The Keeper of the Mountain - Mt. Narryer, whose ancient minerals are nearly the age of Earth itself, is located in the central Outback of Western Australia. This remote, undisturbed site is surrounded by a haunting solitude and silence. "You want to see Mt. Narryer?...
A Healer Healed Through Grace And Love by Shantal
I first met Steve Adams while attending a music show at Life Force Arts Center (LFAC). A jovial looking gentleman sitting behind a table covered in beautiful crystals and stones, he was there doing Tarot readings for that evening’s guests. Walking up to the table...
The Power of Myth in Art: Healing Hands by Jennifer Francis
The way that the world understands art has transformed over the centuries, just as art understands – and challenges – the world. It has driven revolutions, inspired the masses, rejected ideologies and created new ones. Through hardships and golden ages, through good...
Stones Teaching Us To Heal by Liz Baudler & A Spiritual Artist’s Path by Steven Blaine Adams
Stones Teaching Us To Heal by Liz Baudler - Steve Adams appreciates the art of making things. A “designing freak” (he’s done window displays and theater sets in the past), he always finds himself returning to the jewelry and stone work for which Life Force Arts Center...
Creating Art in a Spirited Way: an Interview with Janet Trierweiler
Artist Janet Trierweiler (http://www.supportivespaces.com), a member of the collaborative art duet Calaj, discusses art, energy, feng shui and Spirit in an interview with Joan Forest Mage, Executive Director of Life Force Arts Foundation. Janet teaches "Feng Shui...
The Stuff of Life: Clay, Figurines and Priestesses in Mesoamerica†
By Anne Key - Originally published in a slightly different form in She is Everywhere! An Anthology of Writing in Womanist/Feminist Spirituality, ed. Mary Saracino and Mary Beth Moser (Berkeley, CA: Belladonna, 2005) and Stepping Into Ourselves: An Anthology of...
Painting & Alchemy
by Colleen Koziara - I painted all the pieces in the "From the Fire" Series during my two years of working in Sacred Fire Circles: an ecstatic Alchemical Experience of all night dance, drumming, music, chanting, song, etc., held in a Crucible style space, and designed...
The Power of Visual Art: Becoming Aware of How It Affects You
by Cary Weldy - Note: This article contains excerpts from Cary Weldy’s upcoming book: Creating Sacred Space in the Home: Unveiling the Secrets of the Masters, which is expected to be released by the summer of 2014....
The Ecstasy of Feeling Free
by Joan Marie - As a college student, I was awestruck by Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. Profoundly moved, I thought if art can be that powerful, I must be a part of it. From that day it has been my purpose to visually express this positive explosive energy...
Calaj: Collected Writings from an Artistic Duet
by Calaj (Janet Trierweiler and Matthew Schaefer) - As artists and kindred spirits both working in contemporary painting, we created Calaj, a collaborative art duet in which we create artwork together. Five years into our duet, the commitment to painting together has...