Compassion Games 2014: Team 6Degrees of Creativity creative deeds go global

Inspired by beautiful creative vibes and energy of Gretchen Miller I joined her great initiative to take part in Compassion games 2014 with the Team 6 Degrees of Creativity 🙂

It has been an amazing 10 days adventure creating and connecting to others, oneself and the earth….It is simply beautiful how this global initiative generated awesome secrets agents of compassion to spread the message and make the world we live in  a little brighter with every contribution!!!

So it all started with our daily assignments of creative deeds to make and share:)

The creative deed #1 “Show Us Your Heart!” was the perfect start to connect to the most amazing compassion vibes that connects globally with this initiative!! Gretchen had this fab powerful idea sending in photos of our cutting of a paper heart in team members’ hands. The strong message of utter empathy was right on the starting of the Compassion Games and on the Day of Remonstrance for September 11th…

 

Next creative deed #2 : “Chalk It Up for Compassion!”… How great to create a piece of something outdoors with chalk so the world could stumble upon …so the message can really go a long way 🙂

Creative deed #3 “Compassion WordClouding” was real fun and an introduction into wordart design:)

Creative Deed #4 was a fab “Operation Random Acts of Creative Kindness” so operative got an opportunity to make some creative inspiring messages and spread them around….. so I though to share sockmonkey love and kindness with a take what you need flyer that could bright up the day of people encountering it…

 Creative deed #5…It was about recognizing a Compassion All Star in our life & community with a creative twist!  So that day I nominated a truly special person as Compassion All Star: my mom:)  and my artsy awards for this special nomination for her:) This process was very emotional….Thank you Gretchen!!!

 

Creative deed #6 “Creativity& Compassion Quote Hunt” … So by using free online programs one I created something using  a quote that deeply resonates withme…For me one can feel the endless ways of expressive arts getting to the soul!

 

Creative deed #7 “Compassion Cards of Awesomeness” switched on that beautiful role of  being a Secret Agent of Compassion…Special Secret Agent mission to create anonymous Compassion Cards of Awesomeness to leave randomly  in places… The theme to celebrate in the cards was BEING AWESOME  🙂

So while I was on the train I created some cards to distribute in a hospital…. I really loved to see the positive reactions of some people who discovered them…Of course as a secret agent I tried to keep distance LOL:)

To learn more about the Compassion Game’s Secret Agents of Compassion, to get inspired check out this page: http://compassiongames.org/compassion-games/secret-agent/ or the International Kindness Team (IKT) blog where Secret Agent missions are posted daily throughout the games: http://secretagentofcompassion.org

 

Creative deed #8  “Secret Agent of Compassion- Nature Creative Deed”

Today’s Creative Deed  was again linked to Secret Agent of Compassion mission with the goal of showing compassion to nature & the earth…The intent was “to increase your understanding of the interrelatedness in nature” and for us in particular was to document this perspective with a photo. The SAoC mission posted earlier that week that became our mission for creative deed #8: http://secretagentofcompassion.org/2014/09/15/05-2014/

I was inspired with by grounding and earthing acts that really reconnect us to mature and the earth. In particular recalling a beautiful event back in India with a special friend when we planted spouted fruit seeds in the ground and let the eco magic happen:) So this time I sprouted bean seeds and I planted them honoring the earth:)

Creative deed #9 “Compassion Mandala”

What a great mission to create a mandala with our fav material  expressing what compassion means to us… Well for me, given what I could find as was still travelling I managed to get some paints and lil creative bits together and improvized a painting on a wooden board….It kinds of builds up layers through material, in a way creating the fabric and nuances that are connected with compassion.

Creative Deed # 10: “Compassion Stickie Note Art”

What a great mission to use Post-It/ Stickie Notes to spread around randomly creative messages about compassion!!! So much fun and good energy coming after a nice walk accomplishing this mission in the neighborhood:)

And to celebrate the last  of the Compassion Games: creative deed #11: “International Day of Peace Flag”!!!

We got to create a prayer flay celebrating this special day letting this reminder spreading its message through the wind…

I love making prayer flags as there is something special about the process and the message they carry. This time I have tried to make a paper one using few things from India and Tibet…Great to celebrate peace on the World Peace Day.

Take a moment to check the awesome post :

Wrap Up: Creative Deeds in Action @ the 2014 Compassion Games over at 6 Degrees of Creativity about the all the fab creations and experiences of this adventure!!

Vulnerable Rollercoaster and Link Love round #4

Inspired by some thoughts and process coming from the prompt over at the Circle of Art:

“Perfect and bullet proof are seductive, but they dont’ exist in the human experience. We must walk into the arena, whatever it may be- a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation with courage and the willingness to engage. Rather than sitting on the sidelines and hurling judgement and advice, we must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly.” ~Brene Brown

The mission of spreading the Link Love continues thanks to Tammy G’s Daisy Yellow…So connect, share and keep spreading the Link Love !!!

Here is my fourth round of Link Love:

6 Degrees of Creativity is a wonderful blog created by passionate and inspirational art therapist Gretchen Miller… It’s a very special place where creatives can connect, share  and contribute to global projects.

Sue’s Dreamwalker’s Sanctuary is a “A Sanctuary for Inspirational Thoughts of Light, Love and Peace” .

Christopher’s Off  The Wall is a very interesting space to check out and connect with Christopher’s work:)

Sarah Roizen Art Therapy Blog a very inspirational spot with interconnecting stories and painting playground.

Wendy’s A Girl and her brush where  her world encounters mixed media painting and more:)

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Subhan Zein a fantastic writer and poet on his  mission to “serve humanity through the written word”. I find his blog such an energetic and vibrant place with great stories.

Utham and his amazing way to grasp the world through his fantastic photography!!

Joy Hellman a great artist & teacher inspiring  to adventure in self-expression, creativity and imagination.

ArtHealsAustin with a beautiful inspiring mantra for 2013 and great posts about the powers of art and art therapy…

Natalya Garden ~ Creative Arts sharing her passion for art-making and art therapy… As she beautifully says :  “art is a way to express oneself and communicate without words in a world where concepts can sometimes get in the way of simply “being”. Art is a form of expression not limited by ability.”

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