Street Art and Decorated Doors: Barcelona

Mm. Reab reps One-Sun T's

One-Sun (printed in the studio) T-shirts

for more on the collection... visit: http://onesuneditions.tumblr.com/

A Big thanks to everyone who brought the party to the Tshirts, one NY evening; Special thanks to Nick Lee for handling the camera and Barking Irons Tshirt company for providing the T's.

Hope you enjoy rocking these shirts...made with electric love

Perma-creativity and Medicinal Mushrooms

In a day and age in which we are accumulating environmental concern, there is a need to focus on life giving creativity. In nature lays unimaginable potential for harmony and healing. All around us are alternative resources, and technological ideas that have the keys to wellness and abundance.

Recently I had the privlidge of visiting Fungi Perfecti, a mushroom farm and research fascility in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Paul Stamets, and his co-workers, have applied artistry and diligent scientific deduction, to present the world with various gifts that can be derived from mushroom cultivation.

Fungi Perfecti captured my imagination the same way Willy Wonka's factory would a child, as a delicate environ of cutting edge wonder. Some of the dynamic uses and applications of fungi at this farm include: exotic edibles, soil regeneration and composting, cleaning agents of radio active material and oil spills, medicinal concoctions, and non-abrasive insect repelents. The information from Paul Stamets's publications and workshops covers basics as well as advanced mycological techniques.

The picture above is prestarted kit of shitake, Lentinula edodes, growing on our kitchen table. Shitake is delicious, protein rich and medicinal. For this and other fungi related products visit: fungiperfecti.com. I hope to keep you informed on our mushroom adventures...

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One Sun Art @ "Coming Home" Open Space Nomadic Gallery show

detail from diptych painting, "Jacob's Ladder" from "Wake Up This is a Dream" series
Magnolias glowing in blue light
Wall installation, "Magnolia"
Multi media print, "Dissolution" (glowing in blue light)
Wall installation, "Doorway into Birth Pattern"

Welcome friends, I would like to take a moment to share a few of the images from the show at Open Space Nomadic Gallery. Thanks to all who came out to see the "Coming Home" show! And thanks to Mustafa and Pipi who worked very hard putting it all together! I look forward to presenting some more work soon!

may the force of inspiration be with you,

1Sun

Enter a space in which friendship expresses its creative ties. 7 artists, all Sufi, come together under the tent of the Nomadic Gallery, "Open Space", to celebrate Art. The diversity of mediums found in this show, is the strength of its open hearted curation.

Much thanks to all my friends involved: Pipi, Mariam, Yoyo, Aziz, Medina, Cynthia and especially to Mustafa Farhad for his patience and courage in opening us all up to this serendipitous experience.

Hope that you will be present to enjoy this work, and that your Vernal Equinox will usher in a great Spring season...full of Health and Sharing! ... 1 sun

The 9 Flowers of East 4th Street; One-Sun, UP press

In a small, 3.5 in. square accordion book, titled "the Nine Flowers of E 4th Street"; is the silent story of nine different flowers. Each frame is adapted from the nine 7 x 7 in. paintings, that I have since distrubted to maternal forces as a small gesture of appreciation for her brilliant inspiration.

This little book contains my experiences, as a painter/gardener, within the three gardens of East 4th Street between Ave. C and D. This small corner of New York City, during warm wheather magic, brings to life the plethora of blossoms that celebrate the onlookings of East Villagers. I hope that this work will urge all who live in a city to seek out these patches of natural refuge, and find a resource to infuse their city experience with a sense of gentleness.

Dear Friend, I wish for you a happy advent of spring, sowing seeds, and whatching the radiance of life unfold!

Untitled Lanscape, a trypich, and a One Sun painting

Abstraction is an idea that is contingent to paintning, and appears throughout art in all various guises. With this painting, the narritive interplay between three sub abstractions sets the mood.

From left to right: a feild, a magnolia flower, and an amorphous cloud.

In contemplation... 1sun

"The Cat Returns"

If you can find this movie, and have some of your inner-child intact, it is a very uplifting fairtale flick. "The Cat Returns" dazzles with colorful landscapes and equally colorful characters that capture the imagination, much in the style of Hayao Miyazaki's movies.

Journey into the secret world of cats by following a trail of lights on the wind. What you find there is a world not unlike ours. A story filled with meaning, and insight into the psycological dimenssions of the inner self. the most prevalent mantras I found are of trusting in one's own journey and in the inexhaustible power of natural goodness.

Filled with nature and light hearted humor, this will be a nice movie to share with any child. Hope all you travelers pass through the world of cats safely and...

that you are having a good go at 2012; finding boundless inspiration to add to the fun!

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Fragrance & Creativity

Welcome to 2012! This is a picture of the Uranian Phalanstery alter, and in the forground are a group of essential oils which we have been using in the past year. Frankincense, Myrrh, Siberian Fir Needle, Rose, Geranium, Lavender, Lime and Clary Sage are just a few that are called to permeate our space. Each scent has its own influence on the environment, playing with our memories and helping to enhance the impressions of each day.

An easy and clean method of distributing the scent of the essential oils in the atmosphere of your room(s) is by means of a diffuser. The diffuser is powered by a votive candle and few drops of essential oil in water is all it takes to bring the scent to life. These scents have an extensive array of properties and are an easy way to draw positive vibes into an environment.

I have found TheHerbarium.com and DreamingEarth.com to be helpful resources. I am sure there are plenty of other places to find essential oils, however do make sure that when buying essential oils you are able to identify exactly what it is that you are getting. An easy way to ensure this is to look for the scientific name of the oil on the bottle; mixtures are less likely to have all the names printed.

May the perfume of Inspiration guide us through this new year ! Blessing to all! 1sun

Midnight Garden

In a transparent Universe of

wild imagining, protected by the

solemnity of angels and plants

the singular solar creater

marvels at the images

reflected upon the mind

as one gazes into the heart;

a centerpiece of ascention

and discovery,

the midnight garden, reveals its self.

one-sun

hope you are all staying inspired, and active in goodness

the blossoms of early spring, Thomkins Square East Village

more pictures of early Spring's blossoms, these trees can be found in Thompkins Square Park

warrior's creed

This poem has always inspired me, moved me beyond complaining, and help support my work as an ontological filter.

Complete Surrender

Complete Surrender ,

As the painting emerged, the longing for a mountain retreat, solitary but not alone, sprung forth.

Complete surrender is the first step in one's approach to the act of contemplation; which is a mystic act. It allows any practitioner to search their heart and find a place of peace.

May this day bring Fourth, the Blessing of Surrender!

and help us enjoy all the beautiful things that constantly turn around us

One

Night Journey

Dear Reader,

It is late Sunday evening, and i have been running around town like a fool. So through my journeys, i have come to appreciate "painting" in its stationary approach to journeying. In this moment of gratitude, i would like to share this painting with you. I hope that as you gaze into this mysterious piece of work, it will inspire your imagination to track its contemplative origin.

in Gratitude and Wondrous Love,

One

Good day! This book is a beautiful refrence for the Sufism of Islam. Any one interested in Sufism will find refuge in this spirited publication. It is a true leap into the Heart!

Hu

"Ascension of the midnight butterfly"

This is a panorama box sculpture, "Ascension of the midnight butterfly" in fluorescent light.

Don Juan and the Art of Sexual Energy by Merilyn Tunneshende

This book offers a great perspective into dreaming and its hinge on "sexual energy". Merilyn Tunneshende proposes exercises in the Nagualist tradition of intentional dreaming. Showing practitioners how to direct their intent to promote healing and self realization. In my opinion she is a overly gifted dreamer and what she offers is great insight on the energy body, and its power in transformation.

Although the book is written in an casual tone, its message is heavy. Tunneshende, reaches to experiences beyond most peoples, informing about a reality that is not most readily accessed. She imparts the stories of power revealing the archetypal Conjunction in the Divine Feminine and Masculine

Her work, is related to Carlos Casteneda's, and he appears in the book as Carlo Castillo. I believe that she is the character that he refers to as La Gorda in his books, a suspicion. In this aspect it offers a fresh continuation to the saga of these enigmatic figures, theirs deemed successes and failures. Mainly, that she through her impeccability, which has largely to do with her use of sexual energy, arrives at formlessness. Carlos admits this in his books. And for Carlos the tantamount failure in the path, and death through liver disease, as was revealed in this book.

This book will either motivate you to do a 180 in your life, again, or shake you to fright, you choose. It is a book that is full with contemplation on the nature of choice, and the force of attraction.

happy purposeful dreaming, may you find all the aids and maps to your quest, the universe awaits.

one

Entering the garden

the garden is a timeless place, where joy is abundant.

I am thankful for the countless visits i was afforded to this patch of fluorescent sunflowers.

If you stand in the garden, it surrounds you, and the world stops,once again innocent of form.

Victor Schauberger: a Life of Learning from Nature, by Jane Cobbald

A good introduction to Victor Schauberger, whose most popular work is observations on the life and nature of water. His work, persisted against the pseudo-scientific understanding of his times and has broadened the scope of my personal identification with this ultimate elixr; mystifying and prompting me to deepen my questions.

Schauberger exemplifies an artist whose work is based on the understanding of nature, expressing the hidden aspects of his observations through writing, drawing, and sculptural inventions. This book is rich with his drawings, most showing the pulsating spirals which depict the movement of water. He is also deeply interested in the egg-shape, and its functions, " Every force... unfolds itself and springs forth from the original form of life, the egg".

Through his observations, looking deep into the Bavarian forests, he created inventions which he proven worked with nature, upholding her and expressing the abundance of life. He was suspicious of people in authority and of academics. One of his main frustrations was man's dependance on the combustion of fossil fuels for energy. He worked to create a hydrogen engine, in conjunction with his observations on the effects of temperature on water.

Victor Schauberger, supported by a lineage of foresters, is staying relevant through the distribution of his ideas by son Walter Shauberger and the multitude of those who have found the life giving inspiration in his dedication to the planet, and the essential refinement of technologies.

Much thanks!

stay inspired!

one!

Redhook Street Art

Happy New Year Children!

I was walking in Redhook brooklyn, when had to stop, dazzled by all the bling!

May this year, 2011, unleash your creative beast; growing in Love, Knowledge, and Wonderment!