ART AS
DHARMA RAIN
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BIOGRAPHY
MEIUN* CAROLINE MABY (b. 1973, France) is a Dharma artist.
A meditating painter, her commitment to the path of Zen and her practice of Dzogchen are the fundamental underlying elements of her work.
A free spirit, she likes to bring teams together and carry out her projects beyond borders, both to respond to large-scale artistic commissions and to carry out her social action missions.
Her discipline and hard work are a key to her creative independence.
MEIUN CAROLINE MABY loves challenges and working on a commissioned work represents a dive into a creative absolute that she adores: surprising, celebrating, inspiring, thrilling... become the leitmotifs of every moment, from the first beat of awakening until last brush stroke at the end at dusk.
From her humanitarian experience, she maintains a major concern for the rights of the child. A commitment to the protection of nature and biodiversity is another common thread in his work.
The studio activity supports her action in the field. The latter also becomes a source of inspiration. Thus, the interaction between the two spheres, creative and humanist, is permanent.
MEIUN CAROLINE MABY today devotes herself entirely to painting, Buddhist study and the direction of the association ELOVUTION which she founded in order to promote the virtues of art among disadvantaged audiences, notably children of Himalayan world.
She works in her studio in Saint-Malo, on the Emerald Coast, northern Brittany.
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* Rentai Meiun received Zen precepts (Jukai or lay ordination) from Kyoun Sokuzan in the Sōtō lineage ; her public Buddhist name — Meiun or 雲明 — means “ Luminous Cloud ”.
STATEMENT
NATURE IS MY MUSE.
The telluric force of the elements, in particular the sea in Brittany where I live, the heavy skies and the northern light mobilize my inspiration.
The animal world, the sacred song of Nature, of flowers in particular, and the whisper of the stars speak directly to my intuition and delight my taste for mystery.
“QUAE SURSUM VOLO VIDERE”*
On the raw canvas and paper — bare spaces of openness – the work unfolds in a mediumistic way. The artwork shows itself, from an non-egotic invisible.
And when creative gestures alternate with sitting or contemplation, drawing, painting, shodō, collage, writing, photography... follow one another in a dance choreographed by grace and poetry. Just, I transmit.
The act of painting is meditation in action, simply moved by BODHICITTA, the aspiration of Love and Compassion.
May I contribute to manifesting pieces imbued with beauty, uplifting energy and meaning for the sake of all beings... As unrealistic as this vow may be — I renew it every day on the zafu of the studio.
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* “ I want to see what is beyond. ”