At the end of 2008 I started to paint in
Switzerland again.
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Hanging
Option 1 |
It fascinates me that my Mandalas have
transformed a lot. Already in NZ the sacred geometric works
changed into Earth Grids mid year 2008. This new style allows
each painting to be hung in 8 different ways (earlier ones in
2 ways only). In all positions the work is perfectly
harmonious but has a different expression, challenge and joy
in each position.
In Switzerland, for me, an even more
beautiful new dynamic unfolded: Trilogies!
Three paintings being painted in
conjunction, so to speak. Being one but separated, which can
be hung in lots of different ways. The movement, the dynamic
of existence, the ever-changing patterns of life seem to me
wishes to be expressed more in my recent works. Freeing from
limitation, from set mental and energy pattern! They all come
into being from the eternal stillness, motionlessness of
space.
If the paintings are able to be hung in so
many different positions and always “work”, always are
harmonious, they challenge us mentally, emotionally,
physically as well as spiritually to free ourselves.
Supporting us to go beyond our limitations, to open us to the
new, the unexpected. What an enhancement! Enrichment of our
consciousness, beyond imagination if I trust and experience it
myself.
This beautiful process makes me smile,
dance, rejoice in the unfolding of the multitude of life. It
is my soul-deep commitment in opening myself up to new ways of
living.
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Hanging Option 2 |
I finished the trilogy for my lovely mother
on my last stay in Basel but the triangular trilogy (3 equal
sided triangles each one can be hung in 6 different positions)
waits until I return to Switzerland early 2010.
I did bring 4 of these 60cm base equal
sided triangle canvases to NZ and I am working on them,
listening to their message and their playfulness, funkiness
and depth. I have been interested in what an "external" form
triggers within me… with what innate wisdom it resonates, what
new doors to awareness it opens.
I am curious myself where they lead me to,
the triangles, the hexagons and the octagons. Already now I
feel a (small!) quantum leap - within my consciousness, in the
sense of more love, joy, wisdom, understanding, awareness and
compassion.
For me, this is one of my contributions to
a more balanced world, more loving energy, activating healing
and impacting on the planet and the relationship amongst
people. This is from my understanding of life as inextricably
linked: the healing and expanding consciousness of each single
being radiates balancing vibration to the whole.
Now back home in NZ the free form paintings
are flowing more easily than in Switzerland. This is
also due to the fact that I have more freedom here to work
outside, following the voice of the canvas and whatever wishes
to happen. However, it is also an expression of the feminine
energy I experience in New Zealand complemented by the rather
male energy I feel in Switzerland.
It is this lovely yin-yang balance I
anticipate and appreciate so much. I find crucial and
personally enriching that each of us opens up to re-uniting
the male/female energy poles within ourselves. I am certain it
is the core of our holistic health on an individual as well as
universal level. |
