yoga series: in prayer, mixed media, 67 x 64 IN
Going through my stacks I’m struck by how many of my paintings are about meditation or prayer. Most of my work is inward looking.
When I was a kid I was fascinated with drawing eyes. I spent hours and hours drawing eyes because I wanted to know what was behind them, inside, going on beneath what was visible. It should not be a surprise to me when looking at the mountain of canvas and paper in my studio that most is populated with images of inward looking. I’m still working on what’s behind those eyes, it seems.
Once, in Bali, Budi told me that the high priests were in prayer all of the time. Their whole lives were dedicated to constant prayer. Seeing how I was struck by his comment he added that all people are in prayer all of the time, they just don’t know it. “Thought is prayer,” he said. “The high priests know it so they guide their thought and pray for peace. Most people spend their life praying about their troubles.”
read Kerri’s thoughts on IN PRAYER
yoga series: in prayer ©️ 2014 david robinson
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