I mentioned this on facebook but realized that I didn’t blog about it. My artwork has been accepted into an exhibition in Pomfret, CT called “Illumination” curated by the Celebrations Gallery and Shoppes. The reception will be on July 20th – the same day I come home from Montreal… from 5-8pm. It is only an hour away from Boston! The exhibition runs from July 20th – September 1st!
Here are some pictures of my studio-to-be. The place it is located at is going to open in July and I have to put together a class list and supply list. Click the photo to be taken to the facebook album. The room has a sink, as well as a backroom that could be turned into a darkroom. I’m excited.
I’m meeting someone on Monday to look at studio space in Beverly. There’s a deal where if I teach a class the class I teach pays for the studio space. I haven’t decided what class to teach. Yet. I think a class a week should be good. Don’t want it to be too time consuming. But we’ll see on Monday. 🙂 Here’s the information: http://www.cabotstreetstudios.com/index.html
To see previous exhibitions click the photo above to be taken to the facebook album.
My artwork has gone international! It was accepted into the Exhibition of Professional & Emerging Artists at Montreal Art Centre. I have to work out the details and pay the fees… but it should come through. And it looks like it should be a good outlet to sell my artwork. The exhibition is a month long July 20 – Aug 17th with a gala dinner on the 19th.
Today I went to the Natick Open Studios with my mom. It was cool to see local artists and to see what they’re showcasing. A lot of it was handcraft work so; jewelry, silversmith, pottery, mosaics, etc. There was photography and painting too. I always enjoy seeing open studios as it inspires me to keep continuing to focus on my own work. It also made me realize that since my grandmother isn’t around anymore to make jewelry for, I have so many beading supplies left that I really got to do something with. I’ve been meaning to use them up and I suppose that since I’m unemployed doing jewelry all the time wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Perhaps I could also make enough to sell. But it was 73 degrees and sunny today (and its October 20th!!) perfect weather to go to building to building to see artwork. I even met a painter who got a degree at Cedar Crest! Who knew! We were laughing because we always had the problem around here saying that we went to a “small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania” because not many people knew the school, but not this time!
We went to the White Crow Papermill in Fleetwood, Pa today with some of the people in my department. Making paper has always interested me. It was definitely refreshing to see some of the alternative ways that they made paper. One of the professors in the art department owns this place so that’s why we visited them. Sometimes in art, there are specific processes that are needed to be done in order to get the right outcome and until you’ve mastered the original process, only then you can start experimenting. But paper making isn’t that rigid. I mean, you have a basic process, but you don’t necessarily have to use the same tools to recreate the end product.
He did these really cool artworks where he embedded different pieces of paper and then ‘casted’ them so the pieces blended into the surface so its’ smooth.
Chapters of Coming Forth By Day: “Behold, oh ye shining ones, ye men and gods…”
One of the missing “keys” in this fabricated divided illusion, is the shining ones. Throughout ancient history, there has been a global phenomenon of beings called the shining ones. They have literally been described as people of light and that they were seen as gods. The most prominent culture who speaks of the shining ones, is of course Egypt. But some scholars believe they are the Sumerian Annunaki. In the Sumerian legends, Humanity was created by the Sky Gods who descended from heaven. I believe the angel archetype is actually a description of the shining ones. While the video below is not of actual human form, it still portrays the angel archetype. As seen in the video below, we could never accept the appearance of an angel because we would associate them with “UFO”s. That’s right. Some of the UFO footage is indeed “legit” but they are not like the image we have of aliens: a flying saucer with little green men inside.
In order to study Ufology a good understanding of light needs to be achieved. How it affects us, how it affects material, the acceptance that outside this physical world time and space do not exist. According to Hermetic thought, time and space is not in motion, but is perceived within thee. That means our brains are a big tool in perceiving the physical world. All our senses create the physical world. Without them, time and space do not exist.
Angels are described as white winged, beings, generally dressed in white and carry a message.
Well this description could be an archetypal description. These paintings that we know now, also were painted by the Humanists of the Renaissance who have a connection to the Order of the Rosae Croix, Rosicrucianism, a mystery (oral) school that was started by egyptian Pharaoh Tuthmosis. Therefore one of the many ways that mystics encrypted information was through paintings and symbols. As learned in art school, artists’ paint what the see. The act of seeing could mean different things to different people. The most obvious and narrow meaning to see is seeing something with your eyes. To the Humanists as well with any philosopher one of the many lines of wisdom that is passed around is, “Those who know, see.” This simply means, those who are ‘in the know’ see. See through the illusion.
Here are some quotes regarding the Shining Ones:
The Sumerian EL means simply bright or shining
the Old Irish Aillil means shining
Old Cornish EL means shining
Elf means shining – hence Elves as tall/mysterious angelic beings
Inca Illa is bright or to shine
Babylonian Ellu is to shine
Eliphas Levi (19th century magician and mystic) speaks of these egregors on numerous occasions and even links them to the giants or Watchers spoken of in the Book of Enoch saying that they:
“take shape and have appeared in the guise of giants: these are the egregors of the Book of Enoch…. Termed the celestial watchers or egregors, by the ancients.”
“The egregore is a group spirit that serves to remind the initiate of his or her goals. It informs and guides the individual and it protects the living chain of brotherhood. The living chain of brotherhood is entered into when a Setian performs a rite of their own creation intended to protect and enhance the Temple of Set. The egregore protects the brotherhood by letting them know their enemies are there. A symbolic representation of the egregore is used to maintain a link to the Prince of Darkness.”
Sir Ormsond IV°,
from Saturnian Principles.
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So one of the things that’s been boiling in my mind is trying to recycle plastic from Clear Splash Water bottles. Why? Because i drink a lot of them.
Last summer I observed that if you gently heat up the plastic it becomes like a hard glass-like material. I used a hand held gas candle torch (the kind you’d find in a christmas tree shop). I wanted to scale this and possibly make an awesome material from this to be used as a replacement for plastic.
I tried today, and I’m glad I tried when my mom wasn’t home and I’m glad I tried with a pyrex mixing cup my mom found at the town dump for me to use at the suite because I broke it. The bottom completely broke off.
I guess I forgot that I GENTLY heated it. I skipped the gently part and put the oven on High and I guess the mixing cup was cold from being in the garage and I know that glass heated immediately after being cold breaks…
I thought it would be alright Gently heating the plastic in a 2 inch thick pyrex mixing cup.
Then when I was wrapping the mixing cup up in bags to avoid being cut, I cut myself on the glass. And got a nasty gushing cut in which I got blood everywhere. =/ Its okay. I should be fine.
So I don’t know if I’m gonna try and glue the mixing cup back together or just throw it out the next time I’m back at school.
I think I’m going back to the dump to look for a stainless steel pot to use instead of glass. Glass is so risky.
Piece of Dogon art resembles PHI symbol. Phi interpreted as light.
I’m a HUGE fan of makeup and its a big inspiration for me. I love playing with color and makeup is a way for me to do that. Mixing and matching shades I normally wouldn’t wear into a wearable look. Makeup can be extremely artistic when done right.
Did you know makeup is extremely ancient too? The idea of the black eyeliner came from the ancient Egyptians.
Ancient Egyptian makeup tools
Ancient makeup pots!
All ancient Egyptians wore makeup even children.
