From The Ryan James Gallery Facebook Page:
Rainbow Mandala Wall and Performance Area
Paper breaks Scissors
I upgraded to new fancy titanium blades with molded handle scissors at Utrecht Art Supplies and found out they’ve been bought by Blick. Hmmmm…
I’m still working on my “SELF”
Down to the wire, now, my friends. I’m curious to see if I’ll pull this all off. 🙂
Artist at work – Karah Pino, MAcOM
I’m not sure why I insist on using my fingers when working with charcole…they always crack and bleed, but I am getting more savvy about using a Chamois…or paper towel in this case. — at Sacred Shadow Studio for the Mind Unwind June Exhibit.
“Vitalize the Mind” wall panels are 60″inch by 8 feet panels based on a Taoist Talisman from the 7th century. The two panels will be flanking a permanent meditator carved from a column of light and the shadow created by it on the wall..
Still need to figure out how to make the wall panels movable so the doors they will be hiding can be accessed easily.
Learn more about the Sacred Shadow Self exhibit,
by reading the complete Artist Statement:
From Vipassana, QiGong Practitioners, Yogis and Yoginis to Kirtan Performers and other Meditation Practitioners to share your sacred practice in a sacred space for the benefit of people curious about meditation and interested in learning more about meditation.
Please read the complete Artist Statement for more information. You are encouraged to bring brochures or other informational materials to leave behind throughout the month long exhibition.
Please fill out the form below to share your Sacred Self!
Blessings, Metta and Namaste,
Playing with light and shadows is pretty fun!
Can’t wait to see how it turns out at Mind Unwind this June. I hope you enjoy exploring the space of the Sacred Shadow as if a 2 year old, in divine celebration of being in the world. Hope to see you there!
media: paper, light, refractions and shadows
performance: mindfulness, qigong, yoga, chanting, singing bowls,
and other meditative arts
Artist Karah Pino, MAcOM transforms the Mind Unwind Gallery with live meditation performances, a paper installation and multiple interacting light sources giving viewers a chance to play the game of shadow finding, observing the effect of shadows and light to bring a new awareness of the space we are in. Playing with your sacred shadow self is a reminder that you are in the world of substance, you are more than your thoughts and feelings, but also matter interacting with the materiality of what exists around you.
I hope you enjoy exploring the space of the Sacred Shadow as a 2-year-old does,
in divine celebration of being in the world.
with
Mind Unwind Gallery
– West Seattle-
media: paper, light, refractions and shadows
performance: mindfulness, qigong, yoga, chanting, singing bowls,
and other meditative arts
“We are all a precious child of creator and as such our shadow is also a sacred part of our selves as the precious children of the holy people our ancestors in the context of the natural order in the universe.”
I first heard the term Sacred Shadow Self in a conversation with Navajo Wisdom Keeper, Patricia Anne Davis. My son was 2 years old and just learning about the magic of shadows. Patricia and I were watching Alvin playing with his shadow when Patricia explained to me how the Navajo word for shadow conveyed the entire concept she described as the Sacred Shadow Self. In the indigenous worldview all life is sacred. As such, a shadow cast by a living being between the Sun and the Earth is also sacred. In this way, the Sacred Shadow of the Self is a result of being in the world of substance.
Vitalize the Brain Concept Sketch
In this show I wanted to give participants the opportunity to experience their own sacred shadow self through performance and light. The experience of observing the sacredness of meditative moments in experienced meditators trained in the art of meditation gives viewers the opportunity to join in the meditation by building their observer mind. The observer mind is the practice of being mindful and present in awareness while remaining calm, non-reactive and non-judgemental. – Read the Complete Artist Statement here
Sacred Tree Shadows Concept Sketch
Karah Pino 