THE NEW BEGINNING I
- A personal campaign:
It so happens that a short time ago a personal period of 2015-2022 came to a completion and a New process has Begun. Priorities have changed and so have aims. Hence a declaration of a personal campaign!
ABOUT 2023-X:
2. A personal challenge, putting in use all of my acquired mental faculties:
To stay consciously present (I might also say stay connected from the 'stillness that I am') for a year from July 9th 2023 to July 9th 2024. What does this mean? To give an example, I've put in place a personal structure that will bring me back to presence if I start to drift. This is especially useful in conversations and while speaking or writing.
A conversation with DH helped me to put in words that the roles of the subconscious, dreaming and so on are not diminished. The attempt is to be aware of dreams and possibly write them down. My dreamlike art work will definitely continue.
HISTORY:
Something conventionally called the presence reclaimed the consciousness and the direction of attention from the thinking mind, personality accumulations and ego - and they had been running quite a bit of the show!
Shorter periods within this longer one (2015-2022) had different themes including blissful bewonderment, confronting the 'problematisms' of the person, material catch-up and refining personal practice to a new level of quality and detail.
[SIDENOTE / SOLUTION OF LIFE: Material catch-up (which in my life in it's longer form includes the period of 2008-2015 as well) might mean for example going gradually from experiences of poverty (sometimes poverty plus hunger) to the experiences of doing well; having better instruments and resources to work with; getting paid and being respected for the work you do; artist grants and all the rest of it. We might even find out that we have been successful in something! With material wealth comes challenges of it's own. There is a saying that the amount of problems is a constant. So, what does it take to not have problems anymore? This is something I've 'worked' on (and suffered for) quite a bit over the years. My attitude today is directed towards solutions. Solution is understanding the problem. There is the problem of life many of us have. So is there a solution of life? Yes there is, but when one finds it, how can one know it's reliable? Reliability comes from testing the solution with various degrees of challenge. Poverty, burnout and working with difficult people are great ways to test your 'Solution of Life'.]
Intense Creative situations during this past '15-22' period as well — many of them live infront of an audience and directly changing my life. Experiences of how art works when it is allowed to work – giving a sense of the aim.
I'm very excited and happy to begin this new period and personal campaign!
Best Wishes,
L