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Plumb the depths of your creativity,

bridge your creativity and spirituality,

ignite the joy of your free expression

in 12 minutes a day!

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Unused creativity is not benign.
It metastasizes.
— Brené Brown

Do you have trouble sticking with a daily practice?

Guess what: it’s not because you lack discipline.

You know doing art will bring you joy but sometimes you just can’t get yourself to do it, right?

You fully intend to write more poetry / figure out watercolors / crack open the new block of clay, but by the end of the day you’re exhausted, unmotivated, and overwhelmed.

Let me ask you this: are you part of a meaningful community of art-making meditators?

What if you were surrounded by people who get it?

What if you had the framework, tips, and mindset shifts needed to integrate art into the life that you have right now, without getting up at 5am?

Let’s link arms and make the art you were born to make!

This course dares you to engage in creative practice for 12 minutes every day for 30 days.

This isn’t just about making art.

(Though it is that.)

This is about bridging your creative life and your spiritual life.

It’s about deepening your creativity.

It’s about bring more of who you really are.

You can do this.

And you can do it in 12 minutes a day.

Think you can’t even get your supplies out in that much time? Check out

what past participants have said:

“Me? Maintain a practice of doing anything every day? I can’t believe it! And you somehow made it easy. And fun! I think of myself in a whole new way now.” —Nathan R.

“Suiko’s creativity course and nurturing support enabled me to fit a satisfying creative practice into the challenges of parenthood, setting me up for a lifetime practice.” — Kasaia L.

“I really can’t thank you enough for all the inspiration to practice and exercises you’ve taught me. You’ve shown me how I can unlock my own creativity. What a meaningful gift!” —Sarah S.

“What an amazing experience of Art & Zazen [now called Liberate Your Creativity] with Suiko — it awakened my creative power. I am now creating from a deep place inside of myself. I’ve stayed in touch with some of the class members to support each other in our creative processes. It has been such a meaningful and supportive space on many levels for me. Looking forward to continuing to study and practice with you, dear Suiko!” —Irina W.

You’ll walk away from this course with

The foundations for an unshakeable lifelong habit of daily creative making

  • Deepened creativity
  • Stronger confidence
  • A clear bridge between your creative & meditation practices (even if you don’t already have one or either of those)
  • Connections with like-minded friends for mutual encouragement
  • Your mind blown by what you’ve accomplished

Your host, Art Monastery Founder Suiko McCall, will offer a framework to

  • dissolve procrastination
  • overcome blocks
  • let go & get into flow

On our Zoom calls we’ll

  • practice guided mark-making & writing
  • interweave our spiritual & creative practice
  • share our work (if you want)
  • build community through mutual support & inspiration
  • for the benefit of this beautiful planet and all beings!

What will I do for my daily creative practice?

You get to choose! Your creative practice can be ANYthing (singing in the shower, building snow creatures, dancing in the kitchen with your kids — you name it!).

On our lives calls, I will guide you in something called Artmonk Practice. It’s a kind of improvisational drawing-while-meditation, followed by writing. You don’t need any experience to do it. It if resonates, you could choose Artmonk Practice as your daily creative act. Or not!

When you register for this class, you get access to a free live bonus workshop to help you design the ideal creative practice for the month. (You’ll also receive a recording of the workshop.)

Hi, I’m Suiko!

I’ve always known that I wanted to be an artist. But for years I could not get myself to paint regularly.

I have degrees in art  from Yale and SF Art Institute; I’ve shown my work from San Francisco to Budapest; I’ve published my work on book covers, magazines, and more — but it was only in the last few years that I cracked the code on how to maintain a daily creative practice that’s actually FUN.

I’ll teach you how and you’ll leave this class feeling more connected to 

  • your own creative spirit,
  • the mysterious place your creativity comes from, as well as
  • a community of other makers like you.

And it only takes 12 minutes a day.

Materials

There are no particular supplies you need for this course. We will be engaging in improvisatory mark making & writing. I encourage you to use whatever you already have. That said, I know that it can also be inspiring to acquire new supplies.

Here’s what I recommend (roll over the text for links to where you can buy these items):

Class Dates

We will meet on three Saturdays and the fourth class will meet on Day 30 of our challenge, which falls on a Sunday. So the meetings will be:

  • Saturday, January 25
  • Saturday, February 1
  • Saturday, February 8
  • Saturday, February 15
  • Sunday, February 23
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There is no such thing
as creative and
non-creative people,
only people who use their creativity
and people who don’t.
— Brené Brown

More Testimonials

“Our time together was a space for healing and restoration—nourishing ourselves to right a world that’s turning upside down.” —Alysia T.

“Thank you dear Teacher Suiko for these intimate, invaluable sessions and the ease with which you guide us in creating from authentic, present experience.” — Geneve J.

“I need to say that your class has been the best online class experience. I’ve taken a number of zoom classes and led a few myself but your class has been the most connected zoom experience yet!” —Sherri M.

“Suiko has the incredibly rare ability to translate the creative process into usable, understandable pieces of information. I don’t even know how that’s actually possible — but she does it.” —Mary S.


“I have watched the zoom sessions over and over and found myself in awe of the brilliance— the way individuals shared on zoom—I was inspired and moved to tears. The topics and the depth of the shares showed the sacredness of the container that was created.  Thank you for your playfulness and your deep compassion, the lighthearted play that transcends the ordinary. The safety of this container and the caliber of people drawn to you and your work… It’s profound! I’ve been creatively blocked for some time and now am opening up what was frozen.  Creating daily is a breath of fresh air.”  —Alexandra

January 25 – February 23, 2025

10am-12noon Pacific / 1-3pm Eastern

Sliding Scale $49-$189

Online

When you sign up you also receive access to the optional bonus workshop Designing Your Ideal Daily Practice on Tuesday, January 21, 4-5:30pm Pacific. A recording of the workshop will be made available.

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