by Lilith Ohan | Sep 6, 2014 | Sumi-e
Here I am in front of my students, teaching Sumi-e painting. They are attentively looking at me with their brush in their hands. I explain to them how to hold it, how to feel that brush as part of their body, how to feel the breath down into their belly ( dantian,...
by Lilith Ohan | Jan 30, 2014 | Blog, Sumi-e, TAO Teaching for Artists
Happy Chinese New Year On the dawn of the Chinese New Year (the year of the Horse), I have decided to take a big challenge. I am going to try to interpret Tao Te Ching (or Dao De Jing), the ancient Chinese text by Lao-tzu. This will also help me to re-visit the...
by Lilith Ohan | Jan 1, 2014 | Sumi-e
Well, it is New Year tomorrow! So what have I learnt? The year has bought me many present moments and also lost in the thoughts moments. So, Lesson 1. Paint and paint more. Here is where one is in the moment, here is where one finds the true self, unaffected by...
by Lilith Ohan | Nov 27, 2013 | Sumi-e
I have read somewhere a Zen quote, can’t find the author…which goes something like this; “ Everything ordinary is extraordinary”. Indeed, everything around us is fantastic. Our mind takes the repetitive events, images, thoughts of the world...
by Lilith Ohan | Oct 30, 2013 | Blog, Thoughts on Art
“The human body is the best picture of the human soul.” Ludwig Wittgenstein Human body… The Doctor looks at it as a structure consisting of organs and systems. The scientist looks at it as complex interactions and reactions of chemicals, pathways, and...
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