Creation, Evening Day One (private collection)

I was seeking advice from my qigong practitioner last week about a challenge I’ve been having in the studio.

When paintings are near completion — but not quite — I stop myself. Unfinished paintings are becoming an inventory problem.

Knowing when to put down the brush is part of our art. My first watercolor teacher stressed the less-is-best perspective with her phrase Kill the Artist Before She Ruins the Work. But I was sensing a blockage, a resistance to painting to the edge. Dr. Larry Stoler of Whole Health Chicago suggested I cleanse and strengthen my liver with a qigong meditation and move.

He explained that the liver is all about flow. The liver hates blockage. And the challenge to the liver is stress. Stress? With selling my house and moving recently, I’m at the top of that chart. I watched Dr. Stoler’s QiGong Master on uTube. I’ve been practicing a QiGong meditation and the Tree Shake Movement for Cleansing the Liver. My energy shifted immediately.

Check out Master Lu at Stonehenge on uTube, where you’ll also find a link to the Tree Shake Movement.

Happy Flow.