Create Your Own Joy

What is the Intention for this site?

Creativity Liaison...Creative Formation...what does this mean and what is its place & purpose:

My intention is simply to share my own experiences...of what has helped guide and support me in my own creative and spiritual journey. First, it has and continues to be...a Process. A journey that is continually making changes and adapting ..it's evolving and deepening. Process refuses to stay static and accept the status quo!

It's been a lot of trial and error. Many mistakes with few "trophies" and monetary gains. However, what I have cultivated deep within myself has been invaluable. I Invite you to find your own way... & To Create Your Own Joy.

Blessings

~Rae

I Am the Process...not the product

This is the Invitation:

Rae Veloon rae.veloon@gmail.com

Creativity Liaison youtube.com/@sunbeams2702

It's about the Process...

Living Into & From the Process Mindset...this to me is "Heaven on Earth". There is no destination spot...all that there is...is our readiness & willingness to Accept & Surrender to the 'What Is...Just As It Is'. Trusting in God's Goodness, Grace & Guidance to lead us to Peace, Love & Joy.

Here is the link to read the Daily Reflection that is referenced in the video: CAC Daily Reflection Aug 29

For more videos (various playlists of Sunbeams videos) go to: https://www.youtube.com/@sunbeams2702

The more I "paint" & simply Play & Pray With Colors... it has become less and less about how the product looks... And Simply More about... the Pure Joy that is freely available to me as I make the time for creating in my life.

Creative Products as a result from the Creative Process

Playing & Praying with colors...

Praying with Colors.mov

Playing & Praying With Colors... This can be done with acrylics, water color paints, colored pencils, crayons, pastels...The choice is yours! Tryout several mediums and discover what resonates most with you. Here are two examples of how to play & pray with colors. The video demonstrates acrylic paints and the canvas uses Stabilo woody pencils and finished off with a favorite color of acrylic paint.

Ok everyone...this may seem too wacky, stretching it too thin, video message...but I wanted to share with whomever is interested...the power and gifts available when making Playing & Praying With Colors a spiritual practice.

Getting Out of the Comfort Zone... The Summer of 2023 I tried on a new creative venture. Working with 2 other facilitators...the 3 of us oversaw a group of youngsters as they delved into their passion for horses. Together we made lasting memories.

UPDATE...It's Now MAY 2025! And I continue to practice getting out of my Comfort Zone. The past year I have been facilitating/ leading a local art journaling group AND...this month I am leading a retreat on Giving Voice to One's Own Story.

Stencil, Paint & Poetry

Created by Natalie; Connecting with the Horse Spirit Retreat; July 2023

Eye to Eye Connections

Created by Martyna; Connecting with the Horse Spirit Retreat; July 2023

Co-Creating

Created by the girls & the horses. Yes! Even horses can create!!!

Art as Healing

Insight meditation teacher Ruth King embraces art as a form of medicine for ourselves and our communities:

To express ourselves artistically is a mindfulness practice in that we are inescapably both creator and that which is being created. As we courageously give ourselves to our artistic expression, we cultivate patience, empathy, discipline, and our capacity to hold energy as it cooks and simmers into an offering of truth to ourselves and a caring offering to our culture….

Art speaks to a truth larger than our suffering, and our job is to make a genuine offer. Whether you are a writer, dancer, healer, sculptor, painter, singer, architect, teacher, gardener, philosopher, or caregiver, your offering is sure to be medicine for collective well-being.

Consider your life a gift. What’s inside?

For the complete CAC Reflection...visit their website and go to the Saturday, July 1, 2023 Archived Contemplation.