Photo Credits: Rand MacIvor, Louise Lalande, Pierre-Paul Lalande (dad), and many from individuals / Google

1966 – 1968 INDIA 1974 – 1977

TUNISIA

1977 – 1978

INDIA

1971 – 1974 IVORY COAST

1968 – 1971 FRANCE

1966 - 1978

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ARCH PROCESS

5. AHA (EUREKA) 6. APPRAISE & VALIDATE

7. IMPLEMENT IT: DRAW PLANS, SPECIFY MATERIALS, PREPARE TENDER, BUILD, FINE TUNE, MOVE IN

1. DESIRE & ACCEPT PROJECT

3. IMAGINE 4. SLEEP ON IT

2. PLAY, ENTERTAIN IDEAS

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

Watch your words, for they become actions.

Watch your actions, for they become habits.

Watch your habits, for they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” Unknown, widely

attributed to Frank Outlaw

 

BIOPHILIA literally means "love of life or living s ystems." Being attracted to all that is alive and vital (Erich Fromm)Connection we seek with the rest of life for wellness / wholeness (Edward Wilson)

BIOMIMICRY is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems.

The Flower of Life www.CharlesGilchrist.com

Art: Alex Grey

SpiritArt Studio

SpiritArt Studio

Exploring Creativity & Spirituality

Otto Scharmer Joseph Jaworski

PECHA KUCHA – OCT. 2, 2014 !!!!1

Hello everyone; What a pleasure to be here Marvelous evening, isn’t it? !Tonight I am sharing with you some of my favourite topics: beauty, harmony, design, How they apply to community. I’ll also share some of my own stories and discoveries. OOO

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I was the daughter of a diplomat from a very young age. We travelled around the world and I was exposed to many beautiful places, people and interpretations of harmony. I was also keenly aware of abundance, of lack, and experienced great excitement and deep grief.

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From a young age I began to question what made people truly happy -? What makes us tik? !How is it related to our cultural? How do our theological beliefs affect our happiness?

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I took great pleasure and inspiration seeing their many expressions in numerous types of arts/crafts I also started to sense and experience how their beliefs played a role in their relationships. With themselves and others.

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the validity of “God” (remember Philosophy 101?). I began exploring the different interpretations of the Devine and how this affected us.

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design – Basically learning how space can be harmonious to support us and sustain us. How to balance aesthetics with technical; the right brain and the left brain.

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My first career, as a lighting designer, peaked a few years ago with the lighting the sculpture ‘Maman’ – Louise Bourgeois’ large spider – the spider is a beautiful symbolic weaver (in fact her mother was a weaver). So I got to explore light & shadow literally and metaphorically.

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Creativity and the creative process design captivated me and I began to see how this process is universal. I also saw how the creative process could be applied to many types of creations, be it gardening, cooking or shaping our own lives.

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Over the years, especially after a burnout, 20 years ago, it became clear that artistic expression was a potent source of healing for me. I started studying yoga – and just as yoga incorporates in its teachings, I found healing even more powerful when combining body, mind, spirit.

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!I found that my appreciation for natures’ gazillion designs deepened. And I found solace when immersed in her constructions, her cathedrals, and especially her flowers. If I was a fairy I would sleep in them.

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!With amazement, and a “haha – this makes sense” attitude I got quite interested in biomimicry – how natures brilliant “designs” can teach us how to design sustainable fabrics, systems, and architecture and so many other things.

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!I went on to discover concepts about proportions, beauty and harmony that totally amazed me. And as I re-learned the golden mean I began to see it everywhere, within us and without.

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!Then I came upon sacred geometry – which mathematically contains the golden ratio and from which all 5 platonic solids (in other words, all shapes) emerge from this matrix. The flower of life is truly amazing – it is a pure expression of the golden proportions.

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!!Also known as the Fibonacci series, these proportions exist everywhere. !From the cellular level to how sound and light travel, from our own body proportions to that of galaxies. Incredible isn’t it? Fantastic! Yes!

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!This, and and then quantum physics, showed me that we are all connected to each other and to all that is living. !We are ONE, and all that we are affects one another. NOW that is fantastic, no?

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!!So, about 12 years ago I started teaching the creative process. Through creative workshops I share how we can access our innate harmony, or innate wisdom. Some people call it their inspiration, or Source, or Universal Mind and many names describing the Devine.

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!Last year I had a wonderful opportunity to teach and to coordinate over 20 facilitators at SpiritArt Studio. I also take an active part in two organizations: The Arts Health Network and The Association for Spirituality and Mental Health, at the Royal Ottawa.

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!I have come to the conclusion that we must integrate body/mind/spirit in order to bring about the peace and harmony we seek individually and collectively. This way is the most harmonious, effective, fruitful and sustainable way I know I to create.

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!!Now, some might think of this as airy fairy! Joseph Jaworski is proof it isn’t – he works with multi-nationals with these holistic concepts (yes, spirit, which he calls Source, included!) Truly coCreating, he has founded national and global leadership forums. Projects with tangible, financial and emotional benefits for the common good.

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Inspired from such world class leaders I hope to continue coCreating in multiple ways, with great collaborators on meaningful projects. I love being a capital C Creative, I love being a servant leader ! Thank you all!

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