In the silent Linden : this blog is a diary about my - Barbara Beeckmans - work as an artist. I work with ink, drypoint, etching, watercolour.
Hier kun je ook iets proeven van wat er gebeurt in de stille Linde : het kunsthuis, de droomboom, de stille aanraking van seiki en shiatsu. Welkom.

Saturday, 30 July 2011

inside the Earth


Four new watercolours ...


"Searching for Earth"
This is an inner struggle, almost frozen,
huge grass blades bring her shelter
and take the shape of a doorway

The doorway becomes golden


when she realizes is not alone
others join her on "The Walk"
One huge grass blade tells us this heavenly door
is in loving unity with nature.
the inner storm became inner peace
a gift of transformation ...
this most silent walk
slowly changes into a dance


when she befriends the deep Earth
and all Her mysterious creatures.

This image of the depth of the Earth 
is also an image of the depth of our body
the weight and the matter
our Spirits need this dance inside the Earth.

The beauty of the Earth is a "Shelter" for us.
This last work is about gratitude
gratitude for the shelter where we can work
and dream and create
in a difficult and chaotic world.


On the right side there is a dark wall
with red shapes that are maybe organs
or stones of blood.
At the bottom a big angry monster
I did not see him until the work was finished.
This is the cruelty of only fysical reality.
Blessed is the shelter that nurtures our dreaming souls.


4 x words from you and me:

  1. I love this! You went into the depth. This is brave. You show us warmth and being-not-alone and an open golden heaven-door. O Mother, how brave!

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  2. Thank you, Dori, calling my soul-drawing-dreamwork brave ...

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  3. I sent a link of your Post to my sisters, they like your work very much, too.

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  4. I am so grateful for the "shelter":)

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