Dear Allan,

I am sorry that I will not be able to do an interview with you in person about my art pieces.  I would enjoy sharing energy and ideas with you.  Maybe another time, when things get on a more even keel with “the barn” here in Virginia.

Art is a very personal experience for everyone, so I guess I will give you a monologue about, “ If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light,” and you will somehow turn it into a meaningful dialogue.

I have so wanted to share my art experience with others; but sadly for years my work has been stored away like so much of the world's art. The Bridging Heaven and Earth Healing Art Project is not only a conduit for bringing the gift of man's free spirit from heaven to earth (and vice versa).  It also serves as a bridge for all to share that which does not make intellectual headlines like a Picasso or a Monet. 

I'm sure that world still goes on to some degree for investors of sort, although, I see that Belle Epoch fading into the vast continuum of the past. Now, the world-wide web and Internet are empowering a vast freedom of expression; your project contributing to that wave, and so man's purpose is further served to share the gift of artistic expression and creativity. 

Years ago, when I put those lines and colors on paper, there was an element of a mystical experience that occurred, as all four drawings were done in quick succession, one after the other within a 90 minute time span.  More along the lines of automatic writing, as my hand at the time did not have as much experience.  It was very early in the morning, sometime after 2 am. and I remember thinking how special these works were, as I saw a message come though the pictures that was not of my own nature or thoughts at the time.  The figures seemed to come out of the pictures as religious figures like Joseph and Mary, Gabriel and a dark figure that I imagined was the imperfect expression of God coming into matter (to communicate with man in matter).

When you asked me to send some of my art with a Bridging Heaven and Earth theme, I went to look in my portfolio which has been stored away (in a closet) for more than twenty years.  I had not seen nor thought about those drawings for all that time; but when I looked at them, time and space compressed, and it was as though I had created those pieces for your Art Project to share the concept that the drawings convey.

At that time, I was nearing the end of a long, long, reading of Alice Bailey's book, A Treatise on White Magic.  I had taken a year to read and re-read this text.  Something that I have never done before; as I try not to get too intellectual about spiritual experiences. Buddhism has a tendency to count and categorize things, and I think one can get lost in the details.

Nonetheless, the titles for the drawings came from that present moment, as the words I was reading, so clearly brought a cohesive meaning to my drawings.  Past and Present: Heaven and Earth, all merging into a sublime moment of understanding the infinite light that we all have in common.

“Power”  Gabriel, the timeless messenger of  new beginnings, brings the power of the lord (Adonai) to mankind.

“Light”  The exchange of words (from God) are seen in the night's heavens as a magnificent star, shining upon the world of man who in comparison is obscured by that shining light. But the will of  man is nourished by the light (the anointed one, Christ).

“Vitality”  After the long night of deep latency comes the dawn (the New Age) and by the single-mindedness of purpose, an enduring vitality. 

“Manifestation”  In the clear light of day, the sustained vibration of this union between man (matter) and woman (spirit) brings the wonder and the magic of Divine Manifestation; and man's Soul back to Heaven.

Love,  Sheila K.