A couple of night’s ago I hopped over to The Pelican in Fulham, London, to catch up with artist Emma Buggy.
We first met Emma at our last event and were fascinated by her work. You can take a look at her portfolio here.
The Pelican now plays host to Lucid Drawings and a Loo with a View, curated by Emma and friends showcasing up and coming London based talent, all playing with different mediums and subjects. It’s the pub’s first ever contemporary art exhibition, and the beginning of a new project which is set to host new artists every 6-8 weeks, each with an open night of music and good times.
Current works are on display until 13th August or until they are sold, with the artist receiving 100% of the sale price. For more information, including a list of current artists and directions to The Pelican click here.
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Our networking nights continue to bring together, creative people from across the globe and we’re proud that our October 2011 event starred the wonderful Rubyyy Jones, Miss B and Ben is a Dark Horse.
Paul Sparks is the latest actor to come aboard the cast of the untitled 'Ford Vs Ferrari' film. The film, based on AJ Baime's book – 'Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans' – and to be directed by 'Logan' helmer James Mangold, will feature Matt Damon and Christian Bale in the lead.
Sparks, who is best known for starring in Netflix's 'House of Cards', will portray the role of Leo Beebe, Henry Ford's longtime public relations executive, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie is about the feud between Ford and Ferrari as they both competed to win the 'Le Mans World Championship' in France in 1966.
Damon will portray automotive visionary Carroll Shelby while Bale is playing British driver Ken Miles.
I’ve always known that our hand gestures, both purposeful ones and “unconscious” ones, are a language unto themselves. While in Greece (May 11-25) at Humanity’s Team annual Global Council meeting, for whatever reason, I really began noticing hands~in paintings, statues, live people, etc. In this more focused attention toward hands, I came up with what I thought was a “new” positioning of the hands for meditating. In our meetings, we practiced this positioning of the hands.
The idea of the meaning of hand positions originally came to me from the Whirling Dervishes* (a couple of weeks before leaving for Greece). In the book The Whirling Dervishes by Shems Friedlander, the positions of the hands for the dance are explained:
The dervishes extend their arms, the right palm faces up and the left down. The energy from above enters through the right palm, passes through the body which is a visible channel, and, as this grace is universal, it passes through the left palm into the earth. With extended arms, the dervish embraces God (pg 91).
I had watched a video of this dance which mesmerized me. I learned from a friend that it takes great practice and time to accomplish this dance/meditation. Since I’m not (yet) able to spin in circles without the aid of motion sickness medication, I decided to stand still and position my hands in a similar fashion. Sometimes I position my right palm up and sometimes outward; I place my left palm towards the earth and sometimes to a person. Either way, this positioning of the hands is very powerful.
Now as I walked through many ancient sites and museums in Greece, I was drawn to the many statues which no longer had their hands.
When I looked at what was left of the arms of these statues, I noticed that the positions of the hands “could” have been in a similar position as to what I have been doing in my own meditations lately. This got me to thinking and researching hand positions…there is a plethora of information on this subject, but in general I’ve found that this is not such a “new” idea.
I have one of those minds that just wants to know….I’d love any and all thoughts on these NON exhaustive thoughts….
In any case, the one hand up and the other down to the earth, is a powerful stance ~ try it and you will see~
*Whirling Dervishes (also known as The Mevlevi Order) are a Sufi order founded in Konya (in present-day Turkey) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, the 13th century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian.
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