My “Art -Artistry From Within…” is also an expression of my somatic masculofeminosity, cum sexuosity within sensuosity divinity! –
A Compression and “Stilling” MASSAGE for All Persons in Male Bodies” https://sacredrainbowcreations.nz
Michael Ocean/’DREAMFire!’:
Unconditionally, we are of Heart, resting within the back of the HEART -breathing, feeling/sensing, a ‘dropping down’, pausing/’stilling’/’stopping’/lingering some more…
Kia kaha! Michael Ocean/’DREAMFire!’, he/they
“Nondualfullness”/nondualism is a foundation stone for my artistry and somatically lived daily life
My painting process involves shifting into a less rational/conscious cum lucid dreaming mindset, whereby a painting evolves from a less filtered brain loci from which colour, mark makiing, brush strokes etc. decisions come from, and, I look for mirages within the evolving painting to embellish and/or expand on -the less conscious being of greater authenticity …
*In essence, the paintings are inspired by
-Gao Xingjian, China, France, Taiwan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z5XHjZwaEU
-Lebadang, Viet Nam, France – http://lebadang.fr/en/
-Max Gimblett, New Zealand/Aotearoa, New York – https://www.maxgimblett.com
Curriculum Vitae 2024
Michael Ocean, he, they, queer, sodomite, a Be-lover of all those in male bodies; born 1950, Blenheim, NZ.
Art, Artistry From Within, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa, South Pacific Ocean
https://art-artistryfromwithin-newzealand-pacificocean.art
My “Art -Artistry From Within…” is also an expression of my somatic masculo-feminosity, cum sexuosity within a sensuosity of a Core Essence/divinity cum Innocence!
“Nondualfullness”/nondualism is a foundation stone for my artistry and my more somatically lived daily life.
My painting process involves shifting into a less rational/conscious cum lucid dreaming mindset, whereby a painting evolves from a less filtered brain loci from which colour, mark makiing and brush strokes etc. decisions come from, less comprehensible mirages within the evolving painting, to be embellished and/or expanded on -the less conscious offerring a greater authenticity …
*In essence, i am inspired by
-Gao Xingjian, China, France, Taiwan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z5XHjZwaEU
-Lebadang, Viet Nam, France – http://lebadang.fr/en/
-Max Gimblett, New Zealand/Aotearoa, New York – https://www.maxgimblett.com
Unconditionally, we are of Heart, resting within the back of the HEART -breathing, feeling/sensing, a ‘dropping down’, pausing/’stilling’/’stopping’/lingering some more…
Endless Love –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AQUIxHeRw4&t=40s
2016 -17: attended Waiheke High School as an adult student in the regular classroom for Visual Arts, Year 11 and 12, obtaining a NZCEA Merit for Year 12
2017: attended a Max Gimblett, sumi ink workshop at AUT, wherein Max gave credence to myself and a Japanese architect as the two most “creative” students in the room, in that he was observing my conscious/less conscious behaviours -coming from a wide based stance, my breathing prior to picking up the brush and a stroke making involving my whole body, together with sound following the arm/hand brush strokes …
2018: attended a TRUC CHI ArtoGraphy workshop, Hue, Viet Nam, wherein a wet bamboo pulp is pressure sprayed onto a metal gauze screen with templates placed on top of a transparent coloured fabric gauze, then left to dry before peeling off 2018 -2020: attended several Clive Humphries’ workshops and lectures pertaining to layering, stippling, mono/colour use, masking fluid; colour wheel, close/distance viewing perspective, zoom enlargement etc.
2024: attended a Squiggla workshop at the Gow Langsford Gallery, Onehunga, and; became conversant with the Chartwell Trust in terms of contemporary art
2024: attended a monolith printing session by Paul Dashwood, Waiheke Is.
*2018 -2024: limited amount of private and Waiheke Community Art Gallery sale of paintings and jewellery
*2017 -the present : now painting on a daily basis
Besides Nondualism/Nondualfullness, a greater experiential essence lies within this foundation stone -with an unspecified trauma and PTSD diagnoses, originating from around 3 plus years of age onwards.
In July ’23, I stopped painting, and dropped into a form of burnout that could not be resolved by a Narrarative and Collaborative Approach modality, so I had to transfer to a psycholotherapist who specialises in trauma and uses a variety of modalities, including EMDR (Desentitised Eye Movement Reprocessing.
After more than a year of therapy, I have been able to reprocess a historyline of sexual interactions, sexualised conversations and physical discipline/violence from my mother, and, in that my father was a sophisticated cross-dresser, and, probably homosexual, closeted within the faith of the Roman Catholic Church, together with an unhealthy family system with three older siblings.
*Fortunately, i have recalled a one off game with my father, whereby he played “eye spy” with clouds in the sky, and so, recently, i have seen the link with my perceiving of mirages from within my paintings, a form of ‘lucid dreaming’.
In so doing, my art making is now coming from a more developed somatic-psychological locus cum Core Essence (Innocence), in terms of nondualfullness and a manipulation of perceived mirages from within a mindset of ‘lucid dreaming’.
Kia kaha!
Michael Ocean
‘DREAMFire!’ -generic name for all artistry
‘Lands of the LongWhiteCloudDownUNDER’ -name for artistry pertaining to sexuo-sensuosity
Authentic Belonging of the (relentless) Heart’ -given name for Thich Nhat Hanh related artistry, Zen Teacher, Viet Nam/France
The Sentiment of Flowers
‘What queer can offer is the identity of I am also. I am also human. I am also natural. I am also alive and dynamic and full of contradiction, paradox, irony. Queer knocks down the house of cards and throws them into the warm wind.’
The sentiment of flowers brings together artworks by leading Aotearoa and international artists that broadly resonate with the theme of queer ecologies. The exhibition embraces a non-binary approach to thinking about nature by encouraging us to abandon ideas of human exceptionalism in order to understand how queerness is an integral part of life for all living organisms.
In ecology, queerness enables infinite possibilities and is broader than sexuality or gender identity. Deconstructing and moving beyond reductive dualisms that serve to give the word ‘natural’ its agency, artworks in the exhibition employ a range of destabilising strategies central to queer theory. The exhibition looks at artistic propositions for a queer ecological future and addresses a range of concepts including biohacking, eco-sexuality, the decolonisation of nature and posthuman ecologies.
The sentiment of flowers features newly produced work by Arapeta and Laura Duffy, and presents Alicia Frankovich’s Atlas of Anti-Taxonomies (2019-22) for the first time in Tāmaki Makaurau.
An essay by Simon Gennard, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and Collections at The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, accompanies the exhibition. Atlas of Anti-Taxonomies was originally commissioned by Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
Credits
| Alicia Frankovich | Aotearoa New Zealand / Australia |
|---|---|
| Arapeta | Ngāti MahutaNgāti WhanaungaNgāti PorouMuriwhenua |
| Archie Barry | Australia |
| Ayesha Green | Ngāti KahungunuKai Tahu |
| Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens | USA |
| Laura Duffy | Aotearoa New Zealand |
| Mary Maggic | USA / Austria |
| Richard Orjis | Aotearoa New Zealand |
*Art, Artistry from Within*, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa, South Pacific Ocean. Michael Ocean 