No 19 - Creating Calm: How Meditative Mark-Making Enhances Your Art Practice
- Aug 29, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 18
For the last two years, each of my works begins with a mark-making practice that serves as both meditation and a stream of consciousness. Using black ink on fragile tissue paper, I created an unknown language and mysterious symbols that arrived in 2022.
I've always been drawn to Indigenous shamanic art. In many cultures, dots are employed in artistic expression to signify various aspects of life, nature, and spirituality. For instance, they are used to represent the Dreamtime, creation stories, mythology, ancestral journeys, sacred landscapes, and the connections between the physical and spiritual realms.
Each dot holds a universe of significance, providing a profound connection to both the physical and spiritual realms, which deeply informs my creative process.
Read more about my creative process - HERE
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