"As if in a dream…seaside contemplations"
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I'm pleased to share with you
my latest scroll wall hanging, "As if in a dream…seaside contemplations"
in the inaugural exhibition
"Over Time: Photography from the Advanced Photography Workshop"
Peter T. Brown Gallery, Houston, Texas.
I'm enjoying integrating my love of meditation, Japanese sensibilities, and beauty of the sea in my current work, and am happy to share this special hanging with you. * * * * * "As if in a dream...seaside contemplations" is my contemporary interpretation of the art and intention of traditional scroll wall hangings created by Japanese Zen monks. In Zenga (Zen art) the scrolls come from an act of meditation. The monk/artist immerses himself in the essence of Spirit, then expresses it visually, to share and inspire a similar experience in the viewer. Hangings such as these are placed in a contemplative space in the home, to remind and reconnect the viewer to the ever-present inner bliss and beautiful outer manifestations of God. * * * * * I believe deeply that we all deserve to be connected to our joy...whether we call it God, inner peace, or
Spirit.
Life challenges us, and we forget about this beautiful essence within. My work, in the spirit of Zenga, is to bring that spiritual experience to people, and to feel it myself as I create my photographic images and the forms they take.
I invite you to the experience of meeting your soul through photography. (Click photos for enlarged detail, information)
Come see the scroll at the gallery to absorb the textures and subtle colors that cannot be captured by a photograph.
The scroll: I chose three images from my contemplative series, "Sea Dreams," printed them on archival velvet-style paper, and designed a hand-stitched silk Jacquard scroll wall hanging to complement their peaceful presence. While the front of the scroll highlights the images, the back also
radiates it own beauty with hand-stitching, a subtle golden Japanese leaf print on green silk, and a small signed contemplative seaside image gracing the top. * * * * *
The Peter T. Brown Gallery, located in the
Anderson-Clarke Center at Rice University, is open Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Thursdays until 8:00 PM. Enter Entrance #8, at University Boulevard and Stockton Drive. The Anderson-Clarke Center will be on your left. There is free 15-minute parking behind the building. More about the Peter T. Brown Gallery & the Glasscock School of Continuing Education, Rice University * * * *
* News:
Last month I was in Houston, Texas, celebrating the showing of my Japanese scroll hanging in a new gallery at Rice University, enjoying the hot weather, and reconnecting with my sources of inspiration: close friends, new artist friends, the Asia Society of Houston, Menil Collection, Houston Zen Center, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston…and of course my favorite places for food and wine (you'll have to
contact me personally for those references :)
While there I also met with transformational counseling clients, teen photography explorers, and those who are enjoying the unfolding of their photography and soul connection through the Inner Path Photography "Personal Odssey - Intensive Sessions."
How is your summer going? Play, play, play!
And also…
* Give yourself an excuse to play:
Live/Learn:
Feel/Reflect: * * * * * I provide transformational experiences for those who desire to joyfully live and create their inner truth in the outer world.
Through photography,
contemplative practices, and inner path coaching, I partner with you to feel, express, and live your unique experience of the Sacred.
Enjoy your photography…improve your images...claim your life.
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Heidi Straube, M.Ed, LPC - Inner Path Photography
"Honoring Inner. Creating Outer."Photographer, Transformational Counselor, Mystic/Muse
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"We yearn for the taste of the sacred...
and through our cameras discover it, the world, and ourselves." |
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