Jun 26 2022
Art of Astonishment with Artist Chris Conidis

Art of Astonishment with Artist Chris Conidis

Presented by Art in Oakland Park at Art in Oakland Park

The Art Of Astonishment
The art arena is a place of infinite possibilities and there’s room to play whatever game you want! Join us at the Art in Oakland Park for an afternoon of creativity play where Imagineer Chris Conidis will introduce how BOTH - Intuitive Art Non-Representational Drawings, Symbolic Tribal Meditative Graffiti, and representational art assist us in unleashing “our natural state of mind”. “ASTONISHMENT IS OUR NATURAL STATE OF MIND”- Chris Conidis “The act of creativity is a tool to help us unleash the moment”. We are seeking above all things, to cultivate spontaneity. Not rigid discipline. Creative play , not art mastery always attempts and succeeds to bring out the native gift. ART WHEN REALLY UNDERSTOOD IS THE PROVINCE OF every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, through play and intuition. It is not an outside, extra thing. When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. Chris will guide us in through a meditative state where he says, “You’re just being. And it feels great…because there are no options, or opinions or judgements. There is no right or wrong. Everything is everything. That’s what you see in a baby’s eyes. Pure child’s mind.” The Art Of Astonishment will help artists produce a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind in which they will focus their attention, instinct and eliminate the stream of jumbled thoughts that may be crowding one’s mind and causing stress when creating. We will discuss and demonstrate how the intuitive and meditative process of creativity with little to no effort is what guides us to unleash our natural state of mind where we experience a pure moment of astonishment. Astonishment is not an emotion that’s created. It is an existing state that’s revealed. “If you listen carefully you’ll also hear things like “that made me feel like a child again” or “you made me feel like a little kid at the circus.” And if you think about this, you’ll see that what these astonished adults are really trying to say, even though they’re not consciously aware of it, is that for a brief moment, they experienced a clear, primal state of mind that they associate with a child’s state of mind. Somehow the adult experience of astonishment triggered some feeling of what it felt like to be a child. Connection to the inner child and higher self. Join us for an afternoon of creative play and a sedative approach to art which will help you experience a new state of mind, your natural state of mind where the art arena is a place of infinite possibilities and there’s room to play whatever game you want. But just for a moment let’s play the game of pushing the art into the wildest edge of edges , where every thought is pulled from your face leaving nothing but fun empty space...

Admission Info

Tickets are $27 including instruction, materials, snacks & drinks

Phone: 9548225533

Email: artinoaklandpark@yahoo.com

Dates & Times

2022/06/26 - 2022/06/26

Location Info

Art in Oakland Park

3478 NE 12 Terrace, Oakland Park, FL 33334

Parking Info

Parking along 12th Terrace, 12th Avenue, as well as Funky Buddha lot to the North