This workshop series invites you to explore creativity not as a product, but as a way of being. Through simple, meditative forms of making—such as mark-making, stitching, and calligraphy—we will approach creative practice as a path of attention, discovery, and letting go.
Rooted in Zen teachings and held in a contemplative environment, Ten Thousand Things offers space to meet the unknown with openness and curiosity. Together, we will explore how quiet acts of creation can become expressions of the Dharma and companions on the path of liberation.
No artistic experience is needed. This series is open to all who wish to explore the creative process as a form of spiritual inquiry and embodied practice.
Saturdays - July 12, August 16, September 20
1:00 PM - -4:00 PM
Wall Street zendo
For details and to register for June 12 ~ Thread, Needle and Fabric: Making Stitches ~ see the separate event page HERE
Creative Facilitators for this series will be:
Shinmon Michael Newton - Mountain Rain's co-guiding teacher, has studied calligraphy with teachers in Japan and Vancouver for many years
Kakuko Kaye Simard - A master quilter, Kaye's dharma name Kakuko Shinkai means Awakening-Light, Heart-Ocean
Tosho Megan Adam - A writer, weaver, and fiddle-player on Gabriola Island, BC (Snuneymuxw territory).
Nin-en Susan Elbe - Offers the insight that zen art can open us to an ineffable truth that goes beyond words.
Please register for each event separately so we can get a sense of numbers.
