You see, you are
not educated to be alone. Do you ever go out for a walk by yourself?
It is very important to go out alone, to sit under a tree—not with
a book, not with a companion, but by yourself—and observe the
falling of a leaf, hear the lapping of the water, the fishermen’s
song, watch the flight of a bird, and of your own thoughts as they
chase each other across the space of your mind. If you are able to be
alone and watch these things, then you will discover extraordinary
riches which no government can tax, no human agency can corrupt, and
which can never be destroyed.
I really like the above quote from
Krishnamurti. It fits in with my the notion of re-wilding the self
which Naga Dipa opened my eyes/mind to on our workshop in Sussex last
July; this being that just how many good people are at last waking up
to the truth that Nature can no longer be violated, but instead saved
from our ravaging, so we must equally take a journey inwards in an
attempt to heal and address and acknowledge the inner ravaging of our
minds.
And that nature can help to heal us as
we begin to heal her. A double deal.
And art, creativity in whatever form,
is a vehicle which reminds us of our humanity and thus helps in this
healing process.
And it is this inter flow that play
with in our workshops.
And the above painting by Jamna Owen speaks
to me of that life force which bubbles in all our hearts when we see
even the smallest of nature's wonders when walking along with or
senses alive to the world outside of us (instead of being glued to a
smart phone)
Jamna is trained, and works in, the
field of marketing. Rational and quick thinking, she has, however,
over the last few years re-awakened her right brain simply by the act
of painting.
And indeed, what we attempt to achieve
in our workshops is a balance between both hemispheres of the brain,
so they learn to work as one, in a sort of agreed symbiosis, a trade
off if you will . And this we call our mind.
No reason to starve in a garret in
Paris any more
