Magenta Arts

The coming out of darkness into light with snowdrops! New dates for Tuesday or Wednesday Workshops!

Trees, planets and cycle of the year

So here we are in the new wonderful studio ready to begin a new programme of painting and drawing workshops inspired by nature and cycle of the year!

Happy New Year to friends far and near! I have a revival of Magenta arts here at High Buston.
Since I lost my studio, I’ve been able to plan a new veranda style studio! Attached to my cottage.I hope to run some small painting and drawing workshops once it is finished!
Best Wishes
Jenny

Advent Week 1

Advent is an important time of the year for spiritual development. Each week in December is a step towards Christmas. Advent comes from the Latin word adventus meaning a coming, approach, arrival. During this time we can prepare ourselves for a birth. It is ‘a birth’ because for each of us it will be different. The Christ in ‘Christ’mas is a mighty Cosmic being whose essence is within every human being on this earth as a seed. It is up to each of us to allow this seed to germinate and grow and this means that we are all at different stages of this process. Like many plants, each year produces a different crop.

Rudolf Steiner wrote a poem which we can use to guide us through the month.

The first light of Advent is the light of stone–.
Stones that live in crystals, seashells, and bones.

The second light of Advent is the light of plants–
Plants that reach up to the sun and in the breezes dance.

The third light of Advent is the light of beasts–
All await the birth, from the greatest and in least.

The fourth light of Advent is the light of humankind–
The light of hope that we may learn to love and understand.
– R. Steiner

If we take the first stanza for the first week we might think about all that is mineral-like in our being. This is our physical element, the structure of our body which supports all the processes of earthly life.

In our contemplation we might see the creative wisdom that designed our body. It is in our physical body that we find the forces of Cosmic Will. We know that through our body we can use our will to act and behave in the world as we like. We also know that we must do this with wisdom and this is then linked to the impulses of human conscience. Imagine having such a pure will that we could create a human body. Imagine having such a pure conscience that we would never do anything wrong.

Our body also gives us a sense of ourselves as separate beings. In fact, it gives us conscious awareness of our self as an individual making our own decisions. Without this body we experience ourselves as part of the whole Cosmos. Only when we incarnate into a physical body do we feel ourselves as unique and separate from every other thing on the earth. Our task is to work through this experience and see ourselves connected with everything on this earth and in the Cosmos – but now as self-realized individuals rather than part of the homogenized whole. In this way we prepare for Christmas – the birth of Christ within us.

From my book https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D6CPL8D/

Final camera check today for Saturdays The Bridge Singers concert on Saturday at St. Michaels Felton. Looking forward to it and such a fitting place in this lovely 12th century church. Tess was impressed that's for sure.

with The Bridge Singers all profits donated to The Stroke Association more info in link https://facebook.com/events/s/christmas-concert/991473878580595/