The Art of Transformation #4 in Honor of Jodie Matheson

In 2006 through my friend Gail Weissman I approached Studio 333 to have a fundraiser/exhibition with the artist/children that I teach at mental health agency called Lincoln Child Center in Oakland. We decided to expand the Art of Transformation to a group of like institutions in the Bay Area. My intention for this show was really to honor the children, their beauty, and their creative process.TO REALLY UNDERLINE THE POWER OF ART IN ALL OUR LIVES!! We are on our fourth year. And one of our collaborators has passed away. Jodie Matheson died way to early and way to quick. She requested at her memorial that people donate their monies to the Art of Transformation instead of flowers. I feel that Jodie really got what the Art of Transformation was about!! She in her last hour really understood the validation of this project!!! for the artists in it.
The artists/children that our part of the show are marginalized, traumatized,abused, and dis empowered by the systems that have been set in place by society.

Transmission of Diamond Light, The Universe is Talking to Me

Yesterday, I went to a powerful event. Ruth Klein has an amazing lecture series at Santa Monica, California Montana Branch library called “Generation Why Not®? Living a Soul-Centered & Purpose-Driven Life.” The lecture and the conversation was all about the nature of our perceptions and the illusion it creates within your Ego.

At the last part of the evening Ruth did a lovely meditation on letting go of a negative perception and in that space receiving a new gift. I had a profound vision. I chose to let go of my life grid filled with the illusion of anxiety. As I did that the gift, I received a huge golden box with luscious red ribbon around. The colors were illuminating like a tibetan monks robe. In my vision I took the box within my inner chamber and placed in my Sacral Chakra area. Which is the seat of the emotional body. In that field the box seemed to melt into a diamond light. The energy was dazzling. What gift! By releasing my dreaded anxiety, I received the gift of the diamond light within my Sacral Chakra. I knew instantly that this was related to Tibetan buddhism and their practice of using the diamond light to slice away the illusion or the maya that mind creates. I joked to the group saying I was Tibetan monk in past life. This imagery was so empowering. I left the evening feeling empowered and full of light.

 When I went home I started doing research the Diamond Light. The Vajra symbol came up. “The vajra or dorje in Tibetan Buddhism is the symbolic tool of the thunderbolt, that which is capable of destroying illusions, mental obstructions and projects.Only with the puissant forces needed to break through the illusions can we release the inner light. Imagine that your true nature is held captive by beasts such anger, fear, and erroneous assumptions. Therefore an equally powerful energy must you destroy the grip that these beast have on you. The Vajra is the tool. ” states Julie Tallard Johnson, in her book Wheel of Initiation: Practices for Releasing Your Inner Light

 Yes, that is what happened I metaphorically destroyed my illusion of anxiety with the thunder of clarity and inner light. Below is photo took in Nepal with giant Vajra.  Nepal is were the Green Tara become my savior from the dire grief of losing my Mom. I am still connecting the dots 22 years later.

The next amazing thing happened to me as I was walking in the diamond light. In the morning on meditative beach walk I was embracing the diamond light. I carried a crystal with me and saw the diamond light in all beings and in all things. I realized that the diamond light is the chi of life, the truest life force in all things! It is our natural way. It is the pure clear light of love and compassion.

After this amazing meditation, I went and I asked my higher self to pull an archetype card from the Goddess Oracle. And lo and behold, I picked the card Machig Labdron, the diamond-hearted dakini. I was blown away. She is holding Vajra. As well as when I was ready this there was rare thunder happening in our Santa Monica skies. The Vijra is a symbol of a thunderous diamond. The Goddess, Machig mantra is “I face my ego beliefs to feel free.” “According to Tibetan buddhist, she is reincarnated as Lama Tsultrim Allione, an American Buddhist teacher. Alione explains in her book, Feeding Your Demons, the Chod is “a method for bringing our shadow into consciousness and accessing the treasures it holds rather than repressing it.” says Meggan Watterson in Divine Feminine Oracle Guidebook. Another crazy synchronistic thing is I just discovered Lama Tsultrim Allione and her book Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine. In the book Allione teaches you how to embody the enlightened, fierce power of the sacred feminine—the tantric dakinis. She also is aligned with the Green Tara, her Retreat center is called the Tara Mandala in Colorida.

This is what Ruth precisely did in her creative visualization. She did a sort Chod, were she asked us to discard one of our negative perceptions and to receive its divine gift. True transformation happened at Ruth’s lecture. For me it has been a rich, illuminated treasure of growth and expansion of my inner diamond light. Diamond light is an in powering force of Divine alignment. It is transcendent when one walks in the field of miracles, the universe sending you signs and signals to be a light in the dark.

As the - Diamond Sutra as qtd. in The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says…. Know all things to be like this: A mirage, a cloud castle, A dream, an apparition, Without essence, but with qualities that can be seen. Know all things to be like this: As the moon in a bright sky In some clear lake reflected, Though to that lake the moon has never moved. Know all things to be like this: As a magician makes illusions Of horses, oxen, carts and other things, Nothing is as it appears. 

 - Diamond Sutra as qtd. in The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 

 My story with the Green Tara

 The Green Tara is a bodhisattva - an enlightened being who refuses to go to nirvana until she enlightens all souls. She is the divine Mother - the mother of all the buddhas. She embraced me on a pilgrimage to the Nepalese mountains.

 My journey to those mountains was one of healing. I had come to spread my recently deceased mother's ashes into the sacred landscape. I came with a tour group of 14 people. We hiked through the mountains each day. On the day of the most difficult climb, I fell terribly ill. I thought I was going to die. But I got through it. The next day, I felt rejuvenated. I saw the sun rise, and I embraced the beauty of the morning. I felt like I had died the night before, and that I had been reborn. I knew in my heart that this was the right day to spread my mother's ashes. After breakfast, we began hiking again. In the afternoon, as we were ascending to a monastery in the mountains, I saw a magnificent river carving its way through the landscape passionately. My eyes were drawn above it. Three hundred feet on a cliff, I saw an image of the Green Tara. I was awestruck by the shooting stars painted above her figure.

For a few moments, I felt connected to the eternal. I felt my mother communicating with me, telling me that she would always be with me. On the evening I heard the shocking news of my mother's death, I stared at the sky hoping for an answer... a reason. Blazing through the Chicago night, I saw a shooting star... 'Mom'? That same evening, my older brother also saw a shooting star in the night, as he tormented over my mother's death. We both were moved to write and express this at her wake. When I saw the shooting stars above the Green Tara, I knew that I was meant to be there at that moment in time. I felt my mother's love, and the warmth of her embrace. For a few moments, I felt that I was one with the universe, and that I would never be alone. The stars and the Green Tara embraced me. I was filled with peace and a sense of letting go. I knew this place was where my mother wanted her ashes to be united with the universe.

 Afterwards, on a short sabbatical in the Ozarks at my family home, my passion for the Green Tara spewed from my paintbrush and my soul. She has been my guardian from the moment I saw her on the cliff. She embraces the world, and assists all who ask for her guidance. She demonstrates her magic when one is letting go... and bliss transcends.

Siri what is the meaning of life? " I do not believe there is a consensus on this question.

Day 15/30 Septembers Artathon



Question:
Siri what is the  meaning of life?

Answer:
" I do not believe there is a consensus on this question." Siri

The Kitty Bliss Art 

Siri Kant Answer That....

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant

Day 9/30

Project Description: For 30 days, I will ask Siri on my iphone 
“What is the meaning of life?” 

From her response I will create Art around it.

Today she said “ I Kant answer that ...Ha.. Ha!” Siri

& Sir really said "Ha, Ha." She is making a joke :) 

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Immanuel Kant

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#30for30equal30 is Art is Moving's sweet way to activate art and creativity in your life as a daily practice. It is a child of our epic one day global Arts Advocacy Day, Art Break Day.

Seriously Siri

Project Description: For 30 days, I will ask Siri on my iphone 
“What is the meaning of life?” 

From her response I will create Art around it.

Today she said “I can't answer that right now- But give me some time to write a play in which nothing happens” Siri

I am confused Sir!What does that mean? :)

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#30for30equal30 is Art is Moving's sweet way to activate art and creativity in your life as a daily practice. It is a child of our epic one day global Arts Advocacy Day, Art Break Day. 

What are your ideas for this month long Artathon? 

Mine is kind of fun and quirky. I am by no means a techy, but I just activated Siri on my Iphone.  In my idle time, I like to ask her questions, like "what is the meaning of life?" This my inspiration my 30 day +30 minutes = 30 artworks experiment. Each of the 30 Days I will ask Siri, "what is the meaning of life?" Her answers (which she does answer:) )  will be my jumping off point for my art making.

What is the Meaning of life? Did You Really Say Chocolate?

Day 11/30 Septembers Artathon

I say Yummy!The meaning of life is Yummy!

Question:
Siri what is the  meaning of life?

Answer:
"All Evidence to Date Suggest it is Chocolate." Siri

I think Beatrice Woods would agree! 
At the age of 90, Beatrice became a writer, having been encouraged to write by her friend, Anais Nin, a French writer. Her best-known book is her autobiography, I Shock Myself (1985). When asked the secret to her longevity, she would respond, "I owe it all to chocolate and young men."

 

Project Description:  
For 30 days, I will ask Siri on my iphone “What is the meaning of life?”From her response I will create Kitty Bliss Art around it.

What is the Meaning of Life ~ Siri

10/30
30for30equals30

Question: What is the meaning of life, Sir?
Answer: A movie.
Hah! Monte Python
The Art

I think Siri was referring to this...

 

"Siri, What is the Meaning of Life?" 42.

Art Challenge 9/30

Hilarious I say! 

I would not even no about this.  But at Art Break Day I was telling two Art Breakers about my 30for30equals30 art challenge and that my project was to ask for the next 30 days Siri (My I-phone) what is the meaning of life? Then I would create Kitty Bliss art as a response to it. They laughed and said, have you got 42. yet? I was perplexed and was like what does that mean?
They said it is a reference to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Oh! Siri is a little trickster.

Hah! Guess what I got today ~ 

 Inquiry: Siri, What is the Meaning of Life? 
 Answer: "42." states Siri 

Was that random or are we all connected?

Art Making: 

Kitty Bliss dressed up like a Robot :) 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately no one knows what the question is. Thus, to calculate the Ultimate Question, a special computer the size of a small planet and built from organic components was created and named "Earth". This appeared first in the radio play and later in the novelization of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The fact that Adams named the episodes of the radio play "fits", the same archaic title for a chapter or section used by Lewis Carroll in "The Hunting of the Snark", suggests that Adams was influenced by Carroll's fascination with and frequent use of the number. The fourth book in the series, the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, contains 42 chapters. According to the novel Mostly Harmless, 42 is the street address of Stavromula Beta. In 1994 Adams created the 42 Puzzle, a game based on the number 42.

Lizard Visitation

 Reflection

Artathon Day #4 Siri, What is the meaning of life? Peace

Artathon Day #4

Project Description: For 30 days, I will ask Siri on my iphone “What is the meaning of life?” From her response I will create Art around it.

Siri, What is the meaning of life?”

“Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in and try to live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.” Siri

#ArtBreakDay #Siri #Whatisthemeaningoflife #Artistlisarasmussen #Kittybliss

Siri ~ What is the Meaning of Life ~ Day #3

Project Description: For 30 days, I will ask Siri on my iphone “What is the meaning of life?” From her response I will create Art around it.

Day #3

Siri, What is the Meaning of Life?

"The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death." Siri

#ArtBreakDay #KittyBliss #ArtistLisaRasmussen

Day #2 Can you believe that Siri said this to me today! ~ "It's nothing Nietzsche couldn’t teach Ya."

We have art so that we may not perish by the truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

What is the Meaning of Life Siri? 

"it's nothing Nietzsche couldn’t teach Ya." Siri

Hmmm… Is Siri a nihilist? Kitty Bliss

FYI those are Kitty Bliss's back paws on his cheeks  
He is doing #YogART  obviously very flexible, like all kittens. Part the Art is Service Campaign, Art Break Day #30for30equals30

Project Description: For 30 days, I will ask Siri on my iphone “What is the meaning of life?” From her response I will create Art around it.

#KittyBliss #ArtBreakDay #TakeanArtBreak #LisaRasmussen #Whatisthemeaningoflife? #Nietzsche

Day #1 "I Give Up" ~ Kitty Bliss

"I give up." O' Siri that Breaks my heART! 

Project Description: For 30 days, I will ask Siri on my iphone “What is the meaning of life?”From her response I will create Art around it.

Today she said “I give up, Lisa.” 

Man on the first day she gives up :) Here is my Art ~ Kitty Bliss is  de ~inspired by giving up

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#30for30equal30 is Art is Moving's sweet way to activate art and creativity in your life as a daily practice. It is a child of our epic one day global Arts Advocacy Day, Art Break Day. 

What are your ideas for this month long Artathon? 

Mine is kind of fun and quirky. I am by no means a techy, but I just activated Siri on my Iphone.  In my idle time, I like to ask her questions, like "what is the meaning of life?" This my inspiration my 30 day +30 minutes = 30 artworks experiment. Each of the 30 Days I will ask Siri, "what is the meaning of life?" Her answers (which she does answer:) )  will be my jumping off point for my art making.

I have no idea what the art will look like. That is the fun and the mystery!

  

We invite you to join in on this challenge! 

Tell us what your inspiration will be for #30for30equal30! In the comments below.

About: 

To coincide with our yearly Art Break Day celebration every September, we invite anyone and everyone to partake in our 30x30x30 challenge.

Art is Moving believes in the positive power or art. Just like eating right and exercising, making art a part of your daily life will make that life a better one. It helps us connect with ourselves and connect with others. We can use art to work through stress and anxiety. Take a breather, take an art break, and see what happens. Sign up for the art is life challenge HERE

Be Inspired

~ Lisa 

Unforgettable Yoga and Art Retreat in Paradise

An Unforgettable ~ 4 nights and 5 Days in stunning natural beauty.

Take everything you treasure about your Yoga and Art practice, then throw in an epic and healing location (Kalani Oceanside Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii) thought provoking, inspiring, and transformative workshops, delicious organic meals, magical bonfires, hikes to sacred places, great conversations and connections and much more! 

Carpe Diem! Sign up today! This is an all inclusive Yoga and Art Retreat. Space is very limited. Please choose your accommodations below.

You can register and pay below or  e-mail Lisa and Ceylan at art4allpeople@gmail.com or call us at 310-745-2476

New Moon Art and Yoga Retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii at the Kalani Retreat Center, an Oceanside Sanctuary with Lisa Rasmussen MFA, Ceylan Huyla MA, and Yogi Will Donnelly 

March 30th, 2014- April 3rd, 2014 
A sojourn of rejuvenation and discovery

Awaken and rekindle your ancient inner wisdom through YogART, dream-work/art, intuitive painting, personal mythology, ritual , sacred sites, swimming with dolphins, incredible food, and adventure. All illuminated by the intersection of the creative, the sacred, and the healing spirit of Aloha at one of the most soulful venues on the Big Island.

Join us for five extraordinary and “supernormal” days of transformation.

Yoga and Art is 4 All People.

YogART (Yoga and Art) Retreat Includes:

Accommodations: 4 nights and 5 Days at Kalani Oceanside Resort Meals Provided: -Sunday: Dinner. -Monday: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner -Tuesday Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner -Wednesday: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner -Thursday: Breakfast 4 YogART workshops (Yoga and Intuitive/Expressive Painting) 3 ward winning professional instructors Individual Coaching around artwork and process Learn new art techniques Make Your Own: Creative and Dream Journal Develop a Dreamwork Tool Kit Learn Creative Journaling Techniques Create a map of your goals and intentions (personal growth, health & healing, creativity, and business) Connect and Learn with Nature through Eco Art All Art Supplies: inclusive of a journal, archival paper, professional artist tools, acrylic paints, pastels, and other mediums All your paintings and your journal are yours to wrap, take home, display, and to use a tools for your well-being An Art of Life work book to continue your Yoga and Art practice 2- 3 Day Trips Volcano, Swimming with Dolphins, Bluffs Mediation Last night Bonfire celebration and Kalani

Additional Activities to Enrich Your Experience:

• Yoga classes offered throughout the day at Kalani
• Treat yourself to a massage and wellness packages at Kalani

YogART is a new and integrative five-fold process, created by Ceylan Hulya MA and Lisa Rasmussen MFA, which includes yoga, stream of consciousness mark-making, creative visualization, transformative art-making and dialogue. The fusion of all five allows creativity to flow abundantly; opening life to infinite possibilities.

Our Retreats honor and foster the intrinsic and empowering creative source within us all. We openly encourage courageous self-exploration through direct experience and reflection. The ultimate intention of our Retreats is to reveal that Art and its amazing process is everyone’s birthright. When activated, Art has the ability to transform our lives as well as the potential to transform the world we live in. Kalani Oceanside Retreat is the ultimate destination for restoration, relaxation and renewal. In addition to our daily transformative experiences, connect with the mystical land and sea, enjoy the pool, hot tubs and sauna. Get a massage. Enjoy three healthy and abundant meals every day on the open air dining lanai.

Students of all levels of art and yoga practice, including beginners are encouraged and welcome. It doesn't matter if you've never picked up a paintbrush or never unrolled a yoga mat: art and yoga are for ALL people! 

For more information about YogART, you can find a provocative map of the practice in Art 4 All People's book~ YogART:The Art of Transformation  

Itinerary: March 30th: Connect and Settle In to Kalani. The Big Island is also known as “the doorway to the other side". The energy of land is palatable. Today is all about settling in and connecting. Day 1: Arrival * Optional Pick up at Hilo Airport

• 6:00-7:30 PM Dinner
• 7:45 -9:45 PM -Welcome Circle and Introductions -Make your own Dream Journal -New Moon Intentions & Ritual Art Making (Letting go and Bringing in) -Making Herb Bundles to offer to Pele on 3/31/13

 

  (Image from Kalani's Blog)

Day 2: March 31st theme is PELE:  Pele’s lava is a powerful symbol and the foundation for new beginnings. Today, we will be visiting Volcanoes National Park.

•  7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast
• 10:00 -11:45 AM Check in Circle - Dream Work/Art
• 12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
• 1:30- 4:00pm Chakra YogART (Letting go and Bringing in) 7 Chakras pick 2 that needs most attention)
• 5:00 PM Night Trip to Pele, Mouth of the Volcano/Petroglyphs/and the Live Lava fields of Volcanoes National Park. Ritual to encourage letting go of what is no longer serving you, and bringing in what you need. Herb bundle and New Moon Ritual offerings to Pele, symbolic goddess of the islands and volcano.
• 6:30 - 7:30 PM - Picnic dinner (to-go provided by Kalani) at Petroglyph site or Ocean side Lava Fields.
• Return by 10:00pm

Day 3: April 1, 2013 Swim with the Dolphins

• 7:30 AM Breakfast to Go (provided by Kalani)
• 7:45 AM Leave for Hokena Beach to swim with dolphins (2 ½ hour trip from Kalani)
• 10:00 AM - Arrival at Hokena Beach to swim with dolphins.  - Make a sacred offering to the dolphins. Please note that these are wild dolphins and so there is not a 100% guarantee.
• 12:30 - 1:30 PM Picnic on the Beach
• 2:00 - Return to Kalani. Free time upon arrival back at resort
• 6:00 - 7:30 PM Dinner
• 7:30 - 10:00 PM Chakra YogART (Intuitive Painting around one Chakra on canvas)

Day 4:  April 2nd ~ Eco Art and Meditation to Mama Ocean. Today we will be visiting MacKenzie State Park in the morning for a group guided, creative visualization on the bluffs - fuel for your creativity in the afternoon!

•  7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast
• 9:00 AM - 1:45 PM  MacKenzie State Park: Group Eco Art  and Meditation on the Bluffs/Tide Pools/Black Sand Beach/Turtles
• (12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Bag)
• 3:00 - 6:00 PM Chakra YogART (Intuitive Painting around one Chakra on canvas)
• 6:00 - 7:30 PM Dinner
• 8:00- 10:00 PM Bonfire: Celebration Party and Presentations

Day 5: April 3rd, 2013

•  7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast
• 9:30 -11:30 AM Closing Circle with Yoga Stretching/ Dream Art Journal Presentation
• 12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
•  Drop off at Hilo for afternoon evening flights*

Airfare to/from Hilo and Kona airports, transport to/from Kalani, tips, and extra excursions and adventures are not included. A non-refundable deposit of $300 is required to reserve your space. We do offer pickup and drop off the Hilo Airport on 3/30/13 -4/3/13 please inquire for rates. 

  "YogART is an amazing retreat of mind, body, and spirit. A beautiful way to connect within and also reach out ~to be lifted out of  oneself and to see things in a new way. This (Art 4 All People) is a “home” of transformation and I believe that if we all connect with who we really are we can change the world. Thank you YogART!" Cathy Salser  (Founder and Executive Director of Window Between the Worlds) 

  Registration Information Lisa Rasmussen: Phone: 415.377.4956 /  E-mail; art4allpeople@gmail.com. Click HERE to finish your registration with your Paypal confirmation #. After we receive this we will send you our registration packet. You can view pictures and information about the accommodations at Kalani HERE.

 

(Image from Kalani's Blog)

 Extra 10% off the YogART Retreat if you and a friend attend. Registration Cancellation Policy:

• $300 non-refundable deposit required to register
• Full balance for retreat due 60 days prior to trip
• No refund on deposits
• No refunds on retreat for cancellation 20 days or less from start datePre register and reserve your space below.

$300.00 ____________________________

  Choose your sacred space and pay at the links below   Tree House Rooms are not actually in a tree, but you may well feel as if they are! The Tree House is nestled under the cool shade of a large Monkeypod Tree near the Rainbow Room. They are five spacious units, on two levels, enhanced by views of pasture, grazing horses, and glimpses of sea through a coastal grove of native Kamani (mahogany) and coconut palms. 

All Inclusive Retreat and Tree House single lodging $1960 Tropical Four double bungalows (eight rooms) are located between the Rainbow Room and the Tree House. Each has high, slanted ceilings and tall screened windows, a Queen bed, a futon, private bath, fan, mini fridge. Approximately 225 square feet.

All Inclusive Retreat and Bungalow lodging for two  $1640 each

All Inclusive Retreat with Bungalow lodging for single  $1880 The three two-level lodges or Hales (pronounced Ha'-lay, Hawaiian for "house") house several rooms on each floor with access to common areas on both levels which are sometimes used for classes. They are on the central lawn close to the Dining Lanai. Rooms are approximately 200 square feet with twin, queen, or king beds, shared or private bath, fan, and a garden vista. Hales 3 & 4 include access to adjoining studio with a limited kitchen (sink, refrigerator, microwave) and an upstairs meeting area. Hale 1 has no kitchen facilities but features garden lanais (verandas), hammocks, and native ohia floors.

All Inclusive Retreat with Lodge lodging for four $1600 each person

All Inclusive Retreat with Lodge room single lodging $1800

All Inclusive Retreat: Commuter (No lodging) $800

Transformative Hosts

Our teachers are award winning inward guides: handpicked for their heart-led approach and commitment to the transformative power of creativity Art 4 All People was Co-Founded by Ceylan Hulya M.A. and Lisa Rasmussen M.F.A. They are two Renaissance women who truly believe in the intrinsic power of ART to transform, empower, and to heal. Through YogART, Intuitive Painting, and Dream work, Lisa and Ceylan reveal that Transformative Art is a powerful creative process for self-care and personal growth for individuals and communities. It is a holistic practice, which is beneficial for the mind, body, and soul. Both are professional artists and educators. Together they have taught hundreds of individuals at university level and at their private Art 4 All People art studio in Malibu and have witnessed many empowering breakthroughs through the process. They both have in-depth experience in facilitating Transformative Art to all levels of experience from elders, to adults, families, to youth, and to underserved special needs children.

Ceylan Hulya M.A. is the Co-founder, Manager, Curator, and Transformative Educator of AY Atelier Art Online Gallery and Art 4 All People in Malibu.  She also is an alumnus of John F Kennedy Masters in Transformative Arts in the Arts & Consciousness Program. In March of 2013, she was awarded the Alumni of the year for her work at Art 4 All People from John F Kennedy University for her deep service to the Arts and Consciousness profession and community She was born in Izmir, Turkey. She is a professional transformative artist, whose work explores the mediums of intuitive painting, installation, video art, and performance art.  Hulya's work can be seen at Art 4 All People and Ay Atelier Art.COM She is a Turkish entrepreneur. 

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  Lisa Rasmussen Transformative Artist, Educator, Curator, and Art Advocate, who truly believes and embodies the notion that ART can change and heal the world. 
Rasmussen is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Art 4 All People and AY Atelier Art.com. an international Sanctuary for Arts and Consciousness in Malibu and in virtual reality.
Also she is the Co-Founder and the Co-Director of the non-profit Art is Moving and the 3rd annual ARTbreak Day. Art Break Day is community art reach event that offers 1000′s of people the means and the space to connect with their community via the art-making process. In March of 2013, she was awarded the Alumni of the year for her work at Art 4 All People from John F Kennedy University for her deep service to the Arts and Consciousness profession and community. Additionally, Lisa pioneered an award-winning expressive art program for emotionally traumatized and abused youth and developed a professional art gallery for the residents of Lincoln Child Center, a mental health facility in Oakland. She has also taught intuitive and expressive Art for over ten years to elders, at-risk teens, and has been an art coach to adults. In 2008, Rasmussen was awarded the prestigious Graduate Student of the year from John F Kennedy, Holistic Studies Program for her transformative work with the children at Lincoln and for her MFA Graduate solo exhibition. Lisa is also a professional Artist. Her paintings are her spiritual practice. Her current work is being exhibited in various galleries in Los Angeles and in San Francisco. 

   

  The Yoga in YogArt with Will Donnelly is a nationally recognized, certified yoga teacher. He has been a true pioneer in the field of yoga, and co-created and co-hosted the yoga–reality series Guru2Go, which debuted on fit TV, part of the Discovery family of channels. Having taught in some of the top studios in Los Angeles, Will offers a profoundly energizing and healing form of yoga and meditation, and takes students on an inner journey like few others. He is KRI-certified (Kundalini Research Institute) and was trained at the nationally renowned Golden Bridge Yoga Studio in Los Angeles. With over 15 years experience practicing and teaching yoga & meditation, Will has taught in dynamic locations such as: the Cannes Film Festival (Official Yogi/American Pavilion) in France, Legoland - California, UCLA Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cancer Center, the Santa Anita Race Tracks in Los Angeles, and from construction sites to dentist offices, to name just a few.

Flying to Hawaii, "The Big Island" Option 1: Fly to Hilo (ITO) Fly to Hilo from other island airports such as Honolulu on Oahu, Kahului on Maui, Lihue on Kauai, or Kona, here on the west side of Hawaii, the Big Island. Several flights are offered daily with Hawaiian Airlines (1-800-367-5320) and go! Airlines (1-888-IFLYGO2). There is one direct flight from Los Angeles everyday on United Airlines (1-800-864-8331). Kalani is only a 45 minute drive from the Hilo airport. There is also very limited public transportation via the Hele-On county bus that leaves from downtown Hilo. This is a slow, but inexpensive option, that comes right to Kalani if you can coordinate schedules. For more info visit the Hele-On bus website. Option 2: Fly to Kona (KOA) Kalani is a 2.5 - 3 hour scenic drive from Kona, halfway around the Island of Hawaii, "the Big Island", via either the northern or southern routes, or the newly finished Saddle road passing Mauna Kea.

 

  (Image from Kalani's Blog)  

 

Day 4/30 the Tower!

Day 3/30 Art is Moving 30x30=30 =

Interesting process.
3rd day of project, I kind of had to do the Art. Was about to start working, but willfully decided to take an ARTbreak.

• Inspiration randomly pick a card form the Thoth Tarot card deck by Aleister Crowley.  
• Do Art around it and reflect
• This work is pretty dark, Alchemy abound
• Today, I pulled the Emperor card. Major Archana #4. Lets see what insights he has to say in my journey of creation. 

IV - The Emperor

Sun in Capricorn, standing for responsibility, order, security, continuity
Zodiac: Aries
Tree of life: The axis Netzach - Yesod
Element: Fire
Number: 4 as physical reality, basic structure, orientation

Trumps III and IV represent Parents in their archetypical way. Just as the Empress stands for Mother Nature, the Emperor is the social word, the structure of civilization, a symbol for its law and order, may they be good or bad, but the power behind them. He is the abstraction of establishment, its stability and security.

In its negative aspects the card can represent the force of bad law in a society where stability is rated higher than morals or ethic. Once law and order are established as an institution, a bad emperor can turn out to be a disaster. And even at his best the Emperor is limited - he puts restrictions and borders to the spontanity of spirit and nature.

In a more personal view the Emperor might stand for a time of stability and structure, linear thinking and discipline. Yet we can't live without it, too many of those attributes will only lead to rational despotism and mental poverty.

Drive: Mastery of the will over nature, a sense for law and order, plan and structure

Light: Creation, recognition, stability, realism, responsiveness

Shadow: Despotism, selfcomplacancy, poorness of feelings, lack of fantasy; rationalism as a prison

Day 2/30 for Art is Moving's 30for30equals30

Day 2-
Kind of a messy day. Challenges overworked piece-funny in 30 minutes

Today I picked the Seven of Wands - Valour

Tree of Life: Netzach through Fire
Astrology: Mars in the 3. decan of Leo

The Seven of Wands is entering Netzach - the depths of creativity and anarchy standing under the number of destiny. And like for all the Seven's, the leaving of the beautiful Tiphareth comes like the fall from paradise. But Fire is a fighter, and though the element seems to be burning down, it will struggle to survive.

So the Seven of Wands talks of a situation where we have to face up forces stronger than ourself, situations that at first sight seem hopeless, yet we'll have to use all that we've learned and fight.

Drive: Courage, fighting spirit, overcoming opposition

Light: Initiation, rebirth

Shadow: Getting attacked, facing hardships

Day 1/30 Art is Moving 30-30-30 for the Month of September

Day 1/30 

I am so excited to participate in Art is Movings 

30 minutes for 30 days equals 30 artworks

All the artwork you see here is created during the month of September by people around the world who take a 30 minute art break each day in September to create a work of art. They share that artwork her

• Inspiration randomly pick a card form the Thoth Tarot card deck by Aleister Crowley.  
• Do Art around it and reflect
• For the beginning of this project I picked the 3 of wands. 

My 3 of Wands

Three of Wands - Virtue

Tree of Life: Binah though Fire
Astrology: Sun in the 2. decan of Aries

The Three's are connected to Binah - the understanding. The untouched energies of the Two's have met the 3, the number of synthesis and harmony. They're no longer solitudes, they face up their meanings and surroundings. The Three of Wands is called 'Virtue' - the powerful fire understands its responsibilty.

The Three of Wands shows the powers of the element guided by understanding and awareness, the perfect precondition to begin a work or a project, to go ahead with a plan.

Drive: Creativity, the will to begin, striving towards a goal

Light: Accomplishment, confidence, harmony of powers, pride, nobility

Shadow: Moodiness, overestimation of one's self, conceit, rudeness, insolence, obstinacy, treacherypride, nobility-Click Here to find the source of this info.

I will try to reflect on this tomorrow. 

Challenges: As someone in my close circle just said this project is waste of time. 

OK, this is an interesting thing to think about. 

Day 1 has brought up some resistance from the outside with the 3 of wands as inspiration, both the light and shadow where so here. 

Onward-we will see what happens tomorrow. 

Featured Arts and Healing Artist

Below is the article, and you can listen to my interview online here.

Art Break Day Co-Founder and Healing Artist: Lisa Rasmussen

May 2013 Lisa Rasmussen is a transformative artist, educator, curator and art advocate who truly believes and embodies the notion that art can change and heal the world. Lisa is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Art is Moving and the 3rd Annual Art Break Day. Art Break Day is a communty art-reach event that offers thousands of people the means and space to connect with their community via the art-making process. She is also the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Art 4 All People and AY Atelier Art, an international sanctuary for arts and consciousness online and in Malibu, CA.   Additionally, Lisa pioneered an award-winning expressive arts program for emotionally traumatized and abused youth, and developed a professional art gallery for the residents of Lincoln Child Center, a mental health facility in Oakland, CA.  She is also a professional artist, and her paintings are her spiritual practice. To learn more about Lisa and her work, please visit www.artismovingnow.com,www.art4allpeople.com, and www.ayatelierart.com.