Becoming an artist is not the hard part. The hard part is doing the art, over and over. The hard part is bearing your own missed expectations about what your art should look like. The hard part is doing your work especially when the world tries to fill up your time...
Medieval Sovereign Crown (female) (c) Steven Blaine Adamsone of the artworks in LFAE's 2014 exhibit Life Force Wheel: The Tribe & The Sovereign The corona virus pandemic is sweeping through the world, sickening and killing thousands and disrupting lives with...
This is a series of images that came to me over several days in midsummer July 2019 depicting a story or journey that takes place during midwinter. The images appear to follow a queen or goddess figure at the darkest time of the year while she reaches out for...
Life Force Arts Ensemble (LFAE) is a company of visual, literary and performing artists who create transformation through the arts based in the Life Force Arts Method (LFAM), a modern version of universal wisdom teachings that value true self and creative...
Joan: Do you want to say something about how we decided to create Rainbow Messengers? I remember I said, “Gee, could you do one of the performances for Life Force Arts Ensemble (LFAE) for the Fall Equinox?” To give some background: LFAE has been producing one of...
Joan Forest Mage: Thank you both for being presenters at Life Force Arts Center’s (LFAC’s) Symposium “Astrology of Passion” held on June 17, 2018. As the founder and Executive Director of Life Force Arts Center, I organize events that fulfill LFAC’s mission: to...
Do you ever look at your cat and wonder how it is that they are so sure of themselves? So comfortable in their being? How is it that cats, regardless of their circumstances exude confidence, grace, and style? I've always wished to tap into the thought processes...
[Note: these artworks are part of Life Force Arts Center's exhibit Art: The Language of Healing which runs May 13 - August 22, 2017] In a time when human beings are suffering from a host of illnesses caused by stress and modern-day living, the need for ancient wisdom...
Hip, hip, HUZZAH! I received official confirmation that my two latest paintings, both painted on the same Saturday in February during a 9-hour spate of frenzied creativity, have been accepted for Life Force Arts Center’s upcoming exhibition entitled The Creative Soul:...
The tall Cottonwood that lived at the corner of DeVargas and Galisteo streets wasn’t in its place when it noticed Owl’s truck pull up to the curb—it was down by the acequia sipping water from the ice melt. Hastily it bounded back up the hill, landing with a jolt that...
