The Circle of Life
"At every level, physical, subtle and causal, there are invisible patterns of unity and oneness interconnecting all the worlds."
- Hans Jenny
This series records the attention being placed, and placed again, using ink applied to paper. By the brush consistently following the breath, absorbed in the gesture, stability is found within the exhale. The work focuses on recording each aware second as it arrives…a document of one present moment after another.
Noticeably throughout the series the smallest variations within the repetitions create fields of unintended pattern. Physics however tells us there is a constant tendency for patterns to emerge. Observing this, these fields create a spacious ambiguity which allows infinite possibilities.
This placing focused attention is a method of opening to these larger contexts of internal spaciousness. In this way painting becomes a method of meditation.