So today was the Vernal Equinox; that day when the light is balanced between day and night.
I woke up this morning way too late for all that needed to be done and just lay there in bed listening to the radio... on and on about Gorsuch and Comey and who wiretapped who or what and why 45 is such a liar. Anyway no incentive to get up right? Still I did and lo and behold I could hold that tree pose, both sides, without a wobble and it was like a straight shot to heaven - just floating. A good meditation and I was balanced all day. Who says our environment doesn't influence us? The Vernal Equinox.
This has me thinking about choices; whether we choose to see the glass half full or half empty. Do we choose to be more balanced or not? I think we are influenced by the eternal elements of the seasons, the moon, sun, stars, but ultimately we make the choices even if those choices are affected by the atmosphere. The choice to set my balance with the tree pose leads to greater ease, leads to a better day, leads to new encounters and an openness to the world.
Today I went and photographed the new show I hung yesterday and put up the labels with my new friend Nancy, a fellow collagist, with whom I am showing along with another collage artist. The three of us were so well paired in terms of image, color and geometric form. It was fun to curate together and see the dialogue which occurred between my woven collages, Nancy's color grids and Phyllis' ephemeral polaroid collages. If I hadn't made the impulsive choice to join this gallery last fall I would not have been in three shows this year already and made a new art friend today.
Nancy and I have a certain obsessive artistic point of view in common. We are both fussy about detail and have our hands is a million different projects that pull us in so many directions that the OCD must be a practical response to maintain focus. When I asked her about this tendency, she said, "Well the world is just too interesting." And this made me feel better about my choices to paint and write and make music and engage myself in many layers of creation.
As if reading my thoughts, Nancy said, "I'm a layerist as well." At first I wasn't sure what she was talking about, but she added, "As a collagist I layer a lot, but I'm a layerist and believe in layers in life." This sounded to me like an obscure or occult club or like the Odd Fellows or something. Sure enough, layerists see the world as multi-layered and have their own society composed of artists, weavers, doctors, scientists, etc... This sounded consonant with my interest in weaving and its metaphor for life. So it's nice to make choices that open your eyes to new dimensions of life - new friends and ideas. As much as I love my old friends, I so appreciate the new energy and excitement of new friends. By the way the Odd Fellows is a society that believes in a philosophy of service to others and friendship.
"A Layerist is a person who knows that the Universe is an endless interdependent web of dynamic and dimensional diversities each with a life long desire for passionate interaction that will work for ALL"
Taken from:
http://layerist.com/docs/Layers_layerist/Layers_layerist.html
I woke up this morning way too late for all that needed to be done and just lay there in bed listening to the radio... on and on about Gorsuch and Comey and who wiretapped who or what and why 45 is such a liar. Anyway no incentive to get up right? Still I did and lo and behold I could hold that tree pose, both sides, without a wobble and it was like a straight shot to heaven - just floating. A good meditation and I was balanced all day. Who says our environment doesn't influence us? The Vernal Equinox.
This has me thinking about choices; whether we choose to see the glass half full or half empty. Do we choose to be more balanced or not? I think we are influenced by the eternal elements of the seasons, the moon, sun, stars, but ultimately we make the choices even if those choices are affected by the atmosphere. The choice to set my balance with the tree pose leads to greater ease, leads to a better day, leads to new encounters and an openness to the world.
Today I went and photographed the new show I hung yesterday and put up the labels with my new friend Nancy, a fellow collagist, with whom I am showing along with another collage artist. The three of us were so well paired in terms of image, color and geometric form. It was fun to curate together and see the dialogue which occurred between my woven collages, Nancy's color grids and Phyllis' ephemeral polaroid collages. If I hadn't made the impulsive choice to join this gallery last fall I would not have been in three shows this year already and made a new art friend today.
Nancy and I have a certain obsessive artistic point of view in common. We are both fussy about detail and have our hands is a million different projects that pull us in so many directions that the OCD must be a practical response to maintain focus. When I asked her about this tendency, she said, "Well the world is just too interesting." And this made me feel better about my choices to paint and write and make music and engage myself in many layers of creation.
As if reading my thoughts, Nancy said, "I'm a layerist as well." At first I wasn't sure what she was talking about, but she added, "As a collagist I layer a lot, but I'm a layerist and believe in layers in life." This sounded to me like an obscure or occult club or like the Odd Fellows or something. Sure enough, layerists see the world as multi-layered and have their own society composed of artists, weavers, doctors, scientists, etc... This sounded consonant with my interest in weaving and its metaphor for life. So it's nice to make choices that open your eyes to new dimensions of life - new friends and ideas. As much as I love my old friends, I so appreciate the new energy and excitement of new friends. By the way the Odd Fellows is a society that believes in a philosophy of service to others and friendship.
"A Layerist is a person who knows that the Universe is an endless interdependent web of dynamic and dimensional diversities each with a life long desire for passionate interaction that will work for ALL"
Taken from:
http://layerist.com/docs/Layers_layerist/Layers_layerist.html
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