Archive for Art
Art & The Physical
Making art is a physical act with physical outcomes. The crux of the problem is how to join the physical and spiritual worlds. How do we bring »»
Buying Paper: A Blast from the Past
Yesterday I went to NY Central Art Supply to buy paper. It was a weird, weird experience for me. I used to practically live there in the »»
Detachment & Completed Artwork
Neolithic Vessel
I brought my work today to show a spiritual master whom I deeply admire. I was hoping he would react with praise. (Of course!) I’ve known »»
Rumi & New Scupture
Joyful for no reason,
I want to see beyond this existence.
You open your lips, laughing.
I think of a design for that opening.
-Rumi (trans Coleman Barks & John Moyne)
I »»
New Sculpture
My sculpture came out of the kiln today:
Sister Wendy, Plotinus & Beauty in Art
Yesterday there was a fascinating interview with Sister Wendy on The Huffington Post. I want to highlight two things she said. The first relates to »»
Vijay Kumar: My Etching Teacher
Today was a great day in etching class mainly because I got so much help from my teacher Vijay Kumar. Making the plate is the easy »»
My Annunciation
I have been inspired by so many who have shared their own mystical experiences, Hildegard of Bingen, Alex Grey, Meinrad Craighead, & Gartenfische to name a few, »»
Courage or Hubris?
Etchings: Annunciation & Virgin Birth
So yesterday I had a deadline for a juried show I wanted to enter. I had been trying to get some »»
Icon Writing & Contemporary Artists
Iconographers say that icons are written, not painted. They are believed to embody the Word, God, in physical form. Icons act as physical windows into Heaven and »»
Art & Adventure
Today
my life is mirrored in
a morning Glory.
-Arakida Moritake (1473-1549, member of the Shinto priesthood)
Making art is such an adventure. Yesterday at the etching studio I thought my »»
Rumi, Grey & the Responsiblities of the Light
Needs must I tear them out,” the peacock cried,
“These gorgeous plumes which only tempt my pride?”
Of all his talents let the fool beware:
Mad for the bait, he »»
The Yoke of the Spiritual Artist
The act of creation is by its very nature an imitation of the Divine. The artist is the microcosmic reflection of the Macrocosm. Knowing this lays a »»
Self Portrait
New drawing…
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