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The Artist's Workshop
Kora Bales
I watch; It appears.
I watch; It appears.
Soul Expressions
This notebook is meant to be shared as an expression of my Soul's understanding of spiritual reality, through metaphysical explorations and explanations of inner and outer manifestations of the spiritual realm. This understanding is primarily expressed in the form of drawings, with reflective study and writing about these forms as soul symbols. Overall, all 'characters' within the work are synchronistically connected with, and speak to the spiritual evolution of the artist.
The Artist's Creative Process
In total, the process for my work entails drawing for a few hours, directly after meditation. Then, pictures of the part(s) realized (drawn into the evolving work), as well as a daily 'whole image,' is presented for further deconstruction in writing. Reflective analysis then funnels intuitive perceptions of the individual forms, and an individual part's significance to the overall narrative evolving within the whole mind (Soul), is revealed. In other words, I am 'directed' through intuition, as to what is drawn, as well as what is written; there is no pre-planning.
What is Metaphysics?
Metaphysics is the science of the individual's search for absolute reality, and the metaphysician's main practice is meditation upon the Presence of God. Concentrated focus upon this Spirit within meditation, results in the self-realization of one's identity within God. This understanding is the quiet moment of joy - the stopping of time within the meditative mind. It is the expansion of one's inner focus beyond the illusions and limitations of the ego. And, It is the subtle inner sight that is sound. Ultimately, one realizes his individual life experience as oneness with God's Spirit within his own mind, and this beautifully altered, meditative focus expands, exponentially adding to the life.
