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A Contemplative Meditation
Focusing on the sculpture "Moment of Recognition" (Bronze 1997)
By Peter and Helen Evans
| The sculpture is on a 3.5 ft base surrounded by varying heights of
candles, the participants are asked to come into the darkened room, lit only by the
candlelight and proceed silently, slowly round and round the sculpture (the sculpture does
not move but the participants do) for then it is their viewpoint that changes when they
view it and project their ideas onto it. The drum (boom) provides the emphasis. - Peter speaks - The material is bronze, darkly finished with hints of green. Two hands hold an oval mirror, each facing the other. They are two different left hands, telling us there are two individuals involved. Each mirror contains the image of a different face in relief upon its surface. The serpentine shape that joins the two hands, suggests a primordial, pre-human connection. o The piece is a reflection upon reflection. As we gaze into the eyes of our beloved, as we speak to the cashier in the store, as we share a story over lunch, as we warily eye the stranger in the alley, we are involved in a creative act, an act of co-creation. From the raw material provided by the world "out there" through our senses, we create an image. We imbue it with meaning according to our experience, our desires and our aversions, our hopes and our fears. Then we react or respond to this creation as though it were real. And so it is. And as others respond to us, we know ourselves. - It is our awesome power and our joyful responsibility to give each other reality. The truth is an act of creation. We all do it, all the time, and we all benefit when any one of us polishes up the act. o Expect to see the Good when you look at your neighbor, and it will be there, gracing both of you. Beneath the apparent difference between us, there is an underlying unity, from which we create ourselves through self-consciousness ....reflection.
- The secret of the mirror... o You only receive what you give. BOOM - Who am I? o You have nice eyes. They seem a bit afraid. - Are you afraid of what you might see in the mirror? o Who am I? - You're big and strong, but a bit tense. o Relax. It's just a mirror. - The eyes you use to look at God... o Are the eyes God uses to look at you. - I am beautiful! o I am wise! - That's no surprise... o When you finally open your eyes. BOOM - You idiot! o You jerk! - Bastard! o Bitch! - I hate you! o You hurt me! - You started it. o You did! - Am I the mirror? o Or am I? + "Yes." - So who begins, you? o Or you? + "Yes." BOOM o I found these flowers on my way to you. - I thought you'd like them. o Thank you, sweetie. - Supper's ready. o Your favorite. - I knew you'd be hungry. o You're wonderful. - You're beautiful. o I cherish you. - I respect you. + "I love you." BOOM - What is the shape of the love I give to thee? o The shape of the love that's looking at me. BOOM o And so we know it really has no beginning and no end.... - just you, or me, as the focal point at this moment of time, o this moment of recognition. - What is the shape of the love I give to thee? o The shape of the love that's looking at me. BOOM/BOOM Peter and Helen Evans are on-line teachers, authors, workshop leaders, |
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