Trilateral Movement Shay Sampson 2004
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
True Journalism is Dead
True Journalism is dead.
Gone with the days of Superman and Loise Lane.
So while we have a cup of tea
Let's talk about the history
We're writing for our children, please!
Because we create our own realities.
What we make it into, the world will be.
And standing together for equality
Me and you and the Chief.
The land I grew up on happens to be
One of wild and pristine beauty
Mountains, lakes, trees, clean air,
Everywhere I looked, wilderness there.
Now there are people who just want to hurt
The land. What is it worth?
Laid barren the forests, oil the lure.
The soil, our true resource, our food and future
Gets blown away with the wind in the dust
For money and greed and their powerlust.
And the Chief, who was the one with the heart
To stand up and say we will not take part
The one to take a stand
To say I will not sell my people's land
Out from under them
For my own greed
And luxury.
Then those with luxury struck back
Just a venomous attack
To say that she had wasted funds
And that her cause had come undone.
A pit of vipers at the foot of her tee pee,
She sips on nothing but fish broth and herbal tea,
And stands her ground majestically.
The people's humble Chief.
The people, in their hearts, they know
The land is our future, our only hope.
Without our soil, nothing will grow
And with the trees, wildlife goes.
The Chief and the others are doing what's right
Through non-violent protest they shed the light
Protecting the land and resources we've got
If you think, what can I do? The answer's a lot!
So, I don't beg or plead, but I implore,
That together we IDLE NO MORE.
Gone with the days of Superman and Loise Lane.
So while we have a cup of tea
Let's talk about the history
We're writing for our children, please!
Because we create our own realities.
What we make it into, the world will be.
And standing together for equality
Me and you and the Chief.
The land I grew up on happens to be
One of wild and pristine beauty
Mountains, lakes, trees, clean air,
Everywhere I looked, wilderness there.
Now there are people who just want to hurt
The land. What is it worth?
Laid barren the forests, oil the lure.
The soil, our true resource, our food and future
Gets blown away with the wind in the dust
For money and greed and their powerlust.
And the Chief, who was the one with the heart
To stand up and say we will not take part
The one to take a stand
To say I will not sell my people's land
Out from under them
For my own greed
And luxury.
Then those with luxury struck back
Just a venomous attack
To say that she had wasted funds
And that her cause had come undone.
A pit of vipers at the foot of her tee pee,
She sips on nothing but fish broth and herbal tea,
And stands her ground majestically.
The people's humble Chief.
The people, in their hearts, they know
The land is our future, our only hope.
Without our soil, nothing will grow
And with the trees, wildlife goes.
The Chief and the others are doing what's right
Through non-violent protest they shed the light
Protecting the land and resources we've got
If you think, what can I do? The answer's a lot!
So, I don't beg or plead, but I implore,
That together we IDLE NO MORE.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Meditation and the Maharishi Effect
On Friday I posted a picture of the chakra system, and explained how each chakra is an energy center in the body representing a different aspect of our self. This knowledge is often used in meditation, as a quick exercise to assess the energy within the body and adjust to achieve a more balanced state. This promotes a feeling of inner peace, relieving stress and keeping problems in perspective, a tool that can be very useful in our modern, fast paced world.
The art, Chakra Peace, shows the energy system and the figure forming a peace sign, and includes a poem about war which implies the question, is peace merely an illusion in our world, an unattainable ideal. Many would say that it is. Does peace belong in the same category as fairies and unicorns, nice to talk about, but not grounded in any sort of physical reality?
It is a question worth asking, especially given the current state of our world. War has become so prevalent that it is not even considered news. The Invisible War has been waged for over 11 years now, so named because no one is reporting on it, all details hidden from the public. Now drone warfare is being employed, so that killing of random and targeted people can occur from the comfort of a lazy boy recliner. Hundreds of children and thousands of innocent people are murdered without accountability on the part of the military. Communities are ripped to shreds and left to rebuild after senseless and unjustified destruction.
Many, including the president and even my own dad, an ex-marine, would say that there is no easy solution to this problem. It seems we have dug ourselves a hole that is now so deep we cant see our way out of it.
I admit I have also felt the weight of the problem, and the lack of clear solutions, even as I put the pressure on the president to call an end to drone warfare and the killing of foreign innocents. At the same time, many individuals wonder what they can do on a personal level to affect change, to make the world a better place.
I have long believed in meditation as an avenue to personal healing and growth, but after Fridays blog on peace and the psychic energy system, something else came to my attention. The Maharishi effect establishes the idea that individual consciousness affects collective consciousness. When just one percent of the population is practicing trancendental meditation, effects such as reduced crime rates and positive social, economic and political changes can be seen. The affect on consciousness can register on a national level, as improved national harmony and well being, and on a global level as improved international relations and reduced international conflicts. Studies have shown that with a group of just 7,000 people meditating, positive effects appear immediately, including reduced international conflict and reduced incidence of terrorism. For those who like math, 7,000 is close to the square root of one percent of the worlds population.
Meditation is not complicated or difficult. There is no need to spend a ton of money or time sitting in classes to learn it. You do not need to master yoga or a martial art to understand it. Meditation can take many different forms, and no one form is more valid or inherintly more effective than another. A person can meditate while doing the dishes, bathing or for a few minutes before they fall asleep at night. Meditation can be mixed with movement, such as jogging, dancing or stretching, or practiced while sitting in a quiet room. There are as many different forms of meditation as there are personality traits, it is just a matter of finding a style that works for you.
Chakra meditation involves visualizing the energy in you and around you and bringing it into an ideal state. This takes some imagination. Imagine the spheres of energy, one at a time, starting with the red. For example, lets say your red energy is weak. It has been allowed to spread too far. Instead of a bright swirling ball, you see red energy dissipating through the pelvis, with streaks of brown muddying the color. Since red energy represents the needs of the physical body, this could be because you skipped breakfast and ate fast food for lunch. Your body is reminding you to take care of it. You imagine yourself containing the red energy, moving it back into a ball shape at the base of the spine, letting a breeze air out the chakra until the color is shining, a true bright red.
Now you move up to your orange chakra. You do the same for each of the chakras, recognizing the part of you that each chakra represents, visualizing its current state and taking steps to bring it back to its natural state of harmony. This visualization can take less than 5 minutes, and helps align the energy within our bodies. It becomes more than just imagination. It can even produce changes in physical health, since blocked energy can produce illness or pain in our bodies.
And I imagine the effect on the physical world around us works in much the same way. Imagine clearing the air around you, allowing negativity and conflict to be swept away, while inviting peace and harmony. Doing this over your own household can create more harmony in your family. It can change our communities, our cities, provinces, states and countries. The Maharishi effect shows that if just one percent of the population would do this on a daily basis, we could maintain world peace.
The art, Chakra Peace, shows the energy system and the figure forming a peace sign, and includes a poem about war which implies the question, is peace merely an illusion in our world, an unattainable ideal. Many would say that it is. Does peace belong in the same category as fairies and unicorns, nice to talk about, but not grounded in any sort of physical reality?
It is a question worth asking, especially given the current state of our world. War has become so prevalent that it is not even considered news. The Invisible War has been waged for over 11 years now, so named because no one is reporting on it, all details hidden from the public. Now drone warfare is being employed, so that killing of random and targeted people can occur from the comfort of a lazy boy recliner. Hundreds of children and thousands of innocent people are murdered without accountability on the part of the military. Communities are ripped to shreds and left to rebuild after senseless and unjustified destruction.
Many, including the president and even my own dad, an ex-marine, would say that there is no easy solution to this problem. It seems we have dug ourselves a hole that is now so deep we cant see our way out of it.
I admit I have also felt the weight of the problem, and the lack of clear solutions, even as I put the pressure on the president to call an end to drone warfare and the killing of foreign innocents. At the same time, many individuals wonder what they can do on a personal level to affect change, to make the world a better place.
I have long believed in meditation as an avenue to personal healing and growth, but after Fridays blog on peace and the psychic energy system, something else came to my attention. The Maharishi effect establishes the idea that individual consciousness affects collective consciousness. When just one percent of the population is practicing trancendental meditation, effects such as reduced crime rates and positive social, economic and political changes can be seen. The affect on consciousness can register on a national level, as improved national harmony and well being, and on a global level as improved international relations and reduced international conflicts. Studies have shown that with a group of just 7,000 people meditating, positive effects appear immediately, including reduced international conflict and reduced incidence of terrorism. For those who like math, 7,000 is close to the square root of one percent of the worlds population.
Meditation is not complicated or difficult. There is no need to spend a ton of money or time sitting in classes to learn it. You do not need to master yoga or a martial art to understand it. Meditation can take many different forms, and no one form is more valid or inherintly more effective than another. A person can meditate while doing the dishes, bathing or for a few minutes before they fall asleep at night. Meditation can be mixed with movement, such as jogging, dancing or stretching, or practiced while sitting in a quiet room. There are as many different forms of meditation as there are personality traits, it is just a matter of finding a style that works for you.
Chakra meditation involves visualizing the energy in you and around you and bringing it into an ideal state. This takes some imagination. Imagine the spheres of energy, one at a time, starting with the red. For example, lets say your red energy is weak. It has been allowed to spread too far. Instead of a bright swirling ball, you see red energy dissipating through the pelvis, with streaks of brown muddying the color. Since red energy represents the needs of the physical body, this could be because you skipped breakfast and ate fast food for lunch. Your body is reminding you to take care of it. You imagine yourself containing the red energy, moving it back into a ball shape at the base of the spine, letting a breeze air out the chakra until the color is shining, a true bright red.
Now you move up to your orange chakra. You do the same for each of the chakras, recognizing the part of you that each chakra represents, visualizing its current state and taking steps to bring it back to its natural state of harmony. This visualization can take less than 5 minutes, and helps align the energy within our bodies. It becomes more than just imagination. It can even produce changes in physical health, since blocked energy can produce illness or pain in our bodies.
And I imagine the effect on the physical world around us works in much the same way. Imagine clearing the air around you, allowing negativity and conflict to be swept away, while inviting peace and harmony. Doing this over your own household can create more harmony in your family. It can change our communities, our cities, provinces, states and countries. The Maharishi effect shows that if just one percent of the population would do this on a daily basis, we could maintain world peace.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Chakra Peace
On the news a half
million people died.
The result? A million more people loose their lives.
I asked my sources,
but they denied
That much had
happened to the other side.
It makes me angry
that they lied
And said not one
civillian died.
They fight for oil,
they fight for pride
While they trow away
the children's lives.
They asked me to
fight
And when I defied
They said Peace was
an illusion in my mind
An imaginary thing
I could not find.
- Shay Sampson, 2001
I wrote this poem
after the fall of 9.11.
The picture was drawn
at some point after after the birth of my daughter in '02.
It shows an alien
with the chakra system fully active.
The 7 energy centers
in the body, running along the spine
Show the full
spectrum of light.
From red, at the base
of the spine
Representing the
primal needs
Food, shelter, warmth
What is necessary for
the body's survival
To orange, our center
for feeling and emotions
In the center of the
abdomen.
Each chakra is
circular,
And would appear
anywhere from the size of your fist to the size of a CD.
The light energy in
each one swirls.
At the Solarplexus,
the yellow chakra, your gut instinct,
feelings of intuition.
Moving up to the
heart, the green chakra our center for Love
and appreciation.
Our chakras exchange
energy with the world around us
Anytime we interact with the world on one of
these levels.
In the case of the
green chakra, when we give love,
Energy flows from our heart center.
When we recieve love,
energy flows into our heart center.
Up from the heart
chakra, at the throat
Is the blue chakra,
the center for communication.
When one of our
chakras is not flowing smoothly,
the circle of colored
light energy reflects the problem.
In the case of the
blue chakra, communication problems can arise.
When communication is
blocked, the energy is constraned,
And the chakra
becomes smaller and darker without a healthy swirl.
When there is too
much communication,
The energy is weak
and lacking in clear boundaries.
There is a lot of
talk, but very little of substance,
And the chakra reflects
that.
Above the throat
chakra, is the indigo chakra at the location of the third eye.
This is the center
for thought, perception and telepathic communication.
Interacting with the
world telepathically is exchanging
Energy to and from the indigo chakra.
At the top of the
head is the violet, or crown chakra,
The body's spiritual
center.
When we pray, it is
from the top of our heads.
Interacting with
people, animals and Nature on a spiritual level
Is sending and
recieving energy from the violet chakra.
The gold sun chakra
sits over our heads, our interaction with
spirit and light.
It contains the full
spectrum of light.
From the gold sun
chakra, a field of light extends around our body,
Like a bubble or a
force field.
Also white are
smaller chakras in the hands and feet.
These allow us to
send and recieve energy through our hands and feet.
There is a ground
that extends from the base red chakra to the center of the earth.
Picturing this in
your head is an excersize of grounding meditation.
I have also drawn a
tether leading from the alien figure to a baby,
My daughter Venus.
It can be said that
we are connected to the things we love by a silver thread.
If you would like to
make a donation of $10, I will send you a glossy 8x10 print of this art, which
I have entitled Chakra Peace. I will
also include a printed copy of today's blog post. If you are not able to, or do not wish to
donate, you are still welcome to the information in my blog. I believe knowledge should be free. Thank you for reading.
-Shay
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Earth Mother and The Mystic
These two are used to hanging side by side, but they shine as individuals.
Each has her own magic, and her eyes reveal a very old soul.
Sensitive but strong, treat them right or you might find them gone.
So guard them well and hang them high.
They like to be at a level where they can look you in the eye.
With every
donation of $10 or more I am offering a free gift, your choice of hand drawn
art, printed on 8x10 glossy cardstock.
Please include your choice as well as your shipping address in the message as you go through paypal.
My ideas about exodus lately have translated into freeing myself from everything that keeps me from my vision and purpose. This includes everyday distractions that set themselves up as hurdles on the way to my success, as well as the very real system of slavery we've all been a part of. I've left the work place. My husband has left the workplace. We will no longer give away hours and years doing things we don't love, working to build some one else's empire while we as a family struggle to make ends meet.
When you donate, you are showing your support and solidarity. You are putting a little bit of energy towards a future where we are not all born slaves, but where it is recognized that we are born with potential, and with the tools and clues we need to help us realize it. Where we are free to be ourselves. The world is changing. Namaste.
Each has her own magic, and her eyes reveal a very old soul.
Sensitive but strong, treat them right or you might find them gone.
So guard them well and hang them high.
They like to be at a level where they can look you in the eye.
Please include your choice as well as your shipping address in the message as you go through paypal.
My ideas about exodus lately have translated into freeing myself from everything that keeps me from my vision and purpose. This includes everyday distractions that set themselves up as hurdles on the way to my success, as well as the very real system of slavery we've all been a part of. I've left the work place. My husband has left the workplace. We will no longer give away hours and years doing things we don't love, working to build some one else's empire while we as a family struggle to make ends meet.
When you donate, you are showing your support and solidarity. You are putting a little bit of energy towards a future where we are not all born slaves, but where it is recognized that we are born with potential, and with the tools and clues we need to help us realize it. Where we are free to be ourselves. The world is changing. Namaste.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Kids Throwing up and other Sicknesses
Feelings new to touch and taste
Sundried emotions
Jump out and dance against the wall
Colors of Pluto and Neptune exploding
And I can't seem to find myself
Lost and drifting
On waves of purple cotton
Or is it blue?
Or can I say I never loved him
To find the time to not have pain
But anger is a friend of mine
And abandonment my brother
So when I find myself again
When I have figured out the wall
When I find the pearl amidst the stack
Of papers that lay cowering on the floor
Rejected and unacceptable
When I find it I won't sleep
I won't shake hands and I won't eat
I won't move a finger, I'll hold it tight
Then it can't leave me in the night.
- Shay Sampson, 2001
So, Eagle was throwing up yesterday, and last night both girls started. They threw up all night, all over the place. When my kids puke, it happens without warning. Suddenly. Brian stayed awake with them, washed their blankets, got them fresh buckets, got Ocean in the tub when she woke up with puke all through her hair. These are the moments you don't think about when becoming a parent. So today is clean up day. Cleaned the bathroom (puke all over the floor, the toilet and up the walls), and the downstairs, where puke was on the carpet and couch down there. The kids are starting to feel better, mom and dad are fighting it off.
So after cleaning up the basement, Brian and I were sitting down there drinking coffee while Eagle played, and Brian was juggling and being silly for Eagle who thought it was just hilarious. And he started talking about how that was the best part of parenting, when you get to laugh and play with your kids. You make them happy and they make you happy. I laughed that he would still talk that way, even after staying up all night with puking kids.
But getting puke everywhere motivates me to not just clean up the puke, but to clean the whole room, so maybe even the worst parts of parenting are blessings in disguise. And in the process of cleaning, the thought occurred to me that some of the heartache that I have been through in life has given me motivation to take a stand against injustice that I might have otherwise overlooked. I do so in the hopes that my children will grow up in a better world than I did, with more equality, freedom and peace.
I wrote the above poem in 2001, and included it in a group of 17 poems that were to become songs, my first album. Half of them had melodies already. At one point I printed them all out and mailed them to myself, registered mail, a primitive attempt to copywrite my work. I've been carrying that unopened envelope around for years! I just opened it up the other day, and this one was #16. I guess I finally realized that I don't need to be worried about someone stealing my work, because no one in their right mind would want to pretend they were me! I doubt very much that anyone out there would want to walk a mile in my shoes.
Well, I hope this Tuesday finds you all well!
Sundried emotions
Jump out and dance against the wall
Colors of Pluto and Neptune exploding
And I can't seem to find myself
Lost and drifting
On waves of purple cotton
Or is it blue?
Or can I say I never loved him
To find the time to not have pain
But anger is a friend of mine
And abandonment my brother
So when I find myself again
When I have figured out the wall
When I find the pearl amidst the stack
Of papers that lay cowering on the floor
Rejected and unacceptable
When I find it I won't sleep
I won't shake hands and I won't eat
I won't move a finger, I'll hold it tight
Then it can't leave me in the night.
- Shay Sampson, 2001
So, Eagle was throwing up yesterday, and last night both girls started. They threw up all night, all over the place. When my kids puke, it happens without warning. Suddenly. Brian stayed awake with them, washed their blankets, got them fresh buckets, got Ocean in the tub when she woke up with puke all through her hair. These are the moments you don't think about when becoming a parent. So today is clean up day. Cleaned the bathroom (puke all over the floor, the toilet and up the walls), and the downstairs, where puke was on the carpet and couch down there. The kids are starting to feel better, mom and dad are fighting it off.
So after cleaning up the basement, Brian and I were sitting down there drinking coffee while Eagle played, and Brian was juggling and being silly for Eagle who thought it was just hilarious. And he started talking about how that was the best part of parenting, when you get to laugh and play with your kids. You make them happy and they make you happy. I laughed that he would still talk that way, even after staying up all night with puking kids.
But getting puke everywhere motivates me to not just clean up the puke, but to clean the whole room, so maybe even the worst parts of parenting are blessings in disguise. And in the process of cleaning, the thought occurred to me that some of the heartache that I have been through in life has given me motivation to take a stand against injustice that I might have otherwise overlooked. I do so in the hopes that my children will grow up in a better world than I did, with more equality, freedom and peace.
I wrote the above poem in 2001, and included it in a group of 17 poems that were to become songs, my first album. Half of them had melodies already. At one point I printed them all out and mailed them to myself, registered mail, a primitive attempt to copywrite my work. I've been carrying that unopened envelope around for years! I just opened it up the other day, and this one was #16. I guess I finally realized that I don't need to be worried about someone stealing my work, because no one in their right mind would want to pretend they were me! I doubt very much that anyone out there would want to walk a mile in my shoes.
Well, I hope this Tuesday finds you all well!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Dreams and Reality
What do these dreams mean?
Visions seeing through time.
In my head, whispers pound
about days gone by.
They show eternity in an instant.
Shay Sampson, 2003.
Eagle is sick today, poor little guy. He's throwing up. His little 14 month old body coming up with nothing but breast milk. In between nursing him, catching his throw up, and rubbing his back as he drifted off in my arms, I wrote this:
Innocent until proven guitlty
Is a human right all people have.
If anyone has an accusation,
The accused has the right to a fair trial.
Meaning, in the case of drone warfare,
The president does not have the right
To put someone on the hit list and kill them
Without giving them the opportunity to defend themselves
When at all possible, violence should be avoided,
and unless a violent act can be justified in a court of law,
The perpetrator of violence should have to stand trial.
Seems a strange thing to be writing while nursing a sick baby, but I got a bit of drawing done today too. Baby duties take over, and I'll most likely be holding him the rest of the night. Making dinner for the kids, and watching Brian get things done towards the project. Something great, we hope will be done by the end of the week.
If you want to learn more about drone warfare, what is going on, and how innocent people are being killed, their murderers never brought to justice, here is a link to a video of a speech about drone warfare. It is worth a watch to stay aware of what's happening in the world around you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUryRgQR0W8
Visions seeing through time.
In my head, whispers pound
about days gone by.
They show eternity in an instant.
Shay Sampson, 2003.
Eagle is sick today, poor little guy. He's throwing up. His little 14 month old body coming up with nothing but breast milk. In between nursing him, catching his throw up, and rubbing his back as he drifted off in my arms, I wrote this:
Innocent until proven guitlty
Is a human right all people have.
If anyone has an accusation,
The accused has the right to a fair trial.
Meaning, in the case of drone warfare,
The president does not have the right
To put someone on the hit list and kill them
Without giving them the opportunity to defend themselves
When at all possible, violence should be avoided,
and unless a violent act can be justified in a court of law,
The perpetrator of violence should have to stand trial.
Seems a strange thing to be writing while nursing a sick baby, but I got a bit of drawing done today too. Baby duties take over, and I'll most likely be holding him the rest of the night. Making dinner for the kids, and watching Brian get things done towards the project. Something great, we hope will be done by the end of the week.
If you want to learn more about drone warfare, what is going on, and how innocent people are being killed, their murderers never brought to justice, here is a link to a video of a speech about drone warfare. It is worth a watch to stay aware of what's happening in the world around you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUryRgQR0W8
Friday, December 7, 2012
Christmas in the North Art Series
Today I want to show what I've been working on most of the week. I drew a family portrait for a friend, and am having it printed as Christmas cards. They wanted a winter scene with snowshoes, and had all these great pictures of one of their family tree hunts for me to go from. I try to draw these in a traditional Canadian style with a modern edge. My depiction of the northern lights is in the sky. Their children, Zion and Henry, are on their backs.
I do custom Christmas or holiday greetings on the inside of the cards. My friend chose a poem to be printed on the inside.
I do custom Christmas or holiday greetings on the inside of the cards. My friend chose a poem to be printed on the inside.
As well as the Christmas cards to send out, the family also gets the original 11x14 drawing to frame. I'm offering to do more of these stylized family portraits next year. The portrait will be $240, plus $2 per card and $20 for 8x10 prints. At most, I can do one a week for 48 weeks of the year. If you want to reserve a spot, look on a calendar for 2013 and choose any Friday. Let me know if you're interested.
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