WELCOME!
Beltane: We Are Flowers

Come in, come in! I’m so happy you’re here. The season of Beltane, also known as May Day, marks the midway point between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice. Beltane falls on May 1st. This ancient holiday highlights themes of cross-pollination, radical self-love, the pleasure of the senses, and what it means to truly thrive.

All Creative Alchemy Cycle bundles are self-guided. I’ve created this landing page as a home base for us as we journey through the season of Beltane. We’ll also meet in person on the fourth Sunday of each month (scroll down for links.) Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Table of Contents

PART ONE: DIGITAL CONTENT

• Story of the Season: a Homily for Beltane (audio & PDF)

• The Great Wide Open (video)

• In the Studio (video)

• Collaborative Alchemy Podcasts: Seasonal Conversations (audio)

• Fuel for the Fire: Writing prompts, links, reading lists, Spotify playlists, etc.

• Further Connection: Monthly Community Zoom Call / Recording (links)

PART TWO: FOR FULL SUBSCRIBERS

• CAC Network: Online communication platform

NOTE of ENGAGEMENT:
Please do not share the link to this page with others. This content was created just for you. Thank you for your respect and understanding.

PART ONE: Digital Content

Seaonal Focus — Embodiment Practice

This season we’re focusing on embodiment as a creative practice. We will be exploring themes of creative flow and pleasure activism. We’ll connect deeply to the senses as a tool for liberatory creative expression. So grab your watercolors and let’s commune with the flowers as we talk color theory, olfactory portals, and sense-memory.

Calling You Home — A Homily

This is a great place to begin. For each of the eight bundles that make up the Creative Alchemy Cycle, I write a seasonal story to set the container for the bundle. These homilies are my way of practicing alongside you and using the creative alchemy tools to create my own work. You can download a copy using the button below and/or listen to the audio.

The Great Wide Open

My creative process always begins outside. This is where I weave the outer landscape with the inner one. We’ll walk through flowering orchards, chase bees from bloom to bloom, and enjoy the green hills of Eastern Oregon. We’ll also spend a little time in the boggy hollows of the Wallowa foothills searching for mushrooms among blooming wild strawberry.

In the Studio

After viewing The Great Wide Open, let’s head into my studio. This is where I metabolize, incubate, and process all the elements which make up my current state of creative alchemy. This season, we are connecting to the senses! Grab your watercolors and let’s commune with the flowers as we explore color-theory, olfactory portals, the chakra framework, and sense-memory.

Collaborative Alchemy Podcast

Collaborative Alchemy is a series of conversations with artists, thought leaders, activists, farmers, educators, creatives, and other polymaths where we tell our stories, expand our histories, and hold space for new ways of being. The podcast is on pause this season and will hopefully resume in early summer. In the meantime, please enjoy the rich catalogue of conversations below!

Fuel For The Fire

Writing prompts and further exploration, links, reading lists, spotify playlists, etc. Click on the images or buttons below to view, visit, or download.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Invitations for Further Connection

CREATIVE ALCHEMY COMMUNITY CALLS usually occur on the first Sunday of each month from 10:00—11:15am PST. These gatherings are recorded and posted right here the day after. Sarah will send a reminder email the week before and the day before each gathering.

RECORDING: COMMUNITY CONNECTION CALL
SUNDAY, MAY 7th @ 10am PST

PART TWO: For Full Subscribers

The Beltane Community Network & Gallery

The community network & gallery is a communication platform for those who are full subscribers! It’s like Facebook but WAY better: no advertisements, completely private, and built collectively. As a member of the Cycle you received an invitation to join our Creative Alchemy Cycle (CAC) online network via Mighty Networks. The button below will take you to the network.

Gratitude.

BLOOM
by Emily Dickinson

Bloom — is Result — to meet a Flower
And casually glance
Would cause one scarcely to suspect
The minor Circumstance
Assisting in the Bright Affair
So intricately done
Then offered as a Butterfly
To the Meridian —
To pack the Bud — oppose the Worm —
Obtain its right of Dew —
Adjust the Heat — elude the Wind —
Escape the prowling Bee
Great Nature not to disappoint
Awaiting Her that Day —
To be a Flower, is profound
Responsibility —