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River Roots Studio

The Creative Compass

A way of listening to your gut feeling — that intuition beyond your brain’s accounting.

Art is not a thing, it’s a way.

— Elbert Hubbard
A hand-drawn sextant — finding your bearings through creative exploration

A Creative Compass is like taking “A Map with No Names” and giving it longitude and latitude. It’s for those longing for wonder and aching for enriched lives — a way of orienting yourself toward what matters most, even when the path isn’t yet clear.

River Roots workshops weave together Expressive Arts, Spiritual Direction, and Ritual. Through natural elements — poetry, music, collage, writing, and tactile making — we move through three phases together: ROOT. FLOW. BECOME.

Root, Flow, Become — the three phases of a River Roots workshop journey

ROOT: We settle into the body and the present moment, releasing the noise of the everyday.

FLOW: We let the materials lead, following intuition rather than intention.

BECOME: We witness what has emerged and carry it forward into daily life.

I send you a wish, a prayer, and a blessing that will inspire you to take many expeditions into unknown paths — and be surprised by magic.

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