ByGiora Carmi
One of us complained about a headache. It was the evening talk on a retreat. We all sat around our master. And it was way into the night. When he finished talking this friend raised his hand and complained. Your headache is just a wandering thought, the master said. I don’t remember what was spoken…
ByGiora Carmi
Did a drawing this morning. This morning was a slow one. I woke up at four, drank tea with milk and stayed in bed, sitting with the backing of the couch’s pillow, and the meditation cushion supporting my head. I listened to Rupert Spira talking for a few minutes about how, after awakening, the allure…
ByGiora Carmi
The knowledge that does not fit in the shape Requires a mouth that is shut for now The joy of expanding Like children in a school break Running out to the yard Is like an eye that is open to the ocean The face that will not be intact any more Collapses because of an…
ByGiora Carmi
At first I thought this was going to be a boring drawing with no emotions, no story and nothing happens. As I worked on it, it felt almost like a drawing that came from thinking. But it didn’t. I find it interesting now. It has a story. The story is whispered. Boiled down to the…
ByJoan Jacobs
A large part of the metastasis was extensive edema in the upper body. The edema was spread out as islands of cancer cell secretion, Most in the abdominal cavity. It was not an option to remove it surgically because it was so spread out And of fear to cause damage to internal organs. Her thirty…
ByGiora Carmi
There is some discrepancy between the right side and the left side of the picture. The left is loose and hardly organized. It looks like something that is falling apart. The right is better organized, but it is losing some of its order by the pressure and movement that come from the left. The right…
ByRobyn Harris
A perfect storm is an event in which a rare combination of circumstances drastically aggravates the event. The term is used by analogy to an unusually severe storm that results from a rare combination of meteorological phenomena. (Wikipedia) Have you ever found yourself in a situation where one thing after another seems to be going against you? It can really zap…
ByGiora Carmi
For a while animals have been sneaking into my drawings. My drawings were supposed to be abstract but the animals insisted. And now this bird came. I know what it means. A children’s book wants to come into my world. I used to be a graphic designer and an illustrator. I became…
ByGiora Carmi
If this is a person, then his head looks as if it is planning something. But when you go down to the body, you find it quite emotional. My sense of structure cried out for some stability and this is why the pencil frames appeared, as building blocks that provide some stable interpretation of what…
ByCatherine Green
Do you remember your happiest moments in life? What about your worst moments? Who stood by you during those times, experiencing both the joys and the sorrows? I can imagine that those answers vary greatly, and each provide our unique experience in life and death. Because that is the point of it all, isn’t it?…
ByGiora Carmi
Many times I told the story to amazed friends: When you are born in Israel, the manliest man from your family hangs an army helmet 6 feet above the ground in your room, and you have to grow into it. Of course it is not true. But in a symbolic way it is true. You…
ByGiora Carmi
These are nerves, and the flow of life. The dots are the mysterious spots of light on the flow of life. If you take those lights away, the nerves will only follow their usual routines for habitual actions. But when you put the spots of happiness in, the nerves and the flow of life become…