iNous – Sharing the timeless wisdom of Artistic Minds

Welcome

to the infinite playing fields of Artistic Mind

Collaboration & Co-creation

I work in close collaboration with Lanon Prigge, a dedicated spiritual seeker, creative muse and sovereign sense-maker. Our shared goal is to connect with inspired individuals from all walks of life to amplify their ethos and shine a light on their intuitive wisdom through collaborative means and via creative resources. Through our offerings, we foreground Curiosity, Courage and Compassion as traits to be nurtured that may assist us to flourish and find inner peace in a world that is mysterious, emergent and unfolding at a velocity that is often beyond our ability to grasp.

Welcome to the infinite playing fields of Artistic Mind

What is Artistic Mind?

Artistic Mind can be described as an extra-ordinary state of attention in which multidimensional fields of meaning are available for our translation and expression. Ted Falconar refers to these “infinite playing fields” as nous, a vivid wonderland in which the human mind can access patterned energies that transcend the limits of what is known through language alone. David Lynch speaks of “an ocean of pure, vibrant consciousness”, a field of potential that unfolds and grows as you enliven it with attention. Buckminster Fuller proposes nous as “a creativity that is a priori to the integrity of the universe”.

Other words and phrases have been used by artists, philosophers, sages and mystics to capture this seemingly infinite source of creative energy, including “the Mystery”, “the Imaginal”, “the Unknown”, the “Liminal”, the “Collective Unconscious” and “the Dream”. Implicit within all of these understandings is a recognition that there is always more to be known and experienced and illuminated than what lies within our codified and rational systems of knowledge and language.

Our aim at iNous is to embrace the Mystery with reverence, approach the Liminal with curiosity, encounter the Unknown with courage, and illuminate the Dream through creativity ~ sharing life-affirming resources and inspirational tools.

Reflections of Life ~ Ordinary people, extraordinary wisdom

Julie Poole ~ Living Your Best Life

Blossom Goodchild ~ Light, Love & Laughter

How do we illuminate Artistic Minds?

Hundreds of intrepid imagineers throughout time have been living demonstrations of their Artistic Mind. By choosing to Live Life Artistically, they have placed sovereign creativity balanced with collective empathy at the heart of their offerings. In so doing, they have given rise to innovative models, revolutionary theories, visionary methods, uplifting practices, and enriching ideas which continue to enrich our lives today.

Novelties of Nous

Since its inception, iNous has curated over 5000 nuggets of timeless wisdom from Artistic Minds past and present and paired each with an energy-activating artwork in a Novelty of Nous.

Novelties of Nous is a collection of stimulating prompts that we offer as an email journey. Here you will find the existential wisdom of an etymologist alongside that of a poet; the musing of a quantum physicist alongside that of a musician; the wide-eyed wonder of a mystic alongside that of a mathematician.

The wisdom in these cards illuminates a diverse range of topics related to Living Life Artistically including: intuition, improvisation, perception, creativity, individuation, community, risk, spontaneity, courage, compassion, beauty, transformation, presence and meaning.

Novelties of Nous is like having a daily conversation with the creative giants of history. These quotes are nuggets of wisdom that never fail to reignite my creativity.

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Subscribe to our infinite journey of daily imaginative prompts to nurture your wide-eyed wonder and delight your creative senses.

Equally significant to our work of preserving and sharing timeless wisdom, are the many individuals alive today who draw inspiration through their Artistic Mind to offer guidance, healing, comfort and support for others.

View our complete playlist of Living Life Artistically videos

The illuminating wisdom offered by these courageous and compassionate individuals tends to cut across singular disciplines offering insight into the mysterious, sacred and paradoxical nature of our existence. These multifaceted and multiversed weavers of wisdom include physicists, healers, mystics, painters, poets, biologists, writers, etymologists, psychologists, dancers, educators, philosophers, mathematicians, musicians, anthropologists, directors, theorists, and sages.

Traces of their insights can be found in a diversity of artefects including books, articles, diaries, journals, interviews, letters, testimonials and critical reviews. More recently, videos, digital libraries, and podcasts have come to play an invaluable role in preserving this timeless wisdom.

Sourcing, collecting and sharing these fractals of Artistic Mind is at the heart of our current collaborative projects. Each pearl-of-wisdom that we source from a collaborator is intuitively paired with an energy-activating artwork from the LightCatcher Chronicles Collection to create a unique card design – a drawing together of intentional content that we offer as Affirmations, Intentions or Illuminations.

Are you a Weaver of Wisdom, ready to illuminate and share your intuitive knowing in a unique deck of Wisdom cards?

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Affirmations, Intentions & Illuminations

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Activating, intentional journeys

We love designing and printing card decks! But we are equally passionate about offering the timeless wisdom of inspired minds through Intentional Email Journeys. Some of our Journeys are for focused collective attention around particular themes and intentions, while others can be taken individually for daily personal enrichment and upliftment. Our email journeys are light on resources and low in cost - we consider them our way of spreading Wisdom worldwide whilst reducing our carbon footprint!

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In this video, the insights of 30 diverse Artists from around the world are curated to share the essence of Art. Each insight is paired with an original artwork to create a collage of energy, colour, motion and emotion.

iNous is an independent Artistic Research institute based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. We celebrate Artistic Mind as a collective resource and collaborate with inspired individuals around the world to provide creative resources for Living Life Artistically.

View our Dedication Gallery celebrating those who illuminate the enriching benefits of Artistic Mind.

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Novelties of Nous is our growing collection of 1000+ unique prompts sharing timeless wisdom from Artistic Minds on curiosity, creativity, imagination, attention, authenticity, compassion and joy.

INTENTIONAL EMAIL JOURNEYS ~ sign-up to receive daily wisdom for self-reflection, self-care, journaling, or creative inspiration.

PRINT & BOX EDITIONS ~ view our full catalogue of Legacy Decks and Themed Decks

Peruse our free library of resources exploring the themes of Artistic Mind.

Reach out if you have a question, or would like to illuminate your ethos for Living Life Artistically.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular Novelties of Nous videos and collaboration showcases.

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