Painting: Learning to See in the Light 2010 by Shiloh Sophia

Can ‘Healing’ Make Us Too Tame?

Does our version of healing, tame us into submission? Is our desire for domesticity, over-riding our call to the wild? How can maintaining originality help us navigate the rough terrain of life with innovation? Is our potential for pleasure, and even bliss, being forced into the background in the name of moderation? “Learning to See…

My Teacher (this painting is astonishing)

“Paint like you have all the time in the world” ~ Sue Hoya Sellars ‘Centaur Becoming’ painted by Sue Hoya Sellars for my sister, Shannon Cinnamon McCloud This painting, to me, is astonishing. Just take a moment to pause and look at it. The expression on the horse’s face, the hills, the mist, the hands,…

Do you believe everything happens for a reason?

  And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of flames are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one. ~T.S. Eliot Painting by Shiloh Sophia from 2008 Share or Comment on Artist Shiloh Sophia   A soft green leaf…

Invite Your Muse to a Cup of Inquiry, Shiloh’s Featured Article for Aspire Magazine!

“In ordinary reality, our brain, when faced with questions, will go to the past to gather the evidence which is “safer” – ie known, or connected to a past story. In this specialized muse inquiry we are intentionally looking for ideas that are not based on past experience. Therefore we are ‘reaching’ into the future…