egg carton foundation for the art (37 weeks in the compost)

 

with Venus, Neptune, Sun, Chiron, Mars & Mercury Rx from 0˚ - 19˚ Pisces (ruled by Neptune) at this time bunched somewhere within in one or two Houses of all our charts we each may well be enveloped with dreams in a 

Sea of Illusion and Delusion
in certain aspects of our lives...

       Sea of Illusion and Delusion          
       12 1/2" x 17 1/2"          
 Earth pigments, Rainbow Chard dye, Beeswax & natural pigment,
grocery bag paper and pencil on Bhutan Tsharsho paper

from http://www.solarcharts.co.nz/Sun%20in%20Pisces.htm
"The natives of watery Pisces can be as variable as the sea. Emotionally, many ol them dwell in a shifting realm of miraculous metamorphoses, teary mists, rainbows reflections, froth, foam, bubbles, and rosy clouds at sunset lit by the incandescefli rays of a fading Sun. This can also be a sea of turbulent waves, tricky currents, and treacherous undertows. or even of death and dissolution. Like the ocean, Pisces is less gentle than it seems. However, most natives of this sign are quiet folk who love that which is elusive and evanescent - too beautiful to be real, or perhaps toe beautiful not to be real."

Lead Us From the Unreal To the Real,
Lead Us From Darkness To Light,
Lead Us From Death To Immortality,
Let There Be Peace Peace Peace. – Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

"honeycomb 1st"

Am inventorying my work from 2012 and finding that I didn't post "honeycomb 1st". As another Spring blossoming approaches I feel strongly it very appropriate to post this painting now as a reminder to us all of our human technological traumatizing effects to the very cellular structures of our environment and ultimately on our survival as a species.

"honeycomb 2nd" ( http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2012/04/honeycomb-2nd-as-completed.html ) and "honeycomb 1st" are done on a 1" thick recycled cardboard used in the construction of doors as an insulating filler between the door facings. Within the outer cardboard's surfaces are perpendicular thick paper honeycombed structures for support and air filled insulation.
Last Spring I was also involved with the paintings and shows (

"HONEY" 

(bringing attention to CCD and the Honey Bee.)

, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC) 

with themes addressing the plight of the derogrative collapse of the Honey Bee Colonies due to man's egocentric use of pesticides, toxic chemicals and microwave technologies.

honeycomb 1st      

34" x 28"      

Beeswax, Earth pigments and repurposed materials

Black Water Snake Loti                 27" x 32"               mixed eco materials

Earth ochre pigments

Beeswax & natural pigments (Stockmar)

green Walnut husk dye

Rainbow Swiss Chard dye

remineralized spring water

Khadi paper

Elephant dung paper

butcher block paper

Patterns of emerging greens out of the browns/reds of winter here in coastal SE North Carolina. These plants are here with/for us to cleanse our stuck and thickened blood and fat, stored initially for nourishment, that await lymphatic and blood rinsing of unprocessed wastes with the assistance of rains. This early Spring call with Earth and with our plant allies is eliminating and repurifying stagnant wastes from Earth as well as with our own bodies. It is an essential synchronicity of our wholeness with Earth and with the elements. Rich in minerals and vitamins for all who rely on Earth's Cornucopia of Plenty. With gently applied nurturing our existence smoothly flows with the seasons.
My understanding of many of the local greens is too limited for bioregional specificied recommendations with all the plants in the above photograph. Neither do I recommend working with these plants or with other cleansing tonifying herbs on your own without consulting an experienced practitioner.
The roots, greens and/or blossoms of plants we generally might consider during early Springtime lymphatic and blood cleansing worth considering in western traditions are Burdock (Gobo) Arctium lappa, Cleavers Galium aperine, Dandelion Tarraxacum off. (over 500 bioregional varieties depending on where in the world one lives), Plantain Plantago major & lanceolata, Red Clover Trifolium pratense and Yellow or Curly Dock Rumex crispus.
Green Blessings...

Spring 

Elements emerge 

with Elements 

each transforming 

with/in Universes 

Our own 

at times 

and not 

as it may appear 

not alone 

Will emerge 

with Elements 

Being 

structure

trans forming

We/Each Be Blessed 

One 

enAll times 

Be Elements 

in 

All 

form 

We 

Be

transforming

with Water
with Earth
with Fire
with Air
with Ether
with enOne

untitled Lotus motif motive 2/21/13 (1, 2 & 3)

1 - 3 stages in the growth of this piece..

...Peace with White Lotus (Tiger Lotus or Egyptian White Water Lily) Nymphaea lotus 

[untitled] Lotus motivate motif 2/21/13 (1)

[untitled] Lotus motivate motif 2/21/13 (2)

[untitled] Lotus motivate motif 2/21/13 (3)

some re search:

from http://eol.org/pages/486691/details

"As food

In some part of Africa the rhizomes and tubers are eaten for the starch they contain either boiled, roasted or ground to a flour after drying. The young fruits are sometimes consumed as a salad. The seeds are turned into a meal.

The tubers or the seeds are used as a famine food in India.

The white lotus in Ancient Egypt

White lotus decorations. Frieze at a palace in Amarna (1352-1336 BC).

The ancient Egyptians cultivated the white lotus in ponds and marshes.

This flower often appears in ancient Egyptian decorations. They believed that the lotus flower gave them strength and power; remains of the flower have been found in the burial tomb ofRamesses II. Egyptian tomb paintings from around 1500 BC provide some of the earliest physical evidence of ornamental horticulture and landscape design; they depict lotus ponds surrounded by symmetrical rows of acacias and palms. In Egyptian mythology Horus was occasionally shown in art as a naked boy with a finger in his mouth sitting on a lotus with his mother. The lotus was one of the two earliest Egyptian capitalsmotifs, the topmost members of a column. At that time, the motifs of importance are those based on the lotus and papyrus plants respectively, and these, with the palm tree capital, were the chief types employed by the Egyptians, until under the Ptolemies in the 3rd to 1st centuries BC, various other river plants were also employed, and the conventional lotus capital went through various modifications. Women often wore amulets during childbirth, which depicted Heqet as a frog, sitting in a lotus.

The number 1,000 in ancient Egyptian numerals is represented by the symbol of the white lotus. The related hieroglyph is :

The ancient Egyptians also extracted perfume from this flower. They also used the white lotus in funerary garlands, temple offerings and female adornment.

The white lotus might have been one of the plants eaten by the Lotophagi of Homer's Odyssey.

Health effects

Though the plant contains a quinolizidine alkaloid, nupharine, and related chemicals, either described according to sources as poisonous, intoxicating or without effects, it seems to be consumed since Antiquity. The effects of the alkaloids would be those of a psychedelic aphrodisiac, though these effects are more those encountered in Nymphaea caerulea, the blue Egyptian water lily." [Not Recommended experimenting with by unknowledgeable adrenaline]thrill seekers nor groupster gropers]

in considering the four panels with White Lotus foundational design consummated within the painting. also consider six for the total number of panels, and One (4 + 6 being 10 or 1);

from http://numerology-thenumbersandtheirmeanings.blogspot.com/2011/02/number-4.html

NUMBER 4

The world, completion, practice, repetition, realization of power, ability to use practical thinking, basic form of order, prepare for renewal, instinctual knowledge.

Relates to:

Mercury

The Emperor

Wednesday

Green

Character:

The Stabilizer, can undertake difficult or unpleasant tasks, faithful friend, capacity for focused will and self-sacrifice, aware and accepting.

Negative:

Clumsy, conventional, unadaptable, dull.

The 4 energy seeks security and 'home' is their haven.  People under the influence of the 4 are usually very cerebral, and need to find ways to express their knowledge and wisdom.

The number 4 symbolizes the principle of putting ideas into form.  It signifies work and productivity.  The 4 energy is constructive, realistic, traditional and cautious. 

4 is the number of system, order and management.

The number 4 is neutral and is extrovert.  It is related to the planet Uranus and to the star sign Taurus.  The Tarot card representative of the 4 energy is the Emperor. 

4 is the number of fate, so it must be remembered that there will be many things that happen over which you have no control.

Hard work is the experience of the 4 vibration, as ideas are manifested into practical reality.  The 4 energy needs to plan and from that place the 4 person works steadily towards the goal they have set for themselves.  They achieve this with patience, perseverance and directness.  The duty of the 4 vibration is to build a firm foundation for themselves on which others may stand, work and be protected.

The 4 vibration needs disciplined harmony, dependability and responsibility in their lives.  4 maintains order, system and routine to make their drams a reality.  This vibration is to do with energy, harmony and co-operation and it is the 'door to illumination' or 'initiation'.

In the number 4 we may find the powers to create and attain, when used on the positive path.  When the forms of 4 are centred on the material plane, they manifest as creative abilities.  When focused on the spiritual plane, they have the ability to open new avenues for investigation into the psychic and spiritual realms.

A person under the influence of the 4 vibration would be extremely loyal, hardworking and security-conscious, with traditional values and high morals.

The 4 energy dislikes change and sometimes misses out on opportunities because of this.

The 4 energy is work oriented, with a plan and organisation for everything they do.  The 4 individual needs to be disciplined and to have a high standard of honesty.  They are dependable, serious-minded individuals who need to be practical about all that they do.

The person influenced by the 4 vibration is a steady and industrious worker who needs to be kept busy applying their attributes in the everyday world.  The 4 energy works well by themselves, and works equally well with other people, groups and organisations.  Success is there for the 4 energy as they have a strong capable mind and body. 

4 is well organised and demands rules, regulations and discipline in all things.  They see the bigger picture and the natural order of life, and how it can be applied in all that they do.  They see the plan, then move forward with persistence to perform the necessary tasks.

Change is not easy for the 4 vibration to deal with.  They have strong opinions and beliefs about what is right and necessary.  They may appear stubborn to others at times, but this is because they need the time to review and think things through.  4 cannot be pushed as they need to see the orderly pattern of working through things.  The 4 person does not like to be hurried, but needs to work methodically in order to accomplish what they need to.

The 4 energy does not want to be told what to do, and can quickly become argumentative and suddenly aggressive when pushed beyond their patience and endurance.  The 4 vibration is cautious and does not jump into anything impulsively.  They need to think things through, then make a judgement based on their own value system.

The 4 energy needs a home and family to give them support and to be able to share their talents and material possessions with.  The simple pleasures of life are of most importance to the 4 person and they will always be loyal to family.

The 4 person feels that all that they do is best for everyone  -  and often doesn't realize that their plans and sternness can be too restrictive for most people.  The 4 vibration needs to learn to let others live by their own values and standards.

The ultimate goal of the 4 vibration is to organise, establish order and to bring ideas and plans into material form.  They maintain order, system and routine to makes dreams a reality.

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (thirty six weeks in the compost)

egg carton foundation for the arts 2/20/13a

egg carton foundation for the arts 2/20/13b

new work in process is dialogue of "real", "somewhere in between", and "abstract" with a Lotus Flower expressed representation & design. Am working with beeswax and water/binder/pigment mediums, The pigments are Earth ochres, Walnut husk and the reds of Rainbow Chard on Khadi paper, butcher block paper and Elephant dung paper.

               "the Winter Gunks a Blur" I shot with my old Minolta 35mm in the early 1980's...

                             the Winter Gunks a Blur              ©Greg Patch

Green Blessings 1a > 1b

the long of the shadows & of the light with the Long Needle Pines Pinus Palustris forms with grid in this short month of February taken yesterday 2.15.13 during a walk into the Green Swamp north of Supply, NC... 

numerological 3 on this day for all to savor their alignment with 3's energies. Was a pleasant quiet winter day for us all!!!

from http://numerology-thenumbersandtheirmeanings.blogspot.com/2011/02/number-3.html

NUMBER 3

ATTRIBUTES OF THE NUMBER 3

Synthesis, triad, heaven-human-earth, past-present-future, thought-word-action, demonstrates love through creative imagination, comprehensive, fulfilling.

Relates to:

Mars

The Empress

Tuesday

Yellow

Character:

Frank, forceful, motivates others.

Negative Traits:

Indifferent, lacks stamina and concentration, spectacular rise and fall, mania, mood swings.

The urge of 3 is to conserve the growing faith in yourself while encouraging others to expand their faith as well.

3 is to do with the 'performing arts'.

The Number 3 is considered to be feminine and introvert and relates to the planet Jupiter.  The Tarot card representative of the 3 energy is The Empress.

The Number 3 symbolizes the principles of growth.  When the initiating force of 1 unites with the germinating energy of 2, there is fruitfulness = 3, the Trinity.  3 signifies that there is a synthesis present  -  that imagination and an outpouring of energy is in action.  The 'thought' of 1 and the 'fertility' of 2 results in the 'creativity' of 3.  The joy and happiness of the 3 vibration is to be shared with others.

The 3 energy is optimistic and fun-loving, and strives to uplift and colour its surroundings.  They tend to be the 'joker', have a wonderful sense of humour and are very charismatic.

The 3 energy is enlivening, youthful and enthusiastic.  Their talents lay within communications of all kinds. 

People with the 3 energy must learn to think and concentrate, and not scatter their energies.  They must learn to fully express their creative abilities, and to harmonize their energies with their emotions.  Number 3's are usually very idealistic and the 3 energy is the most powerful of the 'mind' numbers.  The balance of the 3 vibration indicates that the 3 person needs to exert greater effort in the mental spheres, particularly if their Destiny number is not a 'mind number' (3, 6, 9).  There is often a tendency towards mental laziness when the number 3 is absent, as 3 is the energy of the 'creative principle'.

The gift of words and communication are there for the 3 person, as is inspiration, cheerful optimism and joy.  The 3 energy loves life and needs to share their enthusiasm with others.  Number 3 is the energy of the 'creator' and wants to inspire and light the 'fire of life' in others so that they can also feel the joy and enthusiasm for living life to the fullest.

The 3 energy can be charming, entertaining and very social.  They have a keen intellect and want the best in life  -  the pleasant, the beautiful and the luxurious.  They feel the need to inspire and beautify the world. The natural capabilities of the 3 allows them to take anything they have a create something beautiful from it.

3 represents the principle of increase, expansion, growth and abundance on the physical, emotional, mental, financial and spiritual levels.  When the number 3 is affecting you, it is often difficult to avoid putting on weight.

The 3 is a free-form energy that does not work well with structure, plans or routines.  They are an open channel with spiritual insights and inspiration for living life.  They are the creator, not the worker.  3's are easily hurt emotionally, dislike confrontation and can attract domineering partners.

The 3 vibration can find personal fulfilment by using the expressive creative energies they possess, such as music, painting, design, culinary pursuits – any creative endeavour.  3's test is to experiment and find where their special talents lie, then use them.

The 3 energy is capable of deep love and emotions, and needs to be admired and loved by others.  The many and varied interests of the 3 vibration give 3 people many different experiences on the emotional level.  The 3's charms and popularity can bring many contacts and social situations.

Intuition and psychic gifts are abilities of the 3 vibration, and is a very positive aspect when used for the service of others.  This is uplifting and joyful to the 3 vibration.

The 3 energy can be manic depressive if they do not use their creative energy, and tend to exaggerate the truth.  If the 3 person is unhappy, they make sure that everyone else is unhappy as well.  If they are happy, they make everyone else happy too.

Children with the 3 energy need to be encouraged to use their creative outlets and imagination, so that their lives will be filled with culture, pleasure and joy.

The Triad – Body, Soul and Spirit

The Ruler  -  Venus

Attractive, dynamic, extrovert and are often ‘stars’ in their own right.

3’s are charming, witty, conversant with many subjects and have considerable potential. 

Though with lively, productive sex lives, they often remain unattached.

3’s may be arrogant and conceited, but (public) recognition can be theirs.

NUMBERS ADDING TO 3

12 / 3              12/3 people have strong individual principles.  This number denotes the end of a cycle, with new beginnings to come.  The 12/3 person has a love of pleasure and is creative and artistic. Growth and expansion, communication, rhythm and completion are all to do with the 12/3 vibration.

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (thirty five weeks in the compost)

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (thirty five weeks in the compost)

painting I did @1992 that I uncovered in this delve into the past along with yesterday's post that came as I was transitioning to natural materials in painting/artwork. It is on a mahogany (solid wood) panel with beeswax and natural pigments...

           the Elements          
        18" x 12 1/2"      
Beeswax/natural pigments on Mahogany panel

As we're entering the Chinese New Year of the Black (all colors) Water Snake there is an appropriateness to the unearthing of these two works @21 years later... 

May we will to adjust to the Earth/Universal oriented changing flows/currents within/out our lives/environments in productive and abundant grace and within the Loving, Peaceful and Co-Creative Way...

Many Colors Blessings...

Green Man           16 x 17           Beeswax/natural pigments, leaves on gessoed masonite

my rearranging the studio turned this painting up from 1992

have dismantled the old bed and work storage area to create more space in the studio.

this was the second level loaded with framed work

ground level with "multiple mutable" on the right, atop studio table work area with more space to work. 

and now ground level with floor space to work and to store completed works...

EmPower 

Aligning with inner

and outer 

perfection of nature.

discovering the power 

of alignment, 

through a process, 

time,

space,

honoring our unity 

of oneness,

layering of color, 

& line

creates me whole,

in gratitude,

peace,

love...


                                                                       
....© *    Greg Patch  2011.....

* © is intended for thieves only...