Facets of a Diamond – Blog

My purpose on earth, I believe, is to teach that all is an Instance of God.

And my teaching must start with myself.

Why did Blake write?
Because so was he Guided.

To paint from the Soul,
not the mind,
is to paint for the viewer
to find his Soul.

“There are reasons of the heart of which Reason knows nothing.” 

— Pascal

Why did I paint just that, just there, just then? I don’t know. (And the less representational a painting is, the less superficial the explanation for it.)

There are reasons of the Soul of which my mind knows nothing.

You might think that Jackson Pollock’s movements when flinging the paint would be awkward – even violent. But look at the films of him in action: he’s dancing! There is rhythm and flow; there is grace.

My canvas is much, much smaller – no room for my body to dance – but when I look at

I love to fling and drip the paint, thanks to Jackson Pollock. But there is a problem with that technique, which perhaps was his personal problem. He rarely actually touched the canvas with his stick or brush. No actual contact, no intimacy. Perhaps he painted that way to avoid the intimacy, but I miss it.

The

I speak of writer vs. author,
musician vs. performer,
conductor vs. maestro,
painter vs. artist.

What of healer?
Is healer vs. dealer?

The essence of them all seems to be:
altruist vs. selfist.

You ask about me being guided to paint. I would say I’m guided to heal through painting: my painting for others, then helping them to paint for others.

All guidance for altruistic art, whatever the particular form of the Creativity.

“I have very little of Mr. Blake’s company; he is always in Paradise.” 

— Catherine Blake

To invoke Amida Buddha with Pure Faith is to be instantly transported by Her to the Free Land, to Heaven on earth.

Blake saw “a Heaven in a Wild Flower,” for his life was dedicated to Pure Faith.

Well, I’m not one for a dress code. But when a man comes to see me – urgently – for help to stave off the divorce his wife is threatening, I am surprised when he arrives in sandals, shorts, Hawaiian shirt and cowboy hat!

That’s how serious he was about saving his marriage.

That’s why his wife