by Dawn Patel | Apr 15, 2017 | ancestor dress, ancestor dresses, ancestry cloth, ancestry clothing, art, art and nature, art is a hammer, art is a mirror, art is a needle and thread, art quotes, artist, artists journey, artists process
“Art is a mirror to nature.” ShakespeareHouse in the Woods 1989“Art is not a mirror held up to realitybut a hammer with which to shape it.” Bertolt BrechtThe Gulf Stream 1995“In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And...
by Dawn Patel | Mar 20, 2017 | artists process, Brilliant Stranger, consciousness, creative process, i am usha, parallel universe, Sentient Potential, sentient space, sentient universe, spirituality, unseen world, usha
I woke up this morning thinking two things. 1. I really should start working on an artist’s statement for “I Am Usha.”2. I am at an age where many people have reached the top of their field.And then, as I so often like to do, I completely deconstructed both of...
by Dawn Patel | Jan 5, 2017 | allegorical painting, ancestors, ancestry cloth, art process, art therapy, artist, artists journey, artists process, buddhism, conquering fear, consciousness, dark times, darkness, india, mystery, usha
The Dark. A natural and essential part of our existence. Not evil. Not inferior. Deep. Forceful. Darkness is intense, and so widely misunderstood. Who has not used the word “darkness” to describe something ominous and...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 19, 2016 | 2016 election, acceptance, art process, art world, artist, artists, artists journey, artists manifesto, artists process, consciousness, contemporary art, contemporary storytelling
A Confession, a Conclusion, a Manifesto….Otherwise titled, Five Years in the Journey of a Artist in the Age of UnenlightenmentOtherwise titled… Onward!Five years ago I sat a table with a small group of friends and revealed to them my decision to step away from the...
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...
