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A Bit About the Art Shaman

As the Art Shaman, I use art as a tool in assisting someone's soul for the purposes of transformation.  It's a title I created for myself through my involvement in the online reality of Second Life.  In the realms of art, shamanism, magic and Second Life the line between reality and imagination are very blurry.  (My lens about Second Life)  In a way, I am just posing as an "art shaman", making it up as I go along.  But that's the way it is at the heart of creativity, too, and that's where transformation happens.  The Art Shaman is real and not real at the same time, standing in the middle of the creative flow.

The art I do is mainly intuitive. (My lens about intuitive portraits.)  I rarely know what's going to happen as I sit down to work.  I have been attuned to Usui Reiki II and Kundalini Reiki to the Master level, so the energy flows from my hands as I work.  I know, intuitively, that the art I make can change the viewer's energy field, aligning it to higher vibrations.  That's something I knew was happening even before I read the The Healing Power of Hado.   

 The Law of Attraction is a hot topic right now, and my goal as an artist is to give people an image they can put in their surroundings that can actually help them attract the things they want in life, especially on an emotional level.  Some people would consider it sympathetic magic, and it is.  And it works, especially when charged with the universal life force energy.   (See my lensroll for a lens about the Law of Attraction)

In my studies of subtle energies in the human body I have learned about the chakra system.  There are many books and websites about chakras now, and I have links elsewhere on this page.  My art is designed to "tune up" your chakras in order to increase your own creative flow and also draw into your life the things you want by repatterning your own energy field and unconscious mind.

 

 

Fantastic Art Shaman Guidebook: The Artist Inside

I knew it had to exist...

Took me a while to find it but here is a definitive book - a textbook, even - for aspiring art shamans.
The Artist Inside: A Spiritual Guide to Cultivating Your Creative Self

The Artist Inside: A Spiritual Guide to Cultivating Your Creative Self

by: Tom Crockett

Amazon Price: $5.47 (as of 05/28/2012)Buy Now

This book perfectly combines creativity and shamanism. The author guides you through a shamanic process of connecting with your inner artist and power animal to create an ongoing relationship with them through journaling, inner journeying, ritual, energy work, making a sacred space art studio, etc. The theory is that it will help your creative efforts to actively engage with your other levels of consciousness.

The Art Shaman is....

  • An agent for change at all times, without even trying.
  • A reiki practitioner.
  • Well traveled in alternate realities.
  • A medium for the deceased.
  • Clairsentient.
  • Able to dream while awake.
  • Far from perfect.

My Art


Image courtesy of heartaday (that's me) on Flickr.

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Urban Shaman by Serge Kahili King

How to Become a Huna Adventurer

Or, how to practice a form of Hawaiian shamanism when you aren't a native Hawaiian.

I've met Serge Kahili King in, of all places, Second Life. Huna and shamanism as described in Urban Shaman pulls together all the various pieces of what a shaman does that I've been collecting for years (at last!). Serge hosts a weekly healing circle in Second Life at Pali Uli on Wednesdays at 11 AM Pacific Time, and also a monthly Talk Story there on the first Sunday of the month at 12 PM PT.
Urban Shaman

Urban Shaman

by: Serge Kahili King

Amazon Price: $7.15 (as of 05/28/2012)Buy Now

Serge Kahili King's Healing Circle at Pali Uli in Second Life 

A Handy Little Book About Shamanism

So You Want to Be a Shaman: A Creative & Practical Guide to the History, Wisdom & Rituals of this Ancient Tradition

So You Want to Be a Shaman: A Creative & Practical Guide to the History, Wisdom & Rituals of this Ancient Tradition

by: David Lawson

Amazon Price: (as of 05/28/2012)Buy Now

This is a great pocket-sized book that teaches you the basic components of being a shaman whether you want to actually be one or just understand what a shaman does. Each page covers a different topic such as:

- The Sacred Artist
- Shamanic Awakening
- The Vision Quest
- Animal Spirits
- The Fool
- Who Are the Shamans
- And more!

This book does not cover shamanism in great depth, but sometimes less is more.

Art and Shamans

Image courtesy of Medicinehorse7 on Flickr. Art by Herbert Stash.

The Artist as Shaman: Madness, Shapechanging, and Art
A book review from the "Mythic Passages Newsletter".
Another "Art Shaman"
See...I'm not the only one.
Art of the day: Shaman
An article about prehistoric art and shamans.
Path Of The Feather
The Path of the Feather: A shamanic journey, medicine wheels and spirit animals. The Path of the Feather is about becoming a shaman through your own life as a vision quest.
The Artist as Reluctant Shamanka
Article by Monica Sjoo, noted author and artist and expert on the goddess throughout time.
Shamanism, Arts and Healing
Bill Moyers: "Who interprets the divinity inherent in nature for us today?Who are our shamans? Who interprets unseen things for us?"Joseph Campbell: "It is the function of the artist to do this.The artist is the one wh
Evolution - January 1997: Shaman art
Article about the art of ancient shamans.

How to Become a Modern Shaman

When You Can't Go Be an Apprentice

Other Favorites from the Art Shaman's library.
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Other Art Shamans

Image courtesy of Luckaz Strachanowski on Flickr.

Artshaman: artwork of BG Dodson
Digital Art, Woodworking and Sculpture of BG Dodson
Stone Fires - Liquid Clouds, a book by Derek Hyatt and Peter Woodcock
A book about Derek Hyatt, his art and his view of art history
Lila | Visionary Art
Visionary art news, interviews and gallery, lila, exploring shamanic creativity, medicine culture, entheogens, and the process of transformation
Balam Soto web Gallery | Art, Community, Students, Understan
Teaching Philosophy I teach both children and adults. Class offerings vary, but generally fall into the category of Shamanic Art, Arts and Technolo...

Shamanism


Image courtesy of Bondseye on Flickr.

Shaman Links
Shamanic Information, Shamanic Links
Aloha International - Huna From Hawaii
A great place to learn about Huna shamanism. Also a portal to Pali Uli in Second Life.
Society of Celtic Shamans
The original presence of celtic shamanism on the 'Net. Offers year long training programs for a fee and also free weekly classes in Second Life.

Art and Shamans in the Blogosphere

Image courtesy of mikeypan on Flickr.

Southern living: 80 artworks by Romare Bearden at Newark Museum
But the artist himself wasn't exactly an Outsider. When German Expressionist George Grosz fled Hitler and ended up, for a time, at the Art Students League, Bearden studied under him. You can see Grosz's contemporaries, especially Eric Heckel, ...
Shamanic Techniques to Embrace the Light – Brant Secunda
The evening will feature an exhibition of authentic Huichol art and conclude with a Spring Ceremony to celebrate the light. Brant Secunda is a shaman and healer in the Huichol tradition. He completed a 12-year apprenticeship with revered shaman Don ...
Mount Shasta a mixture of mysticism and majesty
At least five different shops sell crystals of all types: shaman extraction crystals, Shasta starship crystals, Flame of St. Germain crystals. Thirty different alternative health practitioners, from Native American shamans to yoga teachers to massage ...
At the Peabody Essex: Photographer Jerry Uelsmann
By Chris Bergeron/DAILY NEWS STAFF For photographer Jerry Uelsmann, his darkroom was a shaman's cave where he transformed familiar pictures into communal apparitions. Decades before Photoshop, he mastered the art of composite photography, ...
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Music and Meditations to Help You Enter the Shaman's World

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Shamanic Healing ~ Soul Retrieval Guided Meditation CD by Christopher Love

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Commission Your Own Spirit Guide or Angel Portrait

You may commission me to do a portrait of one of your spirit guides in one of two sizes: 3.5 x 2.5 inches for $30, or 4 x 6 inches for $50, which includes shipping and handling.

Like the drawings you can see here and here, your portrait will be done with colored pencil on Bristol board paper. Recently I have started working much smaller, doing what are called "ACEO's", or Art Card Editions and Originals. They are 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I am very happy with the way they are turning out.

I accept payment via PayPal up front. I can work with a photograph of yourself or not, but the end result will likely not look like you that much. They don't always come out as having a human body, either, but always a friendly, light-filled face.

Contact Gretchen with "portrait" in the subject line for more information and to order.

The Three Most Influential Books

The Concepts in These Books Sum It Up

Although I don't do things exactly as described, these books come the closest to explaining what the "art shaman" is about. And.."Flowdreaming" and "The Healing Power of Hado" were published after I was already doing what I do.
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A shaman's work is rooted in connecting with and being a steward for the Earth.

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  • SelfAndSource Jan 11, 2011 @ 4:28 am | delete
    I see you have Judith Cornell's book on your list. I went to a week long excellent retreat with her at Mount Madonna in California. It was life changing. Must do it again. Love your lens. Thank you!
  • WildFacesGallery Nov 11, 2010 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Really interesting. :)
  • WhiteOak50 Oct 2, 2010 @ 11:39 am | delete
    You just amaze me! Your artwork is so spiritual and inspiring. Fantastic lens!!
  • calendarsblog Aug 8, 2010 @ 3:19 am | delete
    Inspiring work :)
  • sandyspider Mar 4, 2009 @ 8:21 pm | delete
    Very nice lens and art.
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