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Re: Done
By: know1 Date: November 10, 2014, 9:24 am
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Ok ok, off with me... and,
Oh my God, the waves of realization keep coming, I’m Dorothy at
the moment, right at the end of her dream, I’ve been trying so
very hard to get back to Kansas and all I had to do was get to
that point of total frustration chasing the wizard and finally
say, I’m Done with this shit!
It’s not "I’m done" as in I have no more questions, it’s "I’m
done looking to you crazy dream characters for the answers". As
soon as I went there, Boom, the ruby slippers appeared, like
magic. I’ve been floating since, very lucid dreaming. Now that
I’m done begging it seems I can play at will, very free, very
very free.
btw, you’re not the wizard in that metaphor, the wizard is all
the belief systems and guru’s that I thought had what I needed.
I mistook you for one of them but you’re Glinda, showing me what
to do with these damn shoes, I couldn’t fully understand you
until I exhausted and tossed away the part of me that didn’t
trust, that was separate.
I may swing in to have a laugh or create one Jed, if thats ok
with you, it’s suddenly very different in the ashram, who knew?
k1 8)
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Re: Done
By: Jed McKenna Date: November 10, 2014, 9:53 am
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Drop by anytime, doesn't have to be profound, hello is fine.
Love ya, Jed.
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Re: Done
By: know1 Date: November 14, 2014, 12:09 pm
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Last night I had a social dinner with the artists and staff of a
gallery that hangs my work, during dinner the owner, like the
year before, asked each of us to stand and give a recounting of
the year and mention accolades, awards and general hoopla
surrounding each artist. What a fascinating display of ego!
Absolutely amazing to see it run amok in a room filled with big
ones, each unleashed, permitted to inflate at will, hoping to
out inflate the next person.
I remembered the feeling last year, same restaurant, same big
table around which sat 35 of the country's finest artists, the
fear of being nothing in a room filled with “somethings”, almost
overwhelming, the need to inflate, to belong, to not be a fraud,
palpable. My story last year, filled with accolades and "ME",
trying to be somebody, to be enough.
The guy before me this year, talking about 3, 10’ x 60’ murals
he was doing for temples in exotic places around the globe,
among many other “special” things would, last year, been a
devastating act to follow. With a complete sense of freedom, I
told a story of a woman who owed me money from 20+ years ago,
contacting me and wanting to make it right, a woman with 5
children, an adult, and how her effort to find me and take care
of her obligation led to an opportunity for generosity and love,
a highlight in the year.
Beauty arises through clarity.
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Re: Done
By: Jed McKenna Date: November 14, 2014, 1:28 pm
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Yes I know, I have always felt a, well, aversion for the 'art'
scene. I don't know if you could find a more ego driven group.
Maybe Hollywood. That's not to say there are not wonderful
artists and I really enjoy certain art. But the only way you can
seem to get ahead is to do what the ego loves, 'show' off.
Wow, it's such a huge topic I find myself drifting off...
everything is art in it's own way, is it not? I don't know
enough to put in your I so eye will shut up now.
love ya, Jed.
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Re: Done
By: know1 Date: November 14, 2014, 10:00 pm
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"everything is art in it's own way, is it not?"
The act of creating, art or anything, is simply setting up a
context within which you make choices, my context is the white
canvas, painting to me is nothing but getting myself prepared to
make thousands of choices in one sitting, no different than a
brain surgeon standing over his context, an opened skull, a con
man setting up a swindle or a Jed Mckenna preparing to make
thousands of choices, from a place of "knowing", before logging
on the Invisible Guru Forum.
I used to think that life was just the fu*king thing that got in
my way between painting sessions, something that kept me away
from what I loved. Now I know that life IS the art, the
preparation starts upon waking, making millions of choices today
and keeping myself in a clarity of mind to do it at a high
level. Within this new state of “being” my work at the easel has
taken on the feel of a mandala, I am creating a universe, where
it goes, what it does, who it belongs to, what remuneration I
receive from it are none of my business or as little as I can
get away with, I leave those things to people who care, my
interest is only the moment of choice. It is my meditation, when
“I” disappears and the channeler appears, the part of “Me”
that’s not me, the zone, sleep, unity. la petit mort.
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Re: Done
By: Jed McKenna Date: November 14, 2014, 10:07 pm
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Got it.... :D
Love ya, Jed.
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Re: Done
By: know1 Date: November 14, 2014, 10:13 pm
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You got it!? In only 250 words? Damn I'm good! l ;D I made that
sound pretty epic too right!? ::) There's always... Further
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Re: Done
By: Jed McKenna Date: November 14, 2014, 10:44 pm
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Dear Know:
I have a favor to ask. I feel the urge to view your art.
Really... I've never asked an artist to send me a pic but if you
feel inclined, please send a jpeg or two to my email.
the.pasadena.project@gmail.com. Nothing fancy required.
Thanks in advance either way.
Love ya, Jed.
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Re: Done
By: know1 Date: November 14, 2014, 11:22 pm
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My inclination is a "yes" to your request Jed, and I'm going to
sleep on it, I didn't choose the avatar "know1" on accident ;)
Given the right circumstances, as you are acutely aware, it can
be difficult to not be "someone".
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Re: Done
By: Jed McKenna Date: November 14, 2014, 11:29 pm
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Thanks for considering it. I won't forward it, just a curiosity
in me.
Love ya, Jed.
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