The Transcendence of Memory

60” x 37” Acrylic Paint on Canvas

The Transcendence of Memory

60” x 37”

Acrylic on Canvas

When a person releases their granite strong grip on life, when made to let go of memories, hurts, traumas, dramas, glories, triumphs, and even the need to remain alive at all, the creative force of the universe will radiate not only from the core of their being, but from all that they cast their gaze upon!

Love is not a transaction, it is the common thread that connects us all!

(No A.I was used in the production of this work. Only the Creative Intelligence.)

Lighthearted

38” x 69”

Acrylic on Canvas

Surrender your mind and be free!

Lantern Idea

Lantern Idea

18”x 24”

Acrylic and Pencil

140lb Watercolour Paper

At some point, or even at several points in life, we all experience the ass-kicking that comes when our material attachments are broken. As we pass through challenging circumstances, we say to ourselves that we’ll “pick up the pieces” and carry on.

“Lantern Idea” seems to suggest that those pieces are nothing more than a fragile silhouette by which we define ourselves. Where there is the humility to discard those pieces, to do away with the fear that pretends to be prescient, the light of intuition is free to shine forth! The poet Rumi wrote that the cracks are where the light enters us, but in my experience the cracks are where light emerges from within!!

One by one as provisional pieces are let go of, love, creativity, insight, and courage are allowed to flow freely and unobscured. Illuminating the path forward, acting as a beacon for all that we come into contact with, the Lantern no longer clings to it’s own light!

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18”x24”

Acrylic and Pencil

140lb Watercolour Paper

Let go.

Fisherman

18”x 24”

Acrylic and Pencil

140lb Watercolour Paper

Whereas on the surface it seems that the Artist is a conceiver of ideas, the truth is that he is more fisherman than magician. Baiting his hook with experience and patience, and then casting that hook into the silent and invisible depths of the unmanifested, faithfully the Artist waits for an idea to sacrifice it’s unlimited formlessness so that his cosmic role may be fulfilled.

Similarly I ask: Will you bait your own hook with courage and cast it into the vastness of the unknown?

This work is dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Peter Starchuk, who recently returned to freedom!

From the Depths

From the Depths

18”x24”

Acrylic on Watercolour paper

What is sought in the stressful arranging of circumstances, in wrongs “righted”, or in the temporary fulfilment of a question answered, can only truly be discovered through the complete acceptance of circumstances as they are.

Each time that we convince ourselves that we have the piece that will complete the puzzle, the puzzle itself changes shape and we find ourselves caught in the frustration of trying to fit pieces where they do not belong. Upon the realization that all things and events are a just moving parts of the entirety, it becomes plain to see that all of the segmented and separated puzzle pieces were always an illusion.

Just as a flame converts it’s fuel into light, unconditional acceptance is the transmogrifier by which our inmost fears and anxieties are lovingly reshaped into inner peace and uninhibited joy!

Carpenter

18”x 24”

Acrylic Paint and Pencil

140lb Watercolour Paper

As the once powerful words printed on the yellowed, dog eared, and bookmarked pages of spiritual works lose their impact, it becomes clear that while those words temporarily guide their reader to freedom, they ultimately will have to be let go of in order to be fully realized. The fact is that many a spiritual teaching has been distorted into something that can be held on to and used as a vehicle for identity; something to be defended.

It is therefore my hope that one day this work and others like it, will be nothing more than something peculiar to hang on the wall, it’s symbolism a relic of a time before humanity touched it’s indwelling light.

Divine Spark

18 x 24

Acrylic and Pencil

140lb watercolour paper

The slightest sliver of spark can move thousands of pounds of machinery with ease. If a human were to attempt to move the same piece of machinery using will power and hard work, it would become an exponentially more difficult task.-

Guru’s Song

18” x 24”

Acrylic paint and pencil

140lb paper

Encapsulated within life’s most challenging moments lurks the opportunity to taste truth and freedom.

At some point in life we all experience loss, be it a job, relationship, a loved one passing on, or even our ability to socialize freely with one another. In opening our hearts and minds, and accepting whatever the outcome may be during these times, a person becomes less reliant on circumstance being favourable in order to feel complete or fulfilled.

May you walk, dear viewer, through the fire of pain and suffering unreservedly and without judgement, harnessing the light of the flame and using it to illuminate the path to freedom, all the while becoming a beacon of love for all those whose lives you touch!

Love yourself absolutely, accept all that arrives at the doorstep of your mind without prejudice. You will quickly realize that you are and always have been the guru of your own self!!

“The Gambler”

18″ x 24″

Acrylic Paint, Pencil, Ink

149lb paper

You are more than a thought. You are everything, and even the most elementary investigation, be it scientific, philosophical, or spiritual, will make that abundantly clear. Remember that at some point life will steal your past and future, so why not let go of them willingly? Empty your mind of thought and feel the power of your being!