Where the water flows

Watching the water flow © Genesis+Art Studio

FROM OUR TRAVELS:

Two weeks in the mountains at Holden Village offered us a time for connection with new friends and a time for silence and contemplation. We facilitated our workshop, Heaven of the Heart: Creating a Space for Sacred Imagination and found time to hike into the mountains with sketchbooks and watercolors. This sacred space offered us an opportunity to create within this beautifully rugged creation. It changed our lens for seeing and hearts that opened us to wonder of God’s creation, both in the mountain lakes and the people we shared meals, art and conversation. What a blessing!

Transformation by water

On Lake Chelan to Holden Village © Genesis+Art Studio

FROM OUR TRAVELS:

We have never been to Holden Village, deep in the Cascade Mountains of Washington. You can only get to the Village by mountainous trails or by boat, it’s that secluded from the world. While we have heard many stories over the years about its transformative nature, we have never experienced Holden first hand, until now. Our excursion began at Fields Point and arrived at the boat dock in Lucerne some two and half hours later. It became a spiritual journey as we shed our world that so desperately wanted to continue to claim us and transported us by the mystical realm of water. As our boat docked, we were greeted by a driver and a yellow bus to take us up the switch backs the remaining 14 miles into the Village. We arrived to strangers clapping a warm welcome to each of us. We gathered our bags and found our new home atop the road in a chalet that overlooked the Village and the mountains that surrounded us. We had arrived someplace amazingly special.