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 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...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 11, 2014 | animals, creative process, creativity, dawn patel art, fables, fox, jackal, lessons, life is stranger than fiction, moon, mystery, myth, nature, never-ending story, sentient beings, stories, storytelling, wolf
More Jackal… she is Dancing Jackal, after a long journey via magic arrow. During the long and reckless journey she is pierced by the arrow and has to land in a canyon where there is no escape. Dancing Jackal does not have the patience...
by Dawn Patel | Nov 26, 2014 | Eagle Eye, fables, fairy tales, lessons, life, mystery, mystery stones, myth, never-ending story, Seer, sentient beings, storytelling, visionary art, visions, wisdom
The story I am telling with the Sentient Beings has no beginning and no end. It started sometime… perhaps when I was sleeping. It will end sometime… in a future that doesn’t exist yet. So, like I said, it has no beginning and no...
by Dawn Patel | Jun 10, 2014 | art, artists process, Brilliant Stranger, change, conceptual art, creative process, impermanence, mystery, mystery stones, technology, time, travel
The Mystery Stone project will launch at the end of June. (please note, this was June 2014) Hundreds of little painted stones will be released into the world. It’s time to write about the mystery stones. It all began when I woke up one day and decided I...
