45/ dust to gold

Found a quote I'd saved:

Those who turn dust to gold by their

gaze, could they also glance at me

from the corner of their eyes?

Hafiz, I think

it was in my mind while I made this new one

44/ all my books

Realised I'd not posted all 5 of my books in one place:

Images from the I Ching was the first, with 64 paintings

of the hexagrams, I also wrote the words, there's a foreword

by Ralph Metzner, it was published by Craftsman House.

The next 3 were in collaboration with Bryce Courtenay,

he's a dear friend & a very well known author here.

The first edition of A Recipe for Dreaming had my paintings,

As did The Family Frying Pan ~ plus drawings,

while the 2nd edition of A Recipe for Dreaming has my

altered photos. It was published by Penguin, & is still

available; all can be found at used book sellers

in Australia, I expect.

& the latest one Burning Questions I did with Isaac Shapiro,

it has mostly my paintings (as above), also some photos.

You can see more pages & purchase here, or on Isaac's website.

42/ appear-ing

It's a bit of a mystery, how much to say about what

motivates these images. In fact they just happen; initially

the thought was about how things appear to emerge,

all overlaid with travels in asia where time seems to

emerge in amazing layers.

Is it possible to suggest the

Unchanging in an unchanging form?

41/ standing

Sometimes the day seems to influence the light

in what I'm working on, but for this it was sunny when I began,

& grey as I finished; also the light in Laos is different,

that's where these elegant statues are.

Also the screen is different again, super bright.

40/ leafing

leaf-ing meditation

& another .. gold leafing.

37/ still appearing

Doing this the day before 21st: Judgement Day.

did it happen, were you saved, who judged??

36/ meditations

Yesterday Gerhard taught me some new tricks,

I finished off some pictures with them, such fun.

have been doing something similar by hand, more or less,

but these tools suggest new approaches too

the main problem is to not be in front of the screen

all day & night.

however tomorrow is the predicted day of judgement..

damn, I guess that means no power..

weird, really, that one group expects to be 'saved'

for the beliefs they have learnt.