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For more information on the workshop, including tickets, follow this link - https://www.rachelsermanni.com/workshop In the final episode of this series I explore the last two Rules written by Sister Corita Kent, plus the ‘helpful hints’ at the end…. Rule 9 : ’Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think.’ Rule 10: ‘ “We’re breaking all of the rules even our own rules and how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.” John Cage’ Helpful Hints: Always be around, come or go to everything, always go to classes, read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully often. Save everything - it might come in handy later. . . I’m so so so happy that you’ve joined me on this journey. Making this series of podcasts was exceptionally fun. Hope it’s been of benefit. Hope to see some of you beauties at the upcoming workshops… In this series I circumambulate (walk around/talk around) the magic of Creativity using the template of 10 Rules that were written by a fascinating woman called Sister Corita Kent.  In each episode I interpret and elaborate on one or two of these rules according to my own life experience. Hopefully this accumulation of thoughts expressed gives the listener some inspiration & foundational knowledge on how to Cultivate a Creative Life.  For more info on Sister Corita Kent & how to help save her old art studio & legacy: https://www.corita.org/

For more information on the workshop, including tickets, follow this link - https://www.rachelsermanni.com/workshop ‘Don’t try to Create and Analyse at the same time. They’re different processes.’ I absolutely love this reminder. Comparing the two processes to feminine, masculine principles (energies that exist in us as whole individuals). This is one of the rules I return to often.  This episode also features another favourite line of mine: ‘Kill Your Darlings’ and looks at the importance of intention behind the analysing/editing part of making thigns.  In this series I circumambulate (walk around/talk around) the magic of Creativity using the template of 10 Rules that were written by a fascinating woman called Sister Corita Kent.  In each episode I interpret and elaborate on one or two of these rules according to my own life experience. Hopefully this accumulation of thoughts expressed gives the listener some inspiration & foundational knowledge on how to Cultivate a Creative Life.  For more info on Sister Corita Kent & how to help save her old art studio & legacy: https://www.corita.org/

For more information on the workshop, including tickets, follow this link - https://www.rachelsermanni.com/workshop ‘Nothing is a Mistake, there’s no win and no fail. There’s only make’ ‘The Only rule is Work. If you work it will lead to something. It’s the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things.’ I talk about the good old Inner Critic and how it comes up in a big way at different, but predictable, cyclic moments for those who menstruate. I read an excerpt from a brilliant book by Mary Oliver to show how important it is to Show Up for the creative forces within you.  In this series I circumambulate (walk around/talk around) the magic of Creativity using the template of 10 Rules that were written by a fascinating woman called Sister Corita Kent.  In each episode I interpret and elaborate on one or two of these rules according to my own life experience. Hopefully this accumulation of thoughts expressed gives the listener some inspiration & foundational knowledge on how to Cultivate a Creative Life.  For more info on Sister Corita Kent & how to help save her old art studio & legacy: https://www.corita.org/

For more information on the workshop, including tickets, follow this link - https://www.rachelsermanni.com/workshop So this, I think, is a really interesting rule: ‘Be Self-Disciplined. This means finding someone wise or smart & choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self disciplined is to follow in a better way.’ I choose to go a little off-piste / off-road / off-topic (?) with this one; I interpret this rule in my own way as, in truth, I don’t know what Sister Corita Kent intended to mean in this circumstance.  Again I talk a lot about my rudimentary learnings in the world of Buddhism, mainly stemming from the time I spent in a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery.  I talk about how very important it is to have an inner compass that guides you and has a stronger magnetic pull than any external force… In this series I circumambulate (walk around/talk around) the magic of Creativity using the template of 10 Rules that were written by a fascinating woman called Sister Corita Kent.  In each episode I interpret and elaborate on one or two of these rules according to my own life experience. Hopefully this accumulation of thoughts expressed gives the listener some inspiration & foundational knowledge on how to Cultivate a Creative Life.  For more info on Sister Corita Kent & how to help save her old art studio & legacy: https://www.corita.org/

For more information on the workshop, including tickets, follow this link - https://www.rachelsermanni.com/workshop ‘Consider Everything an Experiment’ In this episode I get talking about a favourite hand book of mine, written by Chogyam Trungpa, interpreting the ‘Slogans of Atisha’ which are a bunch of succinct one or two liners that are, in some way, supposed to boil the magic of Buddhism and Buddhist practice down to something concise.  I look at what ‘Experimenting’ looks like for creative people compared to what it might look like for a professional Scientist.  I talk about ‘Not Knowing’ and why that is pretty darn important in the process of writing a song, or making anything at all. In this series I circumambulate (walk around/talk around) the magic of Creativity using the template of 10 Rules that were written by a fascinating woman called Sister Corita Kent.  In each episode I interpret and elaborate on one or two of these rules according to my own life experience. Hopefully this accumulation of thoughts expressed gives the listener some inspiration & foundational knowledge on how to Cultivate a Creative Life.  For more info on Sister Corita Kent & how to help save her old art studio & legacy: https://www.corita.org/

For more information on the workshop, including tickets, follow this link - https://www.rachelsermanni.com/workshop In this Episode I explore rules 2 & 3 of Sister Corita Kent’s ’10 Enduring Rules for a Creative Life’. 2) General duties of a student; Pull everything out of your Teacher, pull everything out of your fellow students 3)General duties of a teacher; pull everything out of your students.  I take us into the learning environment, exclaiming the wonders of finding a ‘good’ teacher & the joy of finding companions who share our dreams & desires for self-development (whatever that might be), that we might adventure & take challenge with.  In this series I circumambulate (walk around/talk around) the magic of Creativity using the template of 10 Rules that were written by a fascinating woman called Sister Corita Kent.  In each episode I interpret and elaborate on one or two of these rules according to my own life experience. Hopefully this accumulation of thoughts expressed gives the listener some inspiration & foundational knowledge on how to Cultivate a Creative Life.  For more info on Sister Corita Kent & how to help save her old art studio & legacy: https://www.corita.org/

For more information on the workshop, including tickets, follow this link - https://www.rachelsermanni.com/workshop In this episode I introduce you to Sister Corita Kent & her 10 rules for a Creative Life.  Then we dive deep, mainly swimming in the pools of my own psyche (where else could I go?!), into Rule number 1.  ‘Find a Place you Trust then Try Trusting it for a While’ As you listen in, I hope you find some fun stories to inspire & some helpful hints or tips for finding your own safe place & growing your own Trust.  In this series I circumambulate (walk around/talk around) the magic of Creativity using the template of 10 Rules that were written by a fascinating woman called Sister Corita Kent.  In each episode I interpret and elaborate on one or two of these rules according to my own life experience. Hopefully this accumulation of thoughts expressed gives the listener some inspiration & foundational knowledge on how to Cultivate a Creative Life.  For more info on Sister Corita Kent & how to help save her old art studio & legacy: https://www.corita.org/

This episode of Rachel Sermanni’s Finger that Points to the Moon is the recorded practice of a visualisation meditation meant to aid any open-minded listener to having a little bit extra of compassion and generosity for the near and dear who, so often, bear the brunt of our other, less gracious qualities. Better to be late and authentic than on time and untrue. It took me a while to get to recording this podcast and practice because I had to get there myself first. I needed to feel the concept as a truth and a possibility inside me before trying to lead anyone else to such a place. So, finally. Here is EP.3. All about finding ways to ground your beautiful self and have some love for your neighbours and co-inhabitants. https://www.rachelsermanni.com

What is the Muse? Rachel Sermanni does not know. But in this Episode she goes on a bold pilgrimage within herself. Exploring her personal experiences and her murky psyche to convey some aspects of what it is to be inspired, how it is to make something of it and what it might mean when The Muse is witnessed in a shocking nakedness. https://www.rachelsermanni.com

There is a famous Buddhist analogy about The Finger that Points to the Moon. It means that the Value is in what is being pointed at and not in the thing showing the way. To focus on the finger that points to the truth would mean you miss seeing Truth itself, for yourself.   In this podcast Rachel Sermanni will explore her relationship to creativity and inspiration, with the hope that it will help point in the direction of truth for herself and those listening.  In her own words "I hope this podcast can ignite and spark curiosity in others whilst satisfying my own desire to integrate creativity with general-living-life" Here you can delve into streams of thought, narrative, dialogue & creative-workshop all rooted and growing from Rachel's own curious spirit and experience. www.rachelsermanni.com