Photos and Notes from Iona
A few photos, with items I’ve written in my journal over the past few days in Iona, Scotland. “Does the road wind uphill all the… Read More »Photos and Notes from Iona
On Becoming the Line – Blog
It’s Right Here
Alternate titles for this drawing could also include The Face of God, Checkpoint, and 8000 steps is almost a badge. Because apparently, my current studio… Read More »It’s Right Here
My teacher this morning
Blooming flower along the side of the road, after last evening’s epic lightning storm. “Contemplative spirituality is a call to being: to just be who… Read More »My teacher this morning
Silence is Our Best Teacher
All the years I’ve read theology and aesthetics and philosophy, about how the world works, and what is real, and how we know things. These… Read More »Silence is Our Best Teacher
On Listening
above – detail from a commissioned artwork for Westminster Chapel, graphite on paper, 2017. Map drawing of Bellevue area, drawings of handwritten notes from participants… Read More »On Listening
“Truly Growing Up” – on being “Zen curious”
Li Po poem and Illustration for Listen, SDI publication, July 2018. I have had a growing interest in Buddhism in this spiritual season of… Read More »“Truly Growing Up” – on being “Zen curious”
Crumpled Paper and the Scars We Have to Bear
The western ideals and ideologies, which have been dominant and perpetuated over the past few hundred years of civilization, are in their late-stages of manifestation… Read More »Crumpled Paper and the Scars We Have to Bear
Hilma af Klimt – “egoless consciousness”?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/hilma-af-klints-visionary-paintings I’m so fascinated by this artist. Swedish painter Hilma Af Klimt died in 1944 and made her work mostly in secret. The reviewer’s idea… Read More »Hilma af Klimt – “egoless consciousness”?
Unveiling – Commission for Shoreline Christian School
On Thursday April 4 2019, we unveiled a commissioned artwork I’ve been working on for several months at Shoreline Christian School. Zoom In / Zoom… Read More »Unveiling – Commission for Shoreline Christian School
InterFaith Journey – A Walking Exploration of the Cultural Strata of Seattle’s Streets
On Monday March 18, 2019, I led a group of sojourners around Seattle for the Post-Conference one-day Journey for Spiritual Directors International. We did a series… Read More »InterFaith Journey – A Walking Exploration of the Cultural Strata of Seattle’s Streets