My painting practice before dance continues to surprise me. I was overtired and painting alone, thinking of a friend's boyfriend who has surrendered to the stomach cancer killing him from the inside out. We had just been chatting that to be by his side as he gets closer to the "veil" is a first row seat to a process we don't have much experience with or words for. So I painted bright colors of life and then painted the dark on top, in the shapes of flower petals. Overtime, the darkness will overtake his life force, but for now, his process is unfolding beautifully.
When I arrived at the dance hall, the only place for the painting was "behind the veil", which seemed perfect to hide the imperfect painting. And again, the colors of the altar were in concert with the colors of the painting, including a touch of red to match the velvet buddha. Quantum Collaboration made visible!
After the dance, the veil was lowered and the painting was revealed.
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