Course Overview:

If you live in an area where it’s spring right now, you’re witnessing profound change. Busy birds, snow melting. Something big is about to happen. But whenever or wherever you read this text – in summer or during the rain season –  we experience change in nature – and ourselves – all the time.

We sort of know what’s going to happen. What to expect. Winter, Summer, Spring or Autumn. We live through it every year. We check our calendar and know the trees will change color soon.

Transformation however is different. We never know where transformation will lead us.

Transformation happens whether we like it or not. Or – let me rephrase that – transformation can be smooth when we’re ready for it. But when we fight hard to stay the same – to NOT change. Then we’re heading for trouble.

Often transformation is not even rooted in a conscious decision.

It’s just the result of an action. We decide to enter a new path. We jump and go.  Maybe this is your first art assignment and you decided to make space in your life for more art and creativity.  Until you act and actually create something, you don’t know what way it will transform you.

We never know what ‘s going to happen – what the result will be – until we’ve been through it. Until we truly and fully experienced it.

If you’re a mother, you know there is no bigger difference in your life. Before and After. You become pregnant and your mood, body, thoughts change every day. But once that baby is out… nothing will ever be same. Ever.

If you ever moved house – especially when you moved to a different part of your country – or the the world, you can dream, plan and organize till you see blue in the face, but only when you actually live in that house, in that new environment, you know what it feels like (and whether it was a smart thing to do.)

Transformation is evenly scary and necessary if we want to move forward. Even when you don’t want to move forward. Because it’s inevitable. When you feel too old and start a rigid work out, you still transform. When you decide it’s time for some botox because you don’t want to change – well –  you change anyway. Big Time. Our body, mind and perception of our inner and outer world are changing. All the time.

Every second is a different second.

Every time we make art transformation takes place. It’s conscious change, with an outcome we never fully control. We witness what happens. We get our paper and pen. And once we draw that first line, everything has already changed. We transformed that paper. Even the pen has changed. A little ink has left. It’s a different pen then before.

Transformation is beautiful, scary, necessary. But by observing it we empower ourselves to lean in to that change.

That’s why we’re going to observe nature. And connect ourself with the power of transformation.

We use a flower to connect ourself with change and we use our art to reconnect with ourself.

Remember, every time you consciously witness transformation in the flower you observe your own inner transformation. Soon you will see change all around you.

I wish you a beautiful Month filled with Creative Magic.

Esther X

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