et cetera
2025 / JANUARY
'We make the future as we make the truth.’
- David Bowie
‘Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.’
- Nikola Tesla
Look And I Appear… Time Will Tell (2021)
‘…does that mean the Moon is not there when I am not looking at it’ Albert Einstein
Sea Of Avidyā: Looking Where The Light Is Not: (And what did you see, my darling young one?)* (2021)
*(1962): Bob Dylan: A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall
Avidyā is ignorance out of the ‘darkness’.
Avidyā is the absence of insight and knowledge of ourselves and others, which causes misunderstandings, ignorance, misconceptions, obscuration and incorrect knowledge, which in turn creates the inability to experience a deep connection to others, the source of being, and our true selves.
We only see with light, so we must take the light to the ‘darkness’ (where the light is not: ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’) and remove Avidyā.
2025:
In a Sea of Avidyā
— working to illuminate the truth:
To see, know, connect and always avoid a mistaken view.
Overlapping - intersecting - intertwining - connecting
art/philosophy/science
and
creating a complete perspective and a deep connection to all.
Happy New Year
with love
fiona xxx
2024 / OCTOBER
‘I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their outlook would be fundamentally changed. The all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument suddenly silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified facade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or communist; blue and white, not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied.’
- Michael Collins (1930- 2021) American astronaut: Apollo 11 mission to (and around ) the Moon in 1969.
‘The question we must keep asking ourselves is, Do we believe what we see or do we see what we believe?’
- Federico Fellini (1920- 1993) Italian film director and screenwriter.
— seeing beyond ourselves —
— voting for our planet —
30 days before the USA election day: 5 November, 2024
2024 / MAY
Nº 5 Petal: 3 DAYS of PEACE & MUSIC — Woodstock / 1969
In a time of war (the Vietnam War), the Woodstock festival of 1969 was a special 3 days that understood the inspirational power — Energy Frequency Vibration — of music and dance to promote and care for peace, love and harmony.
The inspiration for this petal came from the iconic Woodstock festival poster — designed and created by graphic designer Arnold Skolnick in 3 days. The bold coloured, hand-crafted poster, which listed the performing bands in a ‘non-hierarchical’ alphabetical order using the same size font, captured the vibe and values of the Hippie Movement of that time.
Its non-complex, perfectly balanced graphics have stood the test of time, as have the music and artists of the festival.
Living in harmony with nature and one another, and the positive force of the Hippie Movement continues to be an inspiration towards a more authentic, respectful and inclusive society where the I / We / All can ‘come together’… if we want it.
And once again, as ‘two’ wars now continue endlessly:
WAR IS OVER!
IF YOU WANT IT
Love and Peace from John & Yoko*
WAR IS OVER WITH GLOBAL COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS & UNIVERSAL RESPONSIBILITY: There is no PRO or ANTI with this, only Satyagraha and Ahimsa. When stripped of all our identities, we are all sentient beings — human beings that want only to be.
’Just being’ and finding our true humanity whilst promoting world peace, love and harmony.
* © 1970 / 2002: John Lennon & Yoko Ono.
Yoko Ono (b.1933, Tokyo, Japan): multimedia artist / singer / songwriter / peace activist
John Winston Ono Lennon (1940-1980, Liverpool, England): singer / songwriter / musician / peace activist.
Both artists experienced World War II as children. They both use / used their art disciplines to actively change, lead and influence the world towards LOVE and PEACE.
2024 / MAY
2024 / JANUARY
Sit and meditate in one’s ‘imaginary’ clouds
Dream, muster up and awaken the ‘superpower’ energy
Ready to go
Transform the energy
Soar above the surf
Walk on water
Ride the waves
And jump high in the air to reach the ‘real’ clouds in the sky
2024 New Year message: TRANSFORMATION
Find your own positive SUPERPOWER
Rise high in the sky
And touch the clouds
with love
fiona xxx
‘The cloud… will never die… Nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything is in transformation.’
- Thich Nhat Hanh (1926 - 2022) Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist
and others…
‘Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.’
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German theoretical physicist
‘Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed.’
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743 - 1794) French chemist
‘This vast universe is a wheel, the wheel of Brahman. Upon it are all creatures that are subject to birth, death, and rebirth. Round and round it turns and never stops.’
- Svetasvatara Upanishad 1.6-8 (5th to 4th century BCE)
Saṃsāra: wandering / running around in circles / the cyclic change of all life, matter, and existence (energy cannot be destroyed or diminished, it is simply transmuted)
2023 / DECEMBER
@ 57 Ocean - Miami Beach, FL, USA
A last-minute, surprise pop-up show!
It is always good to see old artwork again and even get to transform some pieces, and when you show them alongside new pieces, you reinforce the connecting threads to the one message you always intend to convey, which ultimately, for me, is the reason for making art in the first place.
A big thank you to everyone who helped whilst @ 57 Ocean
Show blurb:
‘The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an ever better world. We are not created only to enjoy the world, we are created in order to evolve the cosmos.’ Maria Montessori (1870 - 1952)
