Mark Making 4 Wood
Category Imaginal
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…
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…
An Inspired Collaboration
This is a collaboration from one of our mates from our ongoing art group. Elisabeth Gladstone’s images along with Christian Doering’s music. If you would like to find out more about Christian, you can follow him on his YouTube channel.…
Deepening our Relationship to the Imaginal
As a result of yesterday’s meditation and the resulting painting, I made a decision regarding a problem I wasn’t resolving that had been taking its toll mentally and emotionally, when I see the resulting image all thoughts were resolved and…
More Classes Coming in the Fall
In the fall, we will add more classes to become available for sign up. Level 1 : Mark making for non artists. Level 2: Marking making next steps for non artists. Level 3 Mark making for artists and non artists…
Slowly Slowly
Esso Esso The times are urgent; let us slow down. African saying As we listen to our bodies, our inner life, and to process the world at large, we move into a quiet, hidden, protected space to allow our vulnerablities…
LONGING
