Weblinks in art and healing
with an Alex Grey painting to turn you on.
Here are weblinks in art and healing , I surf them with my class at
sfsu and jfk, they are fun.
Each is wonderful and if you look at them you will know allot
Here are websites for healing artists who heal themselves others and
the earth, of organiztitons to give grants, of networking
organizaions, hospital programs
Surf and have fun
It’s the weekend afterall
 
http://cancer.ucsf.edu/afr/ art for Recovery a hospital program at
UCSF, Cindy Perlis, the first Artist in residence and one of the best
programs in the world – a wonderful woman and great program.
http://www.shands.org/aim/ arts in medicine at University of Florida
, another hospital program, maybe the best hospital program in the
world
http://www.artheals.org/intro.html a rich site with grants and
events- the place to fund money for your art and healing project when
its started
http://www.christianecorbat.com/ one of the best healing artists, a
great loss when she died.
http://www.vijali.net/ One of the most creative healing artists, her
world wheel is wonderful
http://www.alexgrey.com/ A visionary artist extraordinaire – an
example of how to make healing art from spiritual visions
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez medline, the way to search
an art form and medical treatments, eg music and cancer finds medical
journal articles
http://www.ashdendirectory.org.uk/links.asp the environment and the
performing arts
http://www.greenmuseum.org/ an art and environment site for healing the earth
http://ceed.allegheny.edu/A&EI/links.html more earth healing
http://www.keepersofthewaters.org/ the genius of healing water with
art, Betsy Damon is a wonderful woman, a pioneer of earth healing with
art
http://www.artheals.org/inspiration/healingartists.php?use=K the list
of healing artists from our original art as a healing force
organization
https://www1074.ssldomain.com/thesah/template/page.cfm?page_id=184
the Society of arts in healthcare site, the largest organization
networking artist, healers, hospitals etc. with a great yearly
conference where you can meet allot of healing artists and hospital
programs from all over the earth.

Have you found someone, something, yourself to heal yet? Many people,
after allot of thought realize they need to start with themselves.
They choose a death, they are grieving for, a parent issue, a
relationship issue. The first step is allowing something to heal to
come to you in your intuitive space. Do a guided imagery and relax
and ask to see what you need to heal with art now.
 
Christiane Corbat, The Global Heart Project, Healing hearts for world peace.
http://www.christianecorbat.com/globalheart/index.html

Start using art to heal today. First choose something to heal.
Yourself: an illness, physical or psychological, an issue, about
parents, childhood, a fear, let it come to you. Others: a family
member, ancestor, friend, person in hospital , the neighborhood,
community, The earth: river, mountain air, water. Choose something, it
can take weeks to find, or you know it now.

 

Tile wall at Art in Medicine University of Florida, Lee Ann Stackpole, Tina Mullen

each tile painted by cancer patient or family or staff, before hanging in hospital atrium

its really simple
close your eyes
relax
picture in your mind's eye
making art to heal
let it come
paint
dance
write poetry
sing
heal something
that's all it takes

Reclaim the “Yes I am an artist" that we all have within us. In the
broadest sense the definition of artists is much wider than most of us
think. We usually think that an artist is a painter, musician,
dancer, or poet. But for healing art, an artist is in any and every
way you can think of. We want to broaden artistry to include our
whole lives. You can become clear that you are an artist in your work
and in your whole life. It is a shift of who you think your are.
When you reclaim your inner artist, you realize that there is an
aspect of yourself that you illuminate like an artist. You reclaim a
way of being that has been reserved for artists. You reclaim the
shaman healer of ancient times.

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 blessings
Michael

I believe all healing is optimized when it takes place in sacred
space. To make sacred space, first make a prayer. Pray to whatever you
pray to , to bring healing energy, healing spirits, ancestors, spirit
animals to you now. You can also sage your space with a sage bundle,
make a tobacco ring around your space and put beautiful things, around
you. You can make a medicine wheel to honor the four directions or
make an altar. Sacred space is good. Also ask for protection and ask
that what is healing can enter and what is not stay out. Good. Now you
are ready to make art.
 
Eluesis, where the Eleusian mysteries took place is sacred space

Take a deep breath is guided imagery. Guided imagery is one the
oldest healing techniques, it comes from shamanism and bon Buddhist
healing techniques. Art and healing is like a stool with three legs.
One leg is shamanism, one guided imagery and one art processes. When
they all join you have magic. This is easy to do if you have sacred
space and intent. You need to make sacred space for yourself. I will
show you how to do this. You need to clarify intent. You can do
that. In this magic process you build each of the three legs, then
you have the stool. Its like the tripod that the oracle in Delphi sat
on to tell the future. You make art and healing to heal yourself and a
new future.

when you log into skype, it says take a deep breath, that's a good
start. Before you breathe in, invite healing energy, guides, ancestors
and protection to be with you. Let only what you need for healing come
now. Then, take a deep breath, and let your abdomen rise, then let it
out and let your abdomen fall. As you do this let yourself relax, Let
your abdomen rise when you breathe in, fall when you breathe out. As
you breathe in, let your body expand, let light and energy come in the
space between your cells, As you breathe out, keep you body in the
expanded state. Let the expanded body grow, feel its energy as
buzzing, lightness, tingling. As you breathe out release what you
don't need. As you breathe in, let your new energy body hold light end
love.
you can do this for several minutes
its a good start to any visionary experience
art and healing is visionary.
As you do this, let your own body and consciousness be your guide. do
more if you want more, stop if you want to stop.