Month: October 2014

Imaginary Exercise

“Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.”
— William Blake

Close your eyes and rest. See the door and walk towards it. There is writing on the door. What does it say? What kind of handle does the door have and what happens when you open it? That’s it. Open the door. What do you see? What colours are there? What sounds? What smells? Are you indoors or are you outside? What does the sky look like? What is the song that you hear in the background? Take a few steps and explore. What do you see? Have you been here before? Who or what is that coming towards you? Take all the time you need to explore and realize this world may be as real as the one you left from. You can return to this one any time you like or go to another. They are countless.
Blessings, G

Click on images to see full-sized:
With Thoughts of SoaringWith Thoughts of Soaring (Vapula) by G A Rosenberg
Opening UpOpening Up by G A Rosenberg

Rambling Weirdness

“In conlusion, there is no conclusion. Things will go on as they always have, getting weirder all the time.”
— Robert Anton Wilson

Entranced by the strangeness
that passes for the every day
People act in ways not expected
as we do
and we act and react in return
we give kindness
and see it returned
How strange is that?
There is beauty in everything
and yet there is something I’ve never seen before
and it calls to me, beckoning
caught in the siren song of novelty
I follow along
and find myself walking
in strange places
I never knew
I return home a stranger
seeing through new eyes
and come again to know
familiar altered faces
for the first time
a homecoming for every day
and thus nothing gets taken
for granted.
— G A Rosenberg

Click on images to see full-sized:
Astronomy LessonAstronomy Lesson (Stolas) by G A Rosenberg
Interlocking Crystaline PiecesInterlocking Crystalline Pieces by G A Rosenberg
In His KeepIn His Keep (Asmoday) by G A Rosenberg

Thoughts on Ultimate Freedom

 

The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for yourself. Question authority. Think with your friends. Create, create new realities. Philosophy is a team sport. Philosophy is the ultimate, the ultimate aphrodisiac pleasure. Learning how to operate your brain, learning how to operate your mind, learning how to redesign chaos.
-Timothy Leary

 

We create new worlds and inhabit our fictions. Our imaginations take us to real places that defy conventional thinking. Each moment is a chance to take something from the worlds inside our heads and manifest it externally. It can be art, music, drama, recipes or ourselves. By recreating the world we defy the rules of standardization. The truth is that while there may be laws the only rules we have are the ones we make for ourselves. That can mean living within society’s laws or outside of them being willing to take responsibility for our thoughts and actions and the consequences that may result from them. Ultimately we have total freedom. This tends to frighten the rule makers and keepers of society senseless but in reality we are the ones in control. That’s a frightening thought for many which is why so few are willing to think outside the box. It can be amazingly liberating to do so however.
Blessings, G

 
 

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Oroborus's StareOroborus’s Stare by G A Rosenberg

 

GeneratorGenerator by G A Rosenberg

 

Giving the Muse Her Due

“Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.”
― William S. Burroughs

I was tempted to run a poem of mine seen here a few years back called “Seducing the Muse”. It would have been relevant and it would have fit the quote but there would have been an irony in it. My commitment to my writing is at least 100 words a night be they doggerel or stream of consciousness, poetry, mini essays or what not. In this, I hope not only to increase my contact with those of you who come to read and look at the pictures but it is one of the ways I seek to keep my muse involved with me. That and constantly creating more art, honing my skills and acquiring new ones. Expressing either concepts or whims or sometimes like the tarot project, I seek to do more. After all pretty abstract designs while fun and well liked often seem like popcorn, tasty yet unwilling. It’s much more of a challenge pulling an image together from start to finish and doing my all to represent it.
Some nights I can tell when the muse is happy with me. The images and concepts flow and there is a rapport between me and the expression. Other times I stare at the screen and start to play until an image appears. Then it is up to me to convey the image to other eyes in the best way possible. So that even if she left the party for awhile, the muse will return. So far it seems to be working plus she is very forgiving.
Blessings, G

Click on images to see full-sized:
He witnesses Her TransformationHe Witnesses Her Transformation (Gäap ) by G A Rosenberg
Rising EyeRising Eye by G A Rosenberg

The Revealing

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
― E.E. Cummings

Now can come the revealing. Anyone reading this and anyone not reading this can know that you are worth it. There is that in you that is a star, a deity who is worthy of all the wonderment and joy that this universe offers. You may falter and fall but you will rise again. Because life sometimes throws us curves and sometimes we give into temptations. Sometimes we may do terrible things. That does not make us unworthy, it makes us human. Being human with faults and foibles is something to celebrate. Realizing who we are and our capacities even if we have not lived up to them is happy making. Remember that we are all stars and we all contain universes. Remembering this can help us get through even the darkest nights of our soul and the greyest days.
Blessings, G

Click on images to see full-sized:
The Woods He Leaves BehindThe Woods He Leaves Behind (Zeper) by G A Rosenberg
Training Ground for PhoenixesTraining Ground For Phoenixes by G A Rosenberg

A Fleeting Prayer

“Intelligence is the capacity to receive, decode and transmit information efficiently. Stupidity is blockage of this process at any point. Bigotry, ideologies etc. block the ability to receive; robotic reality-tunnels block the ability to decode or integrate new signals; censorship blocks transmission.”
–Robert Anton Wilson

Ganesh break me through the barriers
of the quicksand in my mind
Hermes free me
from crippling beliefs
and help my thoughts fly mercurially.
Oh cross road beings
widen my mind
so I can see that other roads exist
and honour them as I wish mine honoured
and see them as valid choices I may one day make.
Let me speak when others put their hand to my mouth
and that bars of thought are all illusion.
May I use what I have to free others
and may my travel be swift.
Aughm HA!
— G A Rosenberg

Blessings, G

Click on images to see full-sized:
Golden HummingbirdGolden Hummingbird by G A Rosenberg
WrathWrath by G A Rosenberg
Approaching the Unknown with Totemic AspectsApproaching the Unknown with Totemic Aspects (Bael)  by G A Rosenberg

Art Gallery 2014 (Updated)

The Art Gallery- 2014 page has been created and updated with the pictures from September . Please browse through and if you have an interest in purchasing any prints please contact me at rambled@mac.com or my webshops at http://wakingspirals.deviantart.com and http://www.cafepress.com/wakingspirals

 

Click on image to go to the 2014 Art Gallery Page:

 

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