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  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 13, 2008, 5:01 PM:
 

Put them here
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 14, 2008, 12:29 AM:
 

OK, I will start. Below is a link to the groups avatar, or whatever you call it. It is a photo of a painting I did years ago. For a while, I did painting incorporating images of dancers. My models were from photos. I didn't realize it at the time but all the dancers were from Alvin Ailey Dance Company in NYC. I didn't know this until my daughter Tegan started going to the Ailey School. Isn't that weird?  :O)

http://aura1.gaia.com/photos/47/460754/large/IMG_0003web1.jpg

PS: I don't see how to post a photo directly anymore …

  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 14, 2008, 12:51 AM:
 

Hi Silent Temple

I would like to post pictures, but don't know how to either and I'm not sure how to do a link to a picture

Tai
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 14, 2008, 2:12 PM:
 

Tai,

As I recall, Gaia used to have a picture icon thingamahbob to post photos that I no longer see but maybe I am thinking of another website …

To post a link, you copy it and then paste it here. Then you highlight it and then click on the chain icon above to the left of the spell check icon, and again paste the link in the popup next to link URL and then hit insert
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Photos

Meenakshi said Dec 14, 2008, 7:04 PM:
 

The icon for posting photos is still on the text bog for blogs but not for pods.

But if the picture is uploaded to your Photos section or on the web, all we've to do is copy and paste it .

e.g.  I pasted the photo of the moon in my introduction on this pod..

Silent Temple, I enjoyed your painting; the details draw the eye in. Are you a member of the DREAMS OF ARTISTS™ pod on Gaia? They feature artists there.
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 16, 2008, 3:27 AM:
 

I got it now. Thanks!

http://aura1.gaia.com/photos/47/460754/large/IMG_0003web1.jpg
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 16, 2008, 3:33 AM:
 

Nice one Mac!

but how do you get the picture bigger?
please pass on your tips….
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 16, 2008, 7:03 AM:
 

Hi Tai!  :O)

Well, you know how you can click on a picture in your gallery to make it bigger? Well, do that and then highlight the picture and then copy it and then paste it in your post.

Mac
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 19, 2008, 3:55 AM:
 

Carrie and Tai - more beautiful pictures, please!

  we_are_one : We are One

Re: Photos

we_are_one said Dec 19, 2008, 2:51 PM:
 

elmer_0091.jpg precious stone image by elmer2000
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 19, 2008, 11:19 PM:
 

More please!
  mario : ~

Re: Photos

mario said Dec 20, 2008, 8:39 AM:
 

“flowing worldship”

i made it this year
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 20, 2008, 10:20 PM:
 

Wonderful color, Mario!
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 20, 2008, 11:49 PM:
 

beautiful mario - have you any other pieces of art to share here….
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 21, 2008, 4:38 AM:
 

Geese : Flying south a bit late?
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 21, 2008, 4:41 AM:
 

As Mac says more please….
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 21, 2008, 4:47 AM:
 

  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 21, 2008, 4:54 AM:
 

I'm thinking this place was magical, maybe related to earth energy lines…
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 22, 2008, 10:50 AM:
 

Taikunping
A Sacred Site?  http://www.sacredsites.com/  There must be more than are listed on the website.  It lists 37 sacred sites in England.  None in Connecticut.  But there's one in Florida (Crystal River mounds) about 20 miles from where Erik lived.  Tim wants to go down in January to help Liz out - maybe we can squeeze in a side trip.  :)
  Taikunping : inner truth

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Taikunping said Dec 22, 2008, 10:56 AM:
 

thanks - will go check out the link.   Crystal River mounds sounds good.
  mario : ~

Re: Photos

mario said Dec 21, 2008, 7:12 AM:
 

hey :)
this one, i have made on an seminar with http://www.brushmind.net/kaz.html
with an very big brush.

 in 1 or 2 seconds…art without me

“samurai”


the blue areas are scanner bugs
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 21, 2008, 7:29 AM:
 

thanks for the link - will go check  it out…how big was the brush by the way…thanks for posting - art without effort sounds good to me..
  mario : ~

Re: Photos

mario said Dec 21, 2008, 12:02 PM:
 

ahoi taikunping
“how big was the brush by the way”
the paper was lay on the bottom and i could use the brush in an upstanding position. the brush was looking like a swab. in first part of this seminar we was doing “normal” kanji-writings. than in the second part, as kind of bonbon maybe, we could use this spezial brushes of kazuaki for fun.  i was planing to do a lot of  paintings with this rare tools. but the first paint  thats happened was samurai…and i couldn't  make more pics, because i felt this first one was like achieve an goal…was an new good experience to me :)
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 21, 2008, 12:25 PM:
 

I checked out the site, went all through it in fact!  I liked what I saw - I've tried doing kanji-writings, but must admit I wasn't that good - I did the reiki kanji with the help of my son in the end - he's pretty nifty with a pencil, pen or brush for that matter…

I liked the fact that the paintings are done in one breath, it's like breathing the life force into the picture…I've done mandala's in this fashion using word and colour - I'll post one..I could see the energy in your picture as the brush stroke spiraled.  It's good to have new experiences as this keep our creative energy high.
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 21, 2008, 12:29 PM:
 

PEACE IS IN MY HEART MANDALA - these words are written all around the mandala, starting from the centre working outwards. The breath is held as you write

Mandala
  mario : ~

Re: Photos

mario said Dec 22, 2008, 5:43 PM:
 

“…It's good to have new experiences as this keep our creative energy high.”

hey, thats reminds me of something…
thanks :)
  we_are_one : We are One

Re: Photos

we_are_one said Dec 21, 2008, 11:08 AM:
 

I love this thread!
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 22, 2008, 2:25 AM:
 

ALL great stuff! I am very impressed! Keep it rolling!
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 22, 2008, 2:34 AM:
 

Solstice Sunset

Hawaii-sunset-on-maui
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 22, 2008, 2:56 AM:
 

A drawing I did of a friend, poet, Zen monk, and photographer, George Jisho Robertson. I just sent it to him last week after more than a years wait.

  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 23, 2008, 12:27 AM:
 

Hi - Are the words around George his poetry - it's like thought form
I like it.  Or maybe the words are waiting in thought form to be brought into being - great
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 25, 2008, 1:25 PM:
 

Yes, the words are his poetry.  :O)
  ingebrita : seeker

Re: Photos

ingebrita said Dec 23, 2008, 7:01 AM:
 

Also wondering…  are the words around George in his own handwriting?  Gives me an idea for family history illustrations…  It's a wonderful piece of art!
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 25, 2008, 1:36 PM:
 

No, not his. I wrote them in.
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 22, 2008, 3:05 AM:
 

A cropped photo recently sent to me of my first pastel done in High School.

  ~KES : Communicator

Re: Photos

~KES said Dec 22, 2008, 3:28 AM:
 

Your mastery in high school is brilliant Sean.  Your paintings are as beautiful as your words.  Namasté

I took this photo:
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 23, 2008, 6:30 AM:
 

beautiful picture, so pure….
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Photos

Meenakshi said Dec 22, 2008, 9:10 AM:
 
Spiderweb in the garden : Beautiful spiderweb. At one level, spider connects. It can also be used - as K'sitew has taught me - to bring participants to ceremony!
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 23, 2008, 12:38 AM:
 

looks like sparkling jewels suspended from the centre of the web - beautiful…
  Meenakshi : Connection

Re: Photos

Meenakshi said Dec 23, 2008, 6:02 AM:
 

Wow! I see it anew with each viewer's eyes. Thanks Julie.
  ingebrita : seeker

Re: Photos

ingebrita said Dec 22, 2008, 12:25 PM:
 

Sunset, October 2007, Avery Point, sculpture path by the sea…
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 23, 2008, 12:28 AM:
 

Loving the beauty - excellent picture
  Taikunping : inner truth

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Taikunping said Dec 23, 2008, 12:35 AM:
 

a reflection in soap suds

0_61_bubble_girl_2
  ingebrita : seeker

Re: Photos

ingebrita said Dec 23, 2008, 6:54 AM:
 

Fascinating - doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before.  What is the reflection of?
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 23, 2008, 7:22 AM:
 

It was taken while Andy was cleaning his motorbike, just thought it looked a bit unusual, so I zoomed in!……Had a morning of taking reflections in the car, in glass and water, did some shadow pictures too, just experimenting (while the weather was still good)
  ingebrita : seeker

Re: Photos

ingebrita said Dec 23, 2008, 6:39 AM:
 

Thank you!
  ingebrita : seeker

Re: Photos

ingebrita said Dec 23, 2008, 7:32 AM:
 

Provincetown - 1 : An artist lives in this house and has many beautiful things imbedded in his walls and decorating his front garden...
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 23, 2008, 7:45 AM:
 
shadows of candytuft
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 23, 2008, 8:49 AM:
 

old stonewall : Wondered how one stone came to be standing so straight up next to the wall...
  Taikunping : inner truth

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Taikunping said Dec 23, 2008, 9:09 AM:
 
reflections
  ingebrita : seeker

Re: Photos

ingebrita said Dec 23, 2008, 9:18 AM:
 

Reflections and a wall…  That's how the world looks to me when I look through Tim's glasses!
 

Re: Photos

Tharlam [no longer around] said Dec 23, 2008, 8:51 AM:
 

'Where We Once Made Love' by Tharlam

Where We Once Made Love : ....and then wandered home together
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 23, 2008, 8:56 AM:
 

Tharlam,  This is incredibly beautiful!  Where was it taken?  Looks like an ice storm…  Blowing me away…
 

Re: Photos

Tharlam [no longer around] said Dec 23, 2008, 11:09 AM:
 

It was taken in Almondale Country Park, about 20 miles from Edinburgh, Scotland. 

  Taikunping : inner truth

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Taikunping said Dec 24, 2008, 1:22 AM:
 

  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 24, 2008, 2:19 AM:
 

Spectacular!
  BAD! Kitty : Artist with Soul

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BAD! Kitty said Dec 24, 2008, 3:18 AM:
 

I did this one in 2005. It is a paper collage with inks and gilding with a dash of digital writing. Hello to all, my name is Heather and I am new. I've enjoyed all the great images and learned some new things too, it's be great fun. Have a great day.
Barn Burning
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 24, 2008, 4:04 AM:
 

Heather, I just scrolled down your blog and saw a lot of your delightful paintings!  Looking forward to seeing more of your work here!
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 25, 2008, 1:40 PM:
 

:O)
  ingebrita : seeker

Re: Photos

ingebrita said Dec 24, 2008, 5:06 AM:
 

faces-in-the-woods - 3 : Birch Plain Creek Wildlife Area
  Taikunping : inner truth

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Taikunping said Dec 24, 2008, 5:39 AM:
 
I Love bees and honey!
  Taikunping : inner truth

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Taikunping said Dec 24, 2008, 5:45 AM:
 
fly on a wall!
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 24, 2008, 6:08 AM:
 

Love bumble bees!  Great shot!  Can't say the same about flies - spider chow… 

  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 24, 2008, 6:05 AM:
 

Provincetown - 3
  Taikunping : inner truth

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Taikunping said Dec 24, 2008, 11:40 AM:
 

what I would like to know is where the person who owns the walls got all the amethyst geodes!
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

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Silent Temple said Dec 25, 2008, 1:43 PM:
 

Very talented group. If I were rich, I would hire you all!

  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 26, 2008, 2:20 AM:
 



Love to everyone…..
  Taikunping : inner truth

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Taikunping said Dec 27, 2008, 1:05 AM:
 

Love to all bees….
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Dec 27, 2008, 7:22 AM:
 

Exquisite!  How did you get this picture?  (The orange flower and bug?)
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 27, 2008, 8:31 AM:
 

I only saw the hover fly in the rose when I zoomed in, it was one of those chance things, it was the colour and perfection of the bloom that drew me in to the centre - I've noticed that these insects really like, the bright orange, and yellow flowers, but seem interested on landing on those colours even if they aren't flowers!
  mario : ~

Re: Photos

mario said Dec 27, 2008, 5:01 PM:
 

the name of this one i change often :)

now i call it.

“blue tasted difficulties”

mac, the group avtar paint is great!

why you stopped painting?
  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 28, 2008, 12:43 AM:
 

Hi Mario

Just been gazing at your picture - I can see faces, flowers and a tunnel and an unborn child… I will come back later and check again - the picture draws you inside - thanks for posting - loving your pictures
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 29, 2008, 9:10 AM:
 

Yes, I agree with Julie - a wonderful picture, Mario. Very wonderful.

Why did I stop painting? … I think it was a broken heart that did it … in part … and then I focused almost completely on a very much alone spiritual existence … and when I think of painting, I cannot summon the dead person within me that used to paint to resurrect himself and paint.

  Taikunping : inner truth

Re: Photos

Taikunping said Dec 29, 2008, 10:50 AM:
 

I hope you find that part of you that painted with such energy and sensitivity again - soon…

Much love
Tai
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 30, 2008, 5:01 PM:
 

Thank you so very much, Tai!  :O)
  mario : ~

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mario said Dec 29, 2008, 12:59 PM:
 

thank you :o)

mac, i can imagine the strong feelings behind the happening and i think the silent tempel is a good place for healing them…
…every thing has it's own time…you are painting now with worts and other movements…maybe there will be an new beginning with brushes, maybe not…

you are great! :o)

let's keep the heart-mind open…
  Silent Temple : Silent Temple

Re: Photos

Silent Temple said Dec 30, 2008, 5:13 PM:
 

laughing

Mario, we get to do it!

Hey, Mario, one of my favorite characters is named Mario in the opera Tosca by Puccini!  :O)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZB6nBV7_I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9K7x6RHEYc


:O)
  ~KES : Communicator

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~KES said Dec 30, 2008, 6:07 PM:
 
Brilliant Art and artists here!!!

Art is a way we express to one another an appreciation of, or a reaction to life.

Mathematicians have a deep appreciation of the order and relativity of symbolic factors in existence, which the layman often fails to appreciate. The public may not be aware that an interplay of relationships is what attracts both the mathematician and the painter, musician or even filmmaker. The fine artist, however, has a built-in public relations mechanism in that his work, which is a cumulative record of his interest in the varying relationships of light and color, can be grasped and appreciated by ordinary people who have no knowledge whatsoever of advanced mathematics, optics or color theory.

No such public relations mechanism assists the formulas and equations of the math “artist”- his work isn't generally appreciated until it in turn is translated into a less symbolic product: the sprinklers that turn on automatically at the correct time each day, the graceful, accurate trajectory of the space shuttle, or perhaps the computer software that permits a painter to create art on his laptop with no thought at all given to the mountains of code he is manipulating with his mouse.

Last year, a film director spared the assembled throng at the Kodak a lengthy Oscar acceptance speech by limiting his thanks to anyone who spends part of their day making art, as art is something that improves the quality of life. I thought that was a gracious acknowlegement and an important message, especially at a time when deconstuction and criticism seem to be the national sport. It's also a validation of the work of artists in less “artsy” fields, whose appreciation of the interplay of relationships in the universe enriches the daily lives of many, even though we can't understand a bloody thing they are saying.

Happy New Year!  Kathy
  ingebrita : seeker

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ingebrita said Jan 1, 5:45 AM:
 

Well put, Kathy!  We all need the talents of both logical and metaphoric minds.  Instead of judging differences to be better or worse it would be a blessing if we could all appreciate that every unique gift contributes to the well-being of the whole of mankind and the earth, too.  I like your example: the computer software that permits a painter to create art on his laptop with no thought at all given to the mountains of code he is manipulating with his mouse.