Transformation

 

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.

Marianne Williamson

How can we have a transformation in our creative work?

By going on retreats we can transform our novel, our paintings, our ideas into realities.

Transformation, clarity, comes naturally when you have space and time to create.

Turning words into novels, brush strokes into paintings is not all inspired joy.

Transformation is not easy. We are all victims of wanting to immerse ourselves, our attention in external things. It's instinctive, but a lot of the time we don't even know we are doing it.

Emails, tweets, texts, that article you want to read on the net. We say these things are annoyances. We'd love to get rid of them all if we could, we say.

But the truth is a lot of the time our minds are dying to be distracted, delighted to be interrupted.

Writing, painting, composing are lonely activities a lot of the time.

So, it's transformative to know there is a whole community of people doing the same thing in the same space as you, experiencing the same frustrations and joys of creativity as you do.

However, rest, meditation and the support of a creative community of peers from all different countries and continents, transforms your creative process in many positive ways, one being, the idea that you are not alone.

Having other writers and artists in their rooms across the hall, down the corridor or in the studio or the living library transforms loneliness into communal creativity.