tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73634137740061018102024-03-13T23:04:34.173+01:00Spiritual PaintingsArt blog by painter and beekeeper <a href="http://www.jankarpisek.com">Jan Karpíšek</a> about buddhism, zazen, painting, permaculture gardening etc.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-12101052522796522982024-03-13T22:19:00.003+01:002024-03-13T23:03:59.045+01:00Spring 2024Day after tomorrow is my 43rd birthday. What's new? In the previous post I mention the sales site buy-original-painting.com.
Well, that doesn't exist anymore for a while, I also canceled the Etsy shop that powered it and redirected the domain. I don't sell paintings on the Internet now, except for three paintings in a small project of my friends, to tell the whole story. We painted the last painting called <a href="https://www.jankarpisek.com/paintings?pgid=korfzylm-5b602396-e536-4bca-afef-6b960a0fb56a" target="_blank">Red Anchor</a> together with Jonáš two years ago and dedicated it to his grandfather as a Christmas present. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3ssWGt9FVo56-wBmXc9VfT3fVtsvLJ5HsIbO88zM0rTX84VytPSnm5TPl_oncKXT9yBCV_RGdxMy54SWzpMqyCtUQkFD-xbpD8F_GrA-bMSz-n1A4tTB0FlzXFBt0nJD0v38yKp4KmfVkVOerpWtgl0plYR3KYWVgXJkDcEJuA9S8BV7Q7ItHsPLuP_5/s915/karpisek-sons.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: left; "><img alt="Sons of artist Jan Karpíšek, 2024" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="915" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3ssWGt9FVo56-wBmXc9VfT3fVtsvLJ5HsIbO88zM0rTX84VytPSnm5TPl_oncKXT9yBCV_RGdxMy54SWzpMqyCtUQkFD-xbpD8F_GrA-bMSz-n1A4tTB0FlzXFBt0nJD0v38yKp4KmfVkVOerpWtgl0plYR3KYWVgXJkDcEJuA9S8BV7Q7ItHsPLuP_5/s320/karpisek-sons.png"/></a></div>Jonáš is the first one from the left of my gang, which lately I've been putting more effort and care into than in art.
Therefore, the lack of traffic to <a href="https://www.jankarpisek.com/" target="_blank">my web portfolio</a> does not bother me at the moment and I do not deal with marketing. It's a terrible nuisance anyway. :D
Sometimes someone invites me to an exhibition, such as in February to the small town of Jemnice in the south of Vysočina (Bohemian-Moravian Highlands), where there was a very nice, I would say <a href="https://www.artmap.cz/jan-karpisek-zjemnit-se-2/" target="_blank">neighborhood opening</a> in the packaging-free store <a href="https://opobchod.cz/" target="_blank">Opobchod</a>, where they offer the best regional delicacies.
My friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/prune_music/" target="_blank">Prune</a> played the guitar there and the aforementioned Jonáš accompanied her on the kalimba. I was very happy about it, really.
I was also invited to participate in the Czech-Austrian project <a href="https://schaumbad.mur.at/index.php/event/artist-talk-second-cities/" target="_blank">Second Cities</a>, where a certain immateriality, processuality is accentuated, they emphasize ritual rather than physical artifacts. I plan to burn biochar there on the river bank. We'll see in September. Other participating artists are <a href="https://www.hynekskotak.com/" target="_blank">Hynek Skoták</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/terezaholy" target="_blank">Tereza Holá</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/himmlhaus/?hl=en" target="_blank">Lucie Králíková</a>, <a href="https://performance.ffa.vutbr.cz/Lid%C3%A9/marketa-olsarova/" target="_blank">Markéta Olšarová</a> and curator <a href="https://en.isabart.org/person/96052" target="_blank">Silvie Šeborová</a>. Our initial trip to Graz last year was a great relief from everyday worries and I enjoyed it a lot. Austrian participants are <a href="https://www.elisabethgschiel.com/" target="_blank">Elisabeth Gschiel</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anjakorherr/?hl=de" target="_blank">Anja Korherr</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cooky.a.k.a/" target="_blank">Catrin Manoli</a>, <a href="https://www.andrae-kunst.org/de/franz-konrad" target="_blank">Franz Konrad</a>, <a href="https://www.itsch.org/" target="_blank">Igor F. Petkovic</a>, curator Iris Kasper. I'll let you know when I paint a good canvas. I feel passion for painting still. For example, when I see how the buds on my trees are pouring, I see a meadow dug up by wild pigs, or in a gray forest, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4c3buPLx28/" target="_blank">the blooms of the willows shine</a>, calling the bees to pasture. If I haven't remembered this blog for a while, check out what I'm up to in the garden on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jankarpisek/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. I go there more often. And how are you? Write it to me in the comments. Cheers!Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-17931368672199185352017-08-23T15:04:00.000+01:002017-08-23T15:07:07.213+01:00Buy Original PaintingsOne of the websites I use to sell my paintings is <a href="http://www.buy-original-painting.com">www.buy-original-painting.com</a> Modern technologies today offer amazing ways to achieve freedom of living. Is it a sign of self-anchoring in reality if we use them? It is important if they do not limit us and we are not addicted to them. Just as too strong desire that one of the Buddhist Precepts warns about, the dependence on social networks and the Internet brings us suffering. On the other side if an artist sells a painting every month, it will greatly help his budget. He can relax and devote himself more to his children and to art as such. Another aspect that I often notice is doing good in relation to the voice of my conscience. It's all matter of balance and according to my experience practicing Zazen and beekeeping are helping me to find some balance in this busy life.
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In my experimental art cooperation with honeybees their activity is fascinating but it's not what I'm focused on the most. My main topic is a tendency of human mind to interpret the reality. During Zazen practice we face what our mind is doing almost all the time. It's adding something to the real state of universe. Well, it's the principle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test">Rorschach test</a> as well. It's more interesting because in this case the coincidental shapes are created by a superorganism of fascinating honeybees! It's funny sometimes to listen people's explanations of what my bees have done with the paintings I inserted in their beehive. "Do they feel your energy?" "Do they recognize you?" "Can bees read in German?" But I wanted to go further so I asked myself what is moving or exciting these days? And it's politics! And who will be the new president of USA is a matter of global impact. Mr. Donald Trump was called a threat at least for the United States by <a href="http://time.com/4444125/trump-gop-security-experts/">security experts</a>. I drew his portrait and inserted it in the hive. I was surprised when after a single day it almost disappeared. They don't gnaw off the paper so quickly normally. (Maybe I have chosen a softer paper subconsciously.) Only his flag pin on suit and part of his tie remained. I drew the same portrait and estimated to leave it for honeybees interaction for few hours only. I was surprised again. This time also part of his amazing hair was left. Viewers commented massively that even honeybees recognized what a terrible man he is, that bees can predict future etc. Nobody knows who will be the next president of the United States. Maybe it will be Hillary Clinton. I plan to draw also her portrait for my bees. But I'm almost sure it's just a paper with some ink lines for the insect trying to clean up their home. And this shows something very important for real life. Actually much more important than who will be next American president.
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<a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/Donald-Trump-bees-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Donald Trump #2, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, cca 39x40 cm, 2016" border="0" src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/Donald-Trump-bees-2.jpg" title="Donald Trump #2, honeybees interaction / ink on handmade paper, cca 39x40 cm, 2016" width="185" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-6611530245231490912016-07-31T21:22:00.000+01:002016-08-03T11:51:24.791+01:00Surprising honeybees art interaction<a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/lesni-bytosti-vceli-obraz-karpisek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/lesni-bytosti-vceli-obraz-karpisek.jpg" height="309" width="320" /></a><br>The Wood Beings, honeybees interaction / acrylics on canvas, cca 39x40 cm, 2016<br><br>
This is a surprising result of my latest experiment of art cooperation with honeybees. A simple acrylic painting on canvas was inserted in my beehive and in few days the little workers gnawed the holes perfectly shaping to the legs of trees. If you would ask a human artist to finish the painting it would hardly be so amazing. Yellowish auras around the beeings were also made by the bees. It's probably propolis solution. Find more bees-art at my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jankarpisek/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jan.karpisek">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://www.jankarpisek.com">homepage jankarpisek.com</a>.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-60526589458144784682015-07-03T09:46:00.000+01:002015-07-03T09:46:50.960+01:00Video of Kopřivy exhibition opening<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GkdLkXObCwk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-34367910951062843382015-05-04T17:14:00.001+01:002015-05-04T17:15:56.453+01:00The Stems<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/54958057929582779/"><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/16/39/5a/16395a58f280ed066ac9edd9384e78b7.jpg" alt="Jan Karpíšek, The Stems, dry stalks of nettles, goldenrods, hollyhocks et al., old planks from the garden, cca 101x166cm, 2015" width="450"></a><br><br>
Jan Karpíšek: "The Stems", dry stalks of nettles, goldenrods, hollyhocks et al., old planks from the garden, cca 101x166cm, 2015Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-86616355453064745192015-04-15T13:38:00.001+01:002015-04-21T15:07:46.306+01:00Exhibition Kopřivy (The Stinging Nettles), Industra, Brno, 10.6.2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're cordially invited to a special exhibition project dedicated to the stinging nettles. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See more at </span><a href="http://www.jankarpisek.com/koprivy" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.jankarpisek.com/koprivy</a></div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-13255596872568519732014-11-14T14:35:00.003+01:002014-11-14T14:36:43.446+01:00Urban beeing / Beekeeping in the cities<a href="http://skolska28.cz/en/urban-beeing-beekeeping-cities" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EYZZUjZtdfw/VGYE7ZncjgI/AAAAAAAAQzE/1LZn4RYErLc/s320/urban-beeing-vcely-ve-mestech-skolska_28.jpg" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-81600565098210939422014-11-14T14:32:00.000+01:002014-11-14T14:34:14.804+01:00The Landscapebody<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/206958644/the-landscapebody-original-painting" title="Jan Karpíšek: The Landscapebody, oil and acrylics on canvas, 100x80 cm, 2014"><img src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/krajinatelo-m.jpg" alt="Jan Karpíšek: The Landscapebody, oil and acrylics on canvas, 100x80 cm, 2014" hspace="3"></a><br><br>
The original painting depicting straightforwardly author's experience of the unity of body and landscape.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-57633924861045293042014-02-08T22:27:00.000+01:002014-02-08T22:27:17.099+01:00Sex Death RebirthHere you may find an interesting collection of amazing images where sex and death are the topics: <a href="http://sexdeathrebirth.com/archive">http://sexdeathrebirth.com/archive</a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-35650435286367711832014-02-03T20:29:00.001+01:002014-02-03T20:31:35.375+01:00Every Coat Is Fragile<a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/english/every-coat-fragile.html" title="Jan Karpíšek: Every Coat Is Fragile, acrylics on canvas, 115x100 cm, 2014"><img src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/kazdy-kabat-krehky-m.jpg" alt="Jan Karpíšek: Every Coat Is Fragile, acrylics on canvas, 115x100 cm, 2014" hspace="3"></a><br><br>
The original painting by Jan Karpíšek 'Every Coat Is Fragile' is inspired by the painter's dream of impermanence, symbolically represents the fragility of the body composed of random white feathers lying on a metaphorical network of diamond eyes that look at each other in all directions.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-29130109151616957592014-01-15T10:59:00.000+01:002014-04-13T17:41:30.684+01:00Devavrata Singh Thakur aka Bodhi SaagarI've met him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bodhi.saagar">Facebook</a> when he "liked" my paintings. But when I saw his artworks I had to do the same!
Awesome meditation watercolors. And this is what Mr. Bodhi Saagar says about himself:
"I am a self-taught painter living in the city of Ahmedabad, India. For me, creating a work of art is akin to establishing a way of communicating with the Universe. It is like building a bridge between myself and the whole, or if I may say - the Holy!
It has always been the deep sense of mystery and wonder about the existence that has driven me to create. Nothing compares to the joy that I feel when I face a completed work of mine! It is like having a dialogue with a slice of the universe that had always been a hidden part of me, and has now suddenly been projected outwards, in the most tangible way possible.
When you look at my works, I want you to be imbued by the same feelings of wonder and awe. And I believe that if I have created with honesty, my works will transmit those feelings into you without you having to make an effort."Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-84796717365419284042013-12-11T22:07:00.000+01:002013-12-11T22:07:51.226+01:00In The Coat<a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/english/in-the-coat.html" title="In The Coat, oil and acrylics on canvas, 80x100 cm, 2013"><img alt="In The Coat, oil and acrylics on canvas, 80x100 cm, 2013" hspace="3" src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/v-kabate-m.jpg"></a><br />
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The original painting on canvas by Jan Karpíšek 'In The Coat' represents a figure sleeping in a metaphysical landscape, partly covered by a coat that confuses with its shape, different from the sleeper's body position and curled sleeping dog. The metaphor refers to the perceptual boundary of the soul, the body and the world.</div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-20628496517572384272013-12-11T22:00:00.000+01:002013-12-11T22:00:47.223+01:00About the teeth, about the objectives, about the mind, about the tranquility<a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/english/about-teeth-objectives-mind-tranquility.html" title="About the teeth, about the objectives, about the mind, about the tranquility, oil and acryl on canvas, 90x125 cm, 2012, private collection, CZE"><img alt="About the teeth, about the objectives, about the mind, about the tranquility, oil and acryl on canvas, 90x125 cm, 2012, private collection, CZE" hspace="3" src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/o-zubech-o-cilech-o-mysli-o-klidu-m.jpg" /></a><br />
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Original painting by Jan Karpíšek 'About the teeth, about the objectives, about the mind, about the tranquility' represents a metaphor for life wandering on own life-force (riding a horse) in Zazen, when our desires and ambitions grow as branches from the head, screening in outlook and the outer world is finally a revealing hostile landscape-crocodile. In contrast, there at the heavenly sea sleeping Buddha, the holy man in a tiger costume has reached aimlessness and tranquility.</div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-87486238153251172402013-08-29T06:26:00.003+01:002013-08-29T06:26:37.506+01:00New websites of Jan KarpíšekIt was published a new version of Jan Karpíšek's online portfolio on the address <a href="http://www.jankarpisek.com">www.jankarpisek.com</a> yesterday. I hope you may find it better arranged and easier to go-through. The older version containing more links, photos from the openings, curators texts and information is still placed at <a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz">www.jankarpisek.cz</a>.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-62396009428511970042012-12-26T07:48:00.001+01:002012-12-26T07:49:08.579+01:00Elaine ClaytonRecently I've seen interesting paintings that are truly to be called 'spirit' and that are imaginative indeed. See the works of <a href="http://www.illuminara.com/gallery/spirit-paintings/">Elaine Clayton</a>.<br><br>
Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-68754302847360207652012-12-22T20:52:00.003+01:002012-12-22T20:52:58.470+01:00The Teeth<a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/english/the-teeth-canvas.html" title="The Teeth, combined technique on canvas, 50x60 cm, 2012"><img alt="The Teeth, combined technique on canvas, 50x60 cm, 2012" hspace="3" src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/zuby-teeth-platno-m.jpg" /></a><br />
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Original painting by Jan Karpíšek 'The Teeth' is a reflection of his own body, specifically the teeth, as the landscape. Meditation on perception of the borders(?) between the Self and the world.</div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-13595739502329845452012-12-22T20:49:00.000+01:002012-12-22T20:49:16.133+01:00Natural human world<a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/english/natural-human-world.html" title="Natural human world, oil on canvas, 54x70 cm, 2012"><img alt="Natural human world, oil on canvas, 54x70 cm, 2012" hspace="3" src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/prirozeny-lidsky-svet-natural-world-m.jpg" /></a><br />
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The original painting by Jan Karpíšek 'Natural human world' displays the author's first sculpture, variable ready-made from a wooden column-foot found on the dumpster in Brno Židenice and a strain from his own garden, created on the socio-artistic symposium Chaos Start 2012 in Střítež u Poličky. The statue can either symbolize how the human world grows out of nature, or how nature depends on the human perception.</div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-43030715556331574692012-08-15T11:08:00.000+01:002012-08-15T11:16:21.681+01:00Artist's campaign on international crowd funding sitePlease share link to my story:
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Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-70154765578917608852012-06-27T12:35:00.001+01:002012-06-27T12:35:08.829+01:00The Green Man<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/102960100/the-green-man-original-painting" title="The Green Man, acryl on canvas, 95x110 cm, 2012"><img alt="The Green Man, acryl on canvas, 95x110 cm, 2012" hspace="3" src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/zeleny-green-man-m.jpg" /></a><br />
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Original painting by Jan Karpíšek "The Green Man" shows the mythological figure that is often related to natural vegetative deity. Primarily it is interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, or "renaissance," representing the cycle of growth each spring. </div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-24312333670832841272012-06-27T12:32:00.000+01:002012-06-27T12:32:49.818+01:00The Tree Of Ghosts<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/102740353/the-tree-of-ghosts-original-painting" title="The Tree Of Ghosts, acryl and oil on canvas, 100x125 cm, 2012"><img alt="The Tree Of Ghosts, acryl and oil on canvas, 100x125 cm, 2012" hspace="3" src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/strom-duchu-tree-of-ghosts-m.jpg" /></a><br />
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Original painting by Jan Karpíšek "The Tree Of Ghosts" is a visual assumption about possible different direction of human evolution. If our Apish ancestors would not leave the trees and would not start to walk on two feet and if they would instead of developing depredatory intellect and using instruments cultivated the spiritual and creative mind...how would our world look like today?</div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-103181447173648622012-05-16T08:16:00.001+01:002012-05-16T08:17:59.954+01:00Painter Daniel BrockVisit <a href="http://www.danielbrock.com.au/home.html">the websites</a> of an Australian painter Daniel Brock.
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<a href="http://www.danielbrock.com.au/home.html"><img src="http://www.spiritualpaintings.org/img/Daniel-Brock-air-at-the-tivoli.jpg" alt="Daniel Brock, Air at the Tivoli" height="200"></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363413774006101810.post-72980578736201419172012-04-07T16:48:00.000+01:002012-06-26T10:23:48.693+01:00The Horrible Guests<a href="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/english/horrible-guests.html" title="The Horrible Guests, oil on canvas, 45x50 cm, 2012"><img src="http://www.jankarpisek.cz/art-paintings/hrozni-hoste-horrible-guests-m.jpg" alt="The Horrible Guests, oil on canvas, 45x50 cm, 2012" hspace="3"></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Oil on canvas "The Horrible Guests" represents a record of meditation during which unpleasant mental states arised. These are normal part of life. And as they arise they also disappear. Impermanence (anicca) is an important fact of reality so don't be too much devastated when horrible guests visit your mind. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/97005827/the-horrible-guests-original-painting">Available at ETSY</a></div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18430315996116570164noreply@blogger.com0