RANZCO Eye Foundation Art Exhibition
The canoe without oars will guide me
Artist: Moria Pagan
Title: The canoe without oars will guide me
Description:
Inspired by an image which appeared during a meditation retreat in which I saw myself standing in a boat being pushed off into the ocean by my meditation teacher. It was a small boat with no sail, no engine and no oars.
In 2004 I was about to embark on a journey to New Zealand to live for an indefinite period of time and this image came with a strong sense of being able and willing to trust in that which is greater than ‘self’. Allowing oneself to be taken in the right direction not knowing in the worldly sense but letting the spiritual life take the lead. The tall cliffs which seem insurmountable, dark and forboding in the painting, are at the same time the gateway through which the boat will pass into the light and travel across the ocean to the ‘other shore’.
The canoe without oars will guide me
Artist: Moria Pagan
Title: The canoe without oars will guide me
Description:
Inspired by an image which appeared during a meditation retreat in which I saw myself standing in a boat being pushed off into the ocean by my meditation teacher. It was a small boat with no sail, no engine and no oars.
In 2004 I was about to embark on a journey to New Zealand to live for an indefinite period of time and this image came with a strong sense of being able and willing to trust in that which is greater than ‘self’. Allowing oneself to be taken in the right direction not knowing in the worldly sense but letting the spiritual life take the lead. The tall cliffs which seem insurmountable, dark and forboding in the painting, are at the same time the gateway through which the boat will pass into the light and travel across the ocean to the ‘other shore’.