painting is a highly felt process that gets us in touch with the quiet part of ourselves that connects to wisdom and direction. The classroom welcomes you with bright colored paints, jars of brushes and big pieces of white paper suggesting endless possibilities.
Students meet up with a handful of others who are there to paint, too. Some have never picked up a brush in their life, some paint all the time. The beauty of the class is that it doesn’t matter, because what we are all really doing is opening up a conversation with our intuition and everyone has an intuition.
Author, columnist and businesswoman Arianna Huffington points out that, even though we may not be at the crossroads trying to decide which way to go, our intuition is always there reading the situation and trying to guide us. We may not hear or be aware of that voice though, especially if our lives somehow block that intuition. Learning to access our inner voice and heeding its wisdom allow us to thrive in all areas of life.
So What is the Soul Painting Process?
1) Face the blank piece of white paper and decide to paint something without outside direction.
2) Trust that the brush knows better than the brain what colors to paint.
3) Work on your painting with no critiques or comments from others.
4) Observe that what is going on within you is absolutely connected to what you are painting.
5) Savor the companionship of fellow soul painters.
6) Listen to the unique quirky beauty of your ultra-personal inner teacher.
7) Continue to paint as you ignore your inner critic.
8) Allow yourself to get messy, break the rules and use the ‘wrong’ colors.
9) Keep painting even though you think you might be finished: doing so may take you to a new and surprising place. 10) Sign your name proudly.
The next session takes place at Middletown Art Center on May 13, from 1 to 5 p.m. Discounts for early registration at http://middletownartcenter.org/classes.html
