Making Pearls: Living the Creative Life

by Jeanne Carbonetti

For artists and painters who wish to create not only projects of beauty, but ones that also reflect inner spirituality, Making Pearls is the ultimate primer for expanding creativity and spirituality in every area of art and life.



Filled with dozens of lush, reflective paintings, Making Pearls takes the reader, step by step, through the seven stages of the creative cycle: Waiting, Opening, Closing, Holding, Releasing, Emptying, and Sitting. Within each chapter are several evocative essays and inspirational exercises that demonstrate how each of these creative stages affects the mind, body, and spirit. Chapters also include meditative exercises, as well as an evolving painting project for the readers that serves as a microcosm of the full creative process.



This reflective, inspirational guide demonstrates the essential process and purpose of creativity: to make pearls of meaning and beauty of our selves and our lives. For the new-age artist on the path to spiritual awareness, Making Pearls is the ultimate resource for living a totally creative life, body and soul.

Genres: Art

112 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Katherine]

Ties creativity to spirituality and meditative practice. The prologue tells the Christian story of creation from a very Eastern point-of-view (God and "the serpent" are actually on the same team... really interesting...) Each chapter details a different part of the cycle of creation--how each stage bears different gifts and contributes to the whole. Each chapter also guides you in a creative exercise that allows you to reflect on each stage of the cycle. This book helps one explore the connection between body and spirit (which I think is awesome!)The author is a watercolor artist, so the book is full of her works--beautiful, splashes of color!
I'm planning on reading each chapter and reflecting on each stage of the cycle to learn more about my spiritual life as an artist. :)