CREATIVE SANCTUARY

My vision of what I want to create with other artist-healers is so real to me that I know it already

exists on some other universe layer:

CREATIVE SANCTUARY

Artist healers  seeking sanctuary from worldly concerns  are welcome to relax and regenerate until  they are ready to participate  in various projects and cottage industries. CDs, books, videos and  workshops are created from improvisational  music,  movement, imagery &  words.  Each person offers their  special  talents and skills  to collaborative  projects.  We   create retreats  where visitors are nurtured by silence,  sharing and  participating  in  creative play.  Small  groups  of  artists create  hand-painted  silk  wearable  art--ponchos,  tunics,  pants,  hats.   They collaborate  on  the  painting,  design  and  detailing (beading,  feathering,  etc.) of  each  item.   The  unique  creations  are  sold  in  our  own  boutique  and  on  our  website. 

The setting is rural yet close to colleges and a well-developed city.  In the center of  several  acres of  wooded land is a  large dome  divided into many segments--kitchen,  dining room,  meeting rooms,  a living room with a huge fireplace,    Clustered around the dome,  some father away than others, are small studios, also circular  and very simple--a kitchenette,  bathroom,  bed and office.   In the hills or acoustically separate from all others, is a large,  layered multimedia play dome. In the  center of all the layers is a control room housing the multimedia technology,  musical instruments,  video  projectors, etc.   Arrayed around  around the center,  built into the floor are retractable couches.  On upper  levels  there are huge Yucatan-like hammocks, for those who like to lie suspended in the bath of sounds and images.   Those making the music and creating the patterns of light and imagery  operate by sitting or standing at a circular keyboard open to inputs from 2-9 people.  Acoustic instruments and voice can be added to the mix.  The walls of the play dome are  made of layered  material that can be made transparent or opaque  by pumping in  transparent or opaque colored  fluid. 

We  establish our own company to market and distribute our creations.   The enterprise is successful because each of us does what we love the most  for  the  whole  group.  I spend much of my time in the studio with other artists and musicians & poets creating the CD-ROMs; others do the editing and polishing of the final product; still others market and distribute the  tapes and videos, software, books,  art,  workshops and retreats.  In the city we have an outpost for our work.  It is  center for the arts and healing  where we have classes,  groups,  clients,  performances, events, and  sell our products.