Comments on: Bold Brushstrokes and Being BIG http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/ Certified Life Coach and Author Jennifer Lee, PCC, CPCC, MA Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:17:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kandice http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30644 Kandice Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:49:31 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30644 I love love love your painting Jen! I'm searching for something like this in the DC area. Would love to take this class! I love love love your painting Jen! I’m searching for something like this in the DC area. Would love to take this class!

]]> By: Kaori http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30536 Kaori Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:40:39 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30536 This is such a wonderful post.. your artworks look GREAT! I was thrilled to find your blog because I am really interested in taking art therapy for my studies in the future. I will be visiting your site often! Take care This is such a wonderful post.. your artworks look GREAT! I was thrilled to find your blog because I am really interested in taking art therapy for my studies in the future. I will be visiting your site often! Take care

]]> By: CONNIE http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30530 CONNIE Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:38:24 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30530 That painting is freaking awesome!! You're freaking awesome!!! Peace & Love. That painting is freaking awesome!! You’re freaking awesome!!!

Peace & Love.

]]> By: Art As Therapy: Pain Hurts Feelings « Musings from the Moonroom http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30521 Art As Therapy: Pain Hurts Feelings « Musings from the Moonroom Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:49:33 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30521 [...] this wonderful post on Beadlust on Witnessing Art from the Heart and this post from Jennifer Lee on Being Big with your art and your life (take the time to watch the video too. It brought tears to my [...] [...] this wonderful post on Beadlust on Witnessing Art from the Heart and this post from Jennifer Lee on Being Big with your art and your life (take the time to watch the video too. It brought tears to my [...]

]]> By: chris zydel http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30519 chris zydel Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:42:38 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30519 Hi Jen, It's such fun and makes my heart happy to see you taking up so much space with your wildly colorful creative self! And I can't WAIT to see what happens with that painting.... and you... after being immersed in the intuitive painting process for a WHOLE WEEK!! Love you biggest bunches, Chris Hi Jen,

It’s such fun and makes my heart happy to see you taking up so much space with your wildly colorful creative self! And I can’t WAIT to see what happens with that painting…. and you… after being immersed in the intuitive painting process for a WHOLE WEEK!!

Love you biggest bunches,
Chris

]]> By: leah http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30504 leah Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30504 I just love the process you're sharing here, Jenn. It brought tears to my eyes!! xox I just love the process you’re sharing here, Jenn. It brought tears to my eyes!! xox

]]> By: Sheila Finkelstein http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30502 Sheila Finkelstein Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:36:15 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30502 Beautiful, Jen... painting, colors and writing! I particularly paused on "Gotta love having someone hold me bigger than I see myself!" How true. My sons brought me back a wall hanging from a trip they took when teenagers, over 30 years ago. As close as I can remember, it said: "If only you could see yourself as others see you, you would know how truly special you are!" Still working on it :) My concentration for several years has been using photography to inspire others to see their world with new and expanding eyes. Your post makes me, almost, want to come out from behind and take some big, BOLD movements. Thank you! Beautiful, Jen… painting, colors and writing!

I particularly paused on “Gotta love having someone hold me bigger than I see myself!” How true. My sons brought me back a wall hanging from a trip they took when teenagers, over 30 years ago. As close as I can remember, it said:

“If only you could see yourself as others see you, you would know how truly special you are!”

Still working on it :)

My concentration for several years has been using photography to inspire others to see their world with new and expanding eyes. Your post makes me, almost, want to come out from behind and take some big, BOLD movements.

Thank you!

]]> By: Lis http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30494 Lis Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:09:01 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30494 wow. what an amazing experience ... this video and your discussion about going big cut close to the bone for me ... like the previous comment, I too had squashed my art making, believing myself not "good enough" and thinking my art would not be well received. Received by who?! I am rediscovering the elemental joy in creating as a way of dropping into flow, a yoga of body, mind, senses, color and textures. I am finding my way back to that initial joy in creating that I knew as a child and it is like running down hill after a long long hike up. I think it is very relevant that I have resist "going big." It would be like talking very loudly in a room, asking for others to look and listen to me. I tend to spiral inward and my art reflects that introspection. But I am moving a tad bigger as I realize small has been too cerebral for me; I need to bypass my brain and let my body and energy move me. I have experienced the magic of this in free form prana flow/moving meditation. I have had the honor to demonstrate this technique to others and then to witness their energy "dances" and it is so inspiring and liberating. I am realizing I can bring that same trust of energy, of source, into my art. Of course, not sure where in my house I could go as large as your magnificent work! Thank you ... my edge is to keep going ... to continue to play, create, share and find a space and a group where inspiration can flow in a circle. I am offering a couple of workshops and am scared to put myself out there; and thrilled by what will arise. Magic? Mess? It will all be insightful! wow. what an amazing experience … this video and your discussion about going big cut close to the bone for me … like the previous comment, I too had squashed my art making, believing myself not “good enough” and thinking my art would not be well received. Received by who?! I am rediscovering the elemental joy in creating as a way of dropping into flow, a yoga of body, mind, senses, color and textures. I am finding my way back to that initial joy in creating that I knew as a child and it is like running down hill after a long long hike up.

I think it is very relevant that I have resist “going big.” It would be like talking very loudly in a room, asking for others to look and listen to me. I tend to spiral inward and my art reflects that introspection. But I am moving a tad bigger as I realize small has been too cerebral for me; I need to bypass my brain and let my body and energy move me. I have experienced the magic of this in free form prana flow/moving meditation. I have had the honor to demonstrate this technique to others and then to witness their energy “dances” and it is so inspiring and liberating. I am realizing I can bring that same trust of energy, of source, into my art. Of course, not sure where in my house I could go as large as your magnificent work!

Thank you … my edge is to keep going … to continue to play, create, share and find a space and a group where inspiration can flow in a circle. I am offering a couple of workshops and am scared to put myself out there; and thrilled by what will arise. Magic? Mess? It will all be insightful!

]]> By: Phoenix http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30475 Phoenix Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:03:40 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30475 I love this approach to creativity and know its the path I need to take for myself. As a kid, through to my teens, I used to draw, doodle, make patterns, create models, without any thought to practicality or how 'good' they were. Somewhere, over the years, I have lost that spirit of creaing from the heart, just for the sake of it. I've become bogged down with the idea that my creations are not good enough. I need to regain the freedom to create, just for myself and the pure joy of doing so. Thank you for this post and the video - it will join the growing group of things pointing the way for me :-) I love this approach to creativity and know its the path I need to take for myself. As a kid, through to my teens, I used to draw, doodle, make patterns, create models, without any thought to practicality or how ‘good’ they were. Somewhere, over the years, I have lost that spirit of creaing from the heart, just for the sake of it. I’ve become bogged down with the idea that my creations are not good enough. I need to regain the freedom to create, just for myself and the pure joy of doing so. Thank you for this post and the video – it will join the growing group of things pointing the way for me :-)

]]> By: Shell http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/2009/08/18/bold-brushstrokes-and-being-big/comment-page-1/#comment-30465 Shell Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:28:13 +0000 http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/?p=1760#comment-30465 Your painting is amazing. Your speech coach gave you excellent advice which like you said you still use today. I've been big and bold this month by facing confrontations. It's challenging, no more wimping out for me. Your painting is amazing. Your speech coach gave you excellent advice which like you said you still use today.
I’ve been big and bold this month by facing confrontations. It’s challenging, no more wimping out for me.

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