Six paintings today – 10,000 soul paintings in 5 years. Click on the images below to view the gallery, and enjoy today’s letter.
8714 Soul Portraits to you!
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
It helps me paint when most of my consciousness is elsewhere, listening.
So this is what I heard, or read today, December 17, 2015. I heard Japanese scientists say Hai! (yes) inanimate objects are able to think. Really?
Ok. A US professor declares in a popular TED video all matter possesses a consciousness. I might listen to this video someday to understand.
Surprisingly, I was not terribly surprised. Now that I think about it I used to wonder, as a child, if rocks could remember things.
I heard long ago of a Naïve American tradition that a rock would know when moved from it’s resting place. Hmmm.
The Jewish sages discuss the soul-like sparks given to all living and non-living creations. Interesting, I’m getting this. Today, Mr. Plato, our Greek philosopher friend, is in the house – let’s hear it for Mr. Plato – saying something similar. Really, where do these ideas come from. Good for them.
I do know the world is vastly more wonderful than we allow ourselves to believe.
I picked up a rock and I brought it to my son a couple of days ago (before reading or hearing any of this). It seemed to want me to pick it up. He loves having rocks. Then I forgot to give it to him. I’ll go find it now… and then paint.
I’m looking at six paintings. I wonder what they think of me. More importantly, what do they think of us.
Daniel
10 Thousand Souls 