Art School & Holistic Care
Professional Art Studio & Art Experiences
EST. 2015 Erin Kathleen Muir - Sydney, Australia
Children - Youth - Adults
"A Place for Kindred Spirits"
How can art give way to a meaningful life?
Gotta keep those Love-good vibrations...
Erin Kathleen Muir has been sharing her writing as part of online territory and Good Vibrations (since Sienna Art Space's inception in 2014).
Select past articles and more recent content are now part of our glossy Magazine, Naturally Exuberant.
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In 2024-25, we CELEBRATE our 10th year of Sienna Art Space and are looking to Celebrate the whole year through.
'Celebrating the Sacred Self' comes up again next year during March 11 - 20, 2026.
The themes of I am a Sacred Soul (2020-3) and I am a Sacred Soul on a Journey (2024, I have intuition (2025) continue to express an engagement of ideas.
In 2026 the theme will be 'Friendship'.
Access the new 2024 Breeze Resource on the Devotional Calendar, with 10 Days of activity.
The Colour Education Kit for Conscious Parents & Conscious Teens is now available to download on the Bio page.
To view the Education Kit for Spiritual Self and Soul Space, a group exhibition, visit the website.
Sacred Art
Some say that we go to a place of stillness to access the power of the mind, our context, or something else –
We grow our receptivity when we are aligned with intention, fevour – the light matter of dust that is the golden spatter of time and context colliding, enriches our path.
Ansuz, kennaz, laguz
As to runic symbology and ideas, let expansive principles play a role in forwarding consciousness.
When we tend to make art that is enriched with these principles, we kaleidoscope in a bequest for knowledge, outfitted by the legacy and lineage of Spirit. It is a shared wave of contact, we abound more lightly in rhythms, to know true contact. Seamless gifts in insight, thorough talents in perception and delivery of these gifts for others to astonish at or request learning by teaching receptacle. How do we perform? How do we illustrate? Keeping respects and honouring truths is about listening proactively to the learning and then corresponding thanks, in return.
Sacred art is musing for light gifts – for treasures of a remote kind, interweaving the lens. Forms are a many, divine recognitions take on a new order, and trespass no weaves coming before them, they supercede ably where there is devout teaching and truths to be known by the Creator. Love is generative as is pride . I am of a script for storytelling and new age theory. Only superb works are considered ‘divine’ at times but it is with locus that we should incur pleasure and receive meanings with trust.
What sacred knowings have you faced in alignment to category, recognitions to the divine that has stood aware as an interface for learning?
Be it art script, painting or song?
All carry a sacred weaving, a strong current of creatorship.
Rejuvenation & Kindling
This is a divination exercise for Rejuvenation and Kindling.
For this Meditation you will need a Rainbow Candle, similar to the one in the image. Along with optional stones: Jade, Peach moonstone, and Fossilised wood.
‘Kindling’ is my choice of words for ‘divine nurturing’. If we take to the energy of proclaiming restraint or taint presence on something, we only will in profane, baneful acuity. Kindling is something more in the light because it pronounces a positive intention of favour over that which is seen as an entitlement.
With the pronounced goodness of value and kinship, may the return bring fruition and prosper-grounding uniting all that is colourful, with nuanced recognition and (an infinity sign) - ‘potentials’ return.’
The verticality of the candle is suggestive of directional current, a survey account of colour- coding and a relationship to one’s own energy.
Activity: See the value of sitting quietly with the candle.
Be present with the length and appreciation for Colour Resonance.
By natural order, your focus may “go in” and “out” of phasing - seeing ‘accentuations’, ‘emphasis’ and ‘spiritually-pronounced focuses’ for your own un-coding.
May all neutralise to a soft light jade in an environment. I am holding a “peach moonstone” to neutralise the energies of circumference and to regulate “emotive” energy setting.
Visualise white beneath your feet as a solid platform, in graded sensory objective.
I harness the energy of fossilised wood.
Note: These are ‘carriers’ of which the physical specimen in nature would propagate a foundation for “agency” - movement scripts.
Protective procurement is “defensive conversation” that harnesses ‘pure’ energy and shift cognition we assign at measure - utilising the qualities of ‘advanced creative visualisation’ and poised circumference.
In the energies of Snow Leopard , all is obliterated into the mountain of white - whereby no force can distill a concentrated interruption to the ‘armour of ‘light - rich’ situation’. Something of the character of neutralization and the shamanic way, supports oneself in moving forward to see how our energy setting is a record of emotionally-spent , metaphysical funds.
“Imbuing” the energy is a form of ‘energising’. Those readers that have read previous articles may recall the nature of heat and the consciousness of carnelian for sports actives or anyone who desires drive in their day (Carnelian being a “motivation and ‘activation’ stone”).
When we imbue the energy of a space, we look inward at the motivational-self on a number of levels:
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Intellectual state of mind ( Attitude, Integrity, or Open drift )
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Emotional situation ( How does this impinge on intention?)
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Energetic Equilibrium ( Heightened state? Physically relaxed?)
Imbuing is Intentionally conscious re-imaging or felt alignments we impress, focus on mindfully or with emotional strength. Each have the power to enhance and regulate the type of Intentional bearing.
The Rainbow Candle could be seen as one of the most “sophisticated” of candles because it offers:
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Individualisation & Authentic trajectory energy reinforcement - We interpret and by unique association connect varying ‘gems of insight’. For e.g. My candle tells a unique story based on personal stories, leads, and individual-energy setting ( imbued territory )
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Nuance - Spectrum emphasis allows us to think and harness the relationship of numbers / and the many potentials.
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Systemisation - A coding also allows us to voyage through coded consciousness, relaying back simple ideas based on the Chakras, if it is a felt belief. Representation and message become a simple personal identification using energy as a lens (despite collective identifications).
Light the candle and “muse” on the visualisation through natural accord - allowing the meditation to bring up positive connections for yourself, your business, activities, an event or occasion.
How you interpret is your voyage, nobody else’s - even though you may be working with the singular foundation and agency of two or more energy objects.
What could be more wonderful than a “spectrum-coloured candle”?
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‘Life Direction & Personal Sovereignty’
Manifestation Exercise
Appreciations – Holistic Creative Living
The following Holistic Discovery activity is based on a combination of affirmations, energy work for awareness and involves intuitive listening.
Since the premise and functioning of affirmations has been outlined previously in the Manifestation activity for Emotional Prosperity & Transformative Change, here I will outline the energy framework as an introduction and also the awareness activity that we phrase as intuitive listening.
The chakral system at the streamlined seven, support our awareness for earth and sky expressive energy. Each ‘chakra’ or wheel relates to one’s personal overall health – on an emotional level, intellectual level, psychological level and physical level. In psychic sensing, we utilise our knowledge of energy to discuss our framework for health, thus attributing the senses as part of that foundation.
The following words are associated with each of the below Earth chakras:
The Base Chakra – foundation, protection, safety, grounding, security
The Sacral Chakra – creativity, birthing, reproduction, sexual instinct, growth, expression
The Solar Plexus – personal power, self-esteem, control, sovereignty, feelings & emotion
These, you may register as the “themes” of each energy centre.
For this activity, draw your hands as “sensing gloves” / receptive interface. Your palm chakras will be used to actively read the energy of each of your chakras ( base, sacral, solar plexus) during the invitation of stating each affirmation, in sequence.
First, bring your hands approximately 25 cm apart and resting above your solar plexus.
State out loud:
“I am a sovereign soul. I am in control” on repeat for about 5 minutes.
Then progress your hands to your sacral chakra for another 2, then lastly progress to your base chakra and affirm (chant) on repeat for another 2.
As you progress through each chakra and chant, process the following with intention:
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The hearing of your words; their meaning and message to you.
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Your emotion and thoughts as you chant, keeping track of associations, etcetera.
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The feeling energetically in your body
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The feeling energetically beyond body, which may be the reception you feel between your hands.
Then repeat the following Affirmations for the Solar Plexus. Reading through each one 3times and move onto the next in the series. When you have done this, repeat the same process for the Sacral, and then the Base.
I am a sovereign soul. I am in control.
I make certain choices, and I action the necessary milestones for my goals.
I am strong, creative, and alive – I am willing to take risks in the form of action to explore my growth.
I yield from positive statements to self.
I am wealthy, healthy and with faith in the greater divine consciousness.
I ascertain the right direction for me based on instinct, my core values and emotional pull.
I make considered decisions, statements and projections.
I invite into my world pleasure, what I need and positive constructs for growth.
I am an adult, with ability to inform my next stage of growth, with intention.
I am forever young; growing into my youth.
I feel protected, self-assured, resilient.
Consideration goes into how we Respond to statements and how our body and energy respond to the statements. The net of influence is in substantially communicated through the physical and may be understood as clairsentience.
While reflecting across the repeat of each statement, consider
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Which words, phrases stimulate dis-ease or a feeling of uneasy.
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Which statements allign or flow well.
As you intellectualise, it is important to feel for your responses.
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Horses and Rainbows
As a young person, do you recall your most vivid dreams?
As a young child, can you reflect back and remember what you used to love drawing and painting?
Occasionally I reflect on those classes of mine that didn’t adhere to structure, a more ‘free-choice’ arrangement – and I recall the common features, feelings and associated energy.
Kids, children, juniors... draw rainbows and suns in their images. They like to draw winged horses and ponies as familiar companions.
What does this communicate about the psyche and our worlds? The horse aligns being a prevalent, enduring character in rhythm with something of the universe.
We can ask How is the Horse introduced:
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In film, cartoons, Disney?
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With what role, associative stance or situation?
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Toys, close encounter, pony ride?
The Horse could have all of the following features:
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A romantic attachment to joy, love and destiny.
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A welcomed pet they could only have in fantasy.
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A sense of freedom and friendship.
Horses are formidable animals – they’re a large size for a pet understood to be bound to paddock or acreage – has a greater than life majesty because they outgrow, even as adults. But they are seated companion.
We can further say:
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They lead the adventure.
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They are dual sensory experience in voyage (hear the sound and sensation as you ride from trot to greater speed, real or imagined).
My unce and father drew horses. My father even owned a horse for a day.
My mum dreamed of Shetland ponies.
My other nanna adored Shetlands too.
We are socialised in the Melbourne Cup and the trots or family life. The horse dance is association with Tina Turner and Simply the Best – the victory of sport, a world of dreams.
We can further say:
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The horse surfaces for some in dream aspect.
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The triumph/glory and suspense/anticipation are associated with the pure breed animal.
It is not hard to see why the companionship in drawing by young becomes understood – the Language of the Horse.
I have a memory of going to the Trotting Club of which my grandfather was a member, and I recall getting hokey pokey icecream and him and me. I remember how gorgeous he was as a patron and how club staff were hospitable. The association to positivity and memory are “holdings” that are cherished.
As I reflect on my own childhood, I didnt draw about horses but I read novels about them. I believe my animal affinity was different. I had a keen interest in Tigers, I used to be mesmerised at looking at posters and images of them. However, I had a vivid dreams of the whales. In late primary school, I drew from images in books about 17 whales from a geography assignment, connecting to the imagery of photography representation.
The Beluga being a more recent dreaming from 2020, 2 weeks into covid-19 lockdown. I had not seen an image or can recall a conversation of a Beluga for many years. I believe the dream was unusual, special and timely. It's not an often occurrent that I receive such uncanny dreams. I believe it is a conversation of a spiritual nature meant to propagate certain emotions, associations and direction. Why would I dream of a Beluga?
The beluga forged a new appreciation for salient dreams.
The archetypal stories of these animals stay with us into your adulthood.
Sometimes these animals also share beauty and better representation when exploring adventure time and the mystical – seen with horns (anicorns, unicorns) and winged (pegagus). Children may not be aware of their stories and symbolic imprints but they draw on popular culture & cartoons in their social world.
What can we further say:
- Preoccupation with Horses and other animals alike, may be the outcome of dreams we 'encounter'
- We long for fantasy & escape and embody our character animals via drawing and painting.
- Children draw into their memory and their output situations of admiration and longing, "to be with the animal kingdom".
We could also say:
-The energetic representation of the image profoundly impacts our energetic resources in the timeline.
-Dreams are uncanny recall - perhaps spiritual.
-We are a product of social consciousness (popular culture).
Do you have a child and What do they like to draw?
If you don't have a child, what do you recall drawing on as a child?
Maybe it was a stag, or turtle? or something else?
Reflect perhaps on these stories and share the article with a friend.
What is a Symbolic Imprint Verse a Symbolic story we inherit?
There are national and faith-centred, cultural symbols as animals. We often call these totems or national digest. Otherwise, we sometimes receive through passing down of knowledge or through reading, cultural storytelling related to the creation, the initiation or calling. Sometimes these may be considered to have contribute to collective imprints overtime, in which a certain symbology has been harnessed, that is the knowledge of social truth and awareness behind an Animal in spirit. A childs symbolic story though, in contrast, may be seen as personal, on the receiving end at youth and with an emotional, sensory relationship of kinds.
In Summary, word associations for the Horse:
Friendship, fantasy, longing, dreams, victory, glory, adventure, the sensory experience, romantic attachment, freedom, love, destiny, spiritual quests..
As we enter the Year of the Fire Horse, some of the relationships of Love, longing, escape, adventure, glory and freedom may come up for you. It is natural to recognise that heat double boosts the fuel of speed and trajectory. Hang on tight, its going to be a beautiful year.
The Inspiration for
Primordial Orange & The Ultramarine Oracle and Studio Programs
Some of the initiatives of Sienna Art Space come out of responding to difficult situations and energy. I find the notion of war and terrorism to be terrible, and the the culture of racism and religious abuse at the micro and macro level to be catastrophic. It is important that everyone feel whole and that they belong in a safe space to healing, renumeration and splendour. Without the three, we grow in a world of hopelessness.
Connection and healing dialogues are central to the Devotional Calendar of Arts and Healing based periods of action. They support personal voyaging and tandem circle-recreation, a celebration of sorts that shepherds love for each other and everything beautiful.
The Big Book oracle began with 30 canvases, each 122cm tall in reflection of a Children and Teens Art appreciation unit and a response to kaleidoscope enrichment, that was always a transparent dialogue for Parents and Families.
In 2016, we commenced The Art of Giving Art Program for 7 – 12 years, and this later included Introductions for 4-6years, and separately Cultivate for 13-18 years. The program commenced with the topic ‘Journey to the Heart’ and Chapter 1 : The Bear , the Whale and the Lyrebird.
As an Australian independent community Art school, the relationship of Earth energies, cosmic consciousness and human interaction were looked at to include themes such as love, family, friendship, death, the afterlife, creation and the divine. With Cultural references diverse, storytelling and popular culture became as essence of relatable subject matter for the Children aged 7 – 12. The program widened with the inclusion of more developed teens and interestingly adapted to incorporate well the youngest of observers in symbolism. Chapter 2: The Brolga, the Rainbow Fish and the Deer (Stag) was born with our move to The SunHouse & Wave Studio in 2018, with a look at ‘The Eye is the Window to the Soul’. Ofcourse, the relationship of the archetype and the arc found its “energetic drive” throughout activity, concept building and modelling. The students developed a rapport with symbolism and analysis, 3 invisible Archetypes and an engagement with the consciousness of Portraiture and Water. The Program is a adjunct availability to the mainstream focus of tutoring that has technique, concepts and experiences at it’s core.
The 30 canvases are a recognition for our foundational needs for [beauty and awareness], despite an often conflicting deep orange thick consciousness. The pages that are individual canvases, reflect faith signatures, protection and light symbols of a variety of religions, and a range of archetypes and symbols including the human eye, tree, skull, heart, leaf and animal depictions. Even a 4 year old can relate to the purity of memory, travel and kindness of Dory.
The Guppy, or Rainbow Fish, and otherwise Sun-fish became a popular activity of a Million fish in our studio that relates to spectrum identity in us All. As mirror reflections each child also created time-conscious and mirror conscious drawings of leaves, Daruma dolls, Hamsa, and Ying Yang symbols. The black circular pivot in each renditions reflects the pupil to Soul discovery in the time scape and reflected in Soul Mirror Diamond Leaf Meditations done across age groups.
The Big Book’s relatability acknowledges the above programming and recognises some of the dialogues in Humanity bloomed by teenagers and adults when peer discussing personally felt recognitions and observed life.
The Oracle was produced between 2020 and 2022, and created in water-based oils on canvas. The surfaces incorporate expressive backgrounds and texture, resembling the young – affinity to peach with yellow egoic colourant, with pure pink entering to offset the primal state of challenging connect. Ultramarine is a powerful concentration in oils, reflecting a commanding presence and relationship to human territory. Together, I was simply available to combining adult themes with more youthful connections, including cartoons.
Would you like to come and join a Studio Class, to benefit from the enrichment of the Art of Giving Art or Cultivate program?
Chapter 3 commences with themes yet to be explored, through looking at The Eagle, the Emu and the Guinea Fowl.
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