True art reflects and enhances the whole of human life. It illuminates our joys and our sorrows. It makes everything beautiful, no matter how dark and difficult. And it often reassures us that all will end well. It brings us peace. It brings us a deep knowing, a knowing that cannot be spoken of except in the language of the poet. Great art is the product of the mystical impulse of the artist and therefore speaks most deeply to those of us who have those impulses also. As it is true that great artists are a variety of mystic, it is also true that self-proclaimed mystics often create great art: the sacred music of Hildegard von Bingen, the sacred poetry of Meister Eckhart, the poetry of Rumi and of Kabir and Hafiz. Mystics and artists are inspired-"inSpirited"- and know and deeply feel the wonder and majesty of the Divine Presence. As that Presence cannot be directly spoken in ordinary language, art is the result of the need to express in form the language of the Divine. Please join us for a day of wonder and joy artistically and mystically co-created.