Archive for Pain & Suffering
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 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
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
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
Detail of one of my paintings
Tomorrow, January 9th, I’m going in for minor heart surgery. I will be discharged on January 10th. I know the Divine is »»
Filed under: Annunciation, Art, Blogs, Cycle, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, Illness, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, fear, surrender | Annunciation, Blogroll, Cycle, fear, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, Illness, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, surrender|8 Comments
You are in love with me,
I shall make you perplexed.
Do not build much, for I intend to have you in ruins.
If you build two hundred houses »»
Filed under: Gratitude, Healing, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Rumi, Sadness, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, surrender | Gratitude, Healing, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Rumi, Sadness, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, surrender|3 Comments
Making art is a physical act with physical outcomes. The crux of the problem is how to join the physical and spiritual worlds. How do we bring »»
Filed under: Alchemy, Art, Blogs, Earth, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sacred Art, Sister Wendy Beckett, Spiritual Artists, Spiritual Path, artist as vessel, creation, surrender | Alchemy, Art, artist as vessel, Blogroll, creation, Earth, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sacred Art, Sister Wendy, Spiritual Artists, Spiritual Path, surrender|6 Comments
Yesterday I went to NY Central Art Supply to buy paper. It was a weird, weird experience for me. I used to practically live there in the »»
Filed under: Art, Gratitude, Lapis & Gold, Pain & Suffering, art supplies | Art, art supplies, Gratitude, Lapis & Gold, NY Central Art Supply, Pain & Suffering|2 Comments
Yesterday there was a fascinating interview with Sister Wendy on The Huffington Post. I want to highlight two things she said. The first relates to »»
Filed under: Art, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Plotinus, Prayer, Sister Wendy Beckett, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, neoplatonism, via negativa | Art, Beauty, Mysticism, neoplatonism, Pain & Suffering, Plotinus, Prayer, Sister Wendy, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, via negativa|No Comments
Today found about something might change quite dramatically in my life. If it comes to pass, I will share it here. But for now, I’ll just say »»
Filed under: Blogs, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Virgin Mary, fear, icons | Blogroll, fear, icons, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Spirituality, Virgin Mary|No Comments
I have been inspired by so many who have shared their own mystical experiences, Hildegard of Bingen, Alex Grey, Meinrad Craighead, & Gartenfische to name a few, »»
Filed under: Annunciation, Art, Artists, Blogs, Christianity, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Prayer, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Virgin Mary, artist as vessel, womb | Annunciation, Art, Artists, Blogroll, Chistianity, Hildegard of Bingen, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Prayer, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, Virgin Mary, womb|7 Comments
The act of creation is by its very nature an imitation of the Divine. The artist is the microcosmic reflection of the Macrocosm. Knowing this lays a »»
Filed under: Art, Drawing, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Spiritual Artists, Spiritual Path, Tagore | Art, creation, Drawing, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Poetry, Spiritual Artists, Spiritual Path, Tagore|7 Comments
I’ve been thinking about a comment Gartenfische left on my post exploring St. Francis’ early illness about pain being a constant, but suffering being a choice. What »»
Filed under: Blogs, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, St. Francis | Blogroll, Illness, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Scleroderma, Spiritual Path, St. Francis|1 Comment
Today as I was finishing up my sculpture, I started thinking about how we choose to serve humankind and the Divine. It seemed very clear to me »»
Filed under: Books, Caroline Walker Bynum, Christianity, Jesus, Mysticism, Mystics, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, Stigmata, Women Mystics | Caroline Walker Bynum, Chistianity, Jesus, Mysticism, Pain & Suffering, Sculpture, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, Stigmata, Women Mystics|2 Comments
I’m reading St. Bonaventure’s (1217-1274 CE) Life of St. Francis. Early in St Francis’ life, before he embarked on the path to sainthood, he became seriously ill. »»
Filed under: Bonaventure, Illness, Mysticism, Mystics, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, Stigmata | Bonaventure, Illness, Mysticism, Mystics, Pain & Suffering, Spiritual Path, St. Francis, Stigmata|4 Comments
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