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| Sky, Rocks, Beach sketch Katherine Kean graphite |
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| Clouds Over Water sketch Katherine Kean graphite |
There is a Japanese word, "Ma," which translated means "gap", "space", "pause" or "the space between two structural parts" and is experienced through progressive intervals of spatial designation. It is an awareness of place as the simultaneous awareness of form and non-form and happens in the mind of the viewer.
12 comments:
lovely sketches Katherine!!
I definitely experience the "gap" when I am drawing/creating, hiking and playing with the animals!
I just love them!!
'Ma' is the mother of creativity!
Beautiful drawings.
What kind of paper did you use?
Thanks Kathryn! I can see how hiking and interacting with animals would be conducive.
Palmer - thanks!
Jeronimus - Yes, and you've a way with words!
I'm glad you enjoy them. These are on Aquabee sketch paper - I seem to have an infinite supply of these sketchbooks to work through.
Yes, I have had rare glimpses into that gap when I am writing or painting. What a great way to express it.
Your drawings are just lovely.
I love this post. The gap that I love is the one between sleep and wake, in the morning. That's when my best art ideas appear to me. Love your sketch!
Lovely sketches.
Thanks Elizabeth, Katherine, and Jean.
Elizabeth - it's a wonderful sensation when it happens, isn't it?
Katherine - that's the hypnagogic state, right? Yes, wonderful ideas come through then.
Love your post and sketches, Katherine. Ma is a wonderful place to be, even better is to learn how to get there no matter how busy or noisy the day gets. Even a few minutes of experiencing the gap help a lot.
Thank you Yelena, and absolutely, learning how to get in the gap at will is life changing.
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