FACE2FAITH - A spiritual journey through paint by Jenni Eden

I'm very fortunate to know Jenni Eden, an artist living and working here in Oman whose paintings are sought after worldwide!  Even more fortunately I was gifted a copy of her book FACE2FAITH today by Jenni herself!  While I haven't had the chance to read the book yet, flicking through it, Jenni's paintings definitely speak of the contents of the book.  This is especially the case with her paintings of ballerinas and dancers whose poise and movement remind me of the best of Degas and whisper voices from the source that Jenni hopes to help you discover through her writing.

Tranquility Too ©Jenni Eden

I will have to blog further on this once I've read the book, but it got me thinking how tapping into the source really is the key to living your passion and art.  Without a connection or contact with a source where can our inspiration flow from?  How can we figure out how to discover the ideas that will propel our art further and keep us working when the going gets tough?

Personally my source, wherever it comes from, can be connected to through 750words.com and the flow of consciousness that I achieve when writing nonstop for a set period of time.  It's like opening the plug hole on a drain that once open cannot be closed unless the plug is abandoned for a period and then falls back into place.  Thanks to @busterbenson for help with that!

Maybe your source comes to you through nature or poetry, television, film, running, yoga, driving or even sleeping. The important thing is to find it, for once you do it's a lot easier to accept that your connection is a connection to all and everything.  If you're connected to all and everything how can you get blocked and stuck?  How can you run out of ideas?  For everything is there for inspiration, you just have to be able to tap into that and breathe it in.  Once you know this you'll discover that your abilities are endless.  This is unless, of course, you ignore your source and block out your inspiration fulfilling the probability that you're not good enough and can't do the things you feel passionate about.

The hardest thing is finding out where and how to get in touch with your source, but isn't that what play is all about? So go act like a child, get in touch with all those things that got you excited in the first place and before you know it you may discover your source was always there, you just had to figure out how to find it!

I've asked many questions here, so I'll be back once I've finished reading to see what Jenni had to say about them.  You can find out more about Jenni Eden here.

You can also get inspired yourself and buy her book FACE2FAITH here.

Or you can even let Jenni help you find your source and get inspired by taking part in her ArtsSpa!