“Picasso said that we are all born children. The trick is to remain one,
lean into our ease and enjoy the ride of our gift.” —Julia Cameron
Kieves’ ensuing methods of creative in- only to change our approach to life and passions and authentic desires. Yvette
quiry—drawing, meditating, journaling, make room for creativity to emerge in Lyn, of Orlando, Florida, imagined a
daydreaming with a confidant, walking all kinds of places. This post-awakening life of adventure long before she lived
on the beach and befriending her own stage requires perseverance, curiosity, it.
soul—brought her in touch with her imagination, will and patience. “As a young girl, I spent much of
unique inner artistry. These qualities are well known to my spare time reading Harlequin nov-
“Imaginative inquiry demanded Cricket Lee of Dallas, Texas, who chal- els, and dreamed of visiting the exotic
that I dwell in a more intimate relation- lenged the fashion industry to change places described in every book,” says
ship with myself,” notes Kieves. “This the way it designs and labels. Wielding Lyn. “As an adult, I had a great deal of
meant that I had to learn to feel my one singularly ambitious dream, Lee fun touring my dream locales as either
feelings, so that I could discern the created a universal standard for sizing a social hostess or a cruise director
felt sense of direction calling to me. In women’s clothes, based on body types aboard Holland America luxury liners. I
addition to having a lot of fun, it taught and measurements. Her FitLogic stan- exercised my creativity and imagination
me that if I wanted to discover an dards may be licensed by any clothing seven days a week.”
unimaginable livelihood, I had to leave maker and used for any kind of apparel. Now, spending more time on dry
standardized inquires behind.” Lee’s dream, not yet fully mani- land, Lyn has put a new dream into
This author’s research initially led fested, has taken six years of legwork motion in the form of something called
her to a toy store. “I figured that if I and heroic determina- Social Artistry, a cata-
wanted work that felt like play,” Kieves tion. When the dream lyzing art form she
recalls, “I had to play and dabble on temporarily nosedived learned from Jean
the wild side by rummaging through in 2006, the emotional Houston, founder
my child side, where wonder and in- devastation kept Lee in of the International
nocence could strike at any moment. I bed most days, until she Institute for Social
discovered that fun is more than fun; it’s met Jennifer Parrish, the Artistry. Today, Lyn
the vortex and hot spot of uncanny wis- woman who became her splashes her passion
dom, and it serves us well in awakening dream coach. and skills on the can-
our artistry.” “For three months, vas of social reality.
Jennifer encouraged me to
Yvette Lyn
“As a social
exercise my imagination, so that I could artist, I get to evoke new ways of think-
weaving dreams
dance, sing and live inside my dream to ing, being and doing in people who ap-
into Reality
keep it alive,” explains Lee. “Every time ply my ideas to their social challenges,”
Before awakening our artistry, we chop
I got into victim mode, she reminded says Lyn. “I tune in and let my intuition
wood and carry water. After awakening
me, ‘You are in charge of your dream.’ I and imagination guide me. People
our artistry, we discover mindful and
needed a dream coach to teach me that spark inspiration in me, which in turn,
creative ways to chop wood (perhaps
my truest life is when I am in the dream, manifests as some fun form of creativity.
with a better axe), and carry water
awake,” Lee says, “and to constantly re- One idea, for example, led to forming a
(perhaps in a newly fashioned, more
mind me to have fun and use my imagi- group of men
efficient bucket). Although sometimes
nation and artistry in order to weave my tors who are now interacting with
we have to change our lives to pursue
dream into reality.” youngsters at an elementary school, to
our creativity, more often, we have
everyone’s benefit.”
Imagining New
Marvin Gram is a master carpenter
Possibilities
and stonemason in Louisville, Ohio,
who puts his artistry to work through
Albert Einstein once said,
these exacting sciences. Whether Gram
“I am enough of an art-
is creating magnificent stone fireplaces,
ist to draw freely upon my
meandering trapezoid slate sidewalks
imagination,” adding that
or garden teaching centers, he finds it
imagination outranked
satisfying and inspiring to step back and
knowledge, because it was
let his eyes feast on the works of arts
unlimited. The ability to
that he brings into being.
envision, dream, speculate
“All my life I’ve acted on my
and wonder in and beyond
ideas,” Gram muses. “Action keeps my
childhood can craft an adult
mind open, builds confidence in my
life that reflects one’s true
skills and talents, and increases my re-
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