Great Mystery

I know nothing

But my heart is as open as the sky

Show me the truth of today

At play in the sandbox of possibilities

All the names-So many frames

Great

Colorful word cloud with terms like 'Imaginate', 'Wisdom', 'Guide', 'Curiosity', 'Imagination', and 'Inspiration' arranged in an oval shape.

“Life force”

  • different frames for describing the same thing:

  • the expansion and contraction of life

Diagram illustrating the elements of Earth, including earth, wind, fire, water, and metal, with their associated qualities, sounds, seasons, and energies, depicting a spiritual or symbolic understanding of natural forces.

“Reality is always the moment of vision before the intellectualization takes place.”

— Pirsig: Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

Scientartist?

Surreal painting of melting clocks hanging from a tree branch and lying on a table, with a landscape of cliffs and a body of water in the background, in a style reminiscent of Salvador Dalí.

Dali, Persistence of memory (1931)

Dali The Profile of Time (1984)

Sculpture of a melting clock draped over a tree branch, with a dripping droplet hanging from the clock's edge, set on a rectangular base.

“Knowing is a barrier to learning”

— Frank Herbert, Dune

A stylized illustration of a woman pulling apart a large, dark green brain connected to a mechanical heart with chains, with electric blue lines representing electricity or energy and orange flames from the heart.
A praying mantis resting on a bright pink ball outdoors, with grassy field in the background.

Liberate from ambition

View through an opening in an ancient stone structure showing a sunlit interior with stone walls and a small window.

Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.

~Deepak Chopra

A red circle with a slash through it, indicating no entry or prohibition, over the word 'GO' in black text.

Shed addiction to struggle

Blindly following a singular, dominant, media-driven interpretation of hand selected data is religion, not science.

-Paul Rudy, 2020

  • Close-up of a water droplet splashing into a water surface, creating a ripple effect with circular ripples and a vertical splash.

    Composer/Sound Artist

    A recovering academic who plays in the sound of music and life.

    Music and Sound
  • A collection of handpan and singing bowls in various colors on a textured fabric surface.

    Sound Meditation/Healing

    Sound is the medicine of the future. Our bodies are transducers!

    Vibration/Oscillation
  • Close-up photograph of a soap bubble, featuring a swirling pattern of tiny bubbles and a bright light reflection in the center, with a dark background

    Dreamer/Traveler

    Life is a mystery that we create one moment at a time. I have photographed that mystery.

    Imagineer
  • An aerial view of a park with snow-covered pathways forming maze-like and geometric patterns, surrounded by trees with some snow and some green grass visible.

    Listener/Maker

    I love to make things! My land, in all it’s variety, has become a vast canvas!

    Land Art
  • A single brown and black leaf on snow, encircled by a faint heart-shaped outline in the snow.

    Observer/Recorder

    We are here to witness our own life and others in community and connectedness.

    Witness
  • Black and white line drawing of a stylized dragonfly with intricate wing patterns and a long, twisted body.

    Neutral/Walk-in

    I came into this body three days before birth. I am a neutral and understand the power of both the light and the darkness.

    Light and Dark

“Reality is always the moment of vision before the intellectualization takes place.”

— Pirsig: Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

“Spirituality” (possibilities?)

An abstract painting featuring numerous floating spheres of varied sizes and colors, with some interconnected by swirling lines, set against a blue background.

Dali, Galatea of the Spheres (1952)

Satellite view of a rural area with forests, open fields, roads, and scattered buildings.

Alien with fancy hairdoo and ray gun

“Consciousness" (probabilities?)

Everything is in motion

Our previously immutable and exclusionary binary view of life is giving way to a more unified and fluid model based on motion and inclusivity.

An immersive sound meditation installation for any number of cell phones

From one drop, an ocean!

Commissioned by the UMKC Conservatory