two marks

“two marks……” by pam schader

just juried an art exhibit for artists who are blind.
some are legally blind and can see a minute amount & use technology to enhance their sight, but a couple of the 154 artists were totally blind.
someone asked me,
“WHY WOULD THEY DO ART IF THEY CAN’T SEE IT?”

wow, that speaks volumes; and the answer right there in the question.
it is the doing, the doing, the process.
it is called CREATIVE PROCESS. PROCESS.
imagine the joy we would have if we DID this without the infernal habit of looking at it!
if it was for the expression, not for the product.
no criterion. no judging, editing, critique.

the healing is in the process.
the just being with it.
the Tao.
the core of life.
THE WAY TO DO IS TO BE.

we are in the ultimate relationship; that is the one with ourselves.
the one we are with in our studio when everyone else leaves. The one waiting, calling from our hearts. the one who dies when we refuse that small voice.

John Cage said. “when you start working, everybody is in your studio – the past, your friends, enemies, the art world and above all, your own ideas. But as you continue, they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if you’re lucky, even
you leave.”

without overarching expectations, prejudices, judgments, biases, assumptions, labels, fears, we can be open to making Original art….open to the creative process… the universal phenomenon which baffles, stymies, yet unrelentingly draws us into its labyrinth of discovery and gratification.

THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS IN INTEGRAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A CONSCIOUS LIVING UNIVERSE. MOMENT BY MOMENT WE ARE IN CONSTANT, INTIMATE AND
CO-CREATIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPIRIT OF PLACE, TIME & SPACE.”

Creativity is intrinsic to our lives…we are breathing…we are ready.

“Two marks…..cry out for a third…..” - Robert Motherwell