Finding the space between thoughts
There is no identification with form or self, in the space between thoughts.
The way I work is to take a phrase like the one above and start drawing. For me, thoughts are all about time. They are based either in the past or the future. We may think we are thinking of the present moment, but the second our mind takes a snapshot of the present moment and coverts it into thought, it's now of the past. To be present, is to let our thoughts subside and just be. So the drawing starts with a representation of thoughts and time, personified by figures moving. This is all preconceived, but as I start working the drawing starts to talk back and present new ideas and more depth to the subject. I notice the space between the thoughts also connects all the figures. The quiet mind is the point of connection. With thoughts there is duality such as past and future, knowledge and ignorance, while in the stillness between thoughts, there is total unity. There is no identification with form in the space, leading me to ideas about 'no self'. In short, a drawing for me is a journey, where I decide the initial direction but in not knowing or preconceiving the destination, the process becomes a journey of discovery.
"Pay attention to the gap - the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space between words in a conversation, between the notes of a piano or flute, or the gap between the in-breath and the out-breath. When you pay attention to those gaps, awareness of 'something' becomes - just awareness. The formless dimension of pure conciousness arises from within you and replaces identification with form." Eckhart Tolle
"I’m beginning to know myself. I don’t exist. I’m the space between what I’d like to be and what others made of me. Just let me be at ease and all by myself in my room." Fernando Pessoa
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The space between thoughts
This painting was inspired by reading various Buddhist teachings along with quotes about letting thoughts go and finding the space beyond thought. In finding this space, I realise that I am not my thoughts. Thoughts are about the past and future, creating their own illusion of what is. Reality is only in the present moment, where there are no thoughts. There is no identification with form or self, in the space between thoughts.
"Pay attention to the gap - the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space between words in a conversation, between the notes of a piano or flute, or the gap between the in-breath and the out-breath. When you pay attention to those gaps, awareness of 'something' becomes - just awareness. The formless dimension of pure conciousness arises from within you and replaces identification with form."
- Eckhart Tolle
"I’m beginning to know myself. I don’t exist. I’m the space between what I’d like to be and what others made of me. Just let me be at ease and all by myself in my room."
- Fernando Pessoa
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