our RELATIONSHIP with nature
From the moment I wake up I begin plotting my journey
Whether conscious, or sub-conscious, the idea that my entire life I am on route to a destination
All of these voyages, short or long, are all fueled by either desire or repulsion
If I desire something:
lying in bed, in the morning, and craving a coffee
I don’t even have to think that hard and the route is set.
I leave point A (the warm and comfy bed) and move towards point B (the coffee maker)
All done right?
Well yes, for that one route.
Now the Point B (the coffee maker) becomes Point A
And I begin the cycle again.
And depending on the time, place, mood, and how my desires or fears manifest in that situation
the next journey is made.
If there is a job to go to, a certain destination is set verses if it is a day at the beach
the next little journey is planned and off I go.
hopping in the shower or gathering beach towels
the adventure begins .
This is what I do
throughout the day all day every day
trying to get some where
get to my destination, or transversely enjoy the destination
At times my pace is relaxed, beautiful and fun
And other times it is stressful, ugly and fearful
Now in a life of journeys or destinations my concern over whether I feel joy or pain fluctuates
And trying to control how I feel during my journeys feels like trying to bail out my sinking row boat with a colander
Try as I might, scooping water out of my sinking ship, I am still going under
The idea of a life lived from point A to Point B moves beyond physical destinations and starting points
Underneath it all there are emotional and intellectual destinations and journeys that I have created long before the physical course has been plotted.
My desires or fears have been manifested into action plans
The journey to abundance, peace, happiness, love
or its opposite
the journey from, scarcity, chaos, sadness, apathy
very quickly become broken down and actions, to be taken in the physical world, are assigned
my journeys fall into two categories
moving to something (desire)
or away from something (fear)
Even if that desire or fear has a physical manifestation or not.
Now good people please allow me to introduce you to:
Point C
or
the moment when the journey
between Point A to Point B is
paused
Driving home at the end of a long day and becoming mesmerized by the setting sun
Stepping out of the grocery store and becoming transfixed by the patterns of birds flying above
Checking for mail and freezing at the sight of a looming unrecognizable shadow
welcome to
Point C
a moment when the world at large,
the universe,
abstract infinite,
god
Nature
however you would describe it
communicates directly
At some point along my journey I have ceased to travel along the path and reacting to:
roadblocks (things that are slowing appear to be keeping me from reaching point B)
or shortcuts (things that are aiding me to reach point B)
and
have began interacting directly with the universe
A conversation is occurring
beyond language
I am so intent on listening
That the journey stops
I have become immersed in the moment
Point C is everything
All that there ever was
Since the beginning
the journey and the destination
Point A to Point B is my Karma
the human condition
the meaning of life
Point C
is a moment when the “I” disappears
there is no time to reflect on what is occurring
there is nothing to reflect
And this is where painting gets involved
the foundation of what I am doing when I go out with my easel is so intrinsically tied to Point C
These paintings, my work, are the moments of Point C
Finding the foundational visual elements of the scene that have ignited the shift into point C within me
and
Bolstering those shapes of colour and putting them onto a canvas, to ignite within the viewer, a shifting into Point C
In this way these paintings done in the moment of Point C are not mere recordings of a place or time
But become a
tool
a tool to activate in the viewer the times when they are in direct conscious communication with the universe
Point C
Travelling out into the world
keeping myself open
Painting on the canvas
a shorthand of vision
that has one express purpose
To activate in the viewer a moment
Outside of a journey or destination
a time in between our struggles and joys of life
a place in between
here
and
there
