When We Gaze Into The Eyes Of

It Was 1975. I Had Spent The Year At The Boston Museum School Doing Some Very Bizarre Performance Works. The Last One Included Going To The North Magnetic Pole And Spending All Of My Money.

The Web Of Life, Love, Suffering And Death Unites All Beings.

I Think That That's Why Artists Make Art - It Is Difficult To Put Into Words Unless You Are A Poet. What It Takes Is Being Open To The Flow Of Universal Creativity. The Zen Artists Knew This.

In A Society That Tries To Standardize Thinking, Individuality Is Not Highly Prized.

I've Always Been Fond Of The Idea Expressed In Buddhist Art, That There Are Certain Objects That, Just By Seeing Them, Can Plant A Seed For Liberation In The Individual. That Class Of Objects Is Called "liberation Through Seeing." Certain Buddha Images Are Like That, But If It Were Possible, I Would Like To Find Contemporary Non-traditional Sacred Images. Maybe It Sounds Pretentious, But Most Spiritual Paths Point To The Possibility That We All Can Access The Deep, Absolute Dimensions Of Reality.