We always begin with chaos, but this time from a chaotic mental image rather than a drawing from life. We seek to understand what this chaos contains, using the tools acquired during the first four stages. Through a structural understanding of our own chaos, we bring order to it by applying the discipline learned from direct observation. We shape the raw material of imagination and primordial expression through the experience gained from depicting reality. In this case, references to the real world serve the imagination, not the reverse. At this stage the painting comprises several energetic moments in dialogue, a visual story in which the elements move from raw chaos toward purification and direction. We paint a scene of metamorphosis, centered on the transference and transformation of energies.
Art and higher states of consciousness
From the instinctive expression rediscovered in the first workshops, we create an undifferentiated chaos. We now translate inner stimuli directly, rather than visual ones. We can understand what is happening on the page: we can read the contents we have expressed. We study them carefully and identify which forms from the visible world they evoke. We give these forms a realistic presence, first defining their outlines and then adding color and light. Attention to composition comes into play through line, color, chiaroscuro and material. Unlike the subjects of the previous workshop, based on direct observation, these emerge from the imagination, enriched by reality. We follow two paths simultaneously, dividing our attention: on one hand the development suggested by chaotic forms, and on the other the elevation of energy. Like a sculptor shaping raw matter, we must attend to the construction of forms and the development of energies at the same time.
Artistic and Technical Objectives
To interpret visual stimuli on the painting surface using different realistic techniques.
Existential Objectives
To understand the simultaneous transformations of form, inner contents and energies.
Spiritual Objectives
To understand the direction of one’s automatic actions and consciously give them direction.
Workshop Topics: Inner states; catharsis and transference; symbolic and allegorical interpretation; altered states of consciousness; inspired consciousness; image formation; constitution of an object.