Alone, I found esoteric worlds; in silence, I heard the ancient Voice.  And from microscopic observation, I know that it is Truth.

ause... Feel the gravity of the result of the energy raised and created from our Autumnal actions.  From the Autumn Equinox until now, we have reached out and fused with the Spirits, they have shared their wisdom with us and we have created a channel through which these forces, once dormant and raw, will be directed towards our desires in order to see them manifest.

"Energy is one of the most basic ideas of science.  All occurrences in the universe can be explained in terms of energy and matter."(Compton's Enclycopedia)  With this knowledge, we can more easily fathom the power of Nature, from Her fierce grandeur to Her subtle gentleness. 

Which reminds me of one of my college papers I wrote in 1992, comparing the art of  Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich with Post-Modern music masters Depeche Mode's video, "Enjoy the Silence", from their
Violator LP. In my opinion German artist Friedrich is still unsurpassed  in his haunting and deep depictions of the omnipotence and omnipresence of Nature and man's insignificance in Her presence. "Nature...requires no personification, other than its,(Her-my addition), organic and inorganic subjects and objects-its things visible to the eye, which symbotically express through their forms the truth of nature, which is to say, Divine truth. For Friedrich, landscapes are temples; his paintings themselves, altarpieces." (Helen Gardner's Art through the Ages)

In our post-modern western occupations, we must pause and "Enjoy the Silence", appreciate that which is here now, was here before and, if we cease the continual harsh and disrespectful treatment of Her, what will exist after we have departed this plane.

"The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting that which he sees before him."(Friedrich) Likewise, we should pause now, listen to that which has given us in order to prepare for the Solstice...

Gabrielle Lin
7 December 1998


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