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Lucy Johnson

The Arts Center Exhibitions:

• 'Portals,' Winter Show & Silent Auction, 2011

Artist Statement, 'Doors of Perception, Portal to Inner Space':

The body that we have is an amazing organ of perception through the DOORS of touch, taste, smell, seeing, hearing and intuition. (As portrayed across the bottom of the artwork) That fundamental contact with the world, which is so exhilarating as a toddler and our birthright, can be rekindled. But to do so we have to experience the world independent of our conceptual mind. Conceptualization always removes us from pure and simple contact. If we can shift our attention away from mind's tendency to label, to the immediacy of feeling/contact, our senses awaken. Everything becomes more vivid and alive and impacts us deeply. We discover that whatever we perceive becomes a Portal to an aware PRESENCE--a boundless field of consciousness. We feel at home as an inner spaciousness, vast as the night sky--silent and still. We experience the world once again with the innocence of a child--with all the awe and mystery of life restored.

Biography:

• Art Educator
• Registered Art Therapist
•  ArtsCare artist