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Breaths of Fire Meditation Original Painting
     

Title: Breaths of Fire
Date: June 11th, 2007
Media: Acrylic on Found Canvas (school writing paper)
Size: 7 1/4" x 5 1/2" (14 1/2 x 19 cm)

In Qi Gong meditation, one exercise is called the Breath of Fire. A Taoist master might ask his or her students to do 100 breaths of fire. Sometimes 1,000. They are short, fast exhales which make you feel lightheaded--yet exuberant. You draw in energy quickly, and spread it back out like hot, glowing embers on a strong wind.

Breaths of Fire captures a meditating human being, sitting on a soft zafu pillow. He or she radiates fire, warmth, life, and exhaled energy.

Done in acrylics on a found canvas (a piece of elementary school lined paper used for teaching writing). I like painting on atypical material. The fact that this paper is used to teach children how to write also infuses with the teaching of meditation.

by Ren Adams (that's me!).


     
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