Quiet Spaces in the Art Garden
There are quiet places in the art garden.
They give us a place to dream—to marvel at life—and explore thoughts and ideas. Alden Schofield can lead us through the realm of wonderment.
Most paintings have both active and quiet spaces. Edgar Degas gives his dancers room to flurry about: to move and revolve. He gives our eyes places to rest.
Quiet places often hang out in the corners of the canvas. Or maybe up in the sky. These “negative” spaces are as critical as those places where visual forms gather.
Like paintings and music, our lives are made of positives and negatives. The “negative” spaces are not empty. We have our ups and downs, but the downs are as important as the ups. We need the quiet as well as the charged, busy times.
Traumas are as critical to our character and spiritual discovery as the joyous soaring when everything is going just fine. Yes, PTSD is born of trauma, but we can retreat to the quiet positive places in our lives.“
Thank you, Jessica. Meditation is the same as thinking, isn't it. We need more quiet thinking right now. The world needs more quiet thinking.
Reading that was like meditation 🙏🙏❤️