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URBAN DRAWINGS

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Urban drawing (1) - 's-Hertogenbosch 2020 The bombardment of senses in the city suggests infinite scripts of light. On sunny days, shadows are a presence that should not be underestimated, because they influence the harmony of an image in the same way as color combinations. I like to probe the limits of chaos. How many distractions can I include in an image before making a mess? Which colors can I combine? How many shadows? Composing urban drawings is one of my favorite games.   From: The Shadow of Light

IN THE LIGHT AND IN THE SHADOWS

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Light and shadows of the cloister (1) - Utrecht 2020 In unconditional love you will be in the light in exclusive desire you will be in the shadows in acting with courage you will be in the light in shy hesitating you will be in the shadows in opening yourself to the unknown you will be in the light in clinging to false ideas of security you will be in the shadows in expressing yourself with your heart you will be in the light in abandoning yourself to the lie you will be in the shadows and in reaching out to God you will be in the light but if you look for it in ephemeral things you will certainly fall into the shadows. From: The Shadow of Light

OPPORTUNITY

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Pathway of lights and shadows - Harmelen (2020) In the ultra-competitive society we live in, we have been taught that opportunism can be an added value. From the purely competitive one, attributable to sports disciplines, to the philosophical one of "carpe-diem", the concept of "opportunity" permeates the life of each of us, so that our attention is often taken to recognize these alleged turning points, so that you can grab them right away. In reality an opportunistic behaviour can, when pursued without the right awareness, become the cause of great evils as well as an obstacle to our spiritual realization. It is not wrong to recognize the opportunities that life offers us, especially if these can make us grow internally, but it is good to stay away from those occasions which, enriching the materialistic aspect or the reputation of our earthly existence, seriously endanger our own. divine integrity. Unscrupulously pursuing every opportunity is taking unconscious ste

TO MANIFEST LIGHT

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Utrecht 2020 To manifest shadow is reaction. To manifest light is action. Negativity is always manifested through a reaction that we have when we are afraid of something. Whenever we complain about a person or a nuisance, we always do it for selfish purposes, in the hope of alleviating the insecurities that we feel when our ideas are contradicted. It is therefore a conditioned reaction, which is the product of an emotional mechanism that we are not in control of. Thus we inevitably generate discontent, disappointment, darkness. If, on the other hand, we are able to observe the emotional dynamics that raise up in us, and to maintain control of our actions, remaining centered in our own genuine essence, what we will generate will be wisdom, love and bright uncontaminated light. From: The Shadow of Light

HOW TO GENERATE LIGHT

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  Ascoli Piceno (2019) Photography is often an aggressive practice and by doing so it can generate shadow. In order to practice it with kindness, deep attention is needed, together with great awareness and desire to love. Only in this way we can shift from the predatory photographic gesture to an action that generates light. From: The Shadow of Light

PURPOSE

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  Utrecht 2020 Creativity originates from a purpose, and so does the joy, the ecstasy, the freedom, the inner peace and the search for God, all this originates from a purpose, which is desire for reality, vision of truth, it is what sets events in motion towards realization. In the purpose there is already everything you need to untangle the shadows and immerge yourself in the light again. From: The Shadow of Light

GOING BEYOND

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  Vleuten (2020) Going like this beyond the conceptuality of an image to reach a divine experience, just like any other experience, and in doing so, you might discover that you are never really alone. From: The Shadow of Light

COMING OUT OF THE SHADOWS

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Utrecht 2020 Welcoming the light, coming out of the shadows resolute, it means embracing the certainty that everything will be fine, and that the reunion between Creation and the Creator cannot be hindered. With this powerful message of faith we let ourselves be enlightened and nothing will ever be the same again. From: The Shadow of Light

CARNIVAL DANCE

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Utrecht 2020 Splitting is a consequence of the division, which from external (separating from the rest) manifests itself within us when we wear new faces for every occasion. In every relationship we feel the need to put on the right mask, as if it were a great carnival dance. In these kaleidoscopic images we can still cling to a sense of Reality, perhaps in the binary code of the pixels, or in the contrasts between white, black and shaded, the first and last cause of this mental movement that we call experience. Reality (2020)