There are moments when something opens… and there is no going back to the way it was before.
On stage…
Vú Ja Dè was one of those nights - an evening of artists gathering without script, creating in real time, held only by presence and trust.
“Paint and tears flowing - my edges felt edgeless - my heart soft, expansive and powerful.”
From my journal…
Painting while sharing energy, love, loss, presence…it felt like riding a Fire Horse bareback.
Gentleness. Power.
Moments barely hanging on - knowing I could be thrown, and also feeling the horse and I in flight.
I had to trust memory carried through lifetimes of making while immersed in the energy of the audience - the energy of my dear friends on stage and my own emotions.
Prayer and play.
I wasn’t just painting a horse - I was cracking something open in myself. The veil was thin. I became devotion.
Now I am back in the quiet of the studio. Back in the stable. Muscles still trembling from the ride.
The painting is here with me and I am listening for what it wants now.
Vú Ja Dè was a threshold night. An activation. A transformation. Holding intense presence. Feeling everything. No sense of time
Flow - and flowing.
Offering and receiving. Emergence and impermance revealed.
For those who feel curious to witness the evening as it unfolded, the livestream is still available here → Vú Ja Dè event photos courtesy of Yarrow Kranner