Thank you dear Susie and Rosemary for this rich and complex conversation about the healing power of art.
I almost feel an invitation from both of you to fall in love with the world's and our own blessed imperfections. Creating art could almost be seen as an act of love.
Thank you too for the lifelong call to become familiar with our own wholeness--the light and the dark within each of us. I am grateful to have been born with a propensity to turn towards the light...
I'm so touched by your comment "creating art could almost be seen as an act of love." Love seems to have come up quite a bit in this project. Falling in love with yourself as part of allowing yourself to be an artist and falling in love with the world in embracing the process. I'm grateful to you for that perspective.
Phew! You two are most inspiring and insightful. This conversation sparks the thought that Art is the closest thing that humans do which Nature also can do… I don’t mean in the realm of destruction like the recent ravages of Helene…but rather in the sense of the spaciousness it opens up in both the artist and, potentially, the person who appreciates the art. Art not unlike Nature helps us mortals connect the dots of understanding, struggle, emotion, discovery, and wonder. Art can be terrifically relaxing, upsetting, or thousands of other words. (But hanging around in Art is much safer than being in a hurricane.) Recently I went to the Minneapolis institute of Arts to go sit in the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine that is now part of the permanent collection. Every inch of it is a work of art, and the recording of monks chanting in this sacred space gave me a sense of being deeply HELD. I have felt similarly around Stone Circles, and extraordinary vistas of many kinds. I have recently started painting again after a long pause…flowers. Thanks to you both for sharing about Art with your big brains, spirits and hearts!
It's a special delight to hear from you, Mary Sue, and imagine you in the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine at the MIA. Love it there. It's wonderful that you've returned to painting. I look on with wonder and joy at the people I know who are "deciding" to contribute to the richness of art.
Thank you dear Susie and Rosemary for this rich and complex conversation about the healing power of art.
I almost feel an invitation from both of you to fall in love with the world's and our own blessed imperfections. Creating art could almost be seen as an act of love.
Thank you too for the lifelong call to become familiar with our own wholeness--the light and the dark within each of us. I am grateful to have been born with a propensity to turn towards the light...
I'm so touched by your comment "creating art could almost be seen as an act of love." Love seems to have come up quite a bit in this project. Falling in love with yourself as part of allowing yourself to be an artist and falling in love with the world in embracing the process. I'm grateful to you for that perspective.
Thank you, dear Jinks. I, too, love that art could be seen as an act of love. I feel that very strongly, and I'm so glad you said it outright!
Phew! You two are most inspiring and insightful. This conversation sparks the thought that Art is the closest thing that humans do which Nature also can do… I don’t mean in the realm of destruction like the recent ravages of Helene…but rather in the sense of the spaciousness it opens up in both the artist and, potentially, the person who appreciates the art. Art not unlike Nature helps us mortals connect the dots of understanding, struggle, emotion, discovery, and wonder. Art can be terrifically relaxing, upsetting, or thousands of other words. (But hanging around in Art is much safer than being in a hurricane.) Recently I went to the Minneapolis institute of Arts to go sit in the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine that is now part of the permanent collection. Every inch of it is a work of art, and the recording of monks chanting in this sacred space gave me a sense of being deeply HELD. I have felt similarly around Stone Circles, and extraordinary vistas of many kinds. I have recently started painting again after a long pause…flowers. Thanks to you both for sharing about Art with your big brains, spirits and hearts!
It's a special delight to hear from you, Mary Sue, and imagine you in the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine at the MIA. Love it there. It's wonderful that you've returned to painting. I look on with wonder and joy at the people I know who are "deciding" to contribute to the richness of art.
Marysue, What wonderful thoughts! I love the idea of Nature speaking through art and how we can feel "held" by both art and nature.
How I wish I could sit in that Buddhist shrine with you...
Let's all go together!
Well that could sure be arranged!!!