206. Stewart Cubley

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2013

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Stewart Cubley is founder of The Institute for Art & Living, dba The Painting Experience. His work has carried him throughout the world to work with groups in a process of inner exploration using the tool of expressive painting to access the potential within the human heart and imagination. For more than three decades he has taught his unique approach to literally thousands of people at growth centers such as Esalen and Omega Institutes, multinational corporations, programs in prisons and countless other public forums. Stewart lives in Fairfax, CA. He is co-author of Life, Paint & Passion, Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression, Tarcher/Putnam 1996. Summary and Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 11/16/2013 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Retreat in Alaska 00:03:58 - Early Spiritual Interests 00:08:07 - Obsessiveness and Yoga in Solitude 00:11:44 - The Compelling Force and Higher Purpose 00:15:33 - Recognizing the Potential in Approaching Painting 00:20:27 - In the Presence of Truth 00:23:56 - Exploring the Nature of Self and True Being through Painting 00:28:38 - Artistic Expression and Authority 00:32:14 - The Importance of Spontaneous Creation and Non-authority 00:36:25 - Creating Freedom in Art and Spirituality 00:41:25 - Embracing Confusion and Being Lost in the Creative Process 00:46:11 - Getting Out of Your Own Way 00:50:04 - Embracing Chaos in Art and Life 00:54:19 - The Authenticity of Being Yourself 00:59:42 - Attaining an Experience of the Self 01:04:41 - The Power of Community and Working with Difficulty 01:08:52 - The Space of Freedom 01:12:35 - Stabilizing in a More Expanded State 01:15:55 - The Evolution of Artistic Expression 01:20:39 - Wendell Berry and Deep Connectedness to the Earth 01:24:02 - The Development of Refinement 01:28:28 - Standing in Fear: Expressing and Overcoming Judgement 01:32:27 - The Importance of Emphasizing Authenticity 01:36:40 - Apprenticeship and the Power of Individual Expression 01:40:56 - Nurturing the Sadness Through Painting 01:44:46 - Dealing with Edgy Moments in Art Therapy 01:48:27 - The Influence of a Suffering Artist 01:52:22 - The Holiness of the Heart's Affections and the Truth of the Imagination 01:56:21 - Tapping into Imagination and Energy 02:00:32 - Perceiving through the Lens of Feeling 02:04:07 - Conclusion and Next Interview Announcement

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer and my guest today is Stuart Cubbley.
0:33.6	Stuart is founder of the Institute for Art of Living, not to be confused with Sri Sri Ravishankar's organization,
0:40.3	it's doing business as the painting experience.
0:43.3	He's an artist whose work has carried him throughout the world to work with groups
0:47.3	in a process of inner exploration using the tool of expressive painting
0:52.3	to access the potential within the human heart and imagination.
0:56.0	For more than three decades, he has taught his unique approach to literally thousands of people
1:02.0	at growth centers such as Esselin and Omega Institutes, multinational corporations,
1:07.0	programs in prisons, and countless other public forums.
1:10.0	Stuart lives in Fairfax, California, and is co-author of Life, Paint, programs in prisons and countless other public forums.
1:15.7	Stuart lives in Fairfax, California, and is co-author of Life, Paint, and Passion,
1:19.6	reclaiming the magic of spontaneous expression.
1:21.7	So thanks, Stuart. Welcome.
1:23.3	Thank you, Rick.
1:29.7	You and I were going to do this back in September or something, and I had to reschedule,
1:34.8	and you ended up going up to Alaska for, you have a cabin in the woods completely out of touch with the world?
1:35.8	I do, yeah.
1:36.7	I lived in Alaska as a young man.
1:39.0	I lived outside of Fairbanks.
1:42.7	During that period of time, I homesteaded some property, some
1:45.9	very remote property on the north boundary of Denali National Park. And so I go back there every
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