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Symbiotic Meditation At The Center For Spiritual Care

Live Plant Music and Guided Meditation with Sound Artist Aric Attas

The Center for Spiritual Care
1550 24th Street
Vero Beach, FL 32966
Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:30-8:00PM

Suggested donation $15.

Space is limited. Please contact me to register or call the Center for Spiritual Care at 772-567-1233.

Have you ever truly listened to the natural world?

Join us for a unique guided meditation experience where nature and sound come together to nurture your inner peace. During this session, you’ll be guided through calming visualizations, accompanied by ambient music created in collaboration with plants. Each note and texture is derived from the natural electrical vibrations of the plants themselves, harmonized through generative algorithms to create an organic, soothing soundscape.

Perfect for both beginners and seasoned meditators, this session offers a unique experience, where guided meditation and plant-based music merge to bring you to a place of serenity, balance, and reconnection with the natural world.

Symbiotic is a series of live generative music performances and recordings created in collaboration with plants. Through these collaborations I translate the electrical vibrations within plants into audible music creating compositions allowing us to hear the otherwise silent symphony of nature and experience our connection on an immersive level.

The music that emerges from this collaboration is deeply relaxing, well-suited for meditation, yoga, stress reduction, and creative activities. Unlike traditional recorded music, generative music exists only in the present moment, infinitely evolving through adaptive generative algorithms that respond in real-time to data received from live plants. There is no fast forward or rewind, only the present moment. What transpires is a deeper connection between ourselves and the natural world.

Special thanks to @reardin_creative for the photo!

Announcements

Soundwalk Saturday, Feb 22, 2025

Saturday, February 22, 2025
10:00AM – 11:30AM
RAW Space
1795 Old Dixie Highway
Vero Beach, FL 32960
This event is free/by donation. We ask that you please register here.

Our next Soundwalk will be this Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 10-11:30AM. Come check it out. I bet you’ll be surprised at what you discover!

Have you ever truly listened to your surroundings? Join us for a unique exploration of the Edgewood neighborhood, where we’ll tune into the world in ways you may have never imagined. Inspired by Hildegard Westerkamp’s concept of the soundwalk—“any excursion whose main purpose is listening to the environment”—this experience is designed to open your ears and awaken your senses.”

Contact me with any questions regarding this truly unique sonic adventure!

Check out Sounds of Old Dixie post to hear sounds from our recent soundwalks in Vero Beach.

Special thanks to @reardin_creative for the photos!

Event is rain or shine. 😊

Art

Creative Sparks Is Back!

I’m excited to announce that I’ve recently rebooted Creative Sparks! Join us for lively and inspiring conversations about art and the creative process on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 at Coffee House 1420. Bring some new work, questions about art, fresh ideas, or just show up and participate in the group discussion. I’ll offer critique, ideas and strategies for getting ideas off the ground and into the gallery, book or other outlets.

These sessions are available to artists of all mediums. Expect a small group of 8-12 who are interested in developing their work, overcoming creative blocks and finding their way as artists. Bring your work on a flash drive (USB) or paintings, drawings, etc. We’ll review them as a group and I’ll offer suggestions for further exploration, inspiration, artists to look at and more.

2024 Schedule
Nov 20
Dec 4
Dec 11
Dec 18

Please contact me for information or to let me know you’re attending.

There’s no commitment. Simply come when you can. Each session is $25 which can be paid by Venmo or in person. Please contact me if you need other payment options.

Please enter Coffee House 1420 through the side door on 20th Street.

Click here to see blog posts for past Creative Sparks sessions.

Inspiration

Motivating Quote from Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson

Here’s one of my favorite inspiring quotes from Henri Cartier-Bresson. It’s even better hearing him say it with his French accent. Just lovely!

Motivating quote by photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson

Sometimes we think we can create great work by making a few attempts. This quote inspires me to create lots of ideas and then choose the best, keeping in mind that sometimes I still need to keep working at it.

What inspires you to keep working?

Announcements

A Burst of Inspiration at the Vero Beach Museum…

If you haven’t been to the Vero Beach Museum of Art to see the current exhibition Treasure Coast Creates I highly recommend you do so before it closes on September 3, 2023. Think of it as an opportunity for a burst of inspiration before summer winds down.

The exhibition features artwork from 137 artists residing in Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties. The quality of work and range of expression is fantastic! Juror Ellen E. Roberts, formally of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, and the VBMA museum staff did an amazing job curating and installing the work into a multi-themed yet cohesive exhibition. You won’t be disappointed!

I’m honored to have new work from my series Standing on the Shore of the Cosmic Ocean featured as part of this exhibition.

Digital photograph titled Standing on the Shore of the Cosmic Ocean, No. 13 by artist Aric Attas — Standing on the Shore of the Cosmic Ocean, No. 13

For more images from this new series of photographs visit Standing on the Shore of the Cosmic Ocean.

Several of my coaching clients and students are also featured in this exhibition. I’m very proud of them and encourage you to check out their work. They include Susan B. Hale, Jim Cohoe, Matt Erpenbeck, Gregory McIntosh and Lynne Hollingsworth. Here’s a link to my previous post featuring some of their work.