How do we face the pressing issues of our day? Or tackle the burning issues in our hearts? How do we know what is ours to do? And how do we do it?

In this contemplative art retreat, Peggy Thompson will invite us to use meditation and intuition to create large drawings of images within each of us that describe our passions and dreams to create our futures with hope.  

From our images we will lay out our dreams and passions in specific doable pieces on a one-year timeline. We will work in pairs so each person will listen and write while the other person is talking about their image. Every participant will go home with a mind map image  and a practical calendar of specific tasks to unfold over the coming year.

Even though one may not look at the map for months at a time, it will live in the unconscious and  help direct one’s journey. Because the visualization is based on intuition and inner passion, the participants will be aided by the support of the creative unconscious. The motive is not so much an effort of the will or ego, but rather a surrender and letting go so that Spirit can flow and create.

 Cost $80. Lunch and art supplies will be provided.

Peggy Thompson is an artist (50 years), a spiritual director (26 years), retired chaplain (35 years ) and United Church of Christ minister. She received her BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her M-Div from United Theological Seminary and spiritual direction certification from the Cenacle Retreat Center, (now Sacred Ground). Peggy is also certified to teach Centering prayer through Contemplative Outreach.  

Peggy loves to examine the relationship between creativity and spirituality by combining art-making, with contemplative consciousness. She has a studio in the Northrup King Building in the Northeast Arts District.