Welcome
to the infinite playing fields of Artistic Mind
Warm greetings...
My name is Sam. I am a multimedia content curator passionate about bringing engaging artworks, inspired words, and uplifting music together in collaborative products and processes that support Living Life Artistically.
Art as Research, Research as Art
I am an artistic researcher which means that I explore art and creativity, and I use artistic methods for this exploration. Exploring the multidimensionality of existence through multimedia is what piques my curiosity and keeps me in a state of wonder. I founded iNous to celebrate the timeless wisdom of Artistic Minds, using creative methods to share the beneficial insights left by the many inspired Souls who have graced our planet.
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?
Novelties of Nous
Since its inception, iNous has curated over 2000 nuggets of timeless wisdom from Artistic Minds past and present and paired each with an energy-activating artwork in a Novelty of Nous.
The illuminating wisdom offered by these Artistic Minds tends to cut across singular disciplines offering insight into the mysterious, sacred and paradoxical nature of our existence. These multifaceted and multiversed individuals include physicists, healers, mystics, painters, poets, biologists, writers, etymologists, psychologists, dancers, educators, philosophers, mathematicians, musicians, anthropologists, directors, theorists, and sages.
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.
Traces of these 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.
Ethically sourcing, collecting and sharing these fractals of Artistic Mind is at the heart of our Novelties of Nous offering.
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.
Stef
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.
Subscribe to our infinite journey of daily imaginative prompts to nurture your wide-eyed wonder and delight your creative senses.
Affirmations, Intentions & Illuminations
A significant aspect of our work in curating the timeless wisdom of Artistic Minds is to find meaningful ways to collaborate with inspired individuals who generously share their wisdom as a means of healing, comfort, joy and guidance for others.
Each pearl-of-wisdom that a collaborator contributes 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.
Inspired, uplifting card decks
We are continually energized by our collaborations with intuitives, energy healers, mediums, authors, creatives and speakers from around the world. Through inspired co-creation, we have been able to independently design and bring to print a vast array of breath-taking card decks that are intended to provide daily enrichment and upliftment for individuals wherever they may be in the world and on their life path.
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!
Our current collaborators include Julie Poole (Law of Attraction Coach, Intuitive Healer and Tarot Reader), Alex (Blue Mountains Tarot), Blossom Goodchild (Direct Voice channeler), Kim (Birth of Venus Tarot), Luna (Creativity Coach and Tarot Reader), Annabelle Ivaya (Intuitive Mentor, Astrologer and Author) and Wisdom from North.
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 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, a celebration of individuals who illuminate the enriching benefits of art, creativity, contemplation and self-reflection.
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 ~ choose your journey to receive daily Illuminations, Affirmations or Reflections for insight and wellbeing.
PRINT & BOX EDITIONS ~ view our full catalogue of Wisdom Decks created in collaboration with inspired individuals from around the world.
Peruse our free library of resources exploring the themes of Artistic Mind.
Reach out if you’re ready to illuminate and share your wisdom, or have an enquiry.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular videos supporting Living Life Artistically with courage, compassion and creativity.
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