Art of the Spirit » Carl Honere http://sybilarchibald.com/blog Exploring the relationship between art & spirituality Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:23:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 On Slowing to Find the Void http://sybilarchibald.com/blog/2009/03/30/on-slowing-to-find-the-void/ http://sybilarchibald.com/blog/2009/03/30/on-slowing-to-find-the-void/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:06:14 +0000 Painter of Blue http://sybilarchibald.com/blog/2009/03/30/on-slowing-to-find-the-void/

I needed this this week. I have been pushing like mad to complete a few computer projects and, surprise, no artwork was made. I most strenuously object »»
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I needed this this week. I have been pushing like mad to complete a few computer projects and, surprise, no artwork was made. I most strenuously object to the serious term “artwork.” When you push, it does seem like work instead of the Divine play it is. So I am emptying out again, slowing down to find and embrace the void so that my creative voice can ring out again. It is but the faintest echo of the voice of the Divine Artist, but it is my succor, my peace & my purpose.

Form in Void
The tree is stripped,
All color, fragrance gone,
Yet already on the bough,
Uncaring spring!
- Ikkyu Sojun (1394 – 1481)


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