OPEN, O-PEN, O-P-E-N
OPENS.144, Polaris, 2019, California
Years of learning how to open my body, mind & spirit have coalesced into a regeneration of my vision. After more than a decade of listening to images, decrypting their meaning, I am utilizing the archetypes encoded within our body to make bodies of work based on how our body works. This is inspired in part by the Chinese character for "nature" 自然 "ziran" translated as: that which is so of itself
These photographs of light itself are uniquely primed to be presented within light boxes, to make art that will literally light up the room it's in.
To dive deeper you can see the ongoing process by following the link in my bio. "The only journey is going within one's self." -R. M. Rilke
May all paths come together
Nevada City, Nikon d810, 14-24mm f/2.8 "The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many thing seem filled with intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
...
-Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster." excerpt from One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
Return to pine, the stone’s spiraled fruit, a soul’s loose stitching in the closed eye of time. When light found no darkness to call home, Creation whispered, within, the word of opening. Spines, pines & pens of Nature’s script, oil’s ink brightening the page’s void. נהרה
"Love is the voice under all silences,
the hope which has no opposite in fear;
the strength so strong mere force is feebleness:
the truth more first than sun, more last than star" - e e cummings, being to timelessness as it's to time
Bradley, CA, 2017 "Beauty is eternity, gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity & you are the mirror." -K Gibran
"Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death." -William Blake
"If you really understand Zen...you can use any book. You could use the Bible. You could use Alice in Wonderland. You could use the dictionary, because...the sound of the rain needs no translation." -Alan Wilson Watts
“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.” -K. Gibran
As i turn 30 today, i feel gratitude for the upcoming opportunities to create & blend visual art with 432 hz music, plant-based medicine / food, etymology, essential oils & therapeutic modalities that holtisically address the wonder of our physical temple. Sending out deep metta to family, friends & tribe for their encouragement, patience & love over these years of radical refoundation towards a balanced sense of wholeness. May all paths come together.
The mind of Alexander Green has always been a touchstone for inspiration & the launch of his new Indiegogo project is no exception. While this is a recent shot from his work at Mack Sennet Studios in LA, check out his upcoming masterwork at his profile @symmetrylabs
I am thrilled to be co-hosting a creative salon with Benny Wills two Sundays from now on the 23rd of April in Big Bear Lake with a special group of speakers / performers regarding the theme of Regeneration. In a climate of such dynamic vulnerability, I cannot think of a more appropriate topic to bring together constructive minds for the novel challenges we face. Check out the following information & feel free to contact me directly with any questions.
Preview created by Benny Wills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USN3m0IceKE
Eventbrite Tickets Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/regeneration-tickets-32279172875
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1934555600106879/?active_tab=discussion
