Painting and Creativity - The Art of Expression

Osho left a profound legacy in the world of spirituality and personal growth.
In his vision, art is one of the possible dimensions to learn and practice creativity, to express oneself in a perspective that embraces FREEDOM, AUTHENTICITY and AWARENESS.

At Osho Miasto, creativity finds its expression in all courses and trainings that offer a guided approach to exploring one’s expressiveness in a free and spontaneous way.
Numerous facilitators, various techniques, the entire calendar offers many events.

Some draw inspiration from Meera’s philosophy, others enrich the artistic path by offering various declinations for living a creative life.
Osho Miasto is the invitation to explore one’s individual nature and its expression. A place where art is not just a creative act, but a lifestyle, a method to be happy, a way to discover and embrace the totality of being.

“Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence”
OSHO

SCHEDULED WORKSHOP WITH ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES

ART AND FREEDOM

“Freedom in creative expression is like a vast sky without borders, where the imagination can fly spontaneously and experience the power to break the chains of expectations and conventions.

In the creative act, there is freedom to explore, experiment, fail and be reborn. There are no fixed rules, structures or defined boundaries. Every brushstroke, every note, every dance step, every word is an opportunity to let everything that needs to be expressed emerge.

Freedom in creative expression offers the opportunity to express oneself without rigid restrictions, stimulating creativity and encouraging the discovery of new perspectives. So, Art can emerge from a deep inner reflection, observation of the surrounding world, or a fusion of both.

Art allows us to transgress the limits of standardized thought, question social norms, and give voice to the most intimate passions. The joy and fulfilment of a creative act are found in this space of freedom. Freedom is an internal quality experienced in art and everyday life. Every time we manage to be ourselves, we create something new.

To be again in that purity, in that innocence, in that consciousness, is what I mean be freedom.

Freedom is the ultimate experience of life.There is nothing higher than that. And out of freedom many flowers blossom in you. Love is the flowering of  your freedom. Compassion, another flowering of your freedom. All that is valuable in life flowers in the innocent, natural state of your being. So don’t connect freedom with independence.

Independence is naturally from something, from somebody. Don’t connect freedom with doing things that you want to do, because that is your mind, not you. Wanting to do something, desiring to do something, you are in the bondage of your wanting and your desiring.

But the freedom I have been talking about you simply are in utter silence, serenity, beauty, bliss.”

OSHO

ART AND THERAPY

The Dance of the Soul: Meera Hashimoto
In the context of exploring art as creativity, the figure of Meera Hashimoto, a well-known painter and art therapist, emerges. Her life has been dedicated to combining art with therapy and meditation, offering a unique approach to creative expression. Born in Japan, Meera has taken her art around the world, helping to establish art communities in different parts of the globe. Studying in Europe and becoming a disciple of Osho in 1974, Meera enriched her artistic and spiritual background.

“In dance, the mind stops. At that moment, the soul takes over.” Meera Hashimoto

Meera demonstrated how art can become a dance of the soul, an inner journey that combines painting, therapy and meditation. Her vision aligns with Osho’s, transforming the creative act into an opportunity for personal and spiritual growth. Meera left us in 2017, but her precious teaching continues to live on through those who shared her journey: Kantu Nishigori, her assistant, and Svagito, her life and journey partner, who carry forward her spiritual project with dedication.


Participating in creative activities can be therapeutic, both because it helps to release emotional tensions and because it helps to go deeper into understanding oneself, to let go of old cumbersome ideas, and to find new ways to face reality. Creative expression also contributes to enrichment by meeting different individual perspectives and sharing unique narratives and cultures different from one’s own.

“Always remember, no matter what you are doing, observe whether your center is involved in it or not, because if it is not involved it is better not to do a thing. Don’t do it! No one is forcing you to do anything. Preserve your energy for the moment when something real happens to you; then do it. Don’t smile, preserve the energy. The smile will come, and then it will change you completely. Then it will be total.

Then every cell of your body will smile.Then it will be an explosion – nothing painted.”  

OSHO

ART AND AUTHENTICITY

The creative act can become a tool to begin exploring our inner world.

Every brushstroke and line drawn is a step towards a deeper essence through the canvas or any other medium you choose. In brainstorming, without inhibitions and self-censorship, the most intimate thoughts, emotions, and visions take shape, layer after layer, until what is true is revealed. You explore the chaos, what chaos it is. You explore the sadness; you let it emerge. Without judgement, without identification, observe the flow of thoughts and emotions until we lose the masks, the false, dead layers and allow the actual face to appear. The creative process thus becomes a journey to encounter one’s truth and embrace one’s uniqueness towards the most authentic expression of one’s inner being.

Art is a ritual of discovery, a bridge between the unconscious and the outside world, to find the courage to be vulnerable and show the world who we are. In this act of sharing, discover the universal connection between people.

“I believed I was uncreative. What else can be creativity besides dancing and painting and how to find out what my creativity is?
“Creativity has nothing to do with any activity in particular – with painting, poetry, dancing, singing. It has nothing to do with anything in particular. Anything can be creative you bring that quality to the activity. Activity itself is neither creative nor uncreative. You can paint in an uncreative way. You can sing in an uncreative way. You can clean the floor in a creative way. You can cook in a creative way.
Creativity is the quality that you bring to the activity you are doing. It is an attitude, an inner approach  how you look at things.
Once you understand it that it is you, the person, who is creative or uncreative then this problem disappears.”

OSHO

ART AND AWARENESS

Freedom in creative expression is like a vast sky without borders, where the imagination can fly spontaneously and experience the power to break the chains of expectations and conventions.

In the creative act, there is freedom to explore, experiment, fail and be reborn. There are no fixed rules, structures or defined boundaries. Every brushstroke, every note, every dance step, every word is an opportunity to let everything that needs to be expressed emerge.

Freedom in creative expression offers the opportunity to express oneself without rigid restrictions, stimulating creativity and encouraging the discovery of new perspectives.

So, Art can emerge from a deep inner reflection, observation of the surrounding world, or a fusion of both. Art allows us to transgress the limits of standardized thought, question social norms, and give voice to the most intimate passions.The joy and fulfilment of a creative act are found in this space of freedom.

Freedom is an internal quality experienced in art and everyday life. Every time we manage to be ourselves, we create something new.

“To be again in that purity, in that innocence, in that consciousness, is what I mean be freedom. Freedom is the ultimate experience of life. There is nothing higher than that. And out of freedom many flowers blossom in you.

Love is the flowering of your freedom. Compassion, another flowering of your freedom. All that is valuable in life flowers in the innocent, natural state of your being. So don’t connect freedom with independence. Independence is naturally from something, from somebody. Don’t connect freedom with doing things that you want to do, because that is your mind, not you. Wanting to do something, desiring to do something, you are in the bondage of your wanting and your desiring.”

But the freedom I have been talking about you simply are – in utter silence, serenity, beauty, bliss.”

OSHO

Discover other techniques and methods

You can follow your personal growth journey by following a common thread that runs through multiple themes. Each technique and method is connected to different courses and trainings. Choose what helps you untangle the knots that prevent you from fully living and achieving happiness, success, balance, and serenity.

BODYWORK

DANCE

PAINTING

PULSATION

PRIMAL

BREATH

FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS

TANTRA

OSHO NEO VIPASSANA

VOICING