Art as Contemplative Practice by Michael Franklin
"...art fine tunes our capacity to mindfully observe whatever emerges
art is a contemplative practice of gently and intentionally maintaining moment-to-moment awaerness while tangibly manifesting thoughts." -xxiii
silence stillness action
consider: spanda (vibration) rasa (moood) darsan (theophanic gaze)
also guna, anga, prana, mantra, sakti
Kandinsky believed in the imp. of art emerging from responsiveness to inner spiritual need
art is a sahdana practice, it slows us down and wakes us up
observation vs. judgment begin with what shows up and befriend perceived inadequacy
art a response to experience that deserves to be explored.
spanda: embodied consciousness.. yearning spanda impulse to manifest creation with creation
xxxii "art is"
art leads to that is pure and vast within us "tat tvam asi" 'that thou art"
divine/God understood as consciousness immanent Jung: we are contained in the divinity, but of the same transcendent divinity
ascent/descent boundaiers soften
art can quiet the mind and dissolve veils that fog perception, same is true of yoga
sakti: devi or goddess, heart of tantric practce
spanda: vibratory throb of creation, pulse, that is kundalini-sakti
I have taken joy in this pulse from the time I was a small child making things, and walking to art class on Saturday mornings evening while my family slept in
art makes spiritual life visible subtle to manifest to subtle
happiness comes from direct absorption with engaged experience, immersion
sacred geometry and architecture: mosques, tantra, yantra, cathedrals
Sufi hat: tomb for ego
tantric images: psycho-cosmic (yantras and mandalas)
Visual/symb. of subtle body
astro calculations
accessories in ritual and images of asans
we meditate to become capable of witnessing the movements of mind and behavior
Buddhism and yoga methodically help us bring alertness to body, mind, speech
art also helps us as an awareness practice
dream state/waking state
tattvas: levels of reality
Creation begins with the limitless and eternal Absolute, according to the Naths, a sectarian order associated with hatha yoga. A mesmerizing painting represents the origins of existence as a shimmering field of gold (left). Its successive emanations (center and right) into consciousness and form are perfected Nath yogis, covered in ash and clad in saffron. Through yogic practice, Naths transform their physical bodies into subtle matter and merge with the luminous Absolute. Many yoga traditions define enlightenment as the recognition that the Self and the Absolute are one and the same. image from 1823
MC Richards: the crossing point when a plant goes from roots reaching down to ascending to the light
Where is that also in asana????
art materials teach different listening skills
contemplate: observe with reverent attention, from Latin con-templum insight: see things as they are
spirit from Latin spiritus, relates to breath
"Inspiration, the literal drawing in of breath, is the gift of life breathing us into an inspired existence. Inhaling and exhaling automatically regular our life force by taking and releasing oxygen, the fuel of the spirit."
spirituality is the search for sacred in our lives and arts visual language a method for materializing and dialoguing with revered subject matter
Buddhist meditation cultivates vipassana (penetrative seeing, insight) samatha (concentration or tranquility)
art as worship: art not for its own sake or for personal self-expression, but art as a channel to the divine, art as a conduit, art for God's sake
look at sacred geometry of Sri Yantra (Khanna 1979) and mandala construction (Leidy and Thurman, 1998)
alchemy of cooking and alchemy of art: preparing, sustaining, transforming, method toward hungering for creator
art is a contemplative practice of gently and intentionally maintaining moment-to-moment awaerness while tangibly manifesting thoughts." -xxiii
silence stillness action
consider: spanda (vibration) rasa (moood) darsan (theophanic gaze)
also guna, anga, prana, mantra, sakti
Kandinsky believed in the imp. of art emerging from responsiveness to inner spiritual need
art is a sahdana practice, it slows us down and wakes us up
observation vs. judgment begin with what shows up and befriend perceived inadequacy
art a response to experience that deserves to be explored.
spanda: embodied consciousness.. yearning spanda impulse to manifest creation with creation
xxxii "art is"
art leads to that is pure and vast within us "tat tvam asi" 'that thou art"
divine/God understood as consciousness immanent Jung: we are contained in the divinity, but of the same transcendent divinity
ascent/descent boundaiers soften
art can quiet the mind and dissolve veils that fog perception, same is true of yoga
sakti: devi or goddess, heart of tantric practce
spanda: vibratory throb of creation, pulse, that is kundalini-sakti
I have taken joy in this pulse from the time I was a small child making things, and walking to art class on Saturday mornings evening while my family slept in
art makes spiritual life visible subtle to manifest to subtle
happiness comes from direct absorption with engaged experience, immersion
sacred geometry and architecture: mosques, tantra, yantra, cathedrals
Sufi hat: tomb for ego
tantric images: psycho-cosmic (yantras and mandalas)
Visual/symb. of subtle body
astro calculations
accessories in ritual and images of asans
we meditate to become capable of witnessing the movements of mind and behavior
Buddhism and yoga methodically help us bring alertness to body, mind, speech
art also helps us as an awareness practice
dream state/waking state
tattvas: levels of reality
Creation begins with the limitless and eternal Absolute, according to the Naths, a sectarian order associated with hatha yoga. A mesmerizing painting represents the origins of existence as a shimmering field of gold (left). Its successive emanations (center and right) into consciousness and form are perfected Nath yogis, covered in ash and clad in saffron. Through yogic practice, Naths transform their physical bodies into subtle matter and merge with the luminous Absolute. Many yoga traditions define enlightenment as the recognition that the Self and the Absolute are one and the same. image from 1823
MC Richards: the crossing point when a plant goes from roots reaching down to ascending to the light
Where is that also in asana????
art materials teach different listening skills
contemplate: observe with reverent attention, from Latin con-templum insight: see things as they are
spirit from Latin spiritus, relates to breath
"Inspiration, the literal drawing in of breath, is the gift of life breathing us into an inspired existence. Inhaling and exhaling automatically regular our life force by taking and releasing oxygen, the fuel of the spirit."
spirituality is the search for sacred in our lives and arts visual language a method for materializing and dialoguing with revered subject matter
Buddhist meditation cultivates vipassana (penetrative seeing, insight) samatha (concentration or tranquility)
art as worship: art not for its own sake or for personal self-expression, but art as a channel to the divine, art as a conduit, art for God's sake
look at sacred geometry of Sri Yantra (Khanna 1979) and mandala construction (Leidy and Thurman, 1998)
alchemy of cooking and alchemy of art: preparing, sustaining, transforming, method toward hungering for creator
Comments
Post a Comment