Creative One-Meta Art
MetaArt™ is a genre of intuitive, frequency-based abstract painting used as a meditation portal through Ocular Meditation™, an eyes-open contemplative practice rooted in Trataka. Viewers consistently report measurable shifts in awareness and nervous system state. Formal research into its neurophysiological effects is actively being pursued.
Creative One is the independent studio practice of Lee Ann Heltzel, artist, death doula, and originator of MetaArt™ and Ocular Meditation™. Based outside Pittsburgh, PA, Creative One develops and advances MetaArt as a contemplative and research-informed practice at the intersection of visual art, consciousness studies, and human well-being. Lee Ann is a 2026 Artist-in-Residence at the Chautauqua Institution School of Art, a 2024 MvVO Art Award winner, and a death doula of over 30 years. Her work has been engaged by clinicians, researchers, and individuals following near-death and spiritually transformative experiences. She is Co-Founder of Millions Meditating and sits on the Advisory Board of the Interstellar Community Foundation.
Mission:
To advance the formal study of visual perception as a contemplative pathway, and to make MetaArt™ and Ocular Meditation™ available as supportive tools for nervous system regulation, consciousness exploration, and human well-being.
Vision:
A world in which the act of looking, with intention, softness, and open attention, is recognized as a measurable pathway to expanded awareness, and in which art is understood not only as expression, but as a perceptual environment that actively supports human flourishing.
Programs & Activities
Programs & Activities:
MetaArt™ Commissioned Paintings — Original frequency-based abstract paintings created through deep meditative channeling, serving as permanent meditation portals for individuals, organizations, and healing spaces.
Ocular Meditation™ — An eyes-open contemplative practice rooted in the ancient Sanskrit tradition of Trataka, offered through individual sessions, group demonstrations, retreats, and conference presentations. Consistently produces reported shifts in nervous system state and expanded awareness.
The Immersive MetaProcess™ — A 2.5-day guided meditative retreat for individuals or groups, facilitating direct access to expanded states of awareness for personal transformation, organizational vision, and collective creative emergence. Includes an optional commissioned painting component.
MetaInsights™ — An intuitive attunement session connecting individuals with their Fully Realized Self, used as a standalone offering and as preparation for commissioned paintings and retreats.
Research Development — Active development of a formal controlled study of Ocular Meditation™ using EEG, HRV, eye-tracking, and validated self-report instruments. Currently building an interdisciplinary research team including psychophysiologists, consciousness researchers, and clinicians.
Conference Presentations & Public Programs — Presenter at IANDS and related consciousness, death, and spiritually transformative experience conferences. Facilitated the creation of Crossing the Veil, a collective MetaArt painting created in dialogue with near-death experiencers at the 2024 IANDS Conference in Phoenix.
Artist Residencies & Institutional Exhibitions — 2026 Artist-in-Residence, Chautauqua Institution School of Art. International exhibition history including MvVO Art at the New York Stock Exchange.
