art ~ spirit ~ transformation
e*lix*ir

e*lix*ir   #13
Centenary Issue 2021
Art
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Editorial

• Sacred Stories: Beyond Joy and Pain

Events

• Global Poetry Reading Honors ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The Writing Life

• The Fountain and the Thirsty One by Mahvash Sabet

Poetry

• Christine Anne Pratt
• Elegy with Mourning Dove and Red-Tailed Hawk by Sandra Lynn Hutchison
• Dana Paxson

Essays

• An Opening in the Curtain by Martha Washington

Interviews

• Encountering Beauty: An Interview with Painter and Photographer Chris Page by Christine Anne Pratt

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• The Wound is Where the Light Enters by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Artist Profile

• Interview with Mahvash Sabet by Raha Sabet Sarvestany
• Persian Poems by Mahvash Sabet

Art

• Chris Page

Voices of Iran

• Thy Court of Holiness by Mahsa Foroughian
• The Silence of Being Heard by Nazanin Eslami
• The All-Highest Paradise by Melika Rezvani

State of the Art

• Books for Children by Allison Grover Khoury

Looking Back on Books

• Pearls of Bounty and Light of the World
• Agnes Parsons’ Diary by Richard Hollinger
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Perfect Exemplar by Dariush Lami


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CHRIS PAGE

Art

Eyes Toward Heaven I (4:42 PM)
Acrylic on Canvas, 6.5' x 14'

Eyes Toward Heaven III (5:08 PM)
Acrylic on Canvas, 6.5' x 14'

The above two large-scale paintings reflect a walk on July 18, 2016 in the fields of the Connecticut River Valley in Hadley, Massachusetts, and express distinct moments during a 25-minute period of transformation in the daytime sky.

Emerging Light 2018 (set of six)
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper, 22" x 30" each

This set reflects a search for the dramatic edge of an incoming thunderstorm.

Williamstown Storm Walk, (07/19/2015)
Acrylic on Photographs, 8.5" x 11" each

The basis for this group of three paintings was a walk on the grounds of the Clark Museum in Williamstown, MA as a thunderstorm approached.

Warm Wind (11/09/2016)
Acrylic on Canvas, 4' x 6' each

This large piece, composed of five paintings, is based on a set of photographs that document sustained attention on the sky for twenty-five minutes.

Twelve Moments (2014)
Acrylic on Canvas, 18" x 24" each

This set of twelve paintings is based on holding attention on the sky for thirteen minutes.

Five Minutes Apart in Nine Parts (2015)
Acrylic on Photographs, 13" x 19" each

These images were taken at five-minute intervals, with the camera pointing at the same place in the sky.

Sunset Sky Dance in Four Parts (09/25/2013)
Acrylic on Canvas, 30" x 36" each

This set of four paintings reflects the transformation of late afternoon light into a dramatic sunset.

Returning to Blue (2016)
Archival Digital Prints, 13" x 19" each

This piece was done as a meditation practice, maintaining and returning attention to the sky during a one-hour walk.

Cloud Be Gone (2013)
Archival Digital Prints, 13" x 19" each

These photographs track a cloud dissipating until only blue sky is visible.

 

Artist Statement:   My work is based on seeing the everyday world as a door into the remarkable, in which a moment opens into the timeless. Walking in nature is integral to my art practice: traversing open spaces, feeling the quality of the air, listening to the wind and birds, and experiencing the spacious wilderness of the sky as our common ceiling. During these walks I take photographs that serve as source material for my paintings and photographic sets. The vision I hold for my work is to awaken perceptions and emotions that elevate the human spirit.