Living Sacred Geometry
Artworks by Kiki van der Heiden
Acrylic on canvas
2018 - 2019
Acrylic on canvas
2018 - 2019
Chanting mantras while standing in front of a blank canvas, slowly but surely triangles appear. A mysterious process. An invisible guide shows me the way. A meditative mind, receptive to softly whispered instructions. Creating lines, forming triangles, circles, squares, rectangles and sometimes a 'Bindu' (small dot) to complete the image.
No measuring tools are invited. This geometry is crooked, off centre and alive.
Slowly but surely 'Yantras' appear on the canvas.
No measuring tools are invited. This geometry is crooked, off centre and alive.
Slowly but surely 'Yantras' appear on the canvas.
"Yantras are visual tools that serve either as centering devices or as symbolic compositions of the energy patterns of a deity seen by Tantric seers in their visions”. Harish Johari
The word yantra in sanskrit means tool, machine or instrument. Yantras are usually geometric diagrams, made of a small dot (bindu) surrounded by circles, triangles, and squares, each having symbolic meaning. These shapes come together to form the pattern of the divine. A yantra is also a visual form of a mantra (sacred sound) used to strengthen focus in meditation.
And so it comes full circle.
Living Sacred Geometry
Exhibit at 8x8 Studio
Opening November 1, 2019
5pm - 7pm
Daajingiids. Queen Charlotte, BC
Haida Gwaii
Meditative Alchemy Classes at 8x8 Studio
Limited to 8 Alchemists
Saturdays 4pm – 6pm
4 weeks, November 2 - 23, 2019
More info TBA
Transformative power of meditation and art
To the Temple - Light at the End of the Tunnel, Shri Yantra
2019
Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 36"
2019
Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 36"
A dark winter night, vertigo causing turmoil, finding solace while painting. As above, so below, as within, so without, it all emerges on the canvas.
Sitting with 'To the Temple', being with the turmoil within my body, within my ear, within the cochlea, the whirlwind, the wild range of sounds, the swirling. Maybe it's a wild Sufi dance, moving faster and faster one finds ones centre.
Lines appear, slowly forming triangles. Shri Yantra is calling, yet not knowing where to go next. Trying to make sense of it all makes me dizzy. Coming back to the chant, to trusting the whispers, guiding me, one line at a time.
Sitting with 'To the Temple', being with the turmoil within my body, within my ear, within the cochlea, the whirlwind, the wild range of sounds, the swirling. Maybe it's a wild Sufi dance, moving faster and faster one finds ones centre.
Lines appear, slowly forming triangles. Shri Yantra is calling, yet not knowing where to go next. Trying to make sense of it all makes me dizzy. Coming back to the chant, to trusting the whispers, guiding me, one line at a time.
Raw Wet Anger - Sitting with Anger
2018
Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 36"
The tumultuous raw angry painting surfaced in 2018 and it's energy felt very potent and strong. A small figure sitting in the corner, feeling small and scared.
The piece was transformed by sitting with it for many days. Initially it was hard to be with the piece, I noticed I wanted to just tuck it away in a far corner, not wanting to look at it. But I kept it in the space, and through meditation and chanting, over time, it invited me back in.
This is the result of alchemy, of the transformation that occurred in the cauldron of sitting with ones emotions.
2018
Acrylic on Canvas, 36" x 36"
The tumultuous raw angry painting surfaced in 2018 and it's energy felt very potent and strong. A small figure sitting in the corner, feeling small and scared.
The piece was transformed by sitting with it for many days. Initially it was hard to be with the piece, I noticed I wanted to just tuck it away in a far corner, not wanting to look at it. But I kept it in the space, and through meditation and chanting, over time, it invited me back in.
This is the result of alchemy, of the transformation that occurred in the cauldron of sitting with ones emotions.
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