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Art, Blog, Ideas

Redefining Electrography Portfolio

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After the Visual Alchemy reception I was describing my work to a childhood friend and said that the pieces that I consider having “artistic quality” are pieces where there was a form that you could relate to.. but it may or may not be exactly that form – so in essence the light from the electricity created these forms that we could relate to (Kelp formed a heart at the roots). For example, in Bluebells, there are two ‘eyes’ in the pieces that were created from the bluebell plant. Another example is Pine Needles which has the image of a pregnant woman. I recently had a friend of mine write inspirational descriptions along with each piece and concluded that the ‘REAL’ portfolio pieces were the ones that had forms you could relate to. I’m not sure why it wasn’t obvious to me before… but it makes sense. I now have 6 solid pieces that would be considered as my portfolio. I hope that in Italy, I’ll add a few more using vines from grape plants. 🙂

 

18_PineNeedles2Pine Needles #2

Art, Blog, Business, goals, Ideas, Inspiration, Projects

Believe! in the things you can do

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This is more apt for a New Year’s post, but I feel inspired to write it now. I keep a physical journal on my desk with the word “Believe” on it that I have stored away for use for writing down project ideas. My intention is to use it as an idea journal. But this is for projects only, not necessarily for career goals and accomplishments. I’m getting a better sense of my direction as an artist, where my artwork falls and who appreciates it, and what to do with it and as a result finding opportunities that are more apt to my interests as an artist.

I believe in the spoken word rule, meaning if I speak it before I have solid foundation on the opportunity, I more often than not will loose that chance! So I have given up on the Art Contest series that I was doing in the fall and will just keep quiet on the things that I do submit to – these opportunities below I have no submitted to but plan to.

On facebook there is a nice way to save links now and I have been saving things that I want to do as an artist in the future – gives me ideas to keep busy!

 

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Blog, Fashion, Ideas

Rainbow Stores

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abstracttopI hung out with one of my co-workers today at dinner break and she was looking for a new shirt because she had spilled something on the one she was wearing. We ran across this store called Rainbow! They have galaxy printed shirts which I had been looking for for awhile now and some really cool prints. I know I shouldn’t really be spending a lot of money and saving it towards my studio… but I could go and at least check it out! 😀

Blog, Color, Esoteric, Ideas, Research

Color Therapy Program

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In within the next 5 years or so I’d like to complete this program at a spiritual, artistic and social community called Damanhur in Northern Italy.

Color Therapy
General Program:

  • Colour and light. The colour in history
  • Health and illness: towards a holistic conception
  • The symbolic meaning of colours
  • The influence of colour in the environment, in dressing, in every day life
  • Light baths
  • Colours and nutrition
  • Relationship between colour and sound
  • Subtle anatomy: aura, chakras, subtle bodies
  • Prana and its influence on the vital aura
  • The concept of reality
  • The therapeutic relationship and the philosophy of healing
  • Verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Systems of diagnosis with colours
  • Man as a balance of colours
  • Methods of colour application
  • Techniques of sound and colour therapy
  • Coloured thinking: visualization and psychic projection
  • Philosophy and spirituality
  • Man, evolution and the New Era
  • Magic and the creative thought

 

The program is presented through practical exercises and direct experiences of sensitivity to colour, of self-healing, of diagnosis and colour therapy.

Ideas, Inspiration, Spirituality, Symbols

Incorporating Perfume Bottles into Ritual/Meditation Work

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Avon Silver Fawn Charisma Cologne Bottle In Orginal Box by SentimentalWhimsy via etsy

Etsy has these cute little perfume bottles of animals. Stylistically they aren’t my thing, something I would buy to display on a shelf because generally speaking they are a bit tacky (in my opinion). I tend to combine ideas into new ones and have been thinking on a spiritual level lately and thought I could use these cute animal bottles in my rituals/meditative work for the sabbats. I’m currently looking at an owl bottle for Candlemas/Imbolc in February. I’d wrap up the ritual supplies I used in the bottle and carry it around with me.

 

Candlemas Animal Symbolism: Bears, eagle, groundhogs, owls, ravens, sheep, snakes, stags

Ostara Animal Symbolism: rabbits, hares, robins, dragons (associated with eggs the earth and fertility), lambs, chicks

Beltane Animal Symbolism: Swallow, dove, swan, Cats, lynx, leopard, goats, rabbits, honey bees

Litha Animal Symbolism: butterflies, caterpillars, sea creatures, wren, robin, horses, cattle, satyrs, faeries, firebird, dragon, thunderbird

Lughnasadh Animal Symbolism: Griffins, Basilisks, Roosters, Calves, Centaurs, Phoenix

Mabon Animal Symbolism: dogs, wolves, stag, blackbird, owl, eagle, birds of prey, salmon & goat, Gnomes, Sphinx, Minotaur, Cyclops, Andamans and Gulons.

Samhain Animal Symbolism: Stag, cat, bat, owl, jackal, elephant, ram, scorpion, heron, crow, robin

Yule Animal Symbolism: yule goat (nordic), reindeer stag, squirrels, yule cat, Sacred White Buffalo, Kallikantzaroi-ugly chaos monsters(greek), trolls, phoenix, yule elf, jule gnome, squirrels, wren/robin

 

Using these Animal Symbols in our meditative/ritual work we call upon their energy to help us in each season.

 

Articles, Ideas, Inspiration, Mystical Life, Spirituality, Theory

Altar/Meditation Space

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Since spirituality seems to be an ever increasing presence in my life, I think its about time to get an altar/meditation space. My current desktop altar isn’t cutting it. I need a space in my room that is *specifically* for meditations. I’ve been thinking about cleaning out one corner of my room that faces west. Now the religion I have only really known to use an altar is the Wiccan/Pagan religion and they align their altars to North. But my desktop and computer area is already facing north and there is no way am I going to move my desk around. My desk came with a miniature extension table to store a printer. Since I’m home from school, I’m gonna have to clean that off since its’ storing craft supplies right now and move my printer to it. Once I clean that area out I think I will have enough space for a small meditation altar.

HOWEVER, this space is facing West. So I’ve been doing research about the significance of having an altar face West and apparently there’s some significance from the eastern traditions which is perfect.

 

In the Buddhist tradition,

B. The Location of a Buddhist Altar

It is ideal to set up a Buddhist altar in a dedicated room. If the building is of two or more stories, it is proper to set it up on the top floor. If there is no dedicated room available, a quiet place or a room which can be closed up for quiet meditation at the regular practice time should be selected.

The orientation of a Buddhist altar depends on the main Buddha worshipped. If the practitioner majors in the Pureland school, the main Holiness should be Amitabha Buddha And hence the altar

should be oriented toward the East. In case of the Healing Buddha who eliminates misfortunes and prolongs lives, it should be orientated toward the West. (All notes below are added into the English translation by Dr. Lin. Note 1: Amitabha Buddha’s Pureland is in the West, hence the altar ideally is to be set up such that when we face Him, we are facing the West. A similar remark applies to the case of the Healing Buddha whose Pureland is in the East.) If the wall available is not of the ideal orientation, it is also fine to ignore this point. It is proper to select a wall with sufficient illumination so that it is easier for the practitioner to concentrate on gazing at the holy images .

The north doesn’t feel right to me. I just don’t seem to have any spiritual connection to the North, however, only during rituals and meditations do I face the North… I really do feel a strong pull towards to the to set up this altar.

The early Christians also faced West,

Worshippers in the courtyard could witness the sacrifices offered in front of the holy of holies, and knew that therein God dwelt behind a series of curtains, through which only the high priest could pass.  Priests and people faced west toward the Presence of God, the Shekinah.  With the entrance in the east, sunlight was admitted in the morning, while the structure provided a modicum of shade over the courtyard in the hot afternoon.

Most spiritualists say you should put a place that is easiest for you. Just orientate the ritual/circle to north when you are actually doing one. For some reason I seem to have a strong elemental connection to water (the element of the west) right now. Dunno why.

Upon doing more research however I found this pagan thread in a forum where someone asked the question, The Altar-is it ok to have it facing the west? 

One reply really resonated with me,

Your altar should face the direction that is taught in your tradition. Usually this would be the North or the East. The West is the direction of endings, imagination, the subconscious, and dreams; I don’t know of any tradition which uses it on a regular basis.

Of course!! Subconscious, dreams, imagination, all things related to the third eye! No wonder I feel a strong connection there. But I *DO* like what other traditions say about the Presence of God being in the West. Also I get a lot of sunlight this time of year and to have it shine down on my altar would be cool. So I think that’s settled, I will put near that wall when I’ve saved enough monies for the table I’m thinking about buying.

Ideas, Inspiration

Potions and Meals in a Jar

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You never know when inspiration may hit. It could be at the dentist (like Yaron Schoen) or simply taking a break from life and playing video games on your ipod. A friend of mine earlier this week asked for ideas on how to make all their weekly meals in one day. I then referred to them to the meals in a jar concept. I had been inspired by the allure of potions for awhile now and I kept wondering how to incorporate this allure into my design work. While playing “pocket potions” on my ipod it hit me! Cooking has often been associated with the concept of “Alchemy” (taking one thing and transmuting it into another thing). I thought about how potions are kept in bottles and meals are now kept in jars/bottles, why not combine the two! SO that’s what I came up with, meals-in-a-jar/bottle with the aesthetic appeal to a potion bottle. So now off to think of a name, and logo.

I must also be feeling better, or at least relaxing better. I haven’t had an idea this “big” since I graduated from college. I’ve just been feeling so rotten lately I guess my mental state was too foggy to relax enough to get ideas flowing.

first potion bottle from TheStrokeofMidnight via etsy

 

 

 

 

Esoteric, Esoteric Design, Ideas, Inquiry, Light, Research, Science, Sound

Changing Matter through Vibration

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I was reading The Source Field Investigations by David Wilcock this week and I came across a few things that peaked my interest. I was reading about changing the physical appearance of matter through Magnetic Atoms. One experiment looked very promising as it was done by an ‘ordinary’ guy like you and me. I’m trying to see what art project I can steam from this. Process seems simple enough but I have to really look into it. From the research article it says that Pier Luigi Ighina simply created an electromagnetic field in the magnetic atoms in the piece of matter would take on the vibratory rate of the electromagnetic field and he could easily change it.

The various colours and shapes of matter are due to alterations in the vibration of the atoms that compose it. For example, if a flower has a basic atomic pulsation of 1000, and its external atoms get in touch with other atoms like those of light, heat, gas, etc. the latter change the former’s vibration to 1000.01, 1000.02 which correspond to the colours and shape of the matter. Upon this discovery he made a scale of alterations which showed him that when he would reach a pulsation of 1001, the matter would transform. He classified different categories of atoms: reproductive atoms, motionless atoms, non reproductive atoms, semi reproductive atoms, permanent reproductive atoms, and so on. source

I think his science is “Key” to understanding some of the many ancient philosophical teachings that have been given to us. For example sacred geometry is simply geometry that has taken on vibration. Vibration here is also key in the creation of sacred geometry. Reality is just a prism of shape and color, and if we are able to change the physical appearance of matter just by adjusting its vibratory rate, then this really backs up that reality is an illusion.

Blog, Ideas

Hair Style

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Depending when I am invited to the interview in PA. I will need to get a haircut soon. I’m debating whether or not to get it cut here in MA or in PA at the last place I went to. Gonna go for an edgier look. Fluffy wavy hair isn’t cutting it for me anymore. Neither is long hair in my eyes.I’ve been inspired by “scene” hair. I think its’ similar to what I’ve been getting, but a bit edgier. Not gonna go all out with colors since I have to look professional. I’ve been struggling with my hair all my life. I am not very high maintenance and run far away about the thought of doing something that takes a lot of styling. 😛

The picture to the left is Kiki Kannibal apparently she’s a model in the scene styles. But she and I have a very similar face shape. I’ve also had bad luck with hairstylists and am always nervous whenever they cut my hair as the styles never really turn out the way I asked :-/ but that’s currently what’s inspiring me right now!

 

Awesome blog on scene hair I’ve been looking at: http://scenehair.tumblr.com

Design, Ideas, Inspiration, Theory, Visual World

Visual Language

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One of my long-ish term projects that I’ve been thinking about is creating a visual language that would be aesthetically pleasing as well.

Regular Languages are practical for many reasons, but wouldn’t it be nice to convey the same information in a more pleasingly manor? The language can be read by all even those who cannot read practical languages…despite having an information recall disability languages fascinate me.

It would also be good for those who are aesthetic learners, people who learn things via visual means. A linguist, Richard Brodie, developed a glyph system that took the english language and added color to it and he called it; Chromaphonoglyphics.

Even the social media icons can be seen as a type of visual language system. In esotericism there is a geometrical language given to us from the ancient Vedas called the Tattwas. Tattwa are geometric images from India. they are  symbols  that can be used in mandala.  One of the most traditional symbol sets and one considered to have innate power to effect realization is by using  Tattwa. These simple geometric symbols can be used in  meditation.

I was then thinking about how other things are conveyed in a compact manor.

I somehow ran across floor medallions and thought that their style would be perfect for conveying a lot of information in a compact space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So like the center could be the main idea of the story and the surrounding elements could tell details of the story. Perhaps using philosopher, Keyserling’s logic about brain coherence might be interesting to work with.