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Sacred Spaces - i suppose all space on earth is sacred, although we seldom treat it as such. In this gallery i include some of my favourite things i have ever actioned on behalf of God.

i usually store this gallery in AA - Artists' Anonymous - a Smug Communities repository that I think is appropriate. i assume that is why artists use pen (painting) names. A man or woman's faith is their own business...

A lot of my work employs collage - it allows me to use modern media and ancient techniques of painting. It is, in essence, image making nonetheless. Paint, silver gelatin, pixels, cardboard, bytes - all form the canvas - the end result is image of a single moment in a succession of moments. One foot after the other...

For a good view of much of the subject matter in this gallery go to - and beyond -http://www.sacred-texts.com
inanga
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inanga > Butterflies are Free I was on assignment writing istanbul to cairo on the cheap for Lonely Planet. Butterfly Valley near Oludeniz and Fethiye on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast is one of THOSE places on Earth but it wasn't the best thing I did when I was in Oludeniz, Turkey's Dead Sea. That distinction belongs to jumping off Baba Dag, soaring to 9000 feet in a parapente and then landing near the deckchairs on the beach at Oludeniz. This would have to rate as the best commercial daredevil thing you can do in this world. And that includes bungy jumping. I am probably not the best describer of the valley (as I was still undergoing adrenalin shock from two days of trying to get to leap off Baba Dag) so I leave that to a really cool website on Turkey by the guy who probably knows it best - Lonely Planet's Tom Brosnohan. There is a great photo of the valley at www.turkeytravelplanner.com. A Google sweep from this location - on my Plog map above - will get you a satellite view of this amazing part of the world, and a view from Baba Dag. Not far away is the 'chimaera' at Turkey's Olmpus. But that is another adrenalin-charged story in its own right. acrylic, gouache, glitter, oil and metallic butterflies on cardboard, 2007 mm x mm
inanga > Let Me Pass, Kosovo Simon the Peacemaker offered me a quality canvas that he had started to paint. The outline was there but I didn’t have the story that went with it. He told me that it was a pass in Kosovo that he had seen by helicopter when he was there on a mission for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). After the tragic story was related I started to sculpt the sky and ridges with thick oil and acrylic and periodic dashes of metallic spray paint. The small lake was simply painted blue and an eye of Ra, the Sun God, sneaked in with an iris of paua. Simon wanted it as soon as he saw it. I had already given to my partner Phil, but she let it go as Simon’s 50th birthday present. We met him in town at a café in Wellington’s Little Italy. Ms P’s uncle had been murdered nearby, several years earlier, in the Garibaldi Club - which really had little to do with the choice of café, but merits mentioning. We decided to call it ‘Let Me Pass’, suggesting a lucky break on life’s journey. Acrylic, oil, metallic spray paint, and paua on canvas, 2007 inanga
inanga > Cezanne Storm 'The lion does not eat the dog's leavings Though he die of hunger in his lair. Resign your bodies to starvation: Do not beg the base for favors. Saadi of Shiraz (1184-1291), author of 'Gulistan' (Rose Garden) and 'Bustan' (Orchard) 'Detach from fixed ideas and preconceptions. And face what is to be your lot.' Sheikh Abu-Said ibn Abi-Khair 'Love, love alone can kill what seemed dead, The frozen snake of passion. Love alone By tearful prayers and fiery longing fed, Reveals a knowledge schools have never known'. Professor Nicholson composing in Sufi verse. '...the universe is in a state of Being, true, but that state is not static in the way suggested by 'reversibility' in Classical physics. The generosity of Being, so to speak, is becoming, and the result is not irreversibility but multiplicity, the unmeasurable resonant chaos-like fecundity of creation'. Kamadev Sohrawardi, Sufi mystic and Other Worlds Traveler
inanga > Cosmic Serpent searches for Tuatara gouache, acrylic, painted CD and NZ 5c piece (with tuatara) on paper 2006 220mm x 310mm Found this also in storage so it too is... FOR SALE POA
inanga > Sky Burial gouache, acrylic, oil, gold leaf cross and photo (from article on an epidemic - sorry but can't source it) on A3 art paper 200gsm 2007 300mm x 420mm i just found the original recently in storage, so it's... FOR SALE (don't tell Ms P - her collection grows ever larger).
inanga > Photo Albums Ms P got hold of three of the same type of photo album and asked for colourful covers for them. I knew the utilitarian nature of a photo album and that these paintings/collages would not last forever – as long as Miles got a photo of them for the Web then it didn’t matter. They were spontaneous, without little occult forethought or significance, but nonetheless a lot of fun. I am looking at them as I write this… 1 The Sermon on the Mount A fascination with the island of Gozo near Malta (and part of the Maltese nation) led to this scene. I was reading Dr Paul Brunton’s interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount and, in particular, the Beatitudes at the time. Scissors out, a Maltese tourist brochure and some 7th century figurines from the megalithic community of Gozo slowly morphed into an odd assembly at Christ’s feet. He is the one with the halo. I have Google Earth located it approximately where it was held - in the lowest place on earth, not a mount at all. Wiki 'Sermon on the Mount' and they direct you to the Church of the Beatitudes, northern Galilee. I honestly think no one is certain where our Blessed Christ delivered the Beatitudes. The most beautiful interpretation i have ever read of the Beatitudes is by Dr Paul Brunton. He was a practitioner of yoga and has applied this science in his writing. I found good info in a wiki feed: Tabgha (Arabic: الطابغة‎), known in Hebrew as Ein Sheva (עין שבע), an area situated on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, is the traditional site of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (Mark 6:30-46) and the third resurrection appearance of Jesus (John 21:1-24) in Christianity. The site's name is derived from the Greek name Heptapegon ("seven springs"). St. Jerome referred to Tabgha as "the solitude" (=eremos). Acrylic, gouache, and cut outs from a Maltese tourist brochure 2007 (this one contains the 3-D portfolio I carry around). No matter how many times i tried to relocate it on Google Earth the Smug-icon insisted on one spot. So i left it there - perhaps that is where God wants it. inanga
inanga > Ark My Mum is a devout Roman Catholic and as soon as she saw this she found a reason for God to put it in her hands - it is a treatment of my 'Homage to Caravaggio' - you know, I can never seem to get his spelling right. I wiki it and by the time the synapses and neurons have kicked into action i have misspelt it. Try spellchecker - no luck. Write it down and transcribe it - no luck. I suppose i have a 50% chance of getting it right or wrong. i won't fret about it. i applied the Google tag to Mt Ararat in Turkey, last resting place of Noah's Ark, post-diluvium. Not suprisingly Ararat was covered in cloud. Sorry Ark hunters, no tips today. Love you Mum Jeff PS A mate rang up and suggested i read an article in the very rich feed: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia Amazing site that i will have to show to Mum. We have to get her a computer - she would have hours of fun reading the Secrets of the Vatican. A veritable Ark of information. Blessed One to Thee Alone do i make my Daily Devotion. For devout Catholics like my mum i found this - truth i don't know where - but is was the best description of Absolution i have read. 'Absolution is an integral part of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation. The penitent makes a sacramental confession of all mortal sins to a priest and prays an act of contrition. The priest then assigns a penance and imparts absolution in the name of the Trinity, on behalf of the Church: "God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." Before the Second Vatican Council, and still practiced in traditionalist parishes, absolution was given in Latin, followed by another Latin prayer by the priest: Absolution: "Dominus noster Jesus Christus te absolvat; et ego auctoritate ipsius te absolvo ab omni vinculo excommunicationis (suspensionis) et interdicti in quantum possum et tu indiges. [making the Sign of the Cross:] Deinde, ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen." Translation: "May our Lord Jesus Christ absolve you; and by His authority I absolve you from every bond of excommunication (suspension) and interdict, so far as my power allows and your needs require. [making the Sign of the Cross:] Thereupon, I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." Post-absolution prayer: "Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi, merita Beatae Mariae Virginis et omnium sanctorum, quidquid boni feceris vel mali sustinueris sint tibi in remissionem peccatorum, augmentum gratiae et praemium vitae aeternae. Amen." Translation: "May the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the merits of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of all the saints and also whatever good you do or evil you endure merit for you the remission of your sins, the increase of grace and the reward of everlasting life. Amen." Absolution forgives the guilt associated with the penitent's sins, and removes the eternal punishment (Hell) associated with mortal sins. The penitent is still responsible for the temporal punishment (Purgatory) associated with the confessed sins, unless an indulgence is applied. General absolution, where all eligible Catholics gathered at a given area are granted absolution for sins without prior individual confession to a priest, is lawfully granted in only 2 circumstances: (1) there is imminent danger of death and there is no time for a priest or priests to hear the confessions of the individual penitents, (2) a serious need is present, that is, the number of penitents is so large that there are not sufficient priests to hear the individual confessions properly within a reasonable time (generally considered to be 1 month) so that the Catholics, through no fault of their own, would be forced to be deprived of the sacrament or communion. The diocesan bishop must give prior permission before general absolution may be given under this circumstance. It is important to note that the occurrence of a large number of penitents, such as may occur on a pilgrimage or at penitential services is not considered as sufficient to permit general absolution. Circumstance 2 is thus envisaged more for mission territories where priests may visit certain villages only a few times a year. For a valid reception of general absolution, the penitent must be contrite for all his mortal sins and have the resolution to confess at the next earliest opportunity each of those mortal sins that is forgiven in general absolution. Anyone receiving general absolution is also required to make a complete, individual confession to a priest as soon as possible before receiving general absolution again. A contemporary example of general absolution was the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, where general absolution was granted to all Catholics endangered by the incident. The French form absoute is used in English for the absolution of the dead, a series of prayers said after the Requiem Mass. The absolution of the dead does not forgive sins or confer the sacramental absolution of the Sacrament of Penance. Rather, it is a series of prayers to God that the person's soul will not have to suffer the temporal punishment in purgatory due for sins which were forgiven during the person's life. The absolution of the dead is only performed in context of the Tridentine Mass. Following the Second Vatican Council, the absolution of the dead was removed from the funeral liturgy of the Mass of Paul VI.' inanga
inanga > Mother and Child detail oil, acrylic and the same ol' collage (that creeps into a lot of my paintings) on cardboard 2008 Original: 520mm x 280mm inanga
inanga > Spongebob Squarepants visits the Pieta, Rome collage of Spongebob and 'Pieta', by Michelangelo Through the eyes of a Child - by Abby, with a little help from Spongebob 2007 the best on-line tour of this remarkable building can be had at http://stpetersbasilica.org i know my mum will like this. To her, thanks for teaching me the benefits of an enduring faith in God. jeff inanga
Butterflies are Free

I was on assignment writing istanbul to cairo on the cheap for Lonely Planet.

Butterfly Valley near Oludeniz and Fethiye on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast is one of THOSE places on Earth but it wasn't the best thing I did when I was in Oludeniz, Turkey's Dead Sea. That distinction belongs to jumping off Baba Dag, soaring to 9000 feet in a parapente and then landing near the deckchairs on the beach at Oludeniz. This would have to rate as the best commercial daredevil thing you can do in this world. And that includes bungy jumping.

I am probably not the best describer of the valley (as I was still undergoing adrenalin shock from two days of trying to get to leap off Baba Dag) so I leave that to a really cool website on Turkey by the guy who probably knows it best - Lonely Planet's Tom Brosnohan. There is a great photo of the valley at http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com. A Google sweep from this location - on my Plog map above - will get you a satellite view of this amazing part of the world, and a view from Baba Dag.

Not far away is the 'chimaera' at Turkey's Olmpus. But that is another adrenalin-charged story in its own right.

acrylic, gouache, glitter, oil and metallic butterflies on cardboard, 2007

mm x mm
> Butterflies are Free I was on assignment writing istanbul to cairo on the cheap for Lonely Planet. Butterfly Valley near Oludeniz and Fethiye on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast is one of THOSE places on Earth but it wasn't the best thing I did when I was in Oludeniz, Turkey's Dead Sea. That distinction belongs to jumping off Baba Dag, soaring to 9000 feet in a parapente and then landing near the deckchairs on the beach at Oludeniz. This would have to rate as the best commercial daredevil thing you can do in this world. And that includes bungy jumping. I am probably not the best describer of the valley (as I was still undergoing adrenalin shock from two days of trying to get to leap off Baba Dag) so I leave that to a really cool website on Turkey by the guy who probably knows it best - Lonely Planet's Tom Brosnohan. There is a great photo of the valley at www.turkeytravelplanner.com. A Google sweep from this location - on my Plog map above - will get you a satellite view of this amazing part of the world, and a view from Baba Dag. Not far away is the 'chimaera' at Turkey's Olmpus. But that is another adrenalin-charged story in its own right. acrylic, gouache, glitter, oil and metallic butterflies on cardboard, 2007 mm x mm
Butterflies are Free

I was on assignment writing istanbul to cairo on the cheap for Lonely Planet.

Butterfly Valley near Oludeniz and Fethiye on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast is one of THOSE places on Earth but it wasn't the best thing I did when I was in Oludeniz, Turkey's Dead Sea. That distinction belongs to jumping off Baba Dag, soaring to 9000 feet in a parapente and then landing near the deckchairs on the beach at Oludeniz. This would have to rate as the best commercial daredevil thing you can do in this world. And that includes bungy jumping.

I am probably not the best describer of the valley (as I was still undergoing adrenalin shock from two days of trying to get to leap off Baba Dag) so I leave that to a really cool website on Turkey by the guy who probably knows it best - Lonely Planet's Tom Brosnohan. There is a great photo of the valley at http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com. A Google sweep from this location - on my Plog map above - will get you a satellite view of this amazing part of the world, and a view from Baba Dag.

Not far away is the 'chimaera' at Turkey's Olmpus. But that is another adrenalin-charged story in its own right.

acrylic, gouache, glitter, oil and metallic butterflies on cardboard, 2007

mm x mm
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