by Dawn Patel | Feb 7, 2016 | allegorical painting, art, art process, Brilliant Stranger, butterflies, cocoons, contemporary art, dawn patel art, evolution, metaphors, storytelling
It’s one of many overused phrases in our culture, that, once full of possibility, have become slogans that sell everything. (especially cars) But… nevertheless… I have to start this post with these words:It is not the destination.It...
by Dawn Patel | Nov 18, 2015 | abstract art, art, artists process, Brilliant Stranger, conflict, contemporary art, dawn patel art, meaning, painting
I finished this painting today, stopping at a point that I would have not been able to leave alone in the past.I’ve been thinking about getting back into the habit of writing about art lately. I’ve probably been thinking about it for more than two...
by Dawn Patel | Jan 9, 2015 | art and nature, art for sale, artists process, dawn patel, dawn patel art, ecology, mind, nature and technology, never-ending story, Positive Psychology, sentience, sentient beings, Sentient Potential, technology
Sentience is the ability to feel, perceive or experience subjectively. Eighteenth-century philosophers used the concept to distinguish the ability to think (reason) from the ability to feel (sentience). In modern Western philosophy, sentience is the...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 31, 2014 | animals, art, art process, artist, artists process, being present, belief, Chance, creative process, gratitude, healing through art, intuition, language, poetry, sentient beings, seredipity
Today it occurs to me that the language of the Sentient Beings has to be poetryWork in Progress: “Chances of Drowning”But I argue, “I’m not a poet.” Well, I’m not a good one.I don’t know what to do.”A Pigeon...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 15, 2014 | alley, birds, deception, fox, jackal, mystery, never-ending story, parallel universe, past lives, sentient beings, sidewalk, stories, storytelling, wolf
The world of the Sentient Beings has always been here. It’s just that we don’t always see.The Sentient Beings were in danger of becoming invisible to all. Jackal turned himself into a man, and tried to convince the people that these beings...
