Touch Drawing is a simple yet profound way of drawing with your fingertips. It is used by people of all ages in a vast range of settings. Touch Drawing is a creative catalyst, healing art form and transformational tool. I encourage you to explore how you can integrate it into your life and work. Find out more about Touch Drawing and the resources of this site here. Continue reading below to get the most current stories, images and upcoming events. If you want to receive my 'Image Offerings' and Center for Touch Drawing news, sign our mailing list.
What's coming up: I will be spending a whole month at Esalen Institute November 22 - December 17 as the faculty for their Work Scholar Program. We will meet 4-5 evenings a week. I will use the days for my own creative retreat. I will also offer a weekend workshop December 10-12. In the winter/spring I will be at Rowe Conference Center in Massachusetts, California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, Hollyhock in Vancouver BC and Japan. Find out about these events and more here.
I am also prodding some of my own creative projects to the forefront. I have been thinking about recording my music for years and it is time to act! I am exploring some exciting new formats for SoulCards and other images; phone apps and a more interactive format on the Ipad. We are also looking into how we can support our incredible network of Touch Drawing Facilitators through the online community.
Reflections: Summer has flown by with workshops at Omega Institute in New York and the 14th Annual Touch Drawing Gathering. This year I have sensed a great deepening. I actually hesitate to call them 'workshops' any longer. The strength of the 'field' just seems to keep growing. There is such a glow in the rooms during even a one-day workshop. I am becoming more and more comfortable weaving group vocalizing and movement into the experience. The feedback is that this really does help people to engage more deeply with Touch Drawing. I am beginning to refer to the experience as 'Sacred Expressive Arts'.
What is New on the Site:
E-card: The image on the entry page is now our Feature E-card. Send this or any of over 200 images to a loved one with your own color-selection and note.
Online Community: We have wonderful new videos and albums posted by members. I have also simplifed our discussion forums. Visit the community here.
Touch Drawing Report: Reverend Donna Belt is an interfaith minister. Her article was the most popular ever for the Chaplaincy Institute!
Digital Downloads: Lower prices & no shipping fee, paper or plastic!
Touch Drawing Educational Media:
• Touch Drawing; A Guided Experience - Do Touch
Drawing with Deborah's audio suggestions and music.
• Through the Veil: The Story of Touch Drawing -
60 minute visual journey with TD demonstration
• Touch Drawing Facilitator Workbook - Everything
to help you share Touch Drawing with others.
Deborah's Music:
• Crossing the Veil Zikr - Group Sufi chants with
Deborah's soaring vocals & Talia Marcus on violin.
• Goodbye Lullaby - Deborah's soothing voice with
chimes and dulcimer.
Remastered & Repackaged: Touch Drawing; A Guided Experience CD has been remastered and redesigned with ecological packaging. The only plastic is a tiny tab seal. Set up your drawing materials, turn the CD on, and allow Deborah to hold sacred space with gentle suggestions and music while you draw. For a limited time, it is available though the website for $12.98 (from $15.98)
With Blessings,
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Deborah Koff-Chapin,
founding director,
The Center for Touch Drawing
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