ByGiora Carmi
The pain was strong and unrelenting. I decided to paint it. In the stage in which it was a drawing only, it expressed the craziness and strength of the pain quite effectively. When I added the colors the effect became somewhat weaker. The power of lines to affect the areas that they point at, was…
ByGiora Carmi
I prepared many colors that were to go into many shapes. But when the painting got to this point, I knew it was finished. There is an area where most of the colors are concentrated. From there, spreading to all directions, this pattern of things-added-to-things, where there are no filled-in colors, goes on beyond the…
ByGiora Carmi
One day before, according to the Gregorian calendar, I am 70. A good friend asked me how does it feel, and I did not have anything special to say. It feels like something lived in this body, that is never the same body, and this body is almost transparent, it is not real. It floats…
ByRobyn Harris
Last week I started sharing some of the things that I’ve found helpful when I start to slip into stress and overwhelm. Below are some further thoughts on this: Having trained in a range of energy therapies I am very fortunate to be able to draw on these when I feel triggered and emotionally raw. …
ByGiora Carmi
I called it “The Family.” This is what I thought when I made it. I started with the figure in black, which is the man. Then the child in brown, leaning at the man and I felt then that I wanted to add the woman in pink. The man is frightening. He wears a gown,…
ByRobyn Harris
Last week I talked about some of the challenges that I’ve been facing after taking on the care of ‘Dakota Horse’. If you’ve read some of my other recent posts you might remember that we’re currently also in the middle of selling up and moving house! This is not only about our home, but also…
ByGiora Carmi
The drawing was done at 10pm, the painting – in the morning after. It is like a very big puppet. The head is too big and heavy in the composition. The mechanism is old. It stood outside in the rain and plants started growing on it in some places. You can almost hear the clunking…
ByGiora Carmi
For a few days I did not make many paintings in my daily working on myself, as I used to do. It felt that I was doing a lot with each one and needed some space between them. This is a painting I started very late at night, finished in the morning and wrote about…
ByGiora Carmi
I have been doing a series of drawings about desire. It just came up and I let it be. Here is one more painting about desire. But desire is becoming more and more beautiful. And here I am starting to know about the way of coming out of addictions, if this is what you want…
ByGiora Carmi
I am moved Because it is beautiful for me Meaning, Something from home Love coming through There is an external story Of shapes doing Like, maybe, a tree grows on a rock Maybe it is turning into a monster Doing strange things But inside In a one two three rhythm We go from total darkness…
ByCatherine Green
My first exploration of mindfulness and meditation involved the use of crystals for healing therapy. Many years ago, I wandered into a beautiful angel themed holistic shop in Looe, Cornwall, and I bought the Crystal Bible by Judy Hall. I had previously bought a crystal healing starter set that included seven tumblestones to represent the…
ByGiora Carmi
Sometime during the night and early in the morning I painted the pain. Here it is. Then, in the morning, I heard a program on the radio in which a social psychologist (Ellen Langer) talked about her finding that it is our beliefs that determine the outcome that we experience. For example, if I do…