Biophilic Energy
Today is so hot in my office and I do not have AC. My left brain is on strike, so I decided to share with you a select few photos I took on my recent trip to Hawai‘i. Perhaps these pictures can bring more than a thousand words while also inspiring your own creativity. May I suggest scrolling s-l-o-w-l-y, breathing in and out with each one, many times.Naka is the Hawaiian word that represents the inner vibrational state that all things possess. I find it delightful and delicious to step away from the normal mind, the everyday view of things, and see by feeling rather than by analyzing. These images are created in the camera (a Fuji XT2 mirrorless) as a single image capture. The name is “ICM” for intentional camera movement. I open up the lens and let in a LOT of light, then paint as I click the shutter. The colors magically become even more brilliant than my eye can see.I imagine we, too, are more brilliant on the inside than the eye can see.There is no post-processing, no use of apps, no digital manipulation — just nature herself undressing and dancing for us. I’m in love with the concepts of biophilic design, where we bring the power of plants indoors with us, where we choose to commune with nature even from the 20th floor of an urban high-rise building.
The biophilia hypothesis (also called BET) suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. Edward O. Wilson introduced and popularized the hypothesis in his book, Biophilia (1984). He defines biophilia as "the urge to affiliate with other forms of life".1
These photographs stir something in me; I can look at them repeatedly, seeing and feeling something new each time. Please email me of you would like to purchase; I love making mockups of how the art would look in your space. And, I have many more of these!Are you a plant lover? A color lover? A nature lover? If so, these are especially for you.
