#statio

Oc-tober day 6: Luxury

The space or the moment between – whether physical places or experiences –  is a place of possibility. Rather than waiting being a nuisance, or a sense that you are wasting time, it is an invitation to breathe into the now and receive its gifts.

Each moment of the breath is a threshold – the movement from inhale to fullness to exhale to emptiness. The breath can help us stay present to all of the moments of transition in our lives, when we feel tempted to rush breathlessly to the next thing. Instead, what happens in our bodies and hearts when we intentionally pause? When we honor this threshold as sacred? When we breathe deeply and slowly for even a single minute?

Statio calls us to a sense of reverence for slowness and mindfulness. We can open up a space within for God to work. We can become fully conscious of what we are about to do rather than mindlessly starting and completing another task. We call upon the breath as an ancient soul friend to help us to witness our lives unfolding, rather than being carried along until we aren’t sure where our lives are going. We can return again and again to our bodies and their endless wisdom and listen at every threshold.

We often think of these in between times as wasted moments and inconveniences, rather than opportunities to return again and again to the expansiveness of the present moment and the body’s opening to us right now. Our invitation is to awaken to the gifts right here, not the ones we imagine waiting for us beyond the next door.

Photography from Just How Your Face Looks...

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La estación del Metro de Canary Wharf en Londres, una de las estaciones más impresionantes por su modeno diseño y la administración de la luz en su interior, en esta pintura he pintado el conjunto que forman las escaleras mecánicas y una de sus cúpulas de vidrio con armazón metálico, que loran una excelsa liluminación, casi celestial, escenas londinenses que sorprenden por su impacto visual. Obras del artista pintor Ernest Descals con los distintas sensaciones artísticas que nos ofrece la ciudad y capital del Reino Unido. La verdad es que disfruto pintando el entramado de estaciones en su gran variedad estética, los medios de transporte urbano me apasionan.