by Maxima Kahn | Jun 22, 2015 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
Below I share with you the beginning of a series of posts about the seasons of our creative lives and how we can recognize and make the most of each of these seasons. First a little acknowledgment of the turning of the seasons. Turning to Summer This Sunday, June 21,... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 3, 2015 | Musings
“Pure quiet,” Rumi writes. My own soul is restless today, angry and torn. All of this is “you,” says Rumi, meaning me, us, soul, the One. Even this terrible tumbling. He writes of a great healing presence. Call it Shams of Tabriz (his teacher and friend), call it God,... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jun 2, 2015 | Creative Sparks
Some students recently wrote to me about their concern with being original in their art, their need to be original. They said that if they have a great idea that they love and then someone else mentions a similar idea, it kills the idea for them. They can no longer... 
by Maxima Kahn | May 20, 2015 | Musings
Rumi writes of ecstasy, of being used by the Divine, being sung through, the longing to be used in such a way, to praise the Divine. I am not in ecstasy, but I long to be used nonetheless, to be sung. We all do. To feel something greater than the small, worried ego,... 
by Maxima Kahn | May 7, 2015 | Creative Sparks
In my last essay I talked about one of the most fundamental skills for artists and for artful living, Coming Alive to the World, the skill of waking up through our five senses to the sensual, physical world around us. In that essay, I gave you a number of fun, simple...