Silence offers an invitation to wonder and astonishment that continues to deepen within me. How do I attentively bring this to my painting in the studio? Heidegger wrote that this astonishment, this wonder is kept alive only in "authentic questioning" a questioning "that opens up its own source." I am wondering if the authentic questioning he refers to is the dialogue that opens when I sit with a painting? Sometimes there is wonder, occasionally astonishment. I need to listen to my paintings.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Silent listening, authentic questioning.
Silence offers an invitation to wonder and astonishment that continues to deepen within me. How do I attentively bring this to my painting in the studio? Heidegger wrote that this astonishment, this wonder is kept alive only in "authentic questioning" a questioning "that opens up its own source." I am wondering if the authentic questioning he refers to is the dialogue that opens when I sit with a painting? Sometimes there is wonder, occasionally astonishment. I need to listen to my paintings.
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