Everything is Abstract
Everything is abstract if we know how to look. All the many things that we see
in everyday life are like the children's game of finding lions, tigers and other
imaginary things in the fleeting shapes and patterns formed by the clouds
in the sky. Our perceptions tell us that the phenomena of everyday life
are solid and permanent. Just like the clouds in the sky, though, they are
fluid with only arbitrary boundaries and are constantly being blown apart
by the wind of time. When we purify our perception of the habit of
solidifying patterns, all the myriad things shine as luminous, pure appearance.
Abstract art can help to break through the illusion of the
solidity of everyday life. When the illusion of solidity melts, the frozen
world of objects dissolves into a fluid dance of perceptions. Appearances
become sharper, displaying a crisp clarity as staleness of vision
evaporates in the joy of pure presence.
These images are dedicated to the emergence
of the Spring-like freshness of pure and total presence, which is the true
nature of all apparent phenomena, shining like the brilliant sun in a
cloudless sky.
Copyright 2004 by Mike Butler |
