The Dharma Art and Shambhala Teachings
The Shambhala teachings made me slow down more in my daily life. In my working process I was always able to start from emptiness, but in terms of sitting on the subway, walking down the street, experiencing the basic aspects of everyday existence, I began seeing differently; appreciating the most ordinary kinds of events. When I first began working with these teachings and practice, I became aware that overlaying what Chögyam Trungpa calls basic goodness is the sense of terror that he speaks about, and so much of what we do is a reaction to that. Our aggression has to do with our fear. It was a revelation to discover that in myself.
Every time you make a piece, fear is always there and you're always working with it, playing with it, allowing the interest and curiosity of what you're making to become more compelling than the anxiety. Then you've actually walked through the fear, and there's a sense of discovery.
Meredith Monk, from Recalling Chögyam Trungpa