Archive for Illumination
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
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 »»
Filed under: Art technique, Earth, Garden, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, Mysticism, Sacred Art, Spiritual Path, St. Thomas Aquinus, Thomas Berry, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, ceramics, clay, creativity, via negativa | Art technique, artist as vessel, Blogroll, ceramics, clay, creativity, Earth, Garden, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, Mysticism, Sacred Art, Spirituality, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Berry, via negativa, Women Mystics|3 Comments
I just updated the website for my book Lapis & Gold: Unlocking the Secrets of Medieval Painters and Illuminators. It’s an in depth look into medieval art »»
Filed under: Alchemy, Art technique, Illumination, Karen Gorst, Lapis & Gold, Medieval Art Techique, Mysticism, Pigments, Sacred Art, School of the Sacred Arts, art supplies | Alchemy, art supplies, Art technique, Illumination, Karen Gorst, Lapis & Gold, Mysticism, Pigments, Sacred Art, School of Sacred Arts, Spirituality|6 Comments
The greatest spiritual crisis facing humanity today is rectifying our relationship to the Earth. Sadly, our culture has taught us that physicality »»
Filed under: Birth, Boneventure, Earth, Elisabet Sahtouris, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, John Muir, Lex Hixon, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Plotinus, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Thomas Berry, Women Mystics, creation, fear, surrender, via negativa, womb | Birth, Bonaventure, creation, Earth, Elisabet Sahtouris, fear, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illumination, John Muir, Lex Hixon, Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart, Mysticism, Mystics, Plotinus, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, surrender, The One, Thomas Berry, via negativa, womb, Women Mystics|2 Comments
So I started & finished Alex Grey’s The Mission of Art today. I was very impressed. He really understands art as a spiritual path and articulates well »»
Filed under: Alex Grey, Artists, Illumination, Mysticism, Mystics, Sacred Geometry, Spiritual Artists, Spiritual Path, creation | Alex Grey, Artists, creation, Illumination, Mysticism, Mystics, Reading List, Sacred Geometry, Spiritual Artists, Spiritual Path, Spirituality|2 Comments
Today I was thinking about how to define what makes a art work spiritual. As I’ve said before, spirituality in art has nothing to do with the »»
Filed under: Art, Gilding, Illumination, Lapis & Gold, Mysticism, Sacred Geometry, Spiritual Path | Art, Gilding, Illumination, Lapis & Gold, Mysticism, Sacred Geometry, Spiritual Path, Spirituality|3 Comments
Princess Haiku mentioned Kandinsky’s book on her blog and it got me thinking. Most of what the book says has no interest for me, except this:
But to »»
Filed under: Artists, Blogs, Color, Illumination, Spiritual Artists | Artists, Blogroll, Color, Illumination, Spiritual Artists, Spirituality|1 Comment
The question as asked in Gloria Dean’s Blog is interesting to think about, but I believe this is question misses the true point of making art. Art »»
Filed under: Art, Binding of Isaac, Blogs, Illness, Illumination, Judaism, Spiritual Path, creation | Art, Blogroll, creation, Illness, Illumination, Judaism, Spiritual Path, The Binding of Isaac|No Comments
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