miriam louisa simons   ::  via creativa

walking the way of wonder

'Zum Erstaunen bin ich da'
I am here to wonder
Goethe
 

This oceanic feeling of wonder is the common source of religious mysticism, of pure science and art for art's sake.
Arthur Koestler

lest I forget (to be amazed)
 

The way that the flowering of questions held in a heart determines the life-path of the questioner has always interested me. On my own creative path (thus far) there seem to have been five broad 'chapters'. via creativa is my attempt to examine these chapters and identify the questions that put the creative fire beneath each passage. What was I wondering about? And what was filling me with wonder?

These pages are the result of my inquiry. They are posted here in lieu of a CV or biographical notes, for I am now at that lovely life-stage where career concerns are no longer so pressing. It is also my offering to the many students who wanted to know how my extraordinary creative path unfolded ...

the via creativa pages

I can do very well without God, both in my life and my painting,
but I cannot, ill as I am, do without something which is greater than I,
which is my life – the power to create.
Vincent Van Gogh