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spiritus — breath, spirit, vital principle, vigor, agency
numinous • daimonic • preternatural
24in x 36in. / 60.96cm x 91.44cm. Acrylic on canvas. February 2014.
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harbinger
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27.5in x 35.5in / 70cm x 90cm. Acrylic on canvas. Repaint. January 2013.
the be(e)
The complex figure suspended in the void is both static and psychoactive. The head floats freely in the head-space of a bee, the body and wings of which integrate
with the human form whose fingers sensitively monitor liquid flows of vital essence, honey perhaps, solidified beneath his feet, delimiting his path.
This piece was created during a time of intense crisis and remained preternatural for several weeks, moving and communicating whenever I engaged it.
For a write-up on this, see Krittika Nakshatra, a January 2013 brief, where
"The Be(e)" is presented as an illustration.
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27.5in x 35.5in / 70cm x 90cm. Acrylic on canvas. 2011.
the daimon
a depiction of the daimon (Gk.) or genius (L)
referring to the divine inborn nature presenting
here in a horse showing multiple orientations united
at center where soul or host personality is seen
For a brief essay on the daimon, see Daimon, Genius: Character, Calling, and Transcendence.
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.5in x 22.25in dia / 1.27cm x 56.5cm dia. Acrylic on plywood. March 2012.
Catharsis
Time has stopped
connections dropped
dilating, a receptive cone
expanding inward — alone
no need to rush, no row to hoe
for that which seemed to just before
is not of matter anymore.
And falls away my old attachment,
decathected, laid to rest,
a willing abnegation, yes,
but also loss, a meaning less,
a sense of failure and regret,
persona death, inflated breast
which gentle ursus claws to bone
and calls to Hekate Chthonia
for reconstruction and rebirth.
Catharsis is complete
when rises deep from silence vast
an inner force of lilith cast
sublimity renewing
seeing hearing doing
time again engaged
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catharsis
1803, from Latinized form of Gk. katharsis "purging, cleansing," from kathairein "to purify, purge," from
katharos "pure, clear of dirt, clean, spotless; open, free; clear of shame or guilt; purified," with most of the extended senses now
found in Modern English clear, clean, pure, of unknown origin. Originally
medical in English; of emotions from 1872; psychotherapy sense first recorded 1909, in Brill's translation of Freud.
Catharsis
Online Etymology Dictionary. Accessed 24 February 2012.
katharós [catharus]
(a primitive word) – properly, "without admixture" (BAGD); what is separated (purged), hence "clean" (pure) because unmixed (without
undesirable elements); (figuratively) spiritually clean because purged (purified by God), i.e. free from the contaminating (soiling)
influences of sin.
2513. katharos
Strong's Greek: 2513. Accessed 24 February 2012. | |
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16in x 20in / 40.6cm x 50.8cm. Acrylic on canvas. March 2012.
Mila, the Optimist
Be kind, writes Plato, for everyone you meet is
fighting a hard battle. Sunday, pierced and bloodied,
weary, forlorn of hope, failed in so many ways,
bone cold, too numbed to speak i cast it all aside
to paint. I had begun a numinous piece two
days before and thought i would work on that some more
but instead, a wondrous being took her place, took shape
on my canvas, pulling me from wretched spit
to ethereal light. Today she said her name. | |
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32in x 40in / 81.28cm x 101.6cm. Acrylic on canvas. 2011.
the transformation
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16in x 20in / 40.6cm x 50.8cm; acrylic on canvas. 2012.
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Kallisto
Beautiful nymph companion of Artemis vows to remain a virgin,
hunt in the mountains, shun the company of men, but Zeus finds
her desirable and falls in love, sleeps with her disguised as Artemis
(some say Apollo, brother of Artemis), and then, pregnant, Kallisto is
changed into a bear (here the tale takes different paths) by Zeus, who
wants to hide his love and save her from his wife Hera's jealous rage; by
Hera, who angrily transforms Kallisto, then persuades Artemis to slay her;
or by Artemis, who, observing the signs of pregnancy when Kallisto disrobes
to bathe with the other nymphs, seeks to punish her for the loss of virginity. 1 | |
bear medicine conveys
strength stamina renewal
patience discernment wisdom
introspection dreaming healing
meditation vision shamanic journey
intuition inner-knowing transformation
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20in x 26in / 52cm x 66cm. Acrylic on canvas. 2009.
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medicine bear
1974 age 24 just yesterday and a lifetime ago a drop about 200µg of clinically pure
lsd on a quarter inch square of notebook paper secreted from a lab studying the effects —
dissolved on the tongue too late now said my friend some tension some dread i should go i inferred yes you should my friend said
north vancouver island a cold winter night long drifts and piled snow all around crunches sharply beneath my feet the road recently plowed
walking in moonlit darkness alone unknown lonely frightened confused when the dog emerges from the void
a guide and guardian she reassures me leads me forward deeper into darkness speaks with every dog who challenges our passage silencing each in turn
she is several paces ahead of me when [ scene changes instantly ] off to the right in autumn forest i encounter (the numinous:) two wrestling bears near great bear woman floating
in mid air and deep inside me she says we want you to be a healer — (this hierophany:) an unequivocal calling the implications of which i did not comprehend just then [ scene ends ]
back on the road the dog and i come to a frozen lake where i rest for a spell while she scouts the perimeter and partway home much later she nuzzles
me goodbye i say thank you my friend and she turns returns to the night
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BEAR GODS AND GODDESSES (or associated with bear):
Artemis, Diana, Andarta, Artaius, Artio, Hu Nonp, Jambavantha, Kaiti, Kim-un Kamui, Rksavaktra...
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27in x 39in / 68.6cm x 99cm. Acrylic, latex, india ink on burlap. 2007.
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the buck
spirito primitivo
o mighty buck
i draw you
call your name
to run as one
o mighty buck
to feel your
thundering heart
your fierce vitality
impassioned free
driving out
conflicting thought
to absolute simplicity
o mighty buck
i let them go
extinguish predilections so
running seeing
open lo
becoming
spiritus mundi
o mighty buck | |
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12in x 36in / 30.5cm x 91.5cm. Acrylics on canvas. 2011.
internal review
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