The Eleven

For the last couple of years, I've been carefully observing the balance of my life

Examining the practical and spiritual pillars that give structure to my days and my weeks

Sensing the ebb and flow of my relationships with technology and nature

Becoming aware of how even the smallest, unexpected drops of pleasure or pain could spiral my day

I used to think I could do nothing but watch the ricochet

My life pillars tumbling like dominoes

As if each fall held the same scientific laws of gravity

I now know that life is not beyond my intervention

It is difficult but not impossible.

Love is a practice, and practice takes time and time is the most precious thing we have.

Whether the love of a craft or a person, we must practice our love by making.

From this thinking came The Eleven

A self-healing practice where you use physical cues and vocalizations to commit to change

These range from private, undetectable gestures

To bolder physical movements and mantras to be expressed alone

Or in the company of a like-minded group

I look forward to sharing these movements with you

Eusexua

The blissful feeling of momentary transcendence, evoked by art, music, sex, and togetherness

Eusexua can be followed by a surge of tranquillity and feelings of limitless possibility

The pinnacle of human experience

What follows is the lexicon

A set of eleven words, eleven ideas that, if followed, will lead you into a state where you are receptive to eusexua

Intake

The carefully managed flow of what you ingest and what forms you including imagery, information, energy, air, food, and water.

The curated input of energies, ideas, and physicalities entering each human vessel

Keychaining

Consciously filtering your keychain of human relationships to prioritize quality over quantity

Optimizing your network for minds and bodies that bring you love, knowledge, and experience

Croning

To passively or unwittingly merge with technology.

Slipping too deeply into the algorithms that surround you.

A person merged with tech in a way that has become unhealthy

Inspired by the melding of flesh and cyborg in the movies of David Cronenberg

Minestate

The condition of being comfortable with yourself, having actively stepped back from social activities in order to nourish your solo identity

Shaping

To recalibrate and optimize the external environment that fosters your creativity

To prepare the ground so that you have the perfect setting to focus your energies

The art of soul

The act of purifying your energetic and physical space by prioritizing the crafted over the mass-produced

The pure over the processed

Favouring the meaningful over the inconsequential

Looping

Entering a virtuous circle of creative motion where your

inspiration comes from within you and you’re creating work that re-inspires you

Affirming your unique perspective in an upwards artistic spiral

Opus

The unique and ever-evolving body of work that is self-expression

The work of art that is you

Truth

The place where you're at peace with your inner reality and acknowledging a power greater than yourself, of energy, spirit, or God

Eusexua body

The conscious movements and exercises that bring health, self-awareness, and optimal expression to your physical vessel

Primal revelation

The knowledge that we are nature.

The understanding that we sit within, not beyond, the natural world

Becoming the creative conduit

A guided meditation for artists and performers

Welcome to this guided meditation aimed at grounding you and unlocking your creative potential

Find a comfortable position

Close your eyes

And take a deep breath in

Feeling the Earth beneath you, supporting your weight

As you inhale, imagine yourself as a mighty oak tree

Rooted deeply into the soil of your life experiences

Feel the roots extending from your feet, anchoring you firmly to the ground, drawing in the nourishment of your past

Every experience a ring in the trunk of your being

Now envision the bark of the tree

Resilient and protective

Let it remind you that you are strong and capable

Impervious to doubt or imposter syndrome

You have everything in you to create authentically

With each exhale, visualize the branches reaching upwards,

Connecting you to the vast expanse above

Give yourself permission to become hollow

A vessel for divine inspiration to flow through you

Feel the energy moving from the tips of your branches down to your core

As you breathe in,

Imagine your lungs expanding like the leaves in the wind,

Filling with artistic space, the breath of creation.

And as you exhale

Release any doubts, fears or insecurities as dark matter,

Letting them dissipate into the air

Continue this cycle of breath

Each exhale purifying your being until there is only pure, radiant energy left within you

Know that you are connected both to the higher power above and the core of the Earth below

A conduit for creativity and expression

When you feel fully grounded and aligned, gently open your eyes

Carrying the sense of empowerment and connection with you as you move forward in your creative journey

You are a beautiful conduit of your life experiences

Ready to channel divine art into the world