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Fire on Top, An Illumination by Sybil Archibald
22k gold leaf and handmade paints on animal skin parchment
Over at Abbey of the Arts, Christine is holding a »»
Filed under: Alchemy, Art, Art technique, Illumination, Lapis & Gold, Mysticism, Poetry, artist as vessel | Alchemy, Art, Art technique, artist as vessel, Illumination, Lapis and Gold, Poetry|7 Comments
I am loving my new book Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women edited by Jane Hirshfield. It’s really amazingly »»
Filed under: Art, Blogs, Pan Zhao, Poetry | Art, Blogroll, Pan Zhao, Poetry|1 Comment
Alleluia-
Verse for the Virgin
Alleluia! light
burst from your untouched
womb like a flower
on the farther side
of death. The world-tree
is blossoming. Two
realms become one.
-Hildegard of Bingen
(Trans. Barbara Newman from Women »»
Filed under: Art, Birth, Creation Spirituality, Hildegard of Bingen, Making art, Poetry, Sculpture, St. Francis, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, clay, womb | Art, artist as vessel, Birth, clay, Creation Spirituality, Hildegard of Bingen, Poetry, Sculpture, St. Francis, womb|9 Comments
Annunciation
We know the scene: the room, variously furnished,
almost always a lectern, a book; always
the tall lily.
Arrived on solemn grandeur »»
Filed under: Annunciation, Art, Denise Levertov, Poetry, Sculpture, Video, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, clay, womb | Annunciation, Art, clay, Denise Levertov, Poetry, Sculpture, Video, Virgin Mary, womb|1 Comment
Oceans
I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
»»
Filed under: Art, Goddess, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Mystics, Poetry, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, Video, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, ceramics | Art, artist as vessel, ceramics, Goddess, Hildegard of Bingen, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Mystics, Poetry, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, Video, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics|7 Comments
I have been reading this amazing blog Beyond Words. Give yourself a treat and take a look. It’s a blog of Karin Bartimole’s painted journal. The »»
Filed under: Artists, Blogs | Art, Artists, Blogroll, Karin Bartimole|2 Comments
I’m working on purging some of my seriousness and embracing the joyful face of creation. I found this wonderful, fun art form, artist trading cards (ATC or »»
Filed under: ACEO, Art, Creation Spirituality, Drawing, Fun, Joy, Matthew Fox, Otto Rank, Spiritual Path, Video | ACEO, Art, Creation Spirituality, Drawing, Fun, Joy, Matthew Fox, Otto Rank|No Comments
Last night A.R. Rahman won an Oscar for Best Original Song and this is what he said:
All my life I have had a choice of hate and »»
Filed under: Art, Matthew Fox, Music, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sadness, Spiritual Path, Video | Art, Matthew Fox, Music, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sadness, Spiritual Path|4 Comments
Reclining Angel:
Listening Angel
Goddess
These pieces are made from clay. I’m working on a post about the meaning of clay. It should be up in a couple days.
Filed under: Art, Sculpture | Art, Sculpture|No Comments
I finally got this one fired:
Next post from the tropics!
Filed under: Art, Goddess, Mysticism, Sculpture, ceramics | Art, ceramics, Goddess, Mysticism, Sculpture|3 Comments
The dark night has at last ended
I have now seen You.
Inside the depth of my heart.
I do not know what magic abides
Inside me.
Around me is the desert,
Yet »»
Filed under: Art, Drawing, Etching, Guidance, Healing, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Sri Chinmoy, Tagore, surrender | Art, Drawing, Etching, Guidance, Healing, Spiritual Path, Sri Chinmoy, surrender, Tagore|5 Comments
OK, here’s the drawing I promised yesterday. It’s just a quick self-portrait to get my juices flowing… I’m not going to judge it, it is just a »»
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With all the excitement of the holidays, I haven’t had much time to make art. I haven’t been sleeping well- a sure sign that I’ve abandoned my »»
Filed under: Artists, Making art, Mystics, Spiritual Path, Video | Annunciation, Art, artist as vessel, Artists, Blogroll, creation, Earth, Heidi Thompson, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Jesus, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Spiritual Artists, Spirituality, via negativa, Video, Virgin Mary|6 Comments
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