Liane Wakabayashi, Creator of the Genesis Cards

Welcome to Genesis Art Workshops, where we are pioneering together a new way of seeing art as a mirror of self, coming from creativity and intuition. A message from your art can guide you toward a more harmonious, prosperous and happier direction, especially when you’ve randomly selected a Genesis Card with the same message. I teach you how to interpret a message coming from your art as a call from the soul to wake you up to a new world view, more harmonious beliefs, gratifying daily activities and appreciative relationships. Adjusting, completing, and taking action on the message in a work of art becomes a habit. The more art you do, the more you want to create on a regular basis when you discover that art opens a wide door to exciting new discoveries about yourself.

Genesis Art intuitive techniques are easy to learn and practice. Each lesson is like a return to childhood play, to creating with relaxation and gentle self-acceptance. With an open mind and a light heart, even novice artists can easily draw out of a picture wisdom from within. Liane’s home studio in Setagaya ward welcomes artists of all ages and backgrounds.

Liane holds an MFA in arts administration from Columbia University and a BA magna cum laude in art history from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Liane credits her ability to read and interpret cards largely to her art history training which impressed upon her the value of ‘juxtoposition,’ or putting two images next to each other in order to see each one more clearly. Formerly an arts, natural healing and travel writer for The Japan Times and ANA Wingspan, she also credits her discovery of intuitive painting to an art workshop led in 1995 by her husband, then senior therapist at the Akahigedo Eastern Medicine Clinic. She has been painting and drawing ever since.

Hundreds of people of all ages here in Tokyo and the USA have experienced Genesis Art workshops over the last 11 years. Liane’s pastels and paintings have been exhibited in many venues in Tokyo, from the prestigeous Genkan Gallery at the Tokyo American Club to the hip Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku.  More recently in October 2011, Liane was honored with a solo exhibition at the Mitsudo Gallery in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture.

Liane is married to therapist Akihiko Wakabayashi and is mom to Mirai, 14, and Seiji, 9. She has resided in Tokyo since 1987.

Synchronicities are a regular occurrence when you start using the Genesis Cards at home and in Genesis art workshops. The Genesis Cards synchronize with thoughts that come from your intuition and deliver exactly the message that you are ready to hear.

A meaningful coincidence occurs between your original work of art and a randomly selected Genesis card, viewed only after you have completed your picture. The mystery of seeing connections between your art and a card picked randomly can touch you to the core of your being.

The technique we use is similar to the way art historians and curators approach an image. The classic art historical method is called juxtaposition. By looking at two works side by side (juxtaposing), not only do similarities jump out, but the unique attributes of each work of art are much more easily captured and appreciated.

Each artwork you do also strengthens your identity as an intuitive artist. Trusting your intuition builds creative self-confidence. Trusting your creativity leads to beautiful art.