Within Universalist New Humanism, two methods have been developed that allow people to experience a profound connection with others and with themselves through art.
These methods, Body Expression and Transcendental Art, emerged respectively from the experiments of dancer and choreographer Peter Deno in the 1970s and painter Simone Casu in the 1990s. They offer ways to approach spiritual experience through artistic expression.
These tools can be valuable in building a new world centered on the human being. We therefore wish to make them known to as many people as possible, and the only meaningful way to do so is through direct experience of some of their practices.
We believe that valuable knowledge should help reduce pain and suffering, foster justice and reconciliation, and reveal the sacred in the depths of consciousness. To achieve this, it must move beyond the boundaries and isolation of individual research groups and become accessible to people everywhere.
Our methods are grounded in a new spirituality: not the spirituality of superstition, intolerance, dogma or religious violence, but one that has awakened from a deep sleep to nourish humanity's highest aspirations and inspire belief in immortality and the sacred.
To share these methods, we invite communities, associations and groups to host us and cover travel and material expenses, enabling us to meet, get to know one another and exchange experiences and knowledge.
This initiative arose from the need to build a network of relationships among people, artists, associations and communities interested in exploring artistic expression as a path toward spiritual awakening.
A practical proposal
We propose painting and dance workshops running from Friday to Sunday.
On Friday, we begin by talking with you about our experience and our understanding of spirituality in art. Over the following days, depending on what is possible and what participants request, we can offer practical experience of Peter Deno's Body Expression method, the Es.Te.Tra. drawing and painting method (an acronym for Expression, Technique and Transcendence), or just one of the two.
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