by Dawn Patel | Mar 11, 2017 | allegorical painting, art, being human, Brilliant Stranger, dawn patel art, faith, hermit life, hope, jung, nervous breakdown, painting, tension of opposites, visionary art
The Prophet by Kahlil GibranAnd a woman spoke, saying Tell us of Pain.And he said:Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in...
by Dawn Patel | Feb 8, 2017 | allegorical painting, ancestors, art, art and nature, art process, Brilliant Stranger, female power, feminine energy, visionary art, visionary painting, women
I sometimes hear voices. I kept pretty quiet about that my entire life, because, well, I was afraid of being judged by minds that do not understand such things. This has been a month of letting go of fears… so that one’s gone too.In the early...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 25, 2016 | art and nature, Brilliant Stranger, conquering fear, dark times, darkness, dawn patel art, dreams, kali time, nature, relationship with nature, storytelling, visionary art, visionary painting, visions
In the earliest hours of morning our thoughts connect two worlds. Dreams open doors into a fluid world. In daylight the thick shell of the world hides from us from the truth we seek. We forget the stars are still there. This is my story of remembering. It is one of...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 12, 2016 | allegorical painting, ancestors, Brilliant Stranger, dawn patel art, kali, painting, refugees, usha. dark times, visionary art, visions
I have made two decisions this month.One is to leave paintings in their raw state.The Other is to share all of my visions, even the ones I have been quiet about.I don’t turn on a lightbulb. I see in the darkness and find my way through it.What i see in the dark,...
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 | May 31, 2014 | Brilliant Stranger, dawn patel art, Door County, identity, Lost Moth Gallery, painting, place, poems, poetry, returning to art, therapy, visionary art, why paint?
My painting from 2000/2001 is now hanging at Lost Moth Gallery in Egg HarborThis is the place where the land and water meet. This is the place where the waves crash against your feet. This is the place where shore greets sea. This is the place where...
