Cascade of colors, 2024

This artwork is an entrancing display of vertical lines, expertly blending a multitude of colors from the entire spectrum. The piece starts with an intense concentration of vibrant colors at the top, gradually transitioning to lighter hues as it moves downwards. Each line appears meticulously crafted, creating a cascade of color reminiscent of a heavy rain shower or cascading waterfall. The use of color is masterful, seamlessly integrating blues, greens, reds, yellows, and purples to form a dynamic visual symphony. The lower part of the canvas gently fades into white, skillfully suggesting a sense of serenity and completion. The juxtaposition of dense coloration with gentle fading showcases the artist’s command over movement and depth. This artwork is both abstract and evocative, inviting the viewer to interpret the emotional landscape portrayed in this vibrant vertical odyssey.

Another way to look at meditation is to view the process of thinking itself as a WATERFALL, a continual cascading of thought. In cultivating mindfulness we are going beyond or behind our thinking, much the way you might find a vantage point in a cave or depression in a rock behind a waterfall. We still see and hear the water, but we are out of the torrent.”

Love this perfect metaphor to describe the meditation process by Jon Kabat-Zinn

If we become caught in the torrent of our thoughts in our meditation, as we would if a waterfall were crashing on top of us, we become lost. But, as with the waterfall, all it takes is stepping back a little bit to get out of the way of the crashing water. In meditation we do this by seeing ourselves lean away from our thoughts and then just observing the water cascading down in the form of thoughts.

This self sitting in that seat, is the pillar of all spiritual growth, whether in meditation or our daily lives.