I’m Lisette Murphy– and I know that creativity is not exceptional.  

Creativity is primary.  It is essential. 

And I see it coursing through each and every one of us.

I am an ecstatic creative— a sketchbook-bonded second-generation visionary artist, poet, musician, and filmmaker.  For 25 years I’ve led groups young and old in the power of creative play– to liberate us, to activate us, and to transform the chaos of our lives into creative output of all kinds.

Image Word Mystery is my most beloved project of all, one where we use the power of creative play to make meaning & myth of our lives in disorienting times. 

And we do it together!

If you long to connect with your human center in a deranged world full of productivity metrics and synthetic voices…

If you’re trying hard to see yourself clearly, to connect with your authenticity, your intuition and the power behind your own voice...  

If you’re trying to embrace your untamed aliveness, get free, and could use a few more tools to help you get there…

You’ll be right at home here.

Ways to dive in to your own Image Word Mystery

⭐️ Ritual Lab Community ($195/yr):

Return to your creative source in 4 seasons of deeply held ritual creative immersion.  Each multi-week session together we’ll gather LIVE to practice ecstatic, improvisational creative play with one another and deepen our intuitive creative practice in community.

Each Ritual Lab season includes…

• LIVE Gatherings! Live gatherings are all about the wild magic of community connection & creative cross-pollination.  Live sessions will kick off and/or close our multi-week ritual container.

• Supportive materials like custom audio meditations, unique prompts, and creative quests will help you dive deeper into your practice.

• Highly generative, you’ll reconnect with your voice & intuition, spark new ideas for your work, and renew your connection with Creative Spirit.

• Spark, cultivate, and deepen your sustainable creative practice.  Whereas past Creative Jams were all about the first sparks of creation, the new Ritual Lab carries those ideas through a full cycle of growth & development with more intimate attention from Lisette as you develop your intuitive practice.

• Full access to all 4 Ritual Lab gatherings throughout the year–a value that is normally priced at $75/ gathering. That means the Ritual Lab Community gets the whole year at a 35% discount!

• Ritual Lab Community members also have full access to all the perks of the Monthly & Annual Tier.

⭐️ Monthly & Annual Tier ($6/mo or $50/yr): 

Weekly creative prompts, plus 3 unique places to share your work: 

• Members receive exclusive access to the Oracle Line to share your poetry & prose in your own voice.  Each season, I weave your words and images into a unique co-creative audio/visual tapestry that ignites the next ritual cycle.

• Submit your writing and drawing for newsletter Member Spotlights 

• Share your most glittering work at the end of year gathering & community showcase.

• Discounts on all of Lisette’s workshops & classes.

⭐️ Free Self-Guided Inspiration & Prompts:

This free weekly newsletter offers a glimpse into my ecstatic creative practice and I regularly share playful and thought-provoking creative prompts to help you get clear, get unstuck, and tap into your creative source.

Image Word Mystery is about practicing creative play in disorienting times and ohhhh yes, I definitely know how it feels to be disoriented!  

And I know the power of these practices to help –

In 2012 a metastatic cancer diagnosis ripped me like a page from the book of my life. Unmoored from my own story and struggling to make sense of my new reality, I turned to the tools of my trade and training:

Art, improvisation, intuitive flow–  these tools from my lifetime of creative practice became the primary means by which I journeyed back to myself.

I’ve trained extensively in improv, ritual theater, the Theater of the Oppressed, and theater as a tool for social change.  I have a rigorous fine arts background, a film and animation degree, have some fancy awards to my name and have shown my films around the world. 

For 25 years I’ve taught creative classes for students of all ages–  from social justice theater to experimental animation, improvisational songwriting and automatic poetry.   For the last five years I’ve brought this work online, hosting ritual creative gatherings and The Art of Dying Creative Death Cafe in an international community of artists, writers, & tender explorers.

This journey has delivered me quite naturally to my current project, the Image Word Mystery Ritual Lab where we make meaning and myth together using the extraordinary power of ritual creative play.

So, wherever you are in your creative journey, I hope you’ll grab your sketchbooks and some markers & step into ecstatic practice, playful discovery & liberated flow with me.

xo,