Creative Lineage

The altar for our creative process holds the energy of our commitment to embody our creativity as a sacred practice.

Darshan with the Masters

Remember… You are part of a
Perennial Creative Lineage!

The Creative DNA of the Masters is Your Creative DNA!

Who are your biggest influences?

How do you honor them?

How do you honor your creative process?

Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech.
The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.

―St. Hildegard of Bingen

When you think of the people who have inspired you, changed your thinking, altered the course
of your life, are they not the ones who spoke and lived from the heart?
Are they not the ones who stand before you with the courage to be simply who they are, to share their visions, their struggles, their fears? This is the stuff of spiritual authority - this transparency,
this risking, this willingness to say, 'It's a new frontier here, and not one of us has a map,
but with what we know together, we can surely make it.

—Jan Phillips

I have deeply appreciated so many Creative Masters - who they are and their works they shared with us and the world.

The Masters below are specially appreciated for the
influence and impact they had on me.

–JOHN RAATZ

Mary Pickford

Over the years…

David Manners

Norman Lear

Ken Kragen

Electricity is not only present in a magnificent thunderstorm and dazzling lightning, but also in a lamp; so also, creativity exists not only where it creates great historical works, but also everywhere human imagination combines, changes, and creates anything new.

–LEV VYGOTSKY

(Images shown in no particular order, size or preference)

What is the inner need to produce art? You must ask yourself this question. When you go deeply you will
see it is a form of offering. There is nobody to offer and nobody to offer to, there is only offering.
And when you look deeper still, you will see it is a thanking, a thanking for being allowed to be.

—JEAN KLEIN

The Love You Take is
Equal to the Love You Make

Whether in one’s personal space or within a hall or place of worship, the altar is an acknowledgement of the divine, the all knowing presence, the great mystery—the physical symbol and embodiment of ritual.

The altar shown here was conceived and designed by our Creative Director Benjamin Cziller. A contemporary take on the centuries-old Buddhist altar, its gentle, sweeping, front facing arc, is a fresh “moderne” look. Brandished as “Your Altar”, Ben’s invitation extends to anyone who values the sacred in their life and envisions their own fully customizable piece of sacred furniture.