These pastel portraits were drawn by my grandmother,
Annette Sayler.
Gingi, as we called her, worked at the local photography gallery,
where she spent her time coloring black and white portraits with pastels.
She grew up in rural Illinois on a farm and moved to
the city to work and take evening classes
at Illinois Wesleyan.
This was when models would come to sit so artists could practice
on coloring portraits.
What a batch of Beings found in the box of my
parents’ home.
All pastel portraits carefully housed in their own plastic sleeves.
The colors are stunning and pure.
Each Being is a unique blueprint of consciousness
embedded in their own physiology and recognized thru their eyes.
The eyes, the entry point to the brain.
These days we can barely get a glimpse of peoples’ eyes.
They are so transfixed on their cell phones.
Or too anxious and uncomfortable to take the time for a long
healthy conversation.
Favoring texting.
Expanding one’s awareness can be difficult,
as problems are consciousness states that don’t know how to
use all of the resources before them.
Connection with ourselves, with our art, with our
friends is so important.
Settling the nervous system is key to gaining knowledge.
Knowledge has organizing power.
The mind
creates a solution field
if given access to these subtle states of awareness from meditation.
What can we do to be perceptive and have capabilities
of comprehending what is going on at any
given time? Meditate. Come to group practice. And then Take action.
Create a Solution Field.
Be aware. Be yourself. Be Bold.
Be the blueprint of what
you want to be.
Enjoy this very powerful Full Moon about to come
over the horizon in NYC.
This is the time to build inner strength for the winter.
11.17.2024 Deck Talk available upon request info@fifthfloormeditation.com