“Blake Was Constrained”
Blake was constrained by time and place to be a miniaturist. What would he have done as a Pollock – his hand as free as his Spirit?
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“Seeing Through the Eye”
Blake wrote of seeing “not with but through the eye.” And that is how I look at every sufferer. From my Deep Self through my eye, then into and through his eye to his Deep Self.
“A Happy Abstract”
“[A] happy Abstract, known by all his Friends as the most innocent forgetter of his own Interests.” -- Blake writing of his young friend Johnny Johnson A happy Abstract – what a wonderful phrase for an
“I Read Blake and Feel the Spirit”
Of all the paintings and poetry I have ever examined, Blake's have by far the highest Life Energy, because of his devotion to the realm of the Spirit. As Catherine, his wife, said of him: “I
“Read Blake, Behold Blake”
Read Blake, behold Blake – and have now an Intimation of Paradise, an Instance of God. Know in your heart his Inspiration, the Spirit that Inspired him. Now look anywhere, at anything, at anyone, and Know
“My Purpose on Earth”
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?”
Why did Blake write? Because so was he Guided.
“To Paint from the Soul”
To paint from the Soul, not the mind, is to paint for the viewer to find his Soul.
“Why Did I Paint That?”
“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
“Jackson Pollock Dances”
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.