invitation to mindful moment

On the banks of beautiful Still Creek in Burnaby, BC i worked with a group of community artists and the Still Moon Arts Society to create the Spirit Fish Festival.

Kyira Korrigan helped me create this Invitation to Mindful Moment    which I image recreating in Stanley Park some day.

INVITATION
You are invited to pass through this arch and into a mindful moment.

Step 1: This journey will be undertaken in silence.

Pause a moment before entering; breathe deeply and let go of words.
When ready, announce your intention to proceed with a ring of the bell.

Step 2: Find a place to comfortably stand near the river. WATCH YOUR STEPS, WHERE YOU PUT YOUR FEET! When you arrive, return your gaze to your surroundings.

 Pause for a moment, and listen. What is the dominant sound? Explore the components of the background you are immersed in. Listen a bit longer—let a minute or two pass.

Step 3: As you exit, you may choose to ring the bell again to sound completion of your mindfulness.

More about SpiritFish: video link

fifty seven : that house again

the house resounds with a prickle prickle
unspoke judge be farther found
off walls off walks off into the moonlight

you will soon turn into mold and dust
green plants puffing pulling it down

for now it sits empty
white shell a crock of developers bargain
doing nothing for us at all

fifty five : evening on bird street

all hanging about being social n
visiting on the porch      bird silhouette foreshadows
more good things to come

may le zizzle! loos lik owl be cominin!

brazaaaaah…

here begins the new poster for    Vancouver Collective House Network‘s upcoming series of workshops in March.

forty four : new years resolutions

i’ve been putting off this post because it involved more sitting at the computer       which is what i’ve been doing since 2012 began. lesson about creativity     right now it is more fun for me to just make things.     i am going for a run

do you want to be different?      what shines in your future?

pressing my words into fine silver foil
makes a double sided book with two versions of every mark

(ok and i don’t know how to spell affect)

my product is the manipulations of the thing i make, not the thing itself.    See 13 more pictures

thirty seven : a way our livingroom transforms

Last year Michael and i sewed this quilt as a gift for our house. silver paper foil on fabric from my collection.

This year Michael’s shadow is cast from low morning sunshine.

thirty one : silver box light car crash theatre reflecting

camera lens documents:
1. piece silver foil paper
2. lights (bike, reading)
3. car crash pieces
several books as props
tape: from collection    doubly re-used

series of 19 photographs capture the drama…

twenty eight : gaaaah silver paper takes over

what’s new is that tonite i had   figure it all out urge   taking over scribbling up my chest and mind and heart
then i picked up my fatblack oil stick and silver paper…

see the series of 11 photographs…

three: the fellowship of people who make things

Using the famous silver paper/foil, recycled from the offset printing process. I have SO MUCH of this stuff, and it will therefore appear in future posts i expect.

Another item of note is the pink streamer from a bicycle tassel. I’ve been saving this for maybe 10 years, but never installed them on any bike, nor ever given them away. Truth is while I love them… they have become stiff with age and would not blow in the wind at all. So i cut it up. Feels good.

Also, a transparency with drawings of openings of all visible containers in my room. Random but present and contained herein.

Use what you got.