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Lecture
Inspiration can be understood as an opening, a passage into unusual dimensions of consciousness. The process is not mechanical and does not follow a simple chain of cause and effect. It involves a state of readiness and the repetition of certain actions. We can make attempts, but the phenomenon is complex and largely unexplained. We may nevertheless recognise the factors that prevent us from reaching these levels, which we generally call “noise”. Such noise can arise both from our surroundings and from within. Inspiration or illumination, also explored in the Creative Desire seminar, often involves a destabilisation, a break with habitual mental patterns and procedures. Exercises in openness can help us reach different levels of inspiration.
Seminar
During the seminar we will identify the forms of “noise” that reduce intuition. Through practical exercises we will develop and observe our intuitive abilities, paying close attention to sensitive points in the body. We will then apply this approach to recognising the painting that is waiting to emerge: we imagine that the guiding image already exists on the sheet and that our task is to sense its elements and discover where it wishes to lead us. Michelangelo famously described a similar attitude when he suggested that his sculptures already lived within the marble and that the artist’s task was to release them. This openness to the invisible allows us to discover forms and colours in the blank sheet that we might otherwise seek elsewhere.
This and other techniques will be demonstrated and practised during the seminar on spiritual inspiration.
Seminar Topics
Who It Is For
Anyone wishing to learn a method for concentrating on their work in an open and relaxed way. Maximum number of participants: 15.
Duration
The seminar lasts a total of 16 hours over Saturday and Sunday, plus a two-hour lecture on Friday evening.
Cost
The cost of each seminar is agreed upon with interested participants.
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How to Connect with the Depths of Consciousness
Inspiration is intuitive; it does not arise through rational construction. We can recognise different levels of inspiration, from the simple intuition of a direction or path to the illumination of a deep and comprehensive understanding.
We can imagine these levels of inspiration as an inverted cone, with its narrow point facing downwards. We usually live near that point, where space and volume are limited. As we move upwards and the cone widens, our perception of the world expands. Our vision grows in relation to our level of consciousness and the relaxed attention we can bring to what we do and experience. Certain techniques help us develop this receptive, attentive state, beginning with a simple patch of colour or a shape on a sheet of paper.
We will explore a principle: at every point in the universe and at every moment, there may be “doors” leading into new worlds. Reality as we perceive it is largely a mental construction. By changing our attitude, we may discover forms and colours even where everything seemed fixed and settled. Inspiration can therefore arise in many different situations, not only in controlled workshop settings with identical conditions for everyone.