the art of hope / the hope of art
in a series of 3 talks, brush painter Bob Schmitt tells the story of his creative process of painting “dawn at Mather Point, Grand Canyon” during the age of COVID 19.
originally presented as Zoom talks for Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality, September/October 2020.
In this time of global pandemic and social unraveling,
how do we nourish that little seed of hope?
What is the practice of hope?
How is it an art form?
Does the practice of art inform our hope?
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exploring the difference between direct light and reflected light.
This is a story of a vision, a pandemic, loss, luxury of time, hope, sadness, challenge, ambition, determination, surprise, disappointment, vertigo, exhilaration, frustration, and accountability. It is a story of life.
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the challenge of considering the canyon abyss,where it is impossible to truly determine the distance between each side.
You feel incapable of judging the distance. Much like our lives today. Where so much of our experience is being defined by whatever the polar opposite of whatever our own experience is.
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and finally the singularity of light bursting onto an otherwise dim, deadly and unfatrhonable chasm.
The challenge to me was what if this is the way things will be for some unknown period of time? What if what is required of me was to find ways of being, ways of using my time that were sustainable, no matter how long this pandemic lasted: 2 years, 3 years, more?
Book now available
48-page, 5.5 x 11spiral-bound volume filled with a score of full color closeup images of the painting, “dawn at Mather Point, Grand Canyon,” includes the text of three Zoom talks Bob gave in the fall of 2020 under the sponsorship of Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality, St. Paul, MN.
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