MEDITATION by James Middleditch
After Meditation Meditation can be extraordinarily conducive to the creation of art. Often we need to be in a particular state of mind – relaxed yet focused, rested yet energised – in order to access our creative sides, and meditation produces this state most reliably. Therefore it is useful to set aside some time to follow up on our meditations with a creative pursuit.
Painting on a fresh piece of paper is an ideal medium, as the freedom is appropriate for the type of abstract imagery that may have been experienced in the peace and quiet. However there are many other forms of art that can follow just as well. Collage is good, particularly if your visions included real world or natural images that are easily accessed. Photographs can be adapted either physically or on a computer; more spiritual or supernatural elements can be overlaid onto the ‘ordinary world’; a dragon can be brought into your favourite forest, or an angel can arrive in your own garden.
Words and symbols can of course be added, particularly if any phrases were particularly vivid and worth remembering. Often such phrases are short and simple, drawn from our own subconscious, or from higher wisdom
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