Behold, the humble eco-brick – a plastic bottle stuffed with all things non-biodegradable. Whilst the so-called revolutionaries burn tires, break things and produce massive mountains of smoking trash, hard-at-work others stuff the dread and wastage of the industrial machine into little bottles and build places of council and learning with them. This revolution is not fought with burning molotov cocktails poised for destruction, but plastic bottles eating trash in an act of simple implosion that brings together the disintegrated synthetics and threads of an unraveling global supply chain.
Here presented is a small collection of artworks from the streets of Bogota, Colombia, where I visited in January and February of 2013. Everywhere around this sprawling city of 14 million can be found amazing artwork after amazing artwork – portraits, graffiti written words, and abstract works. It is one of the most impressive street art scenes I have witnessed in my travels.
I did not do any of these artworks, yet am responsible for photographing them. I post these with the thinking and hope that the artists would want their works representing as far and as wide as possible and reaching the eyes of as many as possible around the world. If you are interested in hiring one of these muralists – print out these photos, buy yourself a ticket to Bogota, have a glass of Chicha and start asking questions.
In this paper and series of photographs and drawings, I document the learning journey of creating a woven ivy art installation at the Schumacher College and consider this process in light of conversations and that which I learned of quantum physics, daoism, and cosomology during the Science, Spirit and Consciousness short course in late February. Some of the thinkers present in the work are Shantena Sabbadini, Amit Goswami, Chris Clarke, Albert Einstein, David Bohm, Ronald Brady, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu and my dear friend Adriana Puech.
My dear accomplice on more than half of the journey, left and gifted eventually at Fairy Meadows in the light of Nanga Parbat ninth tallest mountain of Gaia.
Youth Camp Water Tank - Auroville, India
A service learning project integrating Vedic and Integral Yoga symbology at the Youth Camp guest house where the Living Routes project has at times been based from.
Namaste Bar Sign - Shangrila Old Town, Yunnan
Painted this sign for a local bar in Shangrila Old Town. Much thanks to Chuni and the guys at Namaste Bar – we had a joyous time circle dancing, singing and drinking.
Guru Padmasambhava and His Mantra - Cloud Hostel, Shangrila Old Town, Yunnan
Painted at the top of the stairs in a hostel for a week of stay and amazing Chinese food.
Self-effacement at the Left Hand of Geb - Prajna Bar, Dali Old Town, Yunnan
Traded to the good folks at Prajna Bar for as much as I cared to drink of Beer Lao Dark, Yunnan Sticky Rice Wine and Tibetan Barley Wine.
Traded along with a couple other signs for a night’s rest at the Spicy Laos Hostel in Vangvien.
Pak Mus Guest House Sign - Ketambe, Aceh, Sumatra
Painted during my stay with the Mus family in Ketambe, gateway to Gunung Leuser national park. Coffee from the back yard, fresh sambal, young jackfruit curries and durian dawoon. A helping of paradise.
Yin Yang - Northern Territory, AU
For a friend on his porch in the Northern Territory.
Soma High Vibe Organic Delights Sign- Ubud, Bali
Traded for a few fat sacks of cacao! Thank you so much to Rachel and the Soma crew!
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