Magnets
Description: Shamata roughly translates to "peaceful abiding." It is one of the terms you learn when learning the meditation tradition based on the Shambhala Meditation path, which Chogyam Trungpa laid the groundwork for. For me, the path of Shambhala was intended to be part of a group to meditate and release stress back in 2012 simply. Instead, I went through a rabbit hole of richness and wisdom and unintentionally recreated my overall self, so much so that it seeped through my art for a while.
Description: This is a story about...well..anything the viewer chooses it to be. During my personal creative process, I've learned that mindlessly creating pen and ink pictures can invoke some exciting images with little effort. It's a pleasure to employ a sense of randomness for the viewer to use his/her imagination to what it may entail.
Description: Our minds conjure many exciting and dreadful ideas about ourselves and the world as soon as we develop consciousness. Every waking day of our existence, our minds are harmonizing and warring simultaneously with reality. As we age and mature, some ideas and fantasies become casualties of our mind war. Those cloud casualties may be a blessing in disguise. The evaporating thoughts are meant to cease somewhat so we can be more at peace with ourselves before exiting from this present world.
Description: Gouache and watercolors bleed and clash, but this is not a conflict. Lines and patterns create boundaries, sometimes overlap, but no territory can be claimed. The unconscious being manifested on paper to create some identity for itself, but it's non-existence and changes often like clouds that pass through the open sky. The “Builder” suggests a moment’s pause and enjoy what is right in front of you.
Description: "Between You & Me" is a large abstract work on Stonehenge paper. This was one of the final works I created with wax pastels and took a break from art shortly(2010). Uploading the work, I must have really been trying to process ways to communicate better. Not only that, it felt(at that time) I was putting my trust into to wrong people. It is something that happens to all of us. It's how we learn, mature and learn to grow.
