A collection of writings reflecting my ongoing exploration and inquiry into creativity, qigong and relational aesthetics.
The Creative Act As Inner Alchemy
What if creativity isn’t just expressive, but transformational? This reflection explores art-making as a deeply embodied process of inner change, drawing on principles from expressive arts therapy, Jungian psychology, and ritual studies. Through concepts like liminality, de-centering, and poiesis, it reframes the creative act as a symbolic threshold where personal insight and healing can emerge, not as outcomes we control, but as shifts that unfold through process, presence, and aesthetic engagement.
Muriel Hofmann-Forster /01.08.2025
The Quiet Middle: An Embodied Exploration of Metaxy Through Qigong
This personal reflection weaves together philosophical traditions and embodied practice, drawing on the concept of metaxy and my experience of qigong to explore how tension shapes both consciousness and the body. It considers how learning to remain with uncertainty - rather than resolve it - can soften effort, restore responsiveness, and open a more livable relationship with the conditions of being human.
Muriel Hofmann-Forster / 30.01.2026