“At the museum a troubled woman destroys a sand painting meticulously created over days by Tibetan monks. The monks are not disturbed. The work is a meditation. They simply begin again.” MeditationPaintingSandMuseumsMonkDisturbedTibetanBegin Again Book:A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War Source: A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War
“Painting is at once a form of meditation and an utter, complete personal engagement with life.” FormMeditationPaintingEngagement Author:Steven Whitney
“My art in the last period has all been in small format, but my paintings have become even deeper and more spiritual, speaking truly through colour. Feeling that because of my illness I would not be able to paint very much longer, I worked like a man obsessed on these little 'Meditations' (a long series of small paintings he made during the last years of his life, with as main motif the schema of a face, ed.). And now I leave these small but, to me, important works to the future and to people who love art.” PeopleMenYearsLittlesLongArtMadeImportantFeelingsAbleLastsFacesSpiritualMeditationPaintingPeriodsSeriesPaintIllnessDeeperObsessedColourLast YearFormatMotifsImportant WorkSchemas Author:Alexej von Jawlensky
“The paintings are more about physicality and gesture than meditation. I'd compare it to playing scales on the Cello - each sound (pitch and intensity) depends on the manner in which you hold and apply the bow. The same goes for the gesture of applying paint to a surface.” SoundMeditationPaintingDependsPaintSurfaceScalesCompareIntensityGesturesBowsPhysicality Author:Stephen Beal
“There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach perfection. It may be in the arts of music and painting or it may be in commerce, law, or medicine. It may be in the study of war or the study of peace. Each is as important as any other. Spiritual enlightenment through religious meditation such as Zen or in any other way is as viable and functional as any "Way."... A person should study as they see fit.” MenWayShouldMayPersonsArtImportantWarSpiritualFormLawUniverseReligiousStudyMeditationPaintingFitEternalApproachEnlightenmentPerfectionSalvationMedicineOne WayCommerceVariationSpiritual Enlightenment Author:Miyamoto Musashi
“I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.” ShouldBelieveActionI BelieveMeditationPaintingSerenityAvenuesCanals Author:Mark Tobey