Introducing LīLā

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LīLā Magazine is designed for the global expressive arts community, where we explore meaningful topics, reflect on what matters to us, and delve into the essence of our work. It serves as a space that unites us, celebrating our unique identities. LīLā Magazine is brought to you by Expressive Arts Without Borders, an initiative of the World Arts Organization. Expressive Arts Without Borders and LīLā magazine are both volunteer run and all contributors to the magazine do so for the love of it. Markus’ royalties from his latest book ‘The Just Right Next’ are all directed to developing both of these projects. 

Each section of the magazine showcases the works of our growing community:

Explore articles by our leadership and members on their various approaches and projects.

In Perspectives, dive into in-depth articles from global leaders in the field of Expressive Arts.

Immerse yourself in the words and images featured in our Poetry section.

Tune in to Conversations, where we share videos of dynamic dialogues covering various topics within the Expressive Arts, interspersed with occasional humour.

Enjoy Artwork on various themes from the Expressive Arts community. We encourage you to take your time for a slow looking in the Gallery.

Stay in the loop on our most popular offering for the Expressive Arts community, the Free Monthly Workshops.

Learn more about the Expressive Arts Without Borders Community and the various initiatives of the World Arts Organization.

We encourage you to SUBSCRIBE, like, comment, and please share the link to the magazine.

From our heart to yours,

Markus & Rivka
and The Team of LīLā Magazine

Expressive Arts Without Borders

Together with global Expressive Arts friends and colleagues, please allow me to introduce you to…

Expressive Arts Without Borders

When I ask the question, “What can I do?” in response to what is occurring in the world, there is some movement in me. When I rephrase the question to, “What can we do?” my energy significantly increases, alive with possibility.

Expressive Arts Without Borders’s focus will be to create a network of people all over the globe, to motivate and enable the forward movement of the work of Expressive Arts. On one level, there is cross cultural work to be done. And, on another level, the arts can make tangible our bonds that exist pre-culturally: Who we are before we are acculturated and how we give what we are as Beings, a life in who we are as humans; working together as One, each with our own unique way of celebrating that Oneness.

Expressive Arts Without Borders is a place for us to come together and exchange philosophical, theoretical and practical perspectives. Together, we can co-create an ensemble of caring, creative individuals and communities. The time to manifest our potential is now.

~ Markus

Please visit the new website for Expressive Arts Without Borders for more information.

A Creativity Conversation with Nina Lockwood

Please have a listen to my conversation with Nina Lockwood.

Nina is a transformative coach, author, speaker and artist who helps people find clarity and fulfillment by discovering what really matters to them and why so they can embody this understanding in all areas of their lives.

We discuss how to find ways to give form to the deepest within us.

Enjoy the YouTube video below or you can also listen to the podcast here.

Arts-Based Eco-Therapy Training - Fall 2021-22

In the 1990’s, I began offering nature-based expressive arts workshops and training in such environments as the woodlands of upstate New York, Montana’s Glacier Mountains, Anna Maria Island and at the ocean on Cape Cod. I was combining my love of being in nature with the enjoyment that comes from being in the studio. The synergy of these complimentary arenas for healing has continued to grow in me, so beginning in October 2021, my plan is to offer a new online course. It will be a certificate program in eco-therapy for those who are new to my work, as well as for those who have already studied with me in another frame.

This arts-based approach to eco-therapy will have a rhythm. We will meet five hours a day, for three days, once a month for five months. Between monthly intensives, participants will have ‘assignments’ in learning several ways to take a client or community through an experience of exploration, discovery and reconfiguration. Using low skill/high sensitivity methods, participants will employ photography, writing, painting and other modalities, interfacing with their own ways of exploring nature in the woods, the mountains, at the ocean, or wherever they know a peaceful heart.

Inspired by your inquisitive researcher’s mind, I invite you to join me in this time of imagination and focus as we explore how to take others through experiences of arts-based eco-therapy. In this way, we can deepen and enrich whatever work each of us is doing, while we deepen our connection to each other and to this magical planet.

“the ripple”

Please visit the EXA Training Page for all of the information and details about the workshops and how to register.

Warmly,

Markus

The Art of Weaving Threads at The 33rd Expressive Arts Symposium

Markus presented (Online) at the 33rd Expressive Arts Symposium this past April 2021.

Please see the video below for his talk about The Art of Weaving Threads: Creating connections within us and 
between us with creativity and care in the midst of difficulty.

Enjoy!

IEATA Member Spotlight

Markus was the IEATA-International Expressive Arts Therapy Association’s Member Spotlight for March 2021.

For more from the international association, visit their website at IEATA.ORG

Art Therapy IRL (In Real Life)

Art Therapy IRL ("in real life") is a podcast that explores the innovative ways art and expressive arts therapists are working during the COVID 19 Pandemic.

In Episode 5, Amelia interviews Markus about the resonance that is possible when we work online. They discuss burnout, vulnerability, and what real connection means in the digital age.

This podcast is a capstone project for the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, in Nelson, B.C.