Greetings..
Each picture in this new, weekly series is one of my original contemplative paintings. It is a doorway—an opening into a quieter way of seeing that can stir what we’ve forgotten to feel, dissolve the edges of time, and lift us into the larger continuum of memory, myth, and quiet knowing.
These paintings are not decoration; they are illuminations—rhythmic forms where line becomes music, color becomes energy, and motion moves through infinite space.
Each week, you’re invited to look not at the image, but through it. Let it meet you on its own terms. Let it speak to what is quiet and curious in you. Meaning arises in your gaze, your breath, your response. These meditations simply offer a gentle framework for entering that space where imagination begins and the soul remembers itself.
How to Engage These Mid‑Week Meditations
1. Pause before you begin. Take a few breaths, soften your gaze, and notice how you’re arriving. This brief settling opens you to receiving.
2. Let the painting speak first. Resist the urge to interpret. Simply look and feel what stirs—emotion, memory, sensation—before turning to the written meditation.
3. Read the meditation as a companion, not a key. It doesn’t decode the image; it walks beside it. Use what resonates and leave the rest. Adapt the practice to your own rhythm.
4. Engage the rituals gently. Each entry offers a simple preparation, a mantra, a reflection prompt, and a musical pairing. Choose what feels natural. There is no wrong way to enter.
5. Write, reflect, return. If moved, journal a few lines. Let a phrase echo in your mind. Revisit the painting later—after rest, after movement, after silence. Each encounter reveals something new.
This is an invitation, not a prescription. The dialogue between you and the image is the real practice. Begin where you feel called. Skip, linger, revisit, reframe. Listen not only to the art, but to yourself.
And if an image stays with you beyond the page, a fine‑art print of the artwork—framed and unframed—is available HERE .
This week’s Meditation
Title: “Running with the Wind”
Subtitle: A Meditation on Momentum, Joy, and Breath
Area of Consciousness
Vitality in motion; trusting one’s natural rhythm; embodying the exuberance of freedom and forward movement
Preparation Ritual
Stand barefoot, if possible, shoulders relaxed, arms loose.
Take 3 deep breaths—in through the nose, out audibly through the mouth.
Visualize a gust of wind brushing past your skin, inviting you forward.
Music Pairing
A rhythmic ambient track with percussive undertones; suggestions include:
“Weightless” by Marconi Union
“Awake” by Tycho
Or simply the sound of wind rustling through trees
Guided Reflection
As you gaze into this image, feel the invisible current that propels you. Let movement begin in your breath, then your chest, then your limbs. Ask not where you are going—only trust that the wind knows.
Suggested Mantra
“I move with the breath of the world.”