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Perfectionism - on Rhythm of the Home
Motherhood and Renaissance - on Creativity Portal
Catching Creativity - on Dreaming Aloud
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The Rainbow Way
Show not what has been done, but what can be.
How beautiful the world would be if there were a procedure for moving through labyrinths.
Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
For years the Rainbow Way was nameless to me. Always calling me, navigating my footsteps unseen. My creativity was an unconscious process, hit or miss. But motherhood, and the writing of this book required that I put into words the invisible, indescribable forces which steer the path of the creative mother.
So what, you may be wondering, is the Rainbow Way?
It is my attempt to express the unique creative journey of mothers, through women’s experiences, language and symbology, to create for us a native map of the terrain. To make visible and viable that which has previously remained hidden and impossible.
The Rainbow Way...
o Stands in contrast to our culture’s monochromatic vision of what is possible or desirable for women, and especially mothers.
o Embraces the many different shades of creative mother. Each woman has her own path to travel, her own soul callings. It is not a “one size fits all” programme, but one which provides structure, support and possibility for your own unique journey.
o Shares a lost feminine archetype, the Creative Rainbow Mother, and helps those who identify with her to integrate this new understanding into every area of her life.
o Integrates creative, personal and spiritual development.
o Is a path of color, beauty and transformation, incorporating the sunshine and showers of life.
o Honors a creative mother’s dual soul yearnings in a practical way.
o Offers a “road map” to creative motherhood which speaks to body, mind and soul.
But in order to seize this possibility for a more fulfilling life, we have to let go of our old map, which has been handed down to us by well-meaning careers counsellors, teachers, parents, partners and employers, that which is called “The Only Way” or “Just The Way Things Are”. That is the way that our ancestors and communities have lived, unchanged and unquestioned for generations. When we decide to follow our souls on their creative journey whilst nurturing our mothering hearts, then we are ready to take the first step onto the Rainbow Way.
But it is not enough to just try to change our minds and try to think differently. The Rainbow Way is an embodied process. One which uses our innate creativity to help birth us more fully into our selves. Women’s creativity – both artistic and biological – is embodied in our arms, legs, hands, hearts, breasts, wombs and yonis, in our hormones and cycles of fertility. We cannot enter creativity with our rational brain, in order to enter it we must allow our body, its senses and intuition to lead the way.
Motherhood and Renaissance - on Creativity Portal
Catching Creativity - on Dreaming Aloud
And right here...
The Rainbow Way
Show not what has been done, but what can be.
How beautiful the world would be if there were a procedure for moving through labyrinths.
Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
For years the Rainbow Way was nameless to me. Always calling me, navigating my footsteps unseen. My creativity was an unconscious process, hit or miss. But motherhood, and the writing of this book required that I put into words the invisible, indescribable forces which steer the path of the creative mother.
So what, you may be wondering, is the Rainbow Way?
It is my attempt to express the unique creative journey of mothers, through women’s experiences, language and symbology, to create for us a native map of the terrain. To make visible and viable that which has previously remained hidden and impossible.
The Rainbow Way...
o Stands in contrast to our culture’s monochromatic vision of what is possible or desirable for women, and especially mothers.
o Embraces the many different shades of creative mother. Each woman has her own path to travel, her own soul callings. It is not a “one size fits all” programme, but one which provides structure, support and possibility for your own unique journey.
o Shares a lost feminine archetype, the Creative Rainbow Mother, and helps those who identify with her to integrate this new understanding into every area of her life.
o Integrates creative, personal and spiritual development.
o Is a path of color, beauty and transformation, incorporating the sunshine and showers of life.
o Honors a creative mother’s dual soul yearnings in a practical way.
o Offers a “road map” to creative motherhood which speaks to body, mind and soul.
But in order to seize this possibility for a more fulfilling life, we have to let go of our old map, which has been handed down to us by well-meaning careers counsellors, teachers, parents, partners and employers, that which is called “The Only Way” or “Just The Way Things Are”. That is the way that our ancestors and communities have lived, unchanged and unquestioned for generations. When we decide to follow our souls on their creative journey whilst nurturing our mothering hearts, then we are ready to take the first step onto the Rainbow Way.
But it is not enough to just try to change our minds and try to think differently. The Rainbow Way is an embodied process. One which uses our innate creativity to help birth us more fully into our selves. Women’s creativity – both artistic and biological – is embodied in our arms, legs, hands, hearts, breasts, wombs and yonis, in our hormones and cycles of fertility. We cannot enter creativity with our rational brain, in order to enter it we must allow our body, its senses and intuition to lead the way.