A pure watercolour painting reflecting my memories of all the laundry hanging in Nepal. Kathmanu Windy Day Laundry, originally uploaded by gord clements.
Archives for May 2011
Letter From a Friend
I am seeing this as a way to live as well It has been my experience that when I am challenged I feel like there is something wrong with me. I guess reading some literature about Daoism recently was kind of confirming for me even though I know that I could never get involved in [...]
Trust in Flow
There is more to life than our schooled conditioned thinking. This can interfere with authentic living. As an artist I realize that we are often cut down from our natural place of relating to the world. We are discouraged from trusting in these places that are more authentic and essential to our being. Modern man [...]
Young Woman With Her Son
Young Woman With Her Son, originally uploaded by gord clements. Many people have expressed an interest in this photo so I thought that I would repost it. In Nepal the women are often the ones carrying heavy loads. This is the traditional method that they use. They often walk long distances taking their products to [...]
Keeping the Heart Open
Being back in the west (Germany) I find it challenging to keep focused on my heart at times. But I know that there is no other way for me. The needs of the heart are secondary in western culture. For me it is important to retain my orientation in this way. Practical and every day [...]
A Warm Open Heart
Minu, originally uploaded by gord clements. Minu became a friend to me over the two years that I was in Nepal. In the first days that I was there I purchased fruit off her. I found her to be very authentic, trustworthy and friendly in those first days that I was feeling quite isolated. She [...]
Belief and Perception
The following paragraph is from Evelyn Fox Keller s new book The Mirage of a Space Between Nature and Nurture. In trying to analyze the natural world scientists are seldom aware of the degree to which their ideas are influenced both by their way of perceiving the everyday world and by the constraints that are [...]
My Effort to Find Certainty
I have come from a place of looking for refuge in certainty which I have over the years so much longed for. So many others I am sure have been on the same search. I was in my early years quite invested in the idea of developing my sense of self and improving my feelings [...]
Letter to a Friend
The current interest that I have in German writing seems to come from a fascination that I have with human thought. I am amazed at how thought has fragmented and divided and conditioned the general population of people. This conditioning has taken us away from what we are. People in general do not think for [...]
Worlitz Park
Worlitz Park, originally uploaded by gord clements. Iris photograph.
