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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
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 »»
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Tasting the Light
It will arrive suddenly,
when you are unaware.
It will come over you swiftly,
lightning flash
across a large surface of stone.
After everything has melted,
there will be the taste
of »»
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Christine over at Abby of the Arts (one of my favorite blogs) posted this Meister Eckhart quote last week, and I can’t stop thinking about it:
All beings
are »»
Filed under: Birth, Illness, Joy, Making art, Meister Eckhart, Poetry, Rilke, Spiritual Path, artist as vessel, fear, womb | artist as vessel, fear, Illness, Joy, Meister Eckhart, Poetry, Rilke, womb|9 Comments
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
Angel Gabriel by Vladislav Andrejev
During my college years, I had the great blessing of being able to study for a time at School of the Sacred Arts »»
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Clays are extraordinary, layered, crystal structures which have, built into them, what amounts almost to an innate tendency to evolve…Clay has plans.
-Lyall Watson, from An Introduction to »»
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Post Updated: I’ve bumped up this post from last month because I added photos of the sculpture it inspired at the end.
This poem by Thomas Merton »»
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Oh Sweet Irrational Worship
Wind and a bobwhite
And the afternoon sun.
By ceasing to question the sun
I have become light,
Bird and wind.
My leaves sing.
I am earth, earth
All these lighted »»
Filed under: Freedom, Mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Thomas Merton, artist as vessel, ceramics, creativity | artist as vessel, ceramics, creativity, Freedom, Mysticism, Poetry, Thomas Merton, Vanessa Hidary|3 Comments
Within this earthen vessel are bowers and groves, and within it is the Creator:
Within this vessel are the seven oceans and the unnumbered stars.
The touchstone and the »»
Filed under: Earth, Kabir, Mysticism, Poetry, artist as vessel, via negativa | artist as vessel, Kabir, Mysticism, Poetry|1 Comment
I just joined an interesting group, a kind of a Facebook for Creation Spirituality. Creation Spirituality is something I’ve become increasingly interested in as I explore my »»
Filed under: Earth, Healing, Making art, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Otto Rank, Spiritual Path, Video, artist as vessel, creativity | artist as vessel, creation, creativity, Earth, Healing, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Otto Rank, Spirituality, Video|No Comments
I leave next week for St. Thomas. I thought I would be staying with a friend, but someone just offered us a free apartment. The power of »»
Filed under: Color, Gratitude, Mystics, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Tagore, artist as vessel, surrender | artist as vessel, Color, Gratitude, Mystics, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender, Tagore|4 Comments
Ancient clay vessel
I am the one You created from dust,
A handful of dust moving at Your wish.
You planted this seed,
This growth is obeying that command.
-Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir
I haven’t »»
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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 »»
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