Archive for Mysticism
Peace
Peace flows into me
As the tide to the pool by the shore;
It is mine forevermore,
It ebbs not back like the sea.
I am the pool of blue
That worships »»
Filed under: Art, Healing, Mysticism, Poetry, Sara Teasdale, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, fear, surrender | fear, Healing, Mysticism, Peace, Poetry, Sara Teasdale, St. Francis, surrender|3 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 »»
Filed under: Art, Blogs, Karen Gorst, Lapis & Gold, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Sacred Art, School of the Sacred Arts, Spiritual Path, Theodore Roethke, Video, Vladislav Andrejev, artist as vessel, icons | artist as vessel, Blogroll, icons, Karen Gorst, Lapis & Gold, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Sacred Art, School of Sacred Arts, Spiritual Path, surrender, Theodore Roethke, Vladislav Andrejev|2 Comments
To Music
Music: breathing of statues. Perhaps:
silence of paintings. You language where all language
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Filed under: Mysticism, Poetry, Rilke | Mysticism, Poetry, Rilke|2 Comments
I love this photo by Scott London:
Say I am You
I am dust particles in sunlight.
I am the round sun.
To the bits of the dust I say, Stay.
To »»
Filed under: Mysticism, Poetry, Rumi, Scott London | Mysticism, Poetry, Rumi, Scott London|3 Comments
Over the past 6 months or so my hands have almost completely contracted into fists. I have limited movement in my two index fingers and a bit »»
Filed under: Acceptance, Blogs, Guillaume Apollinaire, Healing, Heeah Lee, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Video, surrender | Acceptance, Blogroll, Guillaume Apollinaire, Healing, Heeah Lee, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Spiritual Path, surrender, Video|8 Comments
I needed this this week. I have been pushing like mad to complete a few computer projects and, surprise, no artwork was made. I most strenuously object »»
Filed under: Carl Honere, Fun, Ikkyu Sojun, Making art, Play, Poetry, Spiritual Path, Video, via negativa, womb | Blogroll, Carl Honere, Ikkyu Sojun, Making art, Mysticism, Poetry, Spiritual Path, via negativa, womb|1 Comment
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 haven’t posted in a couple days, I have a number of irons in the fire and been doing a lot of art which I will share »»
Filed under: Abil-Kheir, Angelus Silesius, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Tagore, via negativa | Abil-Kheir, Angelus Silesius, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Tagore, via negativa|1 Comment
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 »»
Filed under: Mysticism, Poetry, Sculpture, Thomas Merton, Virgin Mary, Women Mystics, artist as vessel, creation, creativity, fear, via negativa, womb | artist as vessel, creation, creativity, fear, Mysticism, Poetry, Sculpture, Thomas Merton, via negativa, Virgin Mary, womb, Women Mystics|2 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
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 saw an angel close by me, on my left side in bodily form. This I am not accustomed to see unless very rarely. Though I have »»
Filed under: Artists, Bernini, Death, Elie Wiesel, Joy, Judaism, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Reb Nachman, Sister Wendy Beckett, Spiritual Path, St. Teresa of Avila, Women Mystics, Zen, fear | Artists, Bernini, Death, Elie Wiesel, fear, Joy, Judaism, Lex Hixon, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Reb Nachman, Sister Wendy Beckett, St. Thersea of Avila, Women Mystics, Zen|2 Comments
During the first part of this video, I was close to tears. I’ve written about my deep connection to Hildegard’s life before. In college, I even made »»
Filed under: Blogs, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Vickor Frankl, Women Mystics, creation, creativity | Blogroll, creation, creativity, Healing, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Matthew Fox, Mysticism, Mystics, Poetry, Scleroderma, Victor Frankl, Women Mystics|8 Comments
This is unbelievably amazing and inspiring. I felt a tremendous weight lift off my shoulders as I watched:
Filed under: Elizabeth Gilbert, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, Video, creativity | creativity, Elizabeth Gilbert, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Video|3 Comments
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