Retreating

It's always good to replenish yourself. Life gets too complex sometimes, and you need a break from the norm.

So it's with this attitude of escaping overwhelm that I traipsed off to Litchfield, Connecticut for the Artella Creative ManiFestival (hosted by Artella , a most fabulous site for artists and writers. You so need to check it out!).

Here are some of the comments I sent to another group I belong to:

The retreat was amazing! It was a deep pool of self discovery where we swam with dolphins and found ourselves.

There was healing- people connected with songs they'd had taken from them long ago. Others found art they didn't know they were allowed to have. Some folks leapt to new heights of creativity, spurred on by the energy of the group.

If I had to describe the retreat with one word, it would be Energy. We combined to create energy powerful enough to make art fall off walls, cause tingles and shivers and perpetual goosebumps. There was a lot of love there, a lot of souls and hearts connecting.

We got snow- beautiful kamikaze snowflakes that carpeted the landscape and wiped everyhting winter clean. There was an art room where we got to play with wood and paint and hot glue (I am now addicted to hot glue guns). We ate really healthy food prepared by friendly hands.
The raffle was amazing. The anticipation built up all weekend as we perused the tables, looking at all the yummy stuff and deciding where to put our intentions (in the form of blue tickets). Then, on Saturday, it was a generosity extravaganza as the names were drawn and eveyone was a winner, and everyone got things they really wanted. It was great.

I had a ball- it's that simple. This is the kind of creative tonic we all need on a regular basis. I've learned that abundance and prosperity are available to me, and I can't wait to see how I can focus my energy to create magic in other areas of my life.

So that's my report. DeShango, out.

More is forthcoming, but in short, the Universe is awesome and powerful and we are capable of riding in its flow all the way to Bliss. It's that simple and complex all at the same time.