Spirit As Thaksin Shinawatra Painting

Credit: Bangkok Post, Thaksin Kisses Thai Ground Perhaps Spirit is everything and everything is Spirit. ‘That which is Form is not other than Emptiness, that which is Emptiness is not other than Form’ - The Heart Sutra ‘Now look. The whole phenomenal world is entirely oneself. Therefore the clouds, the mountains, and the flowers; the sound of a fart and the smell of urine; earthquakes, thunder, and fire are all the Original Self. Reading sutras and holding services, telling a pack of lies, slander and idle talk, ugliness and cuteness, everything altogether is supreme enlightenment. Everything is your Original Self that is perfectly without lack and is completely fulfilled in itself. Don’t be surprised.’ - Yasutani Hakuun Roshi To make things I’ve never seen before, images with visual intensity, both compelling and enduring, this is what I wish for. I like things that baffle me, that make me feel compelled to look at them again and again, things capable of many reinterpretations, with an effect that is permanently instantaneous. Within the working process I have a preference for open simplicity and spontaneity, and a will to try new things. This enables me to rehearse attitudes towards everything I encounter in this vast, mysterious, crazy, world; everything that matters in the rest of my life. ‘A way of doing implies a way of seeing’ - K.G.Subramanyan