This balance and captured moment resulted from a blend of request from a very close friend… with the feeling of unconditional love by those closest to me. The intention here is a prayer for my friend’s Dad who seems to be approaching his last days of life… Loss like this is always a hard event to come to terms with… but it is simply a part of the grand ZEN of our existence… time to learn and grow.. all LOVE!!
A little bit about the creative process..
After a busy and emotionally strenuous day, I found some time before sunset to observe my good friend’s request for a dedicated balance… whenever death is in my awareness i tend to slow down more so than normal.. much more lucid in my activities.. so when i arrived to the creek, all was calm.. There was not much expectation as daylight wound down. The top rock too heavy to lift with one arm.. flooding uncertainty… BUT… i attempted to realize and challenge my abilities.. An intriguing “click” occurs when the thread of gravity is stumbled upon and the seemingly separate parts move as ONE. This feeling is the mysterious enchantment of the entire art form in the moments of balancing.
As fate would have it… just as the balance came into realization, the setting sun danced through the trees along the creek, creating a magical space around the balance… all i could think of was GRATITUDE for my friend.. her dad, AND my lover who has always supported me so much… even through stressful times like today…. But it’s allll good.. <3
“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that a space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
