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Shelley Klammer

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Thank-you for you wise and kind comments Sean. As I was reading what you have written - I was picturing us as 17 year olds! My - how life shapes and deepens us over time! I so appreciate your depth and honesty. Much love to you my friend, Shelley

Commented Apr 22, 2013 on Attunement to Children at Expressive Art Inspirations

Attunement to Children

Children Change Themselves to Get Love All parents do their very best to love their children, given their own family history, generational background and life circumstances. And when children feel deprived in any way - emotionally, psychologically, or physically - they have uncanny ways of understanding who they need to... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2013 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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True Generosity

The Fear of Being Drained I did this drawing several years ago on my lunch hour when I was trying to let go of my inner complaining about how much energy I had to give to my full-time job. This drawing seemed to illustrate a tentative new belief in giving... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2013 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Learning to Love

Love as a Lifestyle "We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men and women; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects." -Herman Melville Once in a while I meet a... Continue reading

Posted Feb 14, 2013 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Seeing Psyche and Soul

Creative Vision Creative Vision is seeing life through spiritual eyes. As you see your life through spiritual eyes, you will start to see each person in your life as having two distinct selves. Our psyche/ego self has many parts - and our souls self is whole. In our psychology we... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2013 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Our Creative Multiplicity

Our Psychology Has Many Different Parts Years ago when I started exploring my psyche through spontaneous collages, writings, drawings and paintings, I was astounded to discover all of the different parts of self that I had inside of me. As they all spilled out in visual form, I saw that... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Thank-you all for your kind comments. Lots of love to you each one of you.

Commented Oct 29, 2012 on Our Unconscious Death Urge at Expressive Art Inspirations

Our Unconscious Death Urge

We All Have Life Urges and Death Urges A life urge is a gesture towards joining with Spirit, Love, Intimacy, Connection, Creativity, Honesty and Passion. A death urge is a gesture away from full and vibrant living. A death urge is a withdrawal into the wound pool where we do... Continue reading

Posted Oct 21, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Finding Self Love

Self-Love is a Spiritual Practice Self-love is a feeling of utter self-acceptance that is not influenced by what other people do or say. With self-love we are open to feedback, and we are no longer devastated by what people say to us. We become curious about how people see us.... Continue reading

Posted Sep 22, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Reconciling the Dark and the Light

"So the question we must ask ourselves is: What needs to reconciled? Is it the way we separate ourselves from our shadows? Perhaps it's how we hide from our light. It's like a teeter totter that moves back and forth, up and down, until the reordering is complete. But in... Continue reading

Posted Aug 12, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Victimization to Empowerment

Moving Forward Through Victimization A while ago I made a series of drawings that made me feel uncomfortable. They reminded me of a painting that I had done many years before. In the painting was an image of a helpless woman with her legs and arms flailing in the air.... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Thank-you so much Frannie! So kind of you to write!

Commented Jul 3, 2012 on Feelings as Creative Energy at Expressive Art Inspirations

Feelings as Creative Energy

Sitting In Silence It is difficult for most people to be still and silent, and to meditate. This is because the difficult feelings that we have been avoiding with all of our busyness arise first. We rarely feel peaceful when we meditate because we have so much under the surface... Continue reading

Posted Jun 27, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Overcoming Creative Blocks

Blocked Creativity and Blocked Emotions My experience of creative blocks is that usually a feeling is arising to be seen that will not allow me to move forward until I acknowledge it. I find when I am dealing with darker emotions, all of my creativity goes into this something that... Continue reading

Posted May 26, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Creativity and Emotional Repression

Committing to Loving Life How committed are you to living and loving your life exactly as it is? Most of us do not even notice how shut down and repressed we are in our emotional lives. We might not even notice how we are barely breathing, or that we are... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Living Into Your Creative Vision

My Personal Creative Vision Five years ago I wrote a twelve week e-course that detailed my personal creative journey through expressive art journaling. This course has been recently revised and republished on the Daily Om website. Originally titled "Collage for Self Discovery" the course is now called, Empower Yourself Through... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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The Golden Shadow

Your Brightest Self Consider the great truth that God/Creator needs you to be your most vibrant, strong and creative self. Consider the truth that Creator wants to express something unique and powerful through you that will help you, and all those around you. The question is why do so few... Continue reading

Posted Feb 4, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Living Into the Feminine Creative Principle

While I am by nature very feminine and nurturing in my nature I was very dependent in my twenties and unempowered in my feminine aspects of self. So I set out to develop my masculine independent side in my 30s. As I exerted my truth out into the world I... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2012 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Releasing Guilt - Part 2

Healing Guilt with Self-Love I have had a few letters from my newsletter subscribers about how to release guilt and wanted to post up this ACIM Lesson that explains the roots of guilt in more depth. Guilt is such an interesting feeling. In my own experience I can feel myself... Continue reading

Posted Sep 13, 2011 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Releasing Guilt

What Do You Need To Learn? We are in part responsible for everything that happens to us. To heal guilt we need to take total responsibility for out part in things and learn from our mistakes. Consider the truth that we all have many submerged subconscious and unconscious parts of... Continue reading

Posted Sep 12, 2011 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Living On Purpose

Fear of Our Purpose We all have a creative vision and a purpose for our life lurking around in the background of our consciousness. Our purpose is a higher quality of being or a heightened attitude or value that we want to live into. It some kind of feeling state... Continue reading

Posted Aug 19, 2011 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Understanding Anger

A Psychological Model of Anger There comes a time in all of our lives when we need to psychologically explore and learn how to express and understand our anger. Our anger has several facets. It can be a protection against our hurt and vulnerable parts, and it can also be... Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2011 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Forgiveness requires that we delve deeply into our own minds instead of trying to change somebody else's mind. I have been reflecting a great deal on forgiveness this past while because as I have healed and integrated many apects of my psyche I find forgiveness has become much easier and... Continue reading

Posted Jul 23, 2011 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Light of the World

For the past year I have been writing a book called A Course in Miracles for Creative Women which is a simple version of the daily lessons for the creative brain. The following lesson moves me to no end and I have contemplated it deeply for many years and only... Continue reading

Posted Jul 16, 2011 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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Spiritual Centering

Gathering Life Force There is a reason why spiritual teachers speak about "getting centered". Centering means gathering all of your scattered energies into your core - into the center of your body. This is how we gather energy and concentrate our life force so that we can evolve and grow... Continue reading

Posted Jul 11, 2011 at Expressive Art Inspirations

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