Room 1-2-3 (4-5)

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Drawing on influences European, American, and East Indian, and occupying the lower half of the Cornfield  ground directly opposite Chorale,  is  Room 1-2-3 (4-5) .     

A mural of five paintings in oil, Room  features compositional elements in groups of ones, twos, and threes . .  and fours and fives . . and is themed on the Yogic philosophy of the Five Functions of God (Self, or Consciousness).  In addition to the more obvious three functions of Nature - creation, sustenance, and dissolution - there is also the function of grace, wherein you perceive God, Self, or Spirit, both within and without . . . and the function of concealment, in which such knowledge and direct experience of God is hidden, ignored, or forgotten . . yet to be recognized.  All that happens in the Universe - within the world, within one's culture, within the body and mind, within one's relationships to living beings and the environment - exhibits these five functions to one degree or another.  In this understanding of the Yoga of Knowledge, God does it all in the ultimate game of hide and seek, from the motions of the Universe to our most intimate thoughts and feelings.   There's always Room.  

The same ideas are echoed in the companion piece, Burning Sheaves.

 

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

    Jain Painter (creation)       Cornucopia - 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        

   

                                                                     

 

                                                            

  

                                                   Apotheosis of the Corn Goddess                                                                                                                              Burning Sheaves     

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  Cornfield Storyboard    Plate 3 of 33

                                                                        (Center image:   Bhagavan Nityananda  of Ganeshpuri, India, as a young yogi      Photo credit:  unknown)

 

 

                                                                                                                          

 

                                                                                           "Find that flame,  that love,  that wonderful Man,  who can burn beneath the water.

                                                                                                                       No other kind of light will cook the food you need."      Hafiz

 

 

                         

                           Cornfield: An Artstory   in the round  - Sun Dance

 

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