emma freeman

sometimes we have to go through the darkest nights to live into the lightest days.

emma was recovering from two serious health diagnoses when covid hit. within a month she was divorced, had closed her art store, and moved back in with her parents.

thus began a spiritual awakening that led to her getting sober, becoming a poet, finding buddhism and making art from the earth.

emma is a “queer contemplative artist, poet, teacher and facilitator connecting deeply with words, textiles, slow stitching … passionate about sharing the transformative healing powers that our imaginations hold, the gifts of slowing way down and the power of vulnerability and sensitivity to change our lives and this world.”

she is like a river that becomes an ocean: a gentle force, a quiet storm. emma thinks deep, asks big and reaches wide. she is a beautiful soul and i’m honored to be able to share her wisdom with you.

may this conversation inspire you to go within: to the raw, wild, expanse of mystery that is 
your beating heart, vibrating body, pulsing life in order to go beyond to utter the sacred: your words, dance, painting, art.

“the art making for me really feels like a meditation process and a conversation with the materials. before it felt like i was making something to sell, making something for the end. i’m so much less attached to the things that emerge.”