Heartsong Studio

If you’ve fallen for the myth that artistic talent is only for a gifted few, it’s easy to conclude that there’s no way to draw with any heart. Busting this myth is less than 2 minutes away in:

Does lack of talent prevent you from drawing with heart ? 

Don’t you need a special gift to be able to draw ? Though you’re creative in other ways, you might cringe at the thought of having to draw anything real.

If you were born with the potential for verbal language, then why would you not have the potential for visual language as well ?

Prehistoric people made cave drawings even before they developed written language. Just look at pictures of the cave drawings in Lascaux, France, as fresh and lively as any today.

This is no myth:
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We are all born with the potential for every talent. So why do only a few develop their talent to draw ? You may have learned humiliation from your first experiments of drawing in childhood. Fears may have grown to protect you ever since from more wounding.

Inside you is this wild potential for drawing things full of life. Thinking about trying to draw with your critical mind, only scares it away.

Just like capturing a wild horse with threats or force, trying to imitate reality with your critical mind will frighten away any relationship you might have with your undiscovered potential.

Just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there.
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People used to tame wild horses by breaking their spirit. It took several days before horses would lose their freedom and obey out of fear. Their natural potential to trust a partnership with people was never given a chance.

Now, some sensitive “horse whisperers” take care to win wild horses’ trust with understanding. Within minutes these sensitive, intelligent animals want to live and work with the people who respect them, of their own free will.

Instead of avoiding drawing that scares you, take a closer look at your fears with wild horses in mind. Fears are there to protect you from danger. Through appreciation and respect, you can build and strengthen trust and dissolve your fears.

So how can you find your wild drawing potential ?======================================

A sensitive trainer can help you approach your wild potential from the inside by trusting your heart. Within a few minutes, it is possible for you to discover the first glimpse of your inborn natural ability to draw. Not expecting to imitate or capture anything, you can see for yourself proof of your raw talent.

Before, if you believed your own critical mind, you lost all trust, and your sense of inner knowing. Now, if you can only trust your heart, it will know beyond a doubt that this is your own natural visual language finally awakening.

Fear itself is not the enemy. It’s fear of facing fear that cripples us. A good horse trainer will recognize wild horses’ fear and work with it to earn their trust. You can learn to be your own horse whisperer, trust your heart and lose your fears, without breaking your spirit or losing your freedom.

Drawing things full of life has nothing to do with being born special. Your beliefs and expectations - and not outer circumstances - are the only thing holding you back. How cool is that ? How empowering to be master of finding and freeing your own artistic potential !

What holds you back from drawing ? Probably some shame lingers from humiliations in the past. You might have learned that your efforts were wrong or unworthy. So you’ve remained wounded, limited by old fears.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss, when you’re too busy to open to new possibilities. What you don’t know can’t hurt you. . . or help you either. How do you jump the hurdle of learning to draw, without exposing yourself to others in the class watching ?

Sure you’d like to learn to draw, but not at the risk of being shamed all over again. Learning to draw in a live class is just a hotbed of possibilities for more humiliation. Who needs a teacher standing over you ? Or, other learners watching your stumbling efforts ? Yuk ! And how do you find a class nearby ?

So how can you possibly learn to draw over the phone ? Seems absurd, a compromise at best. Or so I thought until I tried teaching heart-centred drawing by teleclass. It blew our minds wide open !

Your goal is to draw things that look real, right ? Trouble is, by putting all your focus on the end product, you can’t experience the process. Even if you take part in spite of all fear of ridicule, the end result still overshadows you.

So how can you learn to draw with heart if you don’t look at the results ?

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By allowing space to focus all your attention on the process, you aren’t ignoring the results, you’re just postponing judging them.

Sitting alone, unwatched, guided only by the teacher’s voice, you can go deep inside, connect with your heart, and let the process flow. Still trusting your heart, you will see the end results differently.

Most first time drawers from within are totally surprised. This arm’s length guidance, allows you to get closer to your true self in privacy. Doors will be opened to possibilities like you‘ve never imagined.

Take your new drawing while you’re still stunned by it, scan it or photograph it, and put it up on your monitor. Wow ! There it is, front and centre, all framed, lighted, and focused. Your critical mind will have to admit that your results look pretty darn amazing.

You’ll know that you couldn’t have reached these results had you tried with your “doing” mind. Your heart has shown your judgmental mind what it never knew before - the magic of putting the creative process first. It feels good too and it’s fun.

As well as learning to draw with heart, overcoming fears unleashes powerful creative energy, and awakens countless possibilities for deeper personal growth.