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Wholey
pyrophyllite
8 "x 6.5 "x 7.75"
HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED
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Shakti
The images that follow are the echo of the sculpture known as Shakti. Like the transformative energy that Shakti embodies, this sculpture was transformed into a new form. I have no doubt that spirit was involved in its transformation the day the extended "hook" was tapped neatly off in what might have seemed an accidental strike. My family and I were positioning it with the a new sculpture made of the same stone when the strike happened. That fortuitous result is the new piece (two pieces) called Practice. I am learning the beauty of impermanance and transformation.
pyrophyllite
16 "x 6.5 "x 7"
HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED
Heart Cave
pyrophyllite
8.5 "x 10"x 7"
$1,000
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Artists notes on Open Forms
December 2005
Open Forms are constructed differently from Changing Perspectives in that each has holes drilled in and then opened up to view. This exposing, opening, and revealing that which was hidden is the major thrust of this series.
Like Changing Perspectives these forms are multi-directional.
We go about accumulating life experience and when we find our own behavior less than desirable or acceptable to self or others, we relocate these "less-than-experiences" to the "do not go in there room" of our psyche.
There comes a time in life when the dark gets exposed to the light. As soon as that process begins to happen, a whole new, truly significant, life adventure gets set into motion. When we examine the "less-than-scenarios" and bring them into the light, they no longer hold us captive and we are set free.
We are free.
The closely resonant issue of "what is perfection" is examined as well. As the damaged self is revealed and set free by the light of consciousness, the issues of what is good enough, what is acceptable, what will be criticized, what is true are set into motion.
So when I let it out of the dark room, how do I live with that form that has lived in the dark for so long?
The answer lies within you to live yourself.
The answer for me was unexpected and totally welcomed. I have to say, living those issues consciously takes away the uncertainty which lives just below the surface when I keep them hidden. The processes around bringing the dark into the light are sometimes as arduous as living the original experience...
but ultimately ....some sunny day...there is the feeling that one has reached the top of the mountain, paused at the end of a long journey, rested in the summer of the soul, and participated in the best party on the planet.
April, 2006
My life is changing swiftly, and, as sometimes happens, my art can show me the way. Then I am able to say, 'Yes! That's what is unfolding." The newest piece called Practice, is a marker. It marks the evolution of my practice of meditation and my practice of life. There is unfolding in this time a recognition of new forms which humanity is creating...new ways of being. New ways of embodying the feminine and the masculine aspects whether one is in a feminine body or a masculine body.
Such work is conducted in the inner compassionate heart space.
This time has been characterized as a dark time, and also as a time of great and swift change. Often monumental change is conducted in the darkest of times. These markers, these images sent from some future moment, are filled with hope of a more balanced, more evolved notion of living.
And the message is ..."Hang in there! Good stuff coming! Do not detour too long, the long view awaits...and it is cosmic!"
July 2007
For the second time one of these pieces in this series has been transformed and reformed into a new sculpture. Shakti was transformed into Practice and now Wholey has been transformed into Infinity.
As Wholey transformed into Infinity, I realized what an incredible leap the sculpture made into open cosmic space. The figured-eighted infinity symbol revealed in many views of this new piece expanded the energy by ten fold. Then of course the open space grew significantly, as if the old holon did not want to be contained. In finding this freedom, it became less of what it once was and expanded. These terms we often use for personal growth...and "yeah" that's just what is happening in my life. I am expanding that much as well. My art is leading the way and I follow. It leads the way so skillfully that I often just sit in awe of how things happen, how rich life is, how beautiful the vibration of creation can be. There is a sweet gift being given to us all...it's called life. It's our birth right to live it consciously.
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Practice
pyrophyllite
2006
both pieces approimately 16 x 6.5" x 7"
$1,500
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Infinity
pyrophyllite
8 "x 6.5 "x 7.75"
$1000.00
Wholey is no more.
Wholey had an unfortunate break while at a show. She has been reformed into the sculpture called Infinity.
This is the second time this kind of transformation has happened in this particular series. Wholey transformed into an even more open form as Infinity. You can see the figured-eight infinity symbol in many of the new sculpture's perspectives.
Check out my notes for my reflections on this apparently consistent phenomenon for this series.
