Helen Logge
Elizabeth Catlett
Maurice Sendak
Kathe Kollwitz
Elizabeth Blackadder
Practice
Treat yourself to noticing the play of light and contrast anywhere you look. Could you try taking quick visual notes on what interests you, what piques your curiosity?
While looking and/or drawing, investigate the possibility of seeing without prioritizing your interpretation of what you see. Instead of trying to define things with your drawing, explore your direct experience of the light/contrast that all vision is made of. Let your hand respond to the dance of your eyes between the marks on the page and the view.
While looking and/or drawing, investigate the possibility of seeing without prioritizing your interpretation of what you see. Instead of trying to define things with your drawing, explore your direct experience of the light/contrast that all vision is made of. Let your hand respond to the dance of your eyes between the marks on the page and the view.
By the way...
Some of our inner explorations are inspired by the Open Focus Exercises of Les Fehmi--a neurological researcher who found that questions like "Can you imagine the distance between your eyes" facilitate a shift to a more creative, relaxed brain state.
Inner Conflict
Sometimes we feel far from enjoying such an open-minded state of well-being. Fearful mental patterns of attack/defense can get in the way of exploring creative practices, even if you also long to give yourself over to trying them.
When you meet reactivity or resistance, you might want to ask: What if simply recognizing this passing turbulence of inner-world weather is enough? What if there is nothing to solve or resolve?
When you meet reactivity or resistance, you might want to ask: What if simply recognizing this passing turbulence of inner-world weather is enough? What if there is nothing to solve or resolve?
Speaking of questions...
You could revisit the question you may have found during our meeting--the question about something you want to know that you don't know (yet). You were invited to ask yourself if you were willing to not-know this for now, to stop thinking about it or trying to figure it out, to turn it over to Not-Know Mind.
Meet this question anew. Or is there another one forming already? Touch on it lightly, like a koan. Listen to it like you hear birdsong. See where you've already enlightened yourself about it.
Meet this question anew. Or is there another one forming already? Touch on it lightly, like a koan. Listen to it like you hear birdsong. See where you've already enlightened yourself about it.
Gentleness
Would you like a quick reading on how the principle of Gentleness can help you disperse difficulties? Check out this loose interpretation of Hexagram 57 in the I Ching Book of Changes. www.stinkwanink.com/2020/02/gentleness.html
RSS Feed
