"Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as it does working with others" Pema Chodron- Author, Buddhist teacher.
When we look at art we respond with what is inwardly alive in us.
When we observe art, we project what is meaningful to us onto the forms. One person sees a doorway, another sees an empty box, another the form of an animal. This is especially true with pieces that we create ourselves.
The artistic skill is not so important. What is important is what the painting means to us, what we see in the simple forms and colours.
In this way we can experience feelings and events that live deeply in us and that are not censored by the judging intellect.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
We may have a conversation which evokes feelings, or I may guide you in a visualization or meditation, and ask you to paint or sketch with pastels the images that arise. We will observe the colours and forms and they will lead us to a deeper layer of soul life. New questions and insights, new resolves often arise.
When we look at art we respond with what is inwardly alive in us.
When we observe art, we project what is meaningful to us onto the forms. One person sees a doorway, another sees an empty box, another the form of an animal. This is especially true with pieces that we create ourselves.
The artistic skill is not so important. What is important is what the painting means to us, what we see in the simple forms and colours.
In this way we can experience feelings and events that live deeply in us and that are not censored by the judging intellect.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
We may have a conversation which evokes feelings, or I may guide you in a visualization or meditation, and ask you to paint or sketch with pastels the images that arise. We will observe the colours and forms and they will lead us to a deeper layer of soul life. New questions and insights, new resolves often arise.