Transformational Art as a Way of Life
with Jane Seaton, Ph.D.
 

WHAT IS ARTLIFE?

ARTLIFE PROCESS

ARTLIFE AS A MANDALA

THE LEARNING JOURNEY

WHO IS JANE SEATON TEACHING SCHEDULE SOUNDS TRUE TAPES  
Artlife as Everyday Life
Domestic Poem
By Eileen Moeller

nightfall I sink
into dishwashing meditation
steaming china prayer wheels
crystalline bells of the lost horizon
crockery mandalas
chanting din and lull of running water
breathing slows
moist heat muscles soften
zen poems drip from silverware
my air humming out
in a cleansing melody
washing the frantic stew of a whole day
down the drain
along with the suds
those transient rainbow things.

In the Artlife process, we allow the things, objects and processes of our ordinary lives - what we touch and use, activities in which we engage - to become infused with aliveness, a sense of being special, in an almost magical way. Ordinary things then begin to respond to us, allowing us to translate their inner power into new kinds of living, alchemized through the movements of our creating hands and hearts.

How can we cultivate an aesthetic quality in our lives, one that is nourishing to, even vital for, some deeper part of ourselves? By bringing care and attention, love, skill and perhaps a sense of play to ordinary everyday actions such as creating a dessert, washing the car, or reading a bedtime story. Then, our very lives start to become an expression of our soul work.