#creative practices

What do Salvador Dali’s Persistence of Memory (the painting with the melting clocks), Elias Howe’s invention of the lockstitch sewing machine in 1845, and the Beatles’ song Yesterday, have in common? They all were ideas that first emerged in dreams. Dreams, where we spend up to 1/3 of our lives, are fertile soil for us to explore and expand our creative practices.

Dreaming is recognized by researchers to be a place where we can have a much more creative space of mind because we are not bound by external input nor our own self-imposed limitations—the mind is literally able to go anywhere, do anything, and be anything. Daydreaming in many ways mimics more deep sleep dreaming, where the mind is again free to wander, to create, to explore.  Because of this, both daydreaming and dreaming are powerful creative tools, and one you can harness to build your creative practices, generate ideas, and create a more fanciful view of the world.

Today, I happened upon a business in Quakertown, PA called Candles & Supplies.com. They sell ingredients and tools for making all kinds of beauty products — soaps, lotions, candles, and more. Their shelves are full of potential, and their staff is welcoming and knowledgeable. It felt like stumbling into a workshop of wonder. They also offer classes on how to make these products. Cold process,…

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too late for any more film suggestions. Already finished the calendar.

Here's a link if you're interested: Lent Calendar 2011.

Feel free to pull any ideas from it that you want. Or let me know if you'd like to partake in any of them with me, ie: film watching, meal eating, etc. Especially The Last Temptation of Christ. I watched it last year right before Easter and it was a great experience. Hoping to find some people to share it with this year.

I am actually pretty excited about this.

Resources:

Films: Schindler's List La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc Requiem for a Dream The Mission Into the Wild A Man for All Seasons The Last Temptation of Christ

Books: A Prayer for Owen Meany (I'll be finishing this soon, and I have the feeling that it will have a large impact on my experience of lent this year.) I'll be jumping between a few prayer/devotional books. Common Prayer: a liturgy or ordinary radicals. Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter (featuring Chesterton, Lewis, Bonhoeffer, L'Engel, etc.) The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime by Phyllis Tickle. Oh yeah, will probably pick up Love Wins at some point if I want to be part of any conversations anyone is having after March 15th. ;)

Also: Mars Hill's Lent Series and Calendar

One more disclaimer:

I will fail at this. This is not a "look at how awesome I am" attempt. I found very little resources online for creative Lenten practices, so I guess I just wanted to throw these out there.