I would love to see us all dare to play more. This is why I create mental spaces, formats and materials that help people (myself included) to enter that in-between space of not-knowing in order to just be and allow new thoughts and results to emerge.
My name is Michele Gauler, I am a cognitive psychologist and designer/illustrator. My favourite thing is to play and make and simply be me (which for me is connected to pen, paper, ink, paint, drawing, crafting, experimenting, connecting thoughts and images and working in my visual journal). My experience is that it needs courage to really play and be yourself. And it seems to be the source of connection, liveliness and creative expression.
Money, money, money – How our money stories relate to the creative process + Watch me draw CU*money people on my iPad
Last week, I drew a bunch of little coin people for the new self-development online course that we will be running this summer over at Conscious U* – the course is called CU*money and it is about our projections around money and how they influence us and our lives....
Painting freely and intuitively as a way to relax and as a spiritual practice + Watch me paint in gouache
This week, my playing & being meant for me to open up, expand, diverge, be non-directional. I wasn’t in the mood for working on a specific theme or project, I just wanted to indulge in creative play. I wanted to freely and intuitively paint which is something I do...
Surrender! – Why being able to do this is essential for navigating the unknown + Drawing animated gifs on my iPad
This week I had the opportunity to practice an ability that seems especially uncomfortable and is rarely talked about when it comes to moving through the unknown: The ability to fully surrender to my underlying doubts and fears in a healthy and freeing way. – Oh, and...
