OBJECTS in a DIMENSION
Beyond Self-Referential Tactics II 2020 50" x 80" mixed media on canvas
This is a portrait of that pristine moment when awareness lifts from its body identified condition and expands out into the consciousness of space.
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EXPERIENCING SPACE in a DIMENSION
Pears II 1996
18" x 10.5" watercolor & pastel on paper
Notice the interpretation of living space that surrounds the pear.
Once you feel this world existing in a dimension, you will notice a change in how you experience space. You will discover it takes on a significance and an enhanced living quality you have never perceived before in space, while at the same time, forms seem to settle more into the background, as they become more neutral. Suddenly, space is more of an active, predominant force, and space is now felt as pure living energy or consciousness.
Let us now attempt to get a glimpse into this mystery of space through an exercise. It is a passive exercise, where you sit and watch as space reveals its dynamic nature to you. The less you do the better.
Exercise 4:
Calmly look at the world about you. Notice how your attention automatically goes to objects. After a moment, move your focus of attention from objects to looking on space. Hold your attention in a clear, relaxed way on space. Become increasingly aware of the life of space. It might be helpful to initially feel the energy of space by feeling the mood of the place you are in and feel that permeating space. To feel the mood, again, one must use one’s whole body as an organ of cognition. This is done by letting the body resonate at the same frequency as the mood of the place. You are being aware of very subtler energies.
The limitation of mood is that it is temporary and relative; it fluctuates with lighting, the time of day, objects in the space, etc. Once the mood is felt, one is ready to go to a deeper level of perception—to experience what in space that is not changing.
We do that by again, using the whole body, this time, to match the energy of the life of space. Take your time as you notice your awareness awaking to the true nature of space. It is exciting to experience this life in space in full awareness. Open to the idea that space is consciousness itself.
Notice how this consciousness of space not only surrounds objects but that it seems to permeate objects. Space, alive and dynamic, can even transcend this time/space dimension of form altogether. This dimension of form and time cannot limit this consciousness of space or hold it in any way.
When doing the exercises, if nothing seems to happen, or things are not happening to the degree you wish, know that success is still being made, for the brain is being re-wired to accept a new type of experience of which it was previously totally unfamiliar. With welcoming and desiring these new revelations insights will dawn eventually in their own time and in their own way.
Go ahead, now, be a salt doll, and dive into the Ganges River of Space! And most importantly, have fun!
In this section on the world in a dimension, you have turned in the direction of freeing yourself from the subjective interpretation of the world and of yourself which you have been so completely identified with. You have taken some important steps as you have watched your experiences become transformed into a new perspective. You are opening yourself up to seeing the reality of living in this stunning dimension. These initial steps are truly amazing accomplishments and I want to applaud your willingness. This world will now be more full of wonder. And one day, what now seems so extraordinary will feel completely familiar and you will be at home there, for as incredible as all this is, it is but reality’s natural condition. Enjoy this life and live it to the fullest by diving deep into the mystery of it with your own clear awareness.
Quick Sketch of Turtle Rock - Interpritation of Space 2003
8" x 10" mixed media on paper
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