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Zen Art explores the connections between abstract expressionistic modern art, Zen-art, philosophy, and poetry and ways in which Zen relates to the modern field of expressive art therapy. Showcased are monoprints,monotypes and intaglio etchings by the author. Illustrated are the laws of sacred geometry, color, and contrast to create meaningful, nonfigurative compositions.
The process of refining visual building blocks in abstract expressionism mimics the process of attaining enlightenment according to Tao teachings in which judgment needs to be suspended and any thought is to be questioned. While a representational image imitates a slice of life that has been frozen in time, abstract artmaking mimics the path of enlightenment taken by an aspirant from a process point of view.
Art imitates life as the artist needs to first explore and discover the unique talent. After the emergence of a personal voice, transformation takes place. Epiphanies and accidental mistakes work synergistically with new explorations that lead to new discoveries and synchronicities. An individual set of visual tools can be likened to musical instruments that play an infinite amount of tunes consisting of space, shapes, textures, gestures, color fields, and movements coalescing in an interplay between light and dark to express the artist’s emotions, struggles, discoveries, and aspirations. The resulting images become a doorway to the soul, and viewers bring their own associations to bear as these visual symphonies unfold.
Images are accompanied by short Zen proverbs with messages of clarity, realization, lightness, bliss, and sense of connection. Among the famous authors are Rumi, Krishnamurti, Ram Dass, Buddha, Bodhidharma, Paramahansa Yogananda, Ramana Maharishi, Swami Vivekananda, Kahlil Gibran, Lao-tsu, Osho,Tessho, Lin Yutang, Basho, and others.
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