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Rainbow Body
2020.
Graphite, pen & ink, watercolor. 11" x 8 1/2"
In the healing traditions of many cultures around the world there is talk of a subtle energy body;
one name for it is 'the rainbow body'.
Here, the flesh peels away and the light shines.
The Word Made Flesh
2020.
Bible pages, white acrylic paint as glue, ink.
24" x 18"
Some consider the Holy Spirit the Christian version of the subtle energy body.
As you read and live the word, you are to become the embodiment of its spirit.
The Spirit runs Through Her; Chi and the Chinese Meridians
2020.
Bible pages, pen & ink, watercolor.
24" x 18"
The philosophy of Chinese Medicine speaks of chi as the vital life force which courses thourgh our bodies, flowing in concentrated channels called meridians and storing in three major resevoirs within the body . Yin is lunar, yang is solar, Earth is grounding.
The spirit runs through her; the miridians visible here are text of the same bible pages as the Word Made Flesh .
Chakras on a Checkerboard
2020.
Bible pages, collage, pen & ink.
24" x 18"
Along with three main channels which the famous Kundalini energy may rise up through, Auyervedic Medicine tells us of swirling energy centers in our body called chakras.
In the background and in the radiant lines of the checkerboard, the spirit of the word is present once again.
Kabbalah: You Are What You Eat
2020.
Bible pages, food wrapers collage, acrylic, ink.
24" x 18"
The Kabbalah, the tree of life, may be considered as a model of meditation for energy centers and pathways in the body for sublte energies to travel and store. Study of the spoken and written word, contemplation, and practice will increase awareness of such systems.
In the food labels is a nod to the old adage; Garbage in, garbage out, you are what you eat. This is true for your mind and spirit as well.
The body is a temple and a clean diet will help purify us.
As you can see, my diet could be better, could be worse.
The Meditator
2018.
Acrylic on canvas.
24" x 18"
The meditator sits on unformed blocks of prima-materia. He holds their fiery energy in balance with the energies of the other elements around him; earth, water, air. A golden light glows at his heart and in his mind's eye as cosmic worlds and stars are imagined and ordered harmoniously.
Pray for the World
2020.
Inflatable globe, four 4"x 4"x 4" plaster 'Suffering Buddhas', one big art book, light.
With that guy in the oval office, COVID-19, forest fires, racial and gender inequality, mass protests, global potical upheaval, and the list goes on; 2020 was a year that needed all the prayer it could get.
These four Suffering Buddhas upheld the world upon their backs as they prayed ceaselessly.
Along The Way: OHSU Cadaver
2019.
Charcoal, chalk pastels.
18" x 24"
Along the way in this life, we learn that this body is like a chrysalis; something special has crawled into it at birth, and something even more special will emerge out of it at death.
SilverWhere?!?
2020.
Silverware, microwave.
Some people live life on the edge. They're radioactive and ready to blow.
Not me though.
This was a time based (30 seconds :) pop-up, house-quarantined, home-museum installation .
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