Painting Poetry
In reply to What Does it Mean to Be in The "Flow State" by Open
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Dear Open and all those tuning in ,
My most recent Flow state has been painting. I have not consistently painted since I was a young child so starting on a beginners online course was a leap of faith. The woman I training with ,I really resonated with her. She started us off with a meditation to feel everything . And interspersed with the drawing assignments is regular open ended questions of a philosophical nature.
I have therefore been experiencing both Flow as I get caught in the.moment and my creative side obliterates experience of time. And then ,rudely ,I start to feel I to old sensations that have not been integrated . It's a very interesting place to be. I notice it takes me a while to get into the place where I have a preferred outcome in mind but where I am able to let go .in this particular case,it means I look at her I instruction and then relax into my interpretation of them .And the painting is flowing out of me ! It is so empowering and humbling at the same time . As if I have tapped into a pocket of self I didn't ever know existed .
And each turn of this very tight spiral brings me face to face with the conditioning inside of me that didn't allow this for so many decades .
Interesting times !
Megha
