Zondagbijeenkomsten zijn elke week LIVE op 3:00 p.m. EN

Donaties zijn welkom!

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

(My paintings) should be smarter than me…They have to be something that I no longer understand entirely.

—Gerhard Richter

Wanneer onze strijd om ons ego in stand te houden oplost en onze geest ontspant, tot onze grote verbazing, nieuwe werelden van percepties die we ons nooit hadden kunnen voorstellen, worden aan ons geopenbaard.

Dit is de basis van creativiteit die altijd voor ons beschikbaar is.

Chögyam Trungpa described artists as, “Explorers of the Richness of the Phenomenal World”

There are so many amazing things for us to discover, learn, and explore, infinite realms of perceptions and possibilities in all the dimensions of our life.

But we limit ourselves and see only a small part of what is possible to perceive, realise and express.

En, what do you do when there is no one to tell you what to do?

Herb Elsky will talk about how we can open, receive the gifts of our own insight, and dare to make our authentic gesture.

He will talk about the artistic process and his personal experience based on the teachings of Dharma Art and how we can use the Buddhist teachings of the “Four Karmas” as a path for developing and manifesting our personal creativity.

He will share personal instructions he received from Chögyam Trungpa, and show a short video of a performance of his sound installation/theatre.

About Herb

Herbert Elski is an American artist who has been living in France since 1995. He met Chögyam Trungpa in 1971 in Los Angeles and was a founding member of the Los Angeles Dharmadhatu, where he served as one of the early directors. Van 1980 tot 1984 he was the Director of Shambhala Training in Los Angeles. Van 1987 tot 1991 he was the head of practice at Karmê Chöling in Vermont. In 1995 at the request of the Sakyong he moved to France with his wife Catherine who is the architect who directed the renovations of the chateau which became Dechen Chöling. He was head of practice at Dechen Chöling for the first two years. He has taught Shambhala Training and Dharma Art/Shambhala Art programs in the U.S. and throughout Europe for more than forty years. During the last five years he has presented week long programs about preparing for death. In Los Angeles he regularly exhibited his transparent sculptures in resin. His sculptures are in many public and private collections. After moving to France, during the winter of 2004-2005 he created a sound installation/theatre in his barn named, Le Théâtre Las Balubas where he creates and performs sound compositions which he calls, “Voyages Sonores.”