Reflection - Stream of Thought on Art Making

Writing

Stream of Thought — Carolin Rechberg, 26th May 2023

Contemplating on the space

Having encountered and been in dialogue with the work,

now stepping back

and circling to perceive from different angles

Pausing to see where and which accents and information the piece calls for now

Taking moments to perceive what is occurring in the present layers of marks

What expressions are inherent in the presence of the work itself already and are in communication with the observer and the environment/the space

To see what is calling for further accents or distributions

A going back and fro

In the communion with creation

Until the work dictates its own arrival and designating my departure

To learn and experience with the next work and its insights emanating from the process of its own creation

Until it resides within itself as I have learned through the creation of the work itself

The process of creating

The immediacy of effect of presence revealed

In art making

In any making

Cause and effect

Not removed but embodied

And therefore seeing when and what occurs when not being mindful and

Attentive to action

Having to retrieve the magic of spontaneous creation when overly rendered

To allow for further opening and continuums of the work, imagination and inspiration itself

Each work a catalyst for the next while embodying its own wisdom

Imprinted by encounter

Impregnated by the seeds of understanding it carries

To manifest itself as a reflection of its own presence in the world

The environment

In you anew

A reflection of me

Of essence

Of experience

As it continues its journey

With you

A space and place holder for presence itself

To simply be

Breathe

Feel

Realise essence of self

And what we, manifest through how we, are, evolve and exude, cause resonance with everything we encounter and engage with

A calling to awaken to the power of presence

Of action