Category Archives: art

A galaxy of smiling hippos dances around me :) Sacred poetry workshop with Highest Good Wellbeing

Posted on September 12, 2020 by lolkin

This week I have been to a sacred poetry workshop by Sarit Gafan of @highestgoodwellbeing. Sarit is an intuitive well-being practitioner and a beautiful soul. She took us on a journey inside ourselves. We did some soul-digging to uncover our … Continue reading →

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Art therapy – Three magic words #poetry #poem

Posted on August 8, 2020 by lolkin

“Beauty evolves from emptiness into form.” — Christopher Alexander I am emptiness. I am form. I am beauty. I create form out of emptiness and beauty out of form. Or rather emptiness makes form beautiful. Is it form that gives … Continue reading →

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My Quarantine Diary #coronavirus

Posted on June 13, 2020 by lolkin

I am reposting this post – I decided to stop at 60 entries starting from day 0. I lost track of the days a couple of times 🙂   We’ve now been in the lockdown for more than 12 weeks … Continue reading →

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Dreamy aerial strap artists… Thank you, Cirque du Soleil 🤩

Posted on May 30, 2020 by lolkin

There is something about aerial strap (men) artists… Remember this post from before? Cirque du Soleil did a cool thing and posted several clip compilations of their shows on Youtube. Luzia, the show that I wanted to go see in … Continue reading →

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⭐️ The perfect portrait of Buddha – the art of the Ajanta caves ⭐️

Posted on November 23, 2019 by lolkin

I found this image ages ago in one of Nat Geo magazines, I think! It was with me and inspired my practice for years. The serene, soft gaze of Buddha guided me in my quest for inner peace, compassion and … Continue reading →

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Make art even if it sucks – Hitrecord ‘Death’ remix

Posted on October 12, 2019 by lolkin

Making art is something I have missed when I was busy. In my archives I dug out this cheery 🙂  short film that I remixed using rewfoe (Hitrecord user) imagery when I was creating with Hitrecord. Perhaps I should return … Continue reading →

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Chicken Ryaba, buddhism and emptiness – an interpretation on an old Russian folk tale

Posted on October 5, 2019 by lolkin

As one of their first fairy tales, children in the Russian speaking countries used to get told an old Russian folk tale about Kurochka (Chicken) Ryaba. It is a very simple story (see below*) that is not so simple once … Continue reading →

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Art therapy – a piece of summer #happiness

Posted on September 21, 2019 by lolkin

I wanted a memento of summer for dark winter days. I did some research and found this Lego idea on internet. In retrospect I could have knit it rather than use plastic but here we are. Art therapy and seasonal … Continue reading →

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The day was crisp/ The light was new/ Autumn has come/ Like deja vu

Posted on September 7, 2019 by lolkin

Man, I forgot how much I love autumn. I was washing dishes one day and glanced outside – the light was different. It was soft as if I was in an oil painting. The angle has changed. Sunlight in autumn … Continue reading →

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If it’s not fun, don’t do it! And if you must do it, make it fun!

Posted on August 31, 2019 by lolkin

What do you do when you are mini retired? Well, art, of course. In the Episode 94 of the Here and Now podcast Ram Dass tells a hilarious story about cooking a lobster with his father as a buddhist (from … Continue reading →

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