The Sacred Hoop of Life through Art
I had written the words on the wall twelve years ago “the
Sacred Hope of Soulfulness.” After
looking at it daily it is now starting to make sense to me what it means. It is a circle no matter how big or small
that surrounds me. I create it through
my own energy. When I sit quietly I can
play with the inner skin of the circle feeling a back flow, a bounce back of
energy. I sometimes think of it as a circle
of love. A constant flow out and flow
in, a connected energy phenomenon.
In what I call “the
Sacred Hoop” of everything, bringing oneself to bear in the world implies an
activity, a dance or participation with the flow of energy we can simply call
“Life.” When we move our energy outward
we can intend to feel it come back multiplied.
This can be done by loving something; yourself, a tree, the moment – and
as that Love expressed moves out it somehow seems multiplied when allowing it
to radiate back from a Hoop, a circle that surrounds.
Sacred Hoop Painting – how to increase back flow of the Love that goes out
However one starts to express, there is an
opportunity to engage with the world.
This engagement can occur simply by sitting and breathing expanding out
around oneself and then taking the moment and using the senses to feel a back
flow, or energy coming back towards the self in response to the outflow.
This is happening with my painting. It happens as I paint and it continues to
occur once the painting is finished. It
can occur with a viewer and any painting I believe. This is how I explain on how to view a
painting, in a hoop –like, energy exchange that can also be seen as a type of
conversation.
My
intention in painting is to let a joyful, loving and gracious posture to
express through me and move out into the painting through the energy of my
hands from the core of my being. I let
the energy continue into the paint and through the movement of the brush. All of this is then contained within the
painting.
As I paint I allow
for this type of give and flow back to happen so I can sense the level of
conservation of energy I hold and the balance of what the canvas is willing to
hold. This becomes a very real
conversation.
When I approach something, be it a tree, a
person or a painting it is all very much the same thing. I stand in my own core energy and sometimes
move it out a bit in front of me and see what comes back. This is very similar to what some cetaceans
do with their toning and bats as well.
Letting and
sensing a back flow of energy returning while giving this process a moment very
much enriches and connects to all forms of creation. It can be easy to forget it is there. I have to be still enough and aware to
receive it.
How does one bring
oneself to bear in this world? Meaning,
“to bear” how does one carry oneself and interact with one’s world? And what happens when one does? What is it that makes an individual feel an
impulse to express – whether it is a thought, an emotion or a creation born of
color, image, and words on paper or sound?
Other Places the term “Sacred Hoop” is mentioned
The sacred hoop has been used to describe drum making,
shamanism and Native American methodology. In the book “Black Elk Speaks” he mentions
this term. There is even a magazine that
has been published for many years that goes by this name. The world is a circle, or many, many
circles. All of these circles are made
of energy and consciousness and life interacts with like. Love with Love, gratitude with gratitude, joy
to joy. This is the Hoop. It is how we connect. And that is why the hoop is so important.
Recipe for Happiness
Sit inside your own Sacred Hoop of Everything
Place yourself in a state of gratitude by appreciating
something with all your might
Let that energy extend out to a Circle/Hoop any diameter
small or large around you
And allow it to radiate love, gratitude and appreciation
back
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