What is ‘Kundalini awakening’? ~ It’s a physical, mental and emotional evolution that can take place tremendously fast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini#Kundalini_awakening
At the time i felt i must be having a ‘nervous breakdown’ – but rather than take the advice of many and be persuaded to visit the doctor for pills to ‘calm me down’, I decided to spend more time doing the yoga that until this time had taken the form of a weekly class and a few stretches. I began to meditate daily. Sometimes it took hours to find calm. I couldn’t continue to make my work without finding this inner place and saw this is actually what I’ve done since childhood, without realising.
I asked out loud for a ‘mentor’ and assumed it would be another visual artist. But during the focused packing of books into small boxes, two wouldn’t fit, they really ‘spoke to me’. They were ‘The Power of Now’ Eckhart Tolle & The Barefoot Doctor ‘Handbook for the Urban Warrior’, both of which lived on my bed for the next few months, kept me sane and began to bring me joy. By ‘coincidence’ i ended up meeting the Barefoot Doctor who became my mentor and a treasured friend.
As I worked on my own self development my artwork also evolved in that i could see that i have always been making work on themes of ‘centeredness’ and the ‘middle way’. From this evolved a vision of an idea that had occurred while attending the Venice Biennale in July 2011. The pattern broke with my usual minimal style being inspired by recollections of delight and insights from ‘Spirograph’ during the early 1970’s, seeing how each ‘petal’ can be construed as an experience and as part of a whole devoted to personal healing and healing requires 100% commitment. When we take responsibility for ourselves the world becomes a better place!
