Making & Unmaking: Art, Impermanence, and the Practice of Vairāgya

Much of our relationship to creativity is connected to keeping, perfecting, and identifying with what we make. Vairāgya, or non-attachment, offers another way of relating to action: to participate fully and care deeply without clinging to the outcome.

This workshop explores the relationship between creativity, impermanence, attachment, and letting go, drawing from yogic teachings as well as sacred traditions in which carefully created forms are intentionally temporary. In conversation with selected contemporary approaches to ephemeral and process-based art, we will consider whether something can be fully valued without needing to be possessed or preserved, and how making can become a practice of freedom from attachment to results.

No artistic experience is necessary.

Offered as 2 workshops (subject to change).

The presentations associated with this Yoga Vacation Program begin with a noon workshop on the first day of the program and concludes with a 90-minute noon workshop on the last day of the program.  Click here to read more about the Yoga Vacation Program details and view the ashram schedule for yoga classes and meals during your stay. We suggest you arrive at least one day prior to the start of your program for the optimal experience.