Similar to not knowing what to call the time we are in, this piece is a match.
Instagram Post - Vanessa Bryant
A few days ago, in reflecting on our macrocosm, capped off by the vile behavior and nature of the human being in the oval office, I was wondering how on earth all the social ills will be corrected. Thoughts immediately turned to the heart and family as the microcosm from which everything emanates. I believe what is being expressed on such a large scale is the sum total of teachings, unresolved wounding and lack of compassion in the heart of individuals and families. Mine included with sisterhood and marital dynamics involving jealousy, hatred, racism, sexism, injustice, dominance and control. Because I could not subscribe to or, despite great effort, correct the inherent “systems”, I removed myself from both to freely work on my own heart and actions.
With that, in my opinion, this post is perfectly timed and, indeed, one hundred percent correct!
Compassion
The gist of the compassion cultivation training I took at Stanford is that every human being on this planet wants to feel happy and free from suffering. The textbook A Fearless Heart - How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives is a good one.
Dear Dancer
Interconnectedness through dancing and spoken word/poetry.
Heavy Cascade
With our current affairs and the glaring reality, danger, and uncertainty, it really feels like this again. It also feels though, just as in this image, like there is movement. And, within that is great possibility.
Creative Catalysts 3 - 2015 - Prodromal Oops
Now a different class a couple of years later and another opportunity to randomly collect words from periodicals. They are foolishness, weeping, inconspicuous, framework, voice, parameters, face, reappearance, chattering, connection. The assignment was to form a poem and/or story. (Four years later the art piece emerged.)
Truth be told
A beautiful, innocent child
Smothered in a framework of unspoken and spoken expectations
Innocent no more
He grapples with untethering from the confines of the parameters
The racing of his thoughts and chattering voice
Quickly yielding to a weeping face and aching heart
Not surprising
The manic reappearance and inconspicuous connection
Ahh, the foolishness of a parent
Creative Catalysts - 3 Cont'd
In the beginning an absurd choice; Into the fire; The eyeopener; Exposure and candor; Courage; Restore sanity. Cursive is with sticks dipped in acrylic ink per catalyst 1.
In The Beginning 3:
Creative Catalysts - 3 Cont'd
In the beginning an absurd choice; Into the fire; The eyeopener; Exposure and candor; Courage; Restore sanity. Cursive is with sticks dipped in acrylic ink per catalyst 1.
In The Beginning 2:
Creative Catalysts - 3 Cont'd
In the beginning an absurd choice; Into the fire; The eyeopener; Exposure and candor; Courage; Restore sanity. Together they have spawned a series of important works that, timing wise, depict my passage through divorce. They also could relate to birth and the healing I took birth for, per Ondrea and Stephen Levine.
In The Beginning 1:
Creative Catalysts - 3
For the Voice and Vision art class, my teacher gave an assignment to randomly cut out words from periodicals, books, etc., and weave them into a composition. This is what I came up with:
