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The Edge of the Unknown

9/6/2021

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"The Edge of the Unknown" - acrylic on Yupo, 11 x 14.  Available here and at Artfinder.

"We cannot cling to any secure, habitual stance - either separateness or togetherness, dependence of independence, attachment or detachment.  Thus being genuinely present and intimate with another person forces is to live on the edge of the unknown. - JOHN WELWOOD, Journey of the Heart

I am trying not to cling.

The older I become, the more I see that all the habitual stances provide a false sense of stability, security, safety.  Whether those stances are thoughts, expectations, well-worn patterns or what-have-yous, they don't actually make anything more solid.

And so I am trying to wrap my thoughts around not wrapping my thoughts around anything. The world is a big ol' change machine, and the more comfortable I become with floating, the more peaceful (and happy) I will become.

Easier said than done, but the girl's got goals. 
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The Edge of the Unknown
In the studio, a week of letting the paint dictate the art felt like a long exhale.  Wooooooosh.  Like this piece, which began with some watery layers on Yupo and then looking for the shapes within the paint.  Seeing the floating woman immediately, I smiled.  The art, it seems, wants to express my thoughts.

The color palette is swiped from a photograph.  The ethereal trees are carved into the paint, painted over with veils of transparent washes, then lightly and loosely (sort of) painted again with a chopstick dipped in titanium white.  The hard edged rectangles keep her from becoming unmoored within the painting.  She floats, but she won't float away.   
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Dotty Seiter link
9/6/2021 05:56:28 pm

Oh, those pesky habitual stances! Mine are, of course, at complete odds with this big ol' world of change. So, like you, I'm aiming to make floating my practice. How's that workin' for me, you ask? Stay tuned!

The hard edged rectangles in your painting: brilliant!

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lola (jen)
9/9/2021 08:08:43 pm

Dotty! I will stay tuned to see how your floating practice is working. Mine is very awkward...like a giraffe learning to leap from one cloud to the next. A lot of missed steps! ha ha!

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