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LUCID Intentional Creativity® Intro
Class is for you if...

• You have been looking for a creative practice that is non-dogmatic, that can be a go-to in times of trouble this is for you.
• You KNOW in your bones that there HAS to be a better way to access how you feel and what you know within.
• You have been looking for a way to work with the power of your imagination that is powerfully surprising and revelatory.
• You are seeking an ancient futuristic tool for awakening yourself and others that aren't rooted in a pre-existing spiritual tradition that you have to adhere to.
• You are seeking an embodied practice that includes the WHOLE human being and enables you to navigate your own consciousness.
• This is perfect for absolute beginners to dive into the technology of Intentional Creativity® and also great for those who have worked with Intentional Creativity® all of your life.

Ready to create a work of art that represents YOUR OWN CONSCIOUSNESS? You don't need to know what that means, you will, and it will be fun!

Learn a better way to access how you feel and what you know within!

Dear Ones,

In 2017, my imagination dramatically changed after I experienced a surprising trauma based on shock. I worked with this change in my faculty until 2022, and now I am sharing it with you in LUCID.

In some ways, I lost control over large parts of my inner world. By control, I mean conscious collaboration with the way my imagination works. Images would play without notice, revealing themselves like movies within my visionary screen. But I hadn't invited them in, and the content didn't appear familiar. What was going on?

I am very familiar with the parts of my consciousness I have access to; I grew up with two moms who taught me how to 'live in here' when I was young.

I will be honest: it was rough, but through it, of course, alchemy happened! Enough changed through practice that I can share it with you now. I needed to practice the teachings of LUCID for a full year for myself and with our Intentional Creativity student body before I shared it with more people.

I call this process LUCID. The funny thing is, I wrote the page for this course one year ago, but I wasn't ready to teach it yet. What I want to share with you is magical, but the approach is much more scientific - I want to show you the HOW. Of course, that involves painting to rewire how the brain and heart work together with the eyes and hands. Because that is just how we do it here at MUSEA!

Yes, we can do the sacred work of reclaiming our consciousness.
Imagination is the key to how We gain access to the inner world.
Creativity is the practice that makes it possible.
Living it in real life makes it actionable.

Before I started practicing, there was a lot of fear and desire to overcome and integrate what I saw. I talked to therapists, doctors, shamans, and sages. Really. I needed insight. I searched the web. Nothing I found was quite what I was experiencing. Yet when I talked to individuals, they knew what I was talking about, even if they had never talked about it.

I felt like I had found a portal and wanted to dive in, but I was afraid. Genuinely. To see images you do not summon without your permission, in your mind, can be scary. But what is scarier is NOT KNOWING it is happening and believing what you see is your own OR not being able to make distinctions between inner world and outer world seeing.

While looking for a solution, I felt a sense of deep compassion for everyone going through something similar. I hung around on the 'edges' of my consciousness long enough to learn something new to share with others. I like to say that I went to where the world bends, where the colors we can't see with our naked eye live.

While there is always more work to do to heal and grow, I dove so deeply into the realm of my imagination that I found new ways to work with it that I had never experienced before. I went to the edges where the colors rippled.

I will tell my story of healing and inhabiting my imagination and invite you to join me. You may have heard me tell this story before, but it is the first time I am teaching specifically what I learned and how you can work with your imagination to practice mending and dream into new possibilities.

I hesitate to say it is 'trauma-informed' because I want to honor the field of trauma work, which is truly making great strides right now. I would rather say this:

Lucid is a journey to inhabit your imagination, see into your invisible world, and influence your physical world. I think imagination is one of the least explored gifts of being human. We all have and use it, and if we don't use it consciously, it doesn't work in the way it could for us. That said, enter at your own risk. Our courses come with a warning label. We go to places people haven't gone before and can't ensure everyone has a similar experience. So come if you feel called and well enough to hang out in your imagination for the day...

The combination of playing and doing healing work is wonderful - so join us!

Your inner world holds the keys. No art experience is needed. Really.

Curate Shiloh Sophia
MUSEA Center for Intentional Creativity

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