What is ArtZENtred Mentoring?
I am an artist and engaged in the arts since the early 1990s. At the same time spiritual growth has been one of my constant interests. At some point I finally understood that the artistic process - in my case painting - can work as a path towards consciousness, just as any other discipline one follows intensely: a teacher without material form.
From the etymological point of view "mentor" actually means thinker and belongs to the Greek root mnasthai - to remember. If one combines that with art and Zen, thus
→ a process of self-awareness through conscious creation of one's own environment
→ freeing the personality of external influences and adjustment towards circumstances
→ access to the inner core of one self
it shows a quite clear path for the individuation process of every single person, namely: to remember who one really is. This process can occur through creative activities (such as the classical arts like painting etc.), however, that does not have to be. In the end the only and most important piece of art which we were entrusted with is our own life.
As a mentor I assist this process with pleasure - on one hand, because I know the matter well and am active in this field for many years now, on the other hand because I am... good at remembering.