Taken from my journal March 7th 2017 This image came to me during MSC retreat during a guided meditation practice on compassion. We were asked to breathe in compassion for ourselves then breathe out compassion for a loved one who is suffering and eventually the world. I saw swirls light and colour, yellow and orange with a focal point of violet. The violet light in the centre radiated out, getting bigger and smaller with my breath. The image stayed with me. Important insights have come to me in this way. I drew it quickly with pastel, trying not to overthink and just to extract the image from my mind's eye. I typed out the statements from the meditation on my typewriter. Breathe in compassion for me. Breathe out compassion for you I took a risk and shared my experience, art and writing with Andrea and Dorota. We have decided to work together on an art exhibit for our comprehensive exam. We have begun to exchange ideas and what we have been working on.
I am playing with these ideas Intersubjectivity Art as Contemplation Beholding The interface between art and mindfulness The relationship between contemplation and compassion as an extension of my Contemplation is Yellow pieces If Contemplation is Yellow, is Compassion Violet?
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Helen Kennett-BaconOriginally from South Yorkshire in England, I've lived with my husband Neil in Kitsilano, Vancouver for 10 years. We are fur-parents to our French bulldog Dave, I am a Registered Psychiatric Nurse specialising in ADHD. Archives
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