Mark Making 4 Metal
Black Oval Frame
Black oval frame….painted, very smooth and convex, inviting touch…appears as a frame but is in fact a slice of another reality: a zone that is very slow, that goes far back in time…the zone is complete physicality, without definition, a…
Walk Through the Door
Hopi Indian Chief White Eagle commented a few days ago on the current situation: ′′This moment humanity is experiencing can be seen as a door or a hole. The decision to fall in the hole or walk through the door…
The Light Switch
This excerpt is from Timothy Morton’s new book All Art is Ecological Penguin press I highly recommend buying this book, it is a brilliant read for artists. Things in themselves are ungrasapable,totally, and completely-irreducibily as they say. Things can’t be…
Mark Making Three
In mark making three we worked from the sensations within our bodies to discover our marks. We allow the body to speak rather than directing the hand what to do. We learn to discover from the viewpoint of our bodies…
Respecting the Images
The Guest House This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor.Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,who violently sweep your houseempty…
Intermediary
We continue to delve into the vast mystery of making art. Let the Image speak to you.
Emergence
Moving Into the Liminal
We are a group of artists that have come together to support each other in our dedication to the unknown, the liminal, the imaginal realm. Each week our support for each other grows deeper. When we open to the imaginal,…
Refuge
This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds The doorway. Be bold. Be humble. Put away the incense and forget The incantations they taught you. Ask no permission from the authorities. Close your eyes and follow…
Just Casting About
Through the layers of the heart, in the deep, the vast Mystery lives
Mark Making 1
Last night in our markmaking class we explored making marks that re-define, that limit, that show discernment and nuance… First, we each sat in contemplation of a value, or a tradition, that we had once loyally embraced…We sensed into its…