Arts Research Project
How can Knowing the Bodies through the Unknown reveal the Remedy,
through Meaning-making via Observing, Asking, Waiting, Listening?
Oil Paints and Cold Wax on Canvas Paper
"Hatred, Pity, and Courageous Care
The scene that has arrived, reflects a single seated queen on her throne, opposite a married standing couple. The dynamic that plays out between them displays what can happen when the effort to bridge the opposites fails or suceeds.
Oil Paints and Cold Wax on Canvas Paper
Right Thinking through the Heart
The scene that has arrived reflects four male figures. The two who face front invite the discovery of the boy-child in the heart, when the forces of the left side are given an oportunity to shine: our Intuition
Oil Paints and Cold Wax on Canvas Paper
Thought Transformation to Freedom
The figure who turns to face the viewer invites clarity of thought to ensure the digestion of utilised inherited patterns (the old man / magician on tyhe left side).
Red Terracotta Natural Earth Clay
Threefoldness = True Wisdom
The left and right women carry the seeds / eggs.
The central woman carries the fan.
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The tranformation process came from observation and sketching of the rose root plant; which led to the sighting of an earwig character, a dragon and a rat. All three were created in clay and moved along to resolution, which enabled deep healing of old wounds.
Soapstone Sculpture, with hand tools
The Liver - Organ of the Soul
On one side his eye is open, and on the other side his eye is closed. He honours the past and the future; the day and the night.
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As a result of this 4-month process of observation, naming, and renaming appearances in the shaping of the stone, my liver could digest utilised sensory impressions.
Charcoal sketch on paper
The Ugly and Beautiful Duck
The chaotic frenzy of movement in the innocence of Spring water feels so good, until it's time to move on to adolescence, and one is confronted by inner greeds and desires of the bodily nature of becoming more human.