When you are creative, you understand how you fit with what is natural, because being creative itself is natural. It’s really quite natural for us to be able to create, whether it’s painting, whether it’s making poems or making music. ~ Alice Walker Excerpted from Shiloh Sophia’s conversation with Alice Walker earlier this week in…
“Discovering truths hidden within the stories our culture tells us inspires artful activism. Let’s get to the root system where taboo lives and where systemic power-over structures are allowed to flourish without challenge. Let’s expose them gently and artfully and forge a new way forward. So often we are attached, or think we are, to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shiloh Sophia Founder | Curate shilohsophia@musea.org Living The Truth Special Cinema Event Announced for Saturday, June 3 Three Films From Award-Winning Filmmaker Pratibha Parmar, With Special Guest Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist Alice Walker, Slated for Day at Sebastiani Theatre Parmar to Receive the SIFF | MUSEA Center Women In Film…
Red Thread Letter #919 Doing What Matters Dear One, Thank you for caring about doing what matters. And also – for caring if I do what matters to me too. I get lots of messages and cards hearing that what we do here at MUSEA does matter to you – so thank you. So.…
Hi! I’m up late. I have a reason. Every year for 16 years we have offered a course called Legend. If I could only teach one course – this would be it. Each year we change the theme and this year’s theme is all about the bridge between who we are, and who we need…
A photo of the front of the Ranch in Sonoma, California – our museum, campus, kitchen, and so much more! Red Thread Letter #918 Handfasting with Earth Dear One, I am called to bring ceremony as part of my Great Work. I opened the doors to The Cura Council recently, my vision for…
Red Thread Letter #917 Painting as Ceremony Dear One, So metacognition is one of my happy words. It is generally thought of as “thinking about thinking” as well as awareness and understanding of one’s own thought process. When we paint in ceremony, metacognition is the key element because we are in a space…
Greetings! In today’s Red Thread Letter #916 we are exploring Soul-Stuff and the Revealing of Great Work – recorded in the dark of the morning – the time when my soul voice is most alive! I invite you to tune in with a cuppa for 15 minutes and then journal or draw what arises. Cuz’ that’s…
Red Thread Letter #915 Practice of Presence Transmission Dear One, The full moon energy is palpable. What are you noticing? I shared what I was noticing in today’s offering made for you – just now. Today’s offering includes a Cura Meditation Transmission on the Practice of Presence with a theme of :.:=:. choosing…
I speak the truth when I tell you this. When creativity comes through like a thunder bolt and shakes you to your core, there is no mistaking it for something else. Your heart beats, your feet go cold, your head whistles with a big wind coming through. It can be hard to say no, even…