What is Intentional Creativity® ?
Following the core question of my life “what do we humans need to be truly happy” made me research philosophy, linguistics, literature, early childhood development, educational science, psychology, change management, gender studies and neuroscience.
Along the way I read over 10,000 books. I became a professional executive coach, leadership trainer and empowerment mentor. I got trained and certified in so many “change tools” that I stopped counting.
But none, nothing, nada... makes me as happy as putting paint on canvas. No other change tool went as deep, removed old stories, energy and emotions out of my body, mind and heart as the unique painting and transformational process called Intentional Creativity does.
From this biographical background, Intentional Creativity is not just an art form, not just a method or tool.
For me it is a way of operating and moving through life:
- Being deliberate and setting clear intentions versus drifting unaware through life
- Being guided from the inside out versus listening for external advice
- Being at home within myself versus needing approval from others
- Deep listening and movement in flow versus hustling and dominating every detail
- Process focused for intentional outcome versus result fixated rush to get something done
Moving a big brush full of paint. - Letting dark go deep. - Allowing the light to shine through cracks. - Declaring space for worlds to emerge. - Every painting I produce within the context of Intentional Creativity starts with connecting and blessing the canvas and material. The painting starts with an intention written all over the canvas to focus the painting process on that desired outcome. Every painting consists of several layers called underpaintings. The number of these underpaintings and complexity of colors, shapes, symbols and rituals between painting layers depend of course on the intention.
What makes Intentional Creativity so powerful is the deep connection between the movement of our hands, the colors of the paint and the impact to our brain of seeing a visual result of our own actions, a visual proof of our intention.
A lot of other transformational tools cause a tangible shift, which sadly often fades away if not reinforced through repetition and action. When we use Intentional Creativity the brain not only feels kinesthetic sensations through body movement but connects that experience with meaning. One brush stroke might delete a lie we once believed in. Another brush stroke might open up a door through which we access new ideas. Through the visual representation and reflection of what we are doing the brain gains confirmation that we ourselves have changed.
Seeing is believing. Intentional creativity triggers lasting transformation that gets hardwired in our brain.
I didn’t know this kind of visceral deep satisfaction in my whole body before I became an artist working with Intentional Creativity. Nothing I’ve ever done in self development, coaching and training comes close to this. I know ecstasy from dancing and sex - yet this is different. It’s so new and unknown that I lack the words to fully describe it... It’s transformative while simple. Astounding and natural.
The paintings I’m selling inside my online Pixels store and as part of my coaching-art-package are all infused with specific intentions and messages.
By using codes and symbols and colors that I’ve learned about in three decades of research and study, I speak the universal human language of the soul. This language transcends the usual barriers of language, nationality and race.
Just having a painting prinedt on a daily life product like a pillow or your smart phone case brings you the joy and the empowerment linked to the intention of that specific painting.