C r e a t i ve CONSCIOUS
SPACES After discovering what I thought
was
beautiful world,
I
the
house
most
in
moved
the
to
Ojai
in 2001, and since that time have been exploring my artwork and spiritual practices in depth, not to mention hosting art , yoga
retreats,
house
concerts and more at my place. with
After
death
plunged
a
in
brush
2004,
deeper
I
into
spirituality,
bringing
me
numerous
to
times,
India where
I
visited
sacred sites and studied with yoga masters.
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Inspiring It
became
obvious
that
I
had
to
create
my
own
“spiritual cocktail” that suited who I really am/was.
ART PRACTICE
I shifted my focus towards
ecstasy
,
my
peace.
Returning
art
practice,
where
I
timelessness to
and the
found that creating art was
studio felt to be the right
my true meditation and the
thing,
right spiritual practice for
play songs from both eastern
myself as well. In it, I re-
and
discovered
the harmonium.
a
sense
of
as
did
western
learning
traditions
to on
Part
of
this
shift
in
fierceness
focus brought me back in
that
touch
ANYTHING
with
artist
my
dear
friends,
including
Lydia
mean,
and
she
the
way
expresses
she
wants.
really,
how
I
many
Lunch.
fierce women do we have
Lydia has always been a
on the planet? She is a
great
inspiration
for
kind
me.I
admire
her
of
Dark
Mystic
Creative Warrioress.
Mind you, my mother is a
uncorking with something
quintessential 50s era lady
more strong than most. Last
who wrote “The Art of the
summer Lydia told me that
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anything and everything that
settings and Table Manners,�
is important to me is worth
and perhaps I needed
expressing.
She
completely
validated
who I am and what I wanted to
say
which
has
been
extremely enlightening for me.
In
Lunch
this is
warrioress unlock
Lydia
a
type
of
who
helps
one
what
expressed.
way,
needs
to
be
quest
In
my
quest
for
creativity
and
illumination, hosted
many
I
have
artists
and
spiritual teachers at my home and private retreat site, Ananda Verandah. I also am involved in an artist collective gallery in
Ojai,
Gallery
525
where I curate shows and share my own and other’s artworks community. two
with
the
Between
these
spaces,
consciously
I
am
exploring
art, music, bhakti yoga, and meditative practices.
E H P O R T S A T A C T S PO I A J O E V I T A R O B A COLL Lydia Lunch is one of such people that I wish to learn from in a lineup that includes visual artists, classical Indian musicians, kirtan bands, singer-songwriters, yoga psychologists and yoga masters from India.
Bringing together a collective of
diverse women artists who seek to inspire others by demystifying the practical application of a variety of creative methods, we seek to offer simple tools which can easily be incorporated into expanding the individual’s own unique form of expression.
I met Lydia Lunch in San Francisco in 1998 and showed her artworks, along with Jane Handel’s, in a two-woman show at a gallery I owned and ran at the time. Lydia has always been a great inspiration for me. I admire her fierceness and the way that she expresses ANYTHING she wants. I mean, really, how many fierce women do we have on the planet? Although her work is edgy and can be intense, I am always amazed that she does it and does it so well, going all the way in her process. Her journey from teenage No Wave rocker and artist to her current works has brought her to this point, and this point includes tremendous compassion. She wants to help women who are locked up inside through the healing power of art.
So I decided to host Lydia Lunch's POSTCATASTROPHE COLLABORATIVE
OJAI, May 24-27
to see what will happen in a group of women working with Lydia and other artists as
a
support
system,
to
bring
out
their potential and most importantly, what needs to be said. I think a lot of the women will already have projects in hand that they wish to expand upon with a group of collaborative woman. Lydia
and
others
will
help
them
more
powerfully share their concepts and art. Of course, some women will show up and wish to observe, journal and be inspired. This will be fine too. Or, some women I know are coming without an idea of what to do, but will jump in and collaborate with others, or will let their own creative “download” happen at the workshop and then run with it. Many of the women will want to bounce off ideas with others and create a sacred space to collaborate and dynamically grow their ideas to the full. There will be many surprises and spontaneous outcomes.
PHE O R T S A T A POST-C AI J O E V I T A COLL ABOR JOIN US FOR AN PHENOMENAL WEEKEND WITH LYDIA LUNCH AND OTHER ARTISTS, EXPRESSING ONESELF THROUGH MULTI-MEDIA ART MODALITIES AND CREATIVE COLLABORATION.
Being an artist is not required. May 24 - 27 in Ojai.
Check out the workshop here. Limited Enrollment $300 includes lunch, plus accommodations ranging from $23.-$145 a night.
Stories, songs and dreams will be shared, elaborated and brought to light and with it,
great
fun,
freedom
and
inspiration.
Come to my creative and sacred space and see if it inspires you as it has inspired me. Kelly Luscombe Bea
Check out the workshop here. http://kellyluscombebea.com http://gallery525.com
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