Transcript Document 7715708

Embracing Paradox
Inspiration
“…spirituality is about being big enough to embrace
paradox. We need to be detached, but we need to be
fully here and now in the drama of life. We need to be
self-disciplined, yet act spontaneously. We need to make
our own effort, but also to realize that we do nothing. We
need to differentiate good from bad, yet go beyond both.
We need to think in new spiritual ways, yet to know that
all thoughts are just concepts. We need to cultivate
compassion and relieve suffering, but to also understand
that everything is perfect just the way it is.
Spiritual Traditions
Timothy Freke
Prayers
“Don’t say ‘I am nothing’, but
don’t say ‘I am something.’
Don’t say ‘Nothing concerns
me, but don’t say ‘Something
concerns me.’ Just say ‘Allah’
– and you will witness
wonders.”
“How can all things be
Sudi Ali Al-Jamal
ONE, yet each thing
Sufi Sage
separate?”
“for…
It is in giving…that we receive
Pagan Oracle of Orpheus
It is in pardoning, that we are
pardoned,
It is in dying,…that we are born
To eternal life”
St. Francis of Assisi
Paradoxical Symbols?
The Rose –
Divine Creation, extolled
for it exquisite beauty, a
delight to all the senses.
Computer Part –
A Human Invention,
depended upon for utility, a
necessity for modern
culture.
Computerized Embrace of Paradox
Planning – Paper Sketch
Planning – Paper Patterns
Construction – Rose Panel
Construction – Armatures
Construction – Scored Armatures
Construction – Domed Rose Panel
Carving Leaves
Carved and Modeled Leaves
Sculpted Roses
Close Up
Construction - Computer
Construction – Computer Cont.
Construction – Computer Completed
Construction – Middle Way
Techno-Roses Completed
Greenware Complete
First Firing
Staining
Staining Complete
Painted Underglaze
First Glaze Firing
Note: Post
Marathon Toes
The Complete Paradox?
“
A
O
i
L
N
s
L
E
”
“In This
Moment”
“Love is a
River, Drink
from It”
“We Are the
All, In the
Process of
Becoming
One”
“Summer’s
Comfort”