Mind Blowing

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.

We have created a society that honors the servant but has forgotten the gift.

-Albert Einstein

Intuitive mind=Right brain

Rational mind=Left brain

Essentially I am a right brain being living in an ever increasing left brain dominated world.

  Humans have spent much time dissecting, categorizing, attributing facts 

and conclusions about how the brain functions and minds work, 

yet, for ages, have failed to realize they were only 

using one side of their brain to do it.

 Essentially we like to think we know the ABC's of left brain / right brain.

But here is a reminder, a new POV,  that re-informs how we think and act at this point in our evolution. 

And how we NEED to re-open the flood gates of our right brain!

 Here are a couple videos that have expanded my thinking about my brains capacity.

 

An incredible women who is a neuroscientist who observed how a brain functions
while having a stroke!  Her insights are brilliant, funny, emotional, and revolutionary.

 This animation explains how our ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behavior, culture and society. 

A lot of info, I had to watch twice. Second time I paused to read the captions in the animation.

It's a New Day....... a New Dawn

Shadow Dust

Install of In the shadow of our own dust

Access Gallery Vancouver, BC

 

 

 

and of course the VIDEO

Fourth Nature

Here are images of latest install of Fourth Nature

Galerie Sans Nom in Moncton, NB

 was best install to date

grey walls and small space

thanks Remi for getting this shot of me!

More info here:
Galerie Sans Nom-Fourth Nature

to the valley

finally made it here

heart of Carmanah Valley

but this is end of the story

deep woods in

literally lost in virgin old growth paradise

so first the journey....

 I went alone (with Negrita)

a long back-dirt-road drive in the dust

depressing devastation and neglect along the way

but then sweet, pristine lakes and beaches around the next corner

a secret child helper emerge from the woods when I was looking for a campsite

he lead me on logs to shelter

telling me tales of the time when a nail got lodged in his skull

 was a magical hot summer afternoon that went on forever

I planned on walking the Carmanah Valley alone the next day

a 4 hour hike in....another 4 back out

but I was unaware that the trail had been neglected for years

starts out like this

sweet little boardwalks

then quickly declines into this

signs posted warned not to go further

dangerous conditions, no marked trail

general natural chaos 

a deep dark isolated forest

moments later my guardian angels showed up

wedged between a tree trunk

three teenagers, an 8 year old girl and a single mom

just wearing flip flops and sneakers

instant comrades, we decided not to obey the warnings and go for it

this became our trail

fallen giants, sometimes 10 feet above the forest floor or river

steep, empty creek canyons

and a few coloured pieces of flagging tape left behind

was trecherous and totally exhilirating

we all pushed each other to try and make it to a place marked as 'paradise'

 things got real magical

we ate tonnes of these during the walk

they seemed to imbue us with power when wanting to give up

or when fear of being lost in the woods took over

things got super weird 

like this "gonad tree"

seemed to simultaneously possess both sexes

finally we reach 'paradise'

deep pools of pure green water

rock shelves everywhere

little fish swimming around our feet

  the water was brilliantly cold

some stayed on shore

sunk into the deep moss and rested very tired bodies

  half of us went swimming 

I was the only one who swam across

took my seat in the sun on a moss rock throne

this unexpectedly difficult and magical journey deep into untouched wilderness

 was a definite turning point

it reminded me how very strong physically and mentally I am

it proved that no matter how on my own i am 

that there will always be amazing people who show up at the right time in the right place

Carmanha taught me to trust again

been a long time

 the sea and sky

 have changed a thousand times over

since last I wrote

mirrored memories refract back

  weathering storms

 glint fracture signals

seeing far past the clouds

dark horse on the horizon

out of the mist

back in