this time it looks as if a mudra is emerging from the abstract beginnings . . . and so it…
He is filled with tears, everywhere . . . Love
Here is the promised snippet, that I talked about in my last post, about what love is by Swami Lakshmanjoo…
Love it when art inspires art . . .
By Liz Bennefield Looking at Claudia’s painting, I recall a poem that I wrote a very long time ago. “Memories”…
Could you embrace that?
After watching Avatar, I had a discussion on facebook about my disappointment with its solution to the problems of survival…
the long and winding path of painting… continued
This is what I like about painting without pre-conceived ideas, and without judging and reasoning (at least not while painting),…
the long and winding path of a painting
Haven’t finished this one, but since it has been taken so long I have had more time to wonder about…
inspired by nature…
click to see bigger… photos copyright Claudia Dose
Back at the canvas…
Back at the canvas after its been sitting there for a while, looking at it with ‘fresh eyes’. There is…
lazy days….
Been luxuriating in laziness over the holidays, ahhhh!Haven’t been that lazy for a long time, it felt needed and long…
way behind…
…with everything it seems, especially writing in my blog, paintings seem to multiply without getting finished, to do’s are piling…
inspired by a hug… painting in process
Was watching this documentary “doing time doing vipasana“, about how 10 days of silent meditation made a huge difference in…
Untitled 22 in process
Lately it seems I have started more paintings than finished, this is one that I had put aside a while…
When He appears our heart is gone…
“Love and Death both are effecting our heart… One takes the heart, the other the beat.” Anonymous (Shivastotravali, verse 15)“Those…
worms and bugs and all…
Garden looks more like a jungle these days, time to do some serious pruning, it’s autumn, the chrysanthemums are almost…
Grateful!
The Guest House This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,some…
CCAG art show 2009
I felt honored to be hanging my paintings with to so many talented artist from the CCAG at the art…
Please call me by my true names…
My last painting got me thinking and wondering about what that angel is doing, looking a bit burned. And who…
painting in process… and musing about certainty…
It seems there is a lot of uncertainty in the air lately, in the world and in everybody’s life. Perhaps…
There is nothing in your life that will not change…
CERTAINTY Certainty undermines one’s power, and turns happiness into a long shot. Certainty confines. Dears, there is nothing in your…
Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will grow…
“A Necessary Autumn Inside Each” You and I have spoken all these words, but as for the waywe have to…
art lab and some insights in my own little laboratory of painting out of the box
A friend took me down to Santa Monica to meet Melanie, the owner of the PaintLab. What a fabulous idea.…
music not just for the ears…
Haven’t been to a concert for a while, so this was a real treat: the old fashioned Händel gala at…
forgetting what doesn’t pass away…
Why are you so blind to what the soul needs?Weep for yourself as when a cloud weeps,and then the branch…
circling… centering
Feels as if the world has been spinning a bit faster the last few days or even weeks, at least…
What is grace?
St. John of the Cross says it so clearly… “What is grace?” I asked God. And he said, “All that…
snippets of my thoughts and other events…
Been busy preparing for the event (“a night of devotion”), working on website, updating statement. I had taken Alyson Stanfield’s…
Is that my Fate?
Here is another poem by St. John on the cross that really touched me… Do they prove anything to you,…
winter “down under”
lazy afternoonwatching the birds on the feeder(“Wallie”, the magpie who used to come to the kitchen window has found himself…
Dark night of the soul…
Still reading St John of the Cross and his “dark night of the soul”… Into the darkness of the nightWith…
Painting in progress…
Very often it happens that the final painting (above top) looks nothing like it started (below)….
I am you
HOW COULD A LOVER FALL? What could have caused your grip to weaken that allowed creation to be? How could…
Why this universe does not take place according to my choice . . .
Wondering about why Jesus and St. John were suffering so much, and if they had a choice why they choose…
What moves all things is God
Watched “The Passion of Christ” for the second time around and still couldn’t stand it, had to walk out a…
making meaning versa divine play… or why we do what we do…
My friend Sarah reminded me of the book, “the van gogh blues”, by Eric Maisel, which I was reading a…
works in progress…
I hate showing unfinished work. But then again it might be a very good treatment for my ego to show…
Appeal to the Muse…
Seems like my inspiration and output in painting has been lessened lately. And I remember Elisabeth Gilberts (in her TED…
June gloom…
June gloom weather… makes me wanna just crawl into my ‘cave’ and meditate… trying to escape uncertainty… being the only…
“I work, therefore I work.”
Gelassenheit means “releasement” or “letting go.” The term is an old one in German intellectual history, from the theologizing of…
…letting nothing stand in our way.
Still reveling in Meister Eckhart’s words: “To be right, a person must do one of two things; either he must…
Misunderstanding
“When there is misunderstanding; when misunderstanding is manifested all over the world, misunderstanding everywhere.The remedy is in my hands, that…
Untitled 13
acrylic on canvas,18 x 18 inch (46 x 46 cm)
Timely reading: Meister Eckhart, the importance of silence
Timely reading: Meister Eckhart in German, which I should have read a long time ago. Brilliantly put in words, clear,…
photos to prints and postcards…
My friend Doni took some professional photos of the latest paintings, and I have been able to upload them to…
And would you be a lizard then?
I met you, a lizard, in the loYou stared at me the same way tooMoments, minutes, time stood still. I…
There is life that we do not know of…
How then can we argue? having lunch in a field one day, I troubled an ant with a question. I…
website updates
Been updating the website with new paintings painted thus far, plus finalized titles that appeared to fit and add to…
being a “genius” versa having a “genius”…
Elizabeth Gilbert (author of the book, “Eat, Pray, Love“) muses about: “A different way to think about creative genius.” In…
A muse (ed)…
I have a secret to tell…. I was kissed by a muse 😉Yes, I know the muses are “goddesses or…
“Your art has never spoken for itself….” Arg!
Been following Alyson B. Stanfield’s very informative blog and advice on marketing for artists on her website, something that I…
in process… “Union”
1. So… I kept going and added some strokes… still not it. Keep going…. 2. Now don’t ask me where…
so amazed…
While house/dog-sitting I found this beautiful book by Allen Ginsberg, a nature artist who crates the most amazing art from…
feel like a flute…
How long are you going to beat melike a drum and make me sighfor you like a violin. You answer,…
painting process…
I thought I’d share a bit of my process of painting with this one, since I kept taking pictures….Usually I…
seeing a painting…
Seeing a painting is like meeting a person for the first time, something within us either clicks or it doesn’t.…
long time gone…
Loving the soundof soft and forceful rains,the smell of earthreminding me oftrees and forestsand lakes oflong forgotten landsof my childhood.…
“Lives big questions”
Finally got around watching this interview of Rainn Wilson on the Oprah Soul series. He noticed when talking with young…
“I am not this body”
Accompanied a friend to follow an invitation to meet Swami Veda Bharati, filling in for her husband who couldn’t go.…
images of sound…
Concert of the Camerata Pacifica at the Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles. Apart from Mozart and Brahms, what was…
Holi
Happy Holi, the festival of colors celebrated in India. I love colors. Happy splashing with colors of any type, happy…
Two sides of a river
Nasreddin sat on a river bank when someone shouted to him from the opposite side:– “Hey! how do I get…
gardening…
Felt good to be working in the garden again, lots of weeds, grass is growing all over since the rains.…
experimenting…
Have been experimenting with Styrofoam covered with cloth and gesso as a ground for painting, and its been very interesting…
Happy Shivaratri!
Last night was Shivaratri. “… it is white night, it is not dark night. Shiva means white. Ratri means night.…
Wishing….
wishing for oceans, waterfalls, rainsending up laying face down in puddlessmelling the moist mud squishing between toes barefoot we cameand…
returning Home…
Reading “Home with God, a life that never ends” by Neale Donald Walsch, the same author that wrote “Conversations with God”,…
unreasonable happiness…
I like the term “unreasonable happiness”, from the book “way of the peaceful warrior” by Dan Millman. . . “A…
Love the questions
Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Rainer Maria Rilke The possession…
Yoga and Tantra
A very interessting article in Yoga Journal daily today talks about Yoga and Tantra rising in the west and its…
Reflections
From Japanese Garden Very meditative just to sit and look at the water. Lucky it wasn’t raining or perhaps it…
So long…
So long as we do not die to ourselves,and so long as we identify with someone or something,we shall never…
what you want to happen…
Longing is the core of mystery.Longing itself brings the cure.The only rule is, Suffer the pain. Your desire must be…
the story of India…
Watching the beautifully done documentary about India,“the story of India” by Michael Wood, who is so excited and informative at…
tulip with light
Summer has come in the middle of winter, they call it santa anna winds, coming from the desert.
Yesterday I came from Yesterday
Auf der Strassevom Gestern zum Heuteder Koffer zu schwerder Daumen kaum gehobenfegt es mich davon.Muss ich auf meine Seele warten?Sie…
“Mankind Is No Island”
(This film was shot entirely on a cell phone, on the streets of NY + Sydney, each word being captured…
I found myself in you
Was macht meine Fragein Deinen Augendas Lächeln um Deinen Mundwenn ich fröhlich bindie Trauer über Deine Sorgenstehen in meinem Gesicht…
the work of seeing….
Finished the last drawing class… “The work of seeing is doneNow practice heart workUpon those images captive within you.” (Rainer…
Drawing from the right side…
I started the figure drawing class different this time, maybe drawn in by the models attitude. I choose a small…
starting my figure drawing class
CIMG8694.JPGOriginally uploaded by claudia dose … with my own hand on my own foot. I hope I will get better…
Preparations
We are in the middle of preparations for our annual Celebration in honor of our spiritual master. We have one…
Space and Time
Had a productive silent day all to myself. Took advantage of space and time to sort and toss thru my…
Garage sale
We had a garage sale on Saturday. Been so busy schlepping furniture and boxes. Good for chasing away any sad…
Life’s (and death’s) lessons
Shocked about the sudden death of our nephew in Australia. He was only nine years old.At least he is resting…
back from the wilderness
CIMG8546.JPGOriginally uploaded by claudia dose Had a great 7 days holiday with my “family” in a cabin in Mariposa near…
many lives, many masters
Wow! Reading the book “many lives, many masters” by Brian L. Weiss. M. D. is amazing. Not so much the…
garage clean up
Spend the morning lifting boxes out of the garage and rummaging through suitcases and sorting stuff for our upcoming garage sale. Wasn't…
Contour drawings
I don’t remember ever learning how to do contour drawings before. They look awful. Yet I am learning some important…
Drawing class
Yes, I am back to school. I haven’t been taking lessons in drawing for some years and thought I needed…
Studio
This is my new studio space, Yuhu!Finally a place to create undisturbed.
new plants
gardenview Originally uploaded by claudia dose. Planting loads of flowers and thinking what to do with the new veggie patch,…
compost and more compost
A giant heap of compost is waiting for me outside. The flower beds are screaming, “yay!” My back is screaming,…
scribbles
Having so much fun with a new book I got on my birthday, scribbles.
New earth!
Enjoy listening and watching Oprah discuss the new book “a new earth” with the author Eckhart Tolle.It kind of feels…
flying again…
Have been absent from the blog for quite some time so this is a back entry to catch up on…
Now that’s a blob!
blue blob with frameOriginally uploaded by claudia dose Some days are like that…I enjoy reading “care of the soul” by…
Tending versa realizing our dreams?
Very interesting read over at my friend Sarah’s blog about tending our dreams versa realizing our dreams has me thinking.…
Sometimes…
Sometimes… sometimes Originally uploaded by claudia dose I am not sure what it is… I am not sure what it…
People and more people
I have never in my life painted so many people. They are not very detailed but still, they have to…
Tending or realizing our dreams?
Very interessting read over at my friend Sarah‘s blog about tending our dreams versa realizing our dreams has me thinking.…