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Published: 2007-01-31 22:07:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 3196; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 1
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I am that which is. I am all that is, that was, and will be. No mortal man has lifted my veil. He is of himself alone, and it is to this aloneness that all things owe their being.-- Egyptian motto attributed to Isis
Acrylic and ink on A3 canvas board.
© 2006 Janice Duke
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I think this is why traditionally mystics were hermits. It doesn't pay the bills but feeds the soul. And the mainstream psychiatric industry has pharmaceutical companies hand up it's arse. No doubt they would have declared Blake insane.
Is they any environment or landscape you feel particular connected to? From the Egyptian desert to the Tundra.
I can imagine.. becoming a mushroom its harmonious symbiotic relationship with a tree, its fruiting bodies for all to see, but the real being hidden beneath the ground. Your conscious being stretched and pushed into another shape. The great fear at some moments you may experience. Thinking will I always be this way. Forces and experiences undreamed of.
On peaceful nights you can cast your mind back, remember, relive, learn and explore more. Maybe it is the eco of the voice that speaks the clearest
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There are many greats who would probably be declared insane by todays standards...
I feel very connected to forests, hills and bodies of water. I find being by the sea particularly invigorating. I lived by the sea for a few months and loved it. I'd like to live by the sea again.
Its an interplay, becoming another. A union (which seems something we do all the time but don't realise). How far you let yourself go depends what you're doing. Visualisation is very helpful. I would recommend getting a pot plant, caring for it and developing a bond with it, and then try visualising yourself into it, intermingling. It works best with consent and conection. The first time I became a tree was with a tree I had been going to for peace when I was feeling bad for a couple of years. It was my hiding place and I considered it a friend. It let me in more and more as time went on
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Thank you for sharing your experience. I also have always had such a tree, hugging trees is very good! I am very interested in biodynamic horticulture and have spent times on a few different biodynamic farms, learning about there preperations and such things. I love to see the shadows of clouds roll over hills, or to look at them from a distance noticing the different hues and colors of the plants that from a rich tapestry. They all seem to flow and speak, but I never understand. I think nature wants to be understood.. wants us to experience and unite with her in such ways. I like to carve, and I really feel wood wants to be carved..
What type of tree? You may not live near that tree now, but it could be useful to go back and take a seed from it. Grow the tree within a pot for a while, then plant it outside when the time feels right. Or even making something from the leafs of the tree or branch and always keeping it close to you.
I love herbs and when I gather I always say "thank you friend" or "thank you brother" they are more than just friends, they feed and sustain us. Give us air and life.
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"I am she that
is the naturall mother of all things, mistresse and governesse of all
the Elements, the initiall progeny of worlds, chiefe of powers divine,
Queene of heaven! the principall of the Gods celestiall, the light of
the goddesses: at my will the planets of the ayre, the wholesome winds
of the Seas, and the silences of hell be diposed; my name, my divinity
is adored throughout all the world in divers manners, in variable
customes and in many names, for the Phrygians call me the mother of the
Gods: the Athenians, Minerva: the Cyprians, Venus: the Candians,
Diana: the Sicilians Proserpina: the Eleusians, Ceres: some Juno, other
Bellona, other Hecate: and principally the Aethiopians which dwell
in the Orient, and the Aegyptians which are excellent in all kind of
ancient doctrine, and by their proper ceremonies accustome to worship
mee, doe call mee Queene Isis. " etract from The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius
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Wonderful, wonderful. It certainly gives me that dream-like, between-worlds feeling.
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Thank you, I'm glad its effective
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I love the serenity on her face combined with the open third eye. What does the third eye symbolize?
Very beautiful. I like the highlighted roots and how her figure moves into them.
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Thank you very much
The third eye symbolises a lot of things to do with how one percieves 'reality'. Difficult to express in words, hence the painting 
I guess I'm trying to express the perception of dream-like qualities and a melding of monistic and pluralistic perception in non-linear time. An altered state of consciousness that enhances and redefines the way in which one can look at reality.
Hope that answers your question
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woha....she's skinny...It's beautiful though....the background specially
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Cheers
I didn't mean for her to be quite so skinny, but it was how the painting seemed to want to go...
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lol! Yeah sometimes they really seem to have a mind of their own.
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Nice, that's really cool. That's a great quote too, thanks for sharing it.
I'm surprised by how little attention your work has gotten.
There's some really interesting stuff in your faves, too.
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Thank you very much
There are a lot of really tallented artists on DA so it doesn't suprise me my work recieves little attention. My stuff pales in comparison to a lot of the work I see on here (as you can see from my faves 
It's here for my friends to look at and anyone else who happens to stumble on it, other than that I have no illusions of a lot of people taking much notice
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You're welcome. I suppose that's a good attitude to have - and of course not all famous artists enjoy their fame.
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Wow great job Sha. I love the colors in the sky and how the day verus night kind a plays a yin yang fell to is. Very nice work.
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