Shirley Cunningham, a long-time student of art, literature, psychology, creativity, dreams and spirituality, has made art and kept journals since childhood. This artist and author considers painting and writing to be her spiritual practices, partly in response to a dream some time ago. In it, a voice asked, 'Who are you besides who you are?' The answer was, 'A writer.' She'd felt disappointed. What she'd wanted to hear was, 'An artist.' Since then, while going through recovery from breast cancer, she had what she calls 'a creative burst,' that led her to understand art's power to heal, which...more
