August 17, 2018 + Archive Galleries, Archives, Art, featured, Photography
by Ivette Ebaen
I no longer carry my 35mm SLR camera weighed down by its telephoto lens. Several years ago I traded that immense equipment for a tiny hand-held Sony digital with an optical zoom. As of today I have no regrets. Light weight and picture-taking perfect, this little Sony and its lead white body serves the way I view the world. Will I ever… Read More
June 10, 2018 + Archive Galleries, Archives, Art, Book Art, featured, Photography
by Ivette Ebaen
A Miser, to make sure of his property, sold all that he had and converted it into a great lump of gold, which he hid in a hole in the ground, and went continually to visit and inspect it. This roused the curiosity of one of his workmen, who, suspecting that there was a treasure, when his master’s back was turned, went to… Read More
June 9, 2018 + Archive Galleries, Archives, Art, featured, Photography, Reflections of A Golden I
by Ivette Ebaen
As creator/artists we’re walking museums of the imagination. Each of us a living memory-museum stocked with imaginary images painted and chiseled from past lives and years of earthly experience. Everyone existing as a museum without walls. Regarding how and what we wish to see hanging on our fluid walls depends on the things we have attached ourselves to. No two people see alike, which… Read More
May 12, 2018 + Archive Galleries, Archives, Articles, featured, Photography, Reflections of A Golden I, SoulCollage
by Ivette Ebaen
I don’t know about you, but I need reminders. Since I’m visually oriented I tend to remember images more than the written word or sounds. Ask me to remember a landmark and I’ll get you there every time. Because of my visual tendencies I’m making a deck of SoulCollage® cards dedicated to my spiritual practice. Cards that remind me visually that compassion rules, that… Read More
May 10, 2018 + Archive Galleries, Archives, Art, featured, haiku, Photography
by Ivette Ebaen
Haibun is a form of contemplative reflection using prose accompanied by haiku poems that can stand on their own. Ken Jones (1930-2015), a seasoned Zen Buddhist practitioner and master writer of Haibun and Haiku leaves us with a wealth of wisdom and work concerning this expressive art. When working a Haibun, Ken Jones reminds us to, “write only when you are strongly moved,… Read More
December 15, 2017 + Archives, Art, Articles, featured, Painting, Photography, SoulCollage
by Ivette Ebaen
This morning when I drew my curtains aside to look at the oceanfront, the mountains and the island across the way had disappeared beneath the white of snow and clouds. What came to mind was the trek the Blessed Mother and Joseph made eons ago. I imagine the holy trio traversing hill and dale. Mary riding side-saddle on a mule, carrying the weight of… Read More
September 1, 2017 + Archive Galleries, Archives, Art, featured, haiku, Photography
by Ivette Ebaen
Ever notice how when autumn dawns the summer sun begins to shine cooler? Same sun just a little cooler. Less warmth in the air felt as the wind-swept ocean loses its calm more than yesterday… I find myself trying to focus the mind to stand still with the kind of effort which causes me to stop and wonder, why I’m trying so hard. In an instant… Read More
August 1, 2017 + Archive Galleries, Archives, Art, Book Art, Books, featured, Photography
by Ivette Ebaen
In a nearby township by the name of Mulranny, there exists The Greenway Antiques and Book Store located in an old thatch-roof historical building, owned by Roger Grimes and Vanessa Parker, the rare books collector. http://mulranny.ie/things-to-do/the-old-thatch-antiques-rare-books/ Browsing through bookshelf after bookshelf of old children’s books, I discover a forgotten, tainted, weather beaten, with a slight tinge of… Read More
July 16, 2017 + Archive Galleries, Archives, Art, featured, Photography, Reflections of A Golden I
by Ivette Ebaen
Through your mind’s-eye take a walk with me. Put on a pair of comfy runners and let your eyes feast on the streets of Paris. This visual palette just might tempt you (if you’ve never been to France) to imagine yourself there, to make a French treat, or to remind you of what you miss and love about Paris. Several years ago, my sudden… Read More
by Ivette Ebaen
“The heart can understand something deeper than the mind, but Zen is far deeper than the heart. The heart can be just an overnight stay. While you are going towards your being, your heart, your art, your music, your dance, your poetry, your painting, your sculpture, can be just one night’s halt. But you have to go deeper. You have to reach to the… Read More
