sunday, march 16, 2008
There... and Back Again
During my week of Yoga at an ashram in the Bahamas, i saw a boat named 'Back Again', and thought that the owner must have another one called 'There'.
This week The Lana Santorelli Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, opened their group show Abstraction, in which my work is prominently featured. One large piece has a very coral like texture, and the transcendent nature and color have been achieved through an oxidation of the gold pigments within. It reminds me of the super blue of the Caribbean, and i could feel myself floating in those crystal waters once again, as i was able to see the piece in a new light ( literally) -gallery lighting- which picked up the pristine transitions of azures and aqua turquoise greens and blues, with both clarity and serenity. once again bringing me back to meditation and yoga in paradise, and proving how Art has the power to transcend physical space and time.
And so it is. 'Being There' and now 'Back Again' in my Brooklyn studio, working away on a new piece...
As any insane artist would, I've pasted over 1000 'Airmail eagle' 6c stamps from 1939 /40 onto the top half and the bottom half is growing in an undulating 'brain like' texture. I think there is something very powerful in repetition. In ritual and spirituality, mindfulness is often born of repetitive acts; and besides the commonly known aspects, that repetition is also the root of a transcendent practice in the East called Tantra. I'm not sure eaxactly how it will form , but definitely a somewhat elemental 'air' inspired piece. In Native American cultures, The Eagle has always represented 'Spirit' or 'higher self'. I can relate to that spiritual iconography more than patriotic symbolism. Perhaps the 6 cent mark is referring to the relationship between higher self, and ones own innate sixth sense.. or perhaps not :). But that at least is what i'm inferring- and ithink is what i'm beginning to discover about this piece in progress...
Perhaps in a non dualistic world, one where all worlds exist simultaneously and harmoniously in the mind and body, 'There' and 'Back Again' are actually the same place.
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