Original Mind Residency is a place to dive deep into creative, transformative practice
Whether it’s painting, writing, music, social innovation, spiritual and liberatory practices, or something formless and emergent, OMR is a place where people come for solitude or sparks of co-creation.
Located on Mt. Teneriffe, less than 40 miles from Seattle, OMR is a place of retreat, and of engagement and conversation with the beautiful second-growth forest surrounding it. A cedar-clad house on six acres of Cascade foothills, OMR has a small footprint and an expansive view of McClellan Butte.
What is ‘Original Mind’?
Original Mind is a state of being, like a clear mirror. It is a return to nature, to the generative force that moves us to write, to heal, to play, to pray. Through Original Mind, we participate and give back from our deepest longings. Original Mind is also a house in a forest on the west side of a young mountain range.
Mutual Generosity and Quiet Rebellion
OMR is a postcapitalist experiment, and operate on a basis of mutual generosity. We trust that OMR can inspire forms of reciprocity, and that such flows can sustain us. This way of being - with ourselves, each other, with the forest - is a quiet rebellion that ripples out, toward greater shared liberation.
For more information, see the Residencies page.
OMR resides on land stewarded by the Snoqualmie and Tulalip peoples. We acknowledge the history of injustice and ongoing harms perpetuated by dominant cultures and practices. With humility, we seek to practice differently at Original Mind, and learn to be in right relationship with all.