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Master Class with Mayfield Conservatory & Incantato Tours

Posted by on Apr 7, 2012 in Art Monastery Italia, Blog, News, Youth | No Comments
Master Class with Mayfield Conservatory & Incantato Tours

I was delighted to teach a two-hour visual art master class on April 6. The wonderful Sandra Weinacht, head honcho of Incantato Tours, organized this on behalf of Mayfield Conservatory. I presented my work to this remarkably attentive and open-hearted seven American girls in a conference room of their hotel in Rieti. I explained how I work and how I developed that way of working, led them in a Metta loving-kindness meditation to get them to really connect with their hearts, and then we did a 5-minute free draw. They impressed me with their willingness to go where I led them and it inspired me to teach more. After the exercises I asked them how it was for them. They chorused “INTENSE!” and I had a rush of memories of the emotions of high school. They asked me to repeat the words from Metta, which I did, and they all spontaneously wrote the words on their drawings. Beautiful.

Metta Loving-Kindness Meditation

May I, we, and all beings be happy and peaceful.
May I, we, and all beings be healthy and strong.
May I, we, and all beings be safe and at ease.
May I, we, and all beings live with loving-kindness and compassion.
May I, we, and all beings fully awaken to the radiance of their true nature and be free.


I’m really looking forward to our day-long Artmonk Experience with their whole group of 40 students from all different artistic disciplines (including the dancers who were practicing their moves outside the hotel) on Monday, April 9.