Drawings II

Drawings II

More drawings.

the child lives!

the child lives!

pencil on paper
11in x 17in
Male Model

Male Model

charcoal on paper
17in x 24in
above and below

above and below

pencil on paper
11in x 17in

As above, so below - the same reality, viewed through different senses.  We are both the barrier and the door between the worlds. 

Man on Fire

Man on Fire

pencil on paper
3in x 6in
In the ... of Accessible Mountains

In the ... of Accessible Mountains

pencil on paper
14in x 17in
Spinning Heart

Spinning Heart

pencil on paper
8in x 8in

The heart is not a pump: the force needed to pump fluids through so many miles of tiny capillaries is more than the heart can generate, and the walls of the heart range from very thin to quite thick, unlike a pump's uniform structure.  The heart does not pump; it spins.

flying headfirst into nothing

flying headfirst into nothing

pencil on paper
11in x 17in

A picture of the so-called "air trial," in which all ground and all familiarity falls away. The seer survives the trial based on his or her own inner organization, one's own earned ability to stay coherent when all outer order turns to chaos. 

how the cocoon becomes the butterfly

how the cocoon becomes the butterfly

pencil on paper
11in x 17in

Inside the coccoon is true chaos—liquid. No one knows how this liquid becomes a new insect, but I love the image of complete metamorphosis.