During the early stages of the journey of sculpting in wood, I engaged in an exercise, listening within myself for direction to take in my carving. The process relies on quieting the process of thinking, making subtle differentiation between thinking and feeling and then going with the feeling. OK, I can appreciate that the description is not particularly clear. The process was not particularly clear as I began this intuitive journey. I shall once again digress.
I had made a conscious decision to make a point of honoring, taking special notice of, and following through with any perceived instances of the intuitive that cropped up in my day-to-day life. The idea was to be more consciously aware of decision making and to attempt to recognize differences between the choices that seemed to be rooted in rational, experienced-based thought and the choices that seemed to be rooted in feeling, that is to say, having no apparent, or at least a low level of reason involved. Still this explanation is not very concise. Bare with me, I’m working on it.
A note on journal notes
This journey often takes us beyond the current boundaries of reason. There are both risks and rewards in venturing on this journey. The carving of what later became “The Shaping of Awareness Sculpture Group” is directly connected to some of the most intriguing life experiences I have experienced, as a human being, particularly as a practicing artist. Journal entries serve to describe events and states of mind that have played their various parts in the explorations. Journal entries also serve to describe experiences and personal insights of an intuitive journey. The entries include descriptions of environments conducive to intuitive exploration as well as descriptions of aspects of the journey that provided convincing, shall I say “rationale,” for a continuation of intuitive exploration and a sharing of this narrative.
Throughout this narrative are expressions of why and of how the intuitive journey appears to be particularly provocative considering the state today of both the world and in particular of the state of awareness of humanity as Humanity. Intuitive journeys at the edge of reason are not without risk, yet we humans are facing significantly more peril in neglecting such journeys.
With respect for chronological continuity let’s begin with the first piece to be carved. Take notice now that there may be a few more digressions. Let us begin with a digression.