Painting based on Eckhart Tolle Power of Now
Tolle states: “The wider the time gap between perception and thought, the more depth there is to you as a human being, which is to say the more conscious you are.”
To visually support this concept, more than one vanishing point is utilized simultaneously in this painting, increasing the sense of depth.
“Many people are so imprisoned in their minds that the beauty of nature does not really exist for them.”
The organic mazes represent the left and right hemispheres of our brains.
“They might say ‘what a pretty flower,’ but that’s just a mechanical labeling. Because they are not still, not present, they don’t truly see the flower, don’t feel its essence, it holiness- just as they don’t know themselves, don’t feel their own essence, their own holiness.”
The warm and cool toned light sources represent a universal expression of this acknowledged “holiness,” both moving to fill the empty space that is framed by the Trompe L’oeil edges of the hedge.
Mr. Tolle goes on to say:
“Because we live in such a mind dominated culture, most modern art, architecture, music and literature are devoid of beauty, of inner essence, with very few exceptions. The reason is that the people who create those things cannot, even for a moment, free themselves from their mind. So they are never in touch with that place within, where true creativity and beauty arise. The mind left to itself creates monstrosities, and not just in art galleries. Look at our urban landscapes and industrial wastelands. No civilization has ever produced so much ugliness.”
“The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now, that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality. Slipping away from the preset moment even for a second may cheat death.”
Viewing “Tapestry of Memory and Resolution” provides all of the preceding, with the life threatening elements removed.
“Allow everything to be, within and without…You are getting out of the insane mind that is draining you of life energy, just as it is slowly poisoning and destroying the Earth.”
“When you are full of problems, there is no room for anything new to enter, no room for a solution.”
This painting is filled with rooms, all opening to nature and especially available for “anything new to enter.”
Eckhart encourages us “…whenever you can, make some room, create some space, so that you find the life underneath your life situation…. Be aware of the space that allows everything to be.”
The artist depicted this concept as the main subject and ultimate focal point of this painting - the empty space in the bottom center.
