Room 1-2-3 (4-5)

Room 1-2-3 (4-5) Digital design concept

Drawing on influences European, American, and Asian, and occupying the other half of the Cornfield Ground opposite Chorale, is the five panel mural Room 1-2-3 (4-5) .

Room spans 23 feet and features compositional elements in groups of ones, twos, and threes (and fours and fives). The work is themed on the Yogic philosophy of the Five Functions of Consciousness, aka God. In addition to the more obvious three functions of both Art and Nature - creation, sustenance, and dissolution - there is also the function of grace, wherein you perceive God as Self, or Spirit at play. The opposite of grace is the function of concealment, in which such knowledge and direct experience of God is hidden or forgotten. In other words, if grace is not present, Self as pure Consciousness is yet to be recognized and remembered.

Whatever happens in the Play of Consciousness - within the world of one's culture, within the body and mind, or within our relationships and environment - all actions manifest as one or more of these five functions. In this understanding of the Yoga of Knowledge, God plays all the roles, from the motions of the spheres to our most intimate thoughts and feelings. Creation, Sustenance, Dissolution, Concealment, and Grace - Consciousness makes Room.

Room 1-2-3 (4-5) 48"H x 23'0"W oil on linen and wooden panel

Jain Painter (creation) Luncheon - Blessing of the Corn (grace) Olympia (sustenance) Death of the Corn Goddess? (concealment) Shiva (destruction)

Above: Burning Sheaves 48"H x 66"W oil on canvas

Olympia (Expansion and Contraction) 48"H x 60"W oil on linen

Cornfield: An Artstory in the round - Sun Dance

Room 1-2-3 (4-5)

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