Stillness

Stillness 88-2005




Stillness has been a recurring theme in my paintings for many years. There is something about it that has always drawn my spirit into it. Be still and know, has been the recurring message in spirituality for as long as man has been here. Before man was here on planet earth there was the stillness. When we become still inwardly we find who we are. People who have gone through the most profound spiritual awakening have talked about it as being stillness.Stillness in this spiritual meaning is not lack of noise. It is possible to sense the stillness in the busyness and noise. I have experienced stillness in the noise of a crowded supermarket. It was one of my most amazing moments of my life. Recently, I experienced the stillness at a local pizza fest with a rock band playing and the park was full of people young and old. Its a sense that beyond the noise and movement there is stillness both within, and all around . What is that? When we are connected with Spirit and the mind has been stilled, it happens naturally. You don't have to do anything, the stillness was always there but the busy mind clouds it over. When the sky is overcast we can't see the blue sky beyond because of the clouds. Its the same thing with stillness. Its there beyond the clouds of veiled perception. There is a thin veil of separation between our busy thoughts and the stillness of the spirit. Be still and know................