Featured Work
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The Spirit of Solitude by Sharon Mau
“The weight of the world is love. / Under the burden of solitude, / under the burden of dissatisfaction / the weight, / the weight we carry is love. Who can deny? / In dreams it touches the body, / in thought constructs a miracle, / in imagination anguishes till born in human / looks out of the heart burning with purity / for the burden of life is love, / but we carry the weight wearily, / and so must rest in the arms of love at last, / must rest in the arms of love. / No rest without love, / no sleep without dreams of love / be mad or chill obsessed with angels or machines, / the final wish is love / cannot be bitter, cannot deny, cannot withhold if denied: / the weight is too heavy / must give for no return as thought is given in solitude / in all the excellence of its excess. The warm bodies shine together in the darkness, / the hand moves to the center of the flesh, / the skin trembles in happiness and the soul comes joyful to the eye / yes, / yes, / that’s what I wanted, / I always wanted, / I always wanted, / to return to the body where I was born.” Poetry by Allen Ginsberg Sunset Pa’ako Beach / Makena Maui Hawai’i Fine Art Photography / Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved This is a composite of four images, one of a beautiful horse I photographed at the 2008 Makawao 4th of July parade on Baldwin Avenue, and three of a beautiful sunset on Pa’ako Beach 30 September 2009. I do hope you enjoy my digital art. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Tree Boy by Arla M. Ruggles
New Mexico’s Highway 3 to Villanuevo State Park is narrow, winding, and treacherous! The posted speed limit is 25 MPH most of the way, but local traffic tends to zoom along at about 40. This landmark wordlessly cautions care in approaching yet another blind curve. / / (2009.OCT.11) Featured in / Gateways / (2009.OCT.24) / New Mexico / (2009.OCT.13) Canon 350D EOS / Sigma 70/300mm
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Celestial temple by MoonSpiral
9×12 pastel on Colorfix paper This is an old drawing that I decided to upload for the Sacred Places challenge in the Ancient Practices group. The description said it could be a place we have only visited etherically so I thought this might qualify.
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Curled Sky by Enno Kosk
October in Estonia with curled clouds on the field… /
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Abracadabra by LilithLilith
Image, editing and layout by Lilith. An’ it harm none, do what ye will / (Wiccan rede) Book of shadows.
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Night Creature by Katia Honour
A Harpy finds a sweet spot to bask in. Even creatures accustomed to dwelling in the night can be reached by a shaft of light and simply enjoy the warmth and inspiration. Oil on Canvas, 45” x 35” (original for sale – $600) / Featured in Divine Feminine Group
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Red Mountain by retepk
There is this little world many, many light years from our present location. It is so remote that it hasn’t been named yet. As far as we know. I liked it so I thought I would share this one surviving image of it. Planetscape created in Artmatic Voyager. Moons created in Bryce 6. Assembled in Photoshop CS2.
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SOMBRE by KEIT
2009 featured in / Gateways on 10/09
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The Cupboard of Remarkable Dreams by Jing3011
An invitation to make-believe sold as a laminated print to a Redbubble artist
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Pálpito by Pedro Flores
Original painted acrylic on plywood. 120×150 cm. / /
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Desarrollo sostenible IX by Pedro Flores
Photo manipulation / /
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Who pulls the strings? by TaniaLosada
The lights turn on / the function starts. / In the puppet of the insane / Who pulls the strings? Extract from the song “Who pulls the strings?” by Doctor Deseo basque group I know… I’m obsessed with the concept of Time! lol Self+portrait of my boyfriend+texture layers / Canon 400D It’s a set of two / See also / Feature work in: / - Gateways group (October 09) / / - EMI – The Group (September 09) / / - Digital Photography group (September 09) / - Digital Artist United group (September 09) / / - The Grunge Art Gallery group (September 09) / - Textures Unlimited group (September 09) / / - Dimensions group (September 09) / / - Sets of Two group (September 09)
Recent Work
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(Mary Magdalene).... Last love song by -Lilith-
An international collaboration. Poem by Leon A. Walker (Florida, USA) / Image by Lilith (Netherlands) Thank you so much, Leon, for all your inspiration and magic. “The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone” (Goethe) You can find more of Leon’s work HERE
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Conquered by -Lilith-
Too fragile to be truely seen? / Too powerful to be handled? / Only you, / Maestro, / Will know / What is waiting / Inside. / Unveil me / And still love me.
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Stepping Stones Through the Garden (CG#29) by Monica Scanlan
Beautiful daisies and other flowers are found in this garden that is surrounded by a unique wooden fence. The stone path through the flowers leading to the gate adds character to the garden. /
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Jacket 3 by Mark Coward
Old jacket.
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Deep purple'... by valzart
....This is how I feel today..high as a kite as I look at all the beauty I see before me on this wonderful ‘bubble’....mind blowing this one …it moves woot lol!! ; ~}... hush .... P.S. WARNING!! don’t look at this too long lol! ‘Thinking of you’........a first experimental digital design …..featured in ‘A fascinating purple’
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Blue Fantasy by Sharon K. Shubert
Digital art in abstract realism fantasy style. :) BEST VIEWED LARGE. Below are some close-up shots of this art work so you can see detail work:
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soul reflections by shadowlee
created with Incendia, and photoshop
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The armies of peace by Lawrence Alfred Powell
For other works see the new art/literature ezine, Le Nouveau Monde Vert, at lnmveditors.50webs.com (LNMV is now accepting art/poetry submissions for the 2009 issue. Email to: lnmveditors@yahoo.co.uk)
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Reality multiplex 817 by Lawrence Alfred Powell
For other works see the new art/literature ezine, Le Nouveau Monde Vert, at lnmveditors.50webs.com (LNMV is now accepting art/poetry submissions for the 2009 issue. Email to: lnmveditors@yahoo.co.uk)
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The Man Who Walked With Henslow by Sophie Shapiro
This painting is dedicated to Rev.Prof. John Stevens Henslow and Charles Darwin. They shared many years of friendship and would often take long walks together. John Stevens Henslow taught Darwin at Cambridge. Darwin entrusted his whole collection of specimens to Henslow when he returned from the voyage on HMS Beagle, on 2nd October 1836. In a letter written to Hooker concerning Professor Henslow, Darwin wrote….. .....If he is well enough tell him how gratefully and affectionately I shall love and honour him to the day of my death…... Reverend Professor John Stevens Henslow died on May, 16th 1861. / Charles Darwin died on April, 19th 1882. / Ralph Vaughan Williams died on August, 26th 1958. Music -Ralph Vaughan Williams – Darwin’s Grand-Nephew In memory of them all. Portrait of John Steven Henslow one of my Spirit Guides. October, 30th 2009
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Aquatic Realms T-shirt by Sharon K. Shubert
Designed using my digital art work of the same title.
About This Group
The aim of this group is to explore images/writing that act as a kind of meditation, a way into other areas and/or levels of consciousness.
So this can be in image form or written form. Hey why not even a t-shirt if you think it has the power. The main point is that you feel it has the potential for a meditation.
The kind of thing I imagine for this group is perhaps in the form of a mandala, a mythic scene evoking other worlds, some way for the imagingation to enter into another world and to travel there.
It is travel in a shamanic sense (though not necessarily involving drums and bells) as in soul-flight, to create a real inner experience. (If any try this with these works, either staring at the picture or holding it in their imaginations, and actually find themselves on a journey, feel free to write about it in the forum.)
Gateways is not specifically about being a spiritual group, though of course that is an aspect of it, inevitably. The work must be an opening and needs to imply something, someplace beyond the actual image presented, either within or out of sight. There needs to be a blank space for the imagination to enter into and create. Or a being that can take you on a journey.
There are no limits on the quantity of work that may be submitted (I find that so annoying).
Feel free to discuss any matters regarding RB or this group in the forum.
Come on in – the water’s fine!
P.S. see also:
Shameless Self-Promotion
Mature Men
Artistic Assignments
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