Thoughts, Observations & Images

transubstantiations of an artist

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:39:00 +0000

The Painter "takes his body with him," says Valery. Indeed we cannot imagine how a mind could paint. It is by lending his body to the world that the artist changes the world into paintings. To understand these transubstantiations we must go back to the working, actual body---not the body as a chunk of space or a bundle of functions but that body which is an intertwining of vision and movement.

Color Science aka Color Theory

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:04:00 +0000

We physiologically translate color as a sensation via a transmission from the eye to the brain. A variance in color is essentially a variance in wave length. Color is a visual language, but the interpretation of it is subjective to the individual. Some of our mental conditioning resulting from each individual's own experiential correlations, are purely arbitrary and/or symbolic. Not everyone associates purple with royalty nor does every person associate red with anger or aggression. However, we all have the same basic function of cones and rods in our retina that recognize the red, blue-violet and green color messages. As color is a dynamic and constantly changing sensation (partly due to its dependence upon light), we find multiple influences that range from psychological to textural to physical. How much color is used and where it is placed in relation to other hues, as well as the intensity or darkness is all very important. Artist can use color theory to impose calculated reactions by applying various combinations of local and optical color for realism or arbitrary color for expressionism.

Tribute to Most Rev. Thurman C. Pace Jr. KGC

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:33:00 +0000

Medium: Oil
by David Lindez

The Steiner Book Store in NYC

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:00 +0000

I picked up a copy of the Misraim Service for a friend at the Bookstore on 15th St the other day...

Merry Christ Mass ++++

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:30:00 +0000

Having trekked into the Christmas wonderland of Midtown Manhattan twice yesterday, I was inundated with striking & arresting visual engagements of light color and form, constantly in motion...as if I were looking through the lense of a microscope so powerful I could observe the vibrations of all things. The human eye moves intuitively through compositions, picking up first on the white and light hues, ascending through mid-values on into the dark and black hues where the eye finds comfort. Amidst the holiday lights, fixtures, hurried crowds in their multi colored coats contrasting with the sea of black coats, I thought of the challenge that would be involved in converting this imagery's hues in all their variation to a grayscale or black and white composition. Value clarifies space and form via shading, pattern & texture, the imparting of emotion and the power off emphasis. But with any resemblance captured in a drawing or painting, there is the reliance upon perception and thus the metaphysics & transubstantiation of the artist and the artistic process.

Showing Downtown New Brunswick

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:45:00 +0000

Yesterday's showing in downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey went well with live drums, bands and musical talent in heavy rotation. I displayed 10 years of work in black and white photography documenting the lives of the residents of the city of New Brunswick. This was further complimented by black and white design posters on foam board which presented the theme of thought forms taking on reality within the sacred space of mutual sensuality and overlooked moments of divinity. Also on display was a large oil painting which further complemented the show's theme of explosion and a revival of the arts with its visually arresting color schema coupled with its fittingly urbanesque context.

The show went until 12 AM and the gallery maintained a full crowd from 7PM to midnight with a constant flow and revolving door of visitors. The town was noticeably alive last night amidst Rutgers' Homecoming and their defeat of UCONN earlier that afternoon.

Raritan River Art Walk

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:00:00 +0000

As someone who has done numerous public art installations and large murals in the community of New Brunswick, I was quite interested when I found yesterday in Alfagallery in New Brunswick a card detailing the public space for murals on the Raritan walk. It is a great way to provide a necessary venting of local talent and to encourage such expression in a legal and supportive environment.

Perception of Color

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:19:00 +0000

Color is by nature seen in relation to other colors. Color changes in variances of lighting conditions. The mediums used by an artist can affect color, be the textile or the brand of paint. A composition limited in the amount of hues is generally perceived to be more pleasurable than one with great amounts of hue. The variation should come in the multiplicity of values of one or a few hues so as to achieve contrast, middle value and progression. Some artists achieve this by first composing a pleasing work in black, white and grays. They then apply color accordingly by matching the values & saturation.

Color is something programmed into us with preconditioned associations (purple= royalty, pink=femininity, etc.) Newton's research inot the arena of color resulted in the observation that sunlight is composed of the full color spectrum. This visual spectrum's colors absorb or reflect any surface they touch. The reaction of the human eye to color is a Newtonian influenced study that was taken up by English Freemasons in the early 1700's as part of their Masonic work in their lodge rooms above taverns. They found that it is partly subjective due to the role the brain plays in perceiving color and how memories are correlated and influence a person's perception of a hue.

David Lindez Art Showing on 23rd St October Opening in NYC

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:33:00 +0000

The Art Showing went well. Most of my work had to be pre-installed for the New Jersey show (where the entire Ambience Series can be viewed) but by Noon last Saturday there was a crowd of around 90 people waiting to view the work.

Rose Circle Conference over the weekend

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:40:00 +0000

The Rose Circle Conference was a great success. Click here for an update. Also be sure to check out Jay's blog for a detailed account.

Court Jeweler & Artisan Displays Work

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:16:00 +0000

Here are some of H. E. John R. Von Blauch's (Official Court Jeweler to several European families and Orders) collars for Orders to which he personally belongs & holds rank within. Two are Masonic, and the rest are heraldic/chivalric in nature and origin:

Hub City Revival (Art Showing in New Brunswick, NJ on October 18th)

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:26:00 +0000

(The Hub City Revival} Saturday Oct. 18th in New Brunswick, NJ

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:50:00 +0000

I'm showing in a group show at Yoga Vayu on 354 George St in New Brunswick. This Hub City Revival will feature area musicians and artists:

A.M.C Photography
Photographs by Grendy Perez
Photographs by J. Grissette
Joe Valentine
David Lindez

See you there! I'm most likely going to show my photo documentary work of the urban enclaves of New Jersey along with some oil paintings of similar theme.

I'm back into my old ways again...

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:45:00 +0000

Amidst the stressful onslaught of life, I've found it necessary to dive face first into my artwork once again...

I like his work...

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:44:00 +0000

Take a look at Duncan Simcoe's work...

University credits for Western Esotericism

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:18:00 +0000

Just 4 days away from the start of a wonderful course offered at the University of Winnipeg:

Western Esotericism -
Heretical Movements and Secret Societies
Join Frank Albo, visiting lecturer from the University of Cambridge, University of Winnipeg Alumni and specialist in western esoteric ideas as he explores the history of Western Esotericism from the "hermetic sciences" of the Renaissance, 18th century secret societies such as Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, and the Illuminati, to the occult revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries through exponents Eliphas Lévi, H. P. Blavatsky, and Aleister Crowley.
The course includes readings from Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, Cornelius Agrippa, Giordano Bruno, and John Dee.
Also examined is the cultural, literary, philosophical, and religious influence of esotericism, including the contemporary success of novels and films such as The Da Vinci Code, the Golden Compass, and conclude by touring the esoteric designs of the Manitoba Legislative Building.

July 28 - August 25, 2008 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Avenue,
Centennial Hall - Room 4C84
Special Course Fee: $300
Text book: Western Esotericism: A Brief History of Secret Knowledge
Upon completion of this course, students become eligible for degree transfer credit at The University of Winnipeg.
Contact Nancy, 982.1811 for more details or to register, phone 982.6633.

The Ecclesia Rosae Rubeae & Aureae Crucis

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:49:00 +0000

The Ecclesia Rosae Rubeae & Aureae Crucis holds the lines of recognized Orthodox, Independent Protestant and Catholic Churches and many others , through not only MarGeorgius and the Syrian Orthodox Church but also through the world renowned expert and scholar on Independent Churches Archbishop Nils Bertil Persson who amongst his other duties is one of the Chaplains to the Swedish Royal family and has very close links with the Vatican.

The Rose Circle Revival/Renaissance

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:55:00 +0000

Well, tonight we had the second board meeting this month for the Rose Circle Research Society. We met in our usual place on Brother Booth's couches and got quite a bit done and settled tonight. There has been a bit of a blocker bug with the website that we should be past by this Wednesday evening that prevented us from updating the members section with new content. We will now be uploading new content in the form of papers authored exclusively for the Rose Circle by the likes of Allan Armstrong, R.A. Gilbert, Trevor Stewart, Chic Cicero, Christopher McIntosh, Tommy Westlund, Piers Vaughan and others.

We were joined tonight by our colleague from Prague, William Hollister & our new Press Secretary Jay Hochberg. Along with the content update this week, we should also be having the tickets for the October 4th conference go on sale this week as well. No surprises here, they are forecast to be $40 each with admittance to the Salon de l'Rose Croix art installation & 3 speakers (including the headliner R. A. Gilbert) a few surprise guest appearances, and a Q&A session at the end.

Also in the works are several DVDs currently being edited. The first one is a DVD presentation of April's Conference on the Psychology or Ritual. The others range from a Feast of Sts John celebration in Haiti involving the Grand Orient and an Invocation of the 22 Divine Names public ceremony, and a DVD of interviews and snippets from the likes of Most Worthy Thurman C. Pace Jr., Most Rev. Herbert A. Fisher, Michael N. Buckley, Dr. Raphael Ortiz, Gilbert Tappa, H.E. Andrew B. Stephenson KGC, KOJ, Ritter Von Blauch, the Archivist of the Swedish Rite and many other personalities, leaders and figures from the various scenes & circles of modern Chivalric, Esoteric, Masonic and Occult Orders. It should prove to be quite good.

Keep a watch on the Rose Circle!

Physio-Psycho-Alchemy, De-construction ritualization & Dr. Raphael M. Ortiz

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:24:00 +0000

From experiencing one's own Hell only to spiral up and be released into Heaven, to frontal lobes, 40 hertz, lucid intellectualism, aboriginal subjectivity and the scientific verification of the objective nature of applied color theory...I had quite a conversation with Professor Raphael M. Ortiz this afternoon. The video footage will go into the edit room and be released on one of the upcoming Rose Circle DVDs.

His artwork is not the direct result of any particular school or approach other than his own, but the episcopate grimoire circles seem reminiscent of Martinez de Pasqually. Still, Raphael's initiatory path appears to be solitary despite his parents active participation at the little red lodge in Hell's Kitchen. His deconstructive path to reintegration is quite complex, and he can certainly back it up in dialogue. His work in recent years is of a Christian Kabbalist bent with Aramaic script and depictions of both the light and the shadows.

Prof. Raphael Montañez Ortiz was born to Puerto Rican Parents in Williamsburg Brooklyn, later moving to LES and finally to El Barrio in Spanish Harlem. His parents own esoteric leanings later would influence his work in both holistic healing & kabbalistic art, Dr. Raphael Ortiz founded and was the first director of the El Museo Del Barrio in New York in 1969. His sculptures are included in many museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he has twice been included in the Whitney Biennial. He has created mixed-media ritual performances and installations for museums and galleries in Europe and Canada and throughout the United States. His computer- laser-video works are in numerous museum collections, including the Ludwai Museum in Cologne, Germany, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France. His video, Dance Number 22, won the Gran Prix at the 1993 Locarno International Video Festival of Switzerland.

He is currently showing at:

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, The ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, The MoMA at El Museo. Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY, the Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY, the Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York City, NY & in the Netherlands at the Netherlands Media Art Institute - Time Based Arts, Amsterdam

Race of the Egyptians

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:44:00 +0000

In Sex & Race J.A. Rogers says on page 46 that, "some of the races of the rulers of this dynasty are clearly Negroid. The founder of this dynasty, Sa-Nekht, was a full blooded Negro, a type commonly seen in the Egyptian Army today."

he then goes on to say on p. 48 that,
"Sir E.A. W. Budge, gives a list of the Egyptian gods that originated in teh Sudan, the land of the Negroes, and says there is "Little doubt that the Great God of Memphis, Ptah was originally a great handicraftsman and worker in metals who as deified. It was the Negroes in the South who introduced the use of iron into Ancient Egypt. Prehistoric iron furnaces discovered in Northern Rhodesia, almost in the heart of Africa, by Nino Del Grande, show that the Negro knew the use of iron untold centuries before the European. Archaeologists generally agree that it was the Negro who first discovered the secret of iron."

Tubal Cain was of course the first known artificer in brass & iron. Both Budge and Rothers refute the popular sentiment found in use in US Textbooks that still insist that the true Ancient Egyptian was some sort of Indo-European.

(artwork by artist David Lindez)

Sensitivity

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:58:00 +0000

"It is not death, or the manner in which the death is brought about, that weights most; it is the living of a life. For a deeply sensitive man of our own class and standing, life is often made difficult by the commonness, the coarseness, the vulgarity of much that confronts us. A sensitive man suffers under unpleasant influences playing upon him. but a great love for humanity, the keeping aflame within ourselves of great compassion for the suffering of others, and a strong determination to help and be an example of strength and radiant joy, all that tends to lessen the difficulties caused by sensitivity and great refinement of body and temperament." ++Rt. Rev. Sir J.I. Wedgewood Dr. of Sciences de L'Universite de Paris (Knight of Saint John of Rhodes and Malta & Arch Bishop in the Old Catholic Church)

St Peters Cathedral in New Brunswick, New Jersey

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:04:00 +0000

Rumored to have been used as an initiatory lodge for one of the 18th Century Secret Societies on the Old Queens Campus of Rutgers University, St Peters is just across the Street from Skull N Caps member Paul Robeson's dormitory building and the iron arch of Rutgers College. The stained glass exterior is wrought with occult symbolism from the eye in the delta over the capstone to the crossed keys and various crosses...this place is worth taking in for yourself.

Nuwbuns & St Maurice guard the Gyros

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:16:00 +0000

I ventured into an old vintage diner known as Greek Delight for some Chicken Gyro platters to go this past Saturday, and I looked up and notice the peculiar assortment of statues and a plate depicting a greek woman and two Nubians. I found the whole assortment worthy of analysis, so I welcome your comments.

The GODS of NEW YORK CITY

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:43:00 +0000

Excited to learn that Barry Gottehrer was still alive, it proved to be fleeting as I learned only seconds later that he had just recently passed last month.Barry played a major role in interacting with the 5% Nation of Gods & Earths, their founder Clarence 13X Allah and NYC Mayor Lindsay. The intricacies of this triad are found well documented in a highly recommended book by the young author Michael. M. Knight who has made a name for himself in his personal and professional investigation into Islam in America. The study of the subcultures of ideals and teachings that function under the banner of Islam but bare no resemblance to the same is the primary classification of any ethnographic or anthropologic study of the 5% Nation. Knight's book is the first credible documentation in book form (something that goes beyond the length and restriction of a technical article in an academic journal) that exposes all of the facts and immerses the reader in the subcultures that produce the subculture of the 5% in Harlem.

On the surface, much of the doctrine of this break-off of the NOI (which broke off from the Moorish Science Temple...itself an amalgamation of Levi dowling's Aquarian Gospels, Eastern Mysticism & Prince Hall Masonry) is perhaps shocking...depending on upon one's frame of reference. GOD is taught in 5% circles to mean simply, Gomer Oz Dubar...a Hebrew anagram for the attributes of man...or specifically the black man, Maker & Ruler of the Planet Earth. The legacy of this organization is scarred with violence, hate in response to oppression and veiled in allegory much like the Masons whom 5%ers refer to as Ma-Son or 'my son' or sons of Maat even. Knight's book is steeped in first hand documentation, observation and knowledge (having himself received the transmission of the 120 from Azrael of Guttenberg, NJ) & the result is a thoroughly enjoyable compilation of events that will blur the line between the brilliance of the writer and the fascinating complexity of the figures, events and happenings that compose this movement still based out of the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 126th St. in Manhattan.

Knight shows how the government and specifically the State Courts in NY interpreted Clarence 13X calling himself GOD in the most exoteric way in order to enable the Cointelpro elements to have him sent to Bellevue and other institutions. In describing what it means to "build" or "add on" (speculative building) with a 5%er, Knight eruditely explains that...

"I saw the Supreme Mathematics and Alphabets as teaching tools, ways to get people to wrap their heads around things and develop their analytical skills. In the Supreme Mathematics, each number has its own attribute, and you built by assessing the relationships between them. For example, 1 is “Knowledge,” 4 is “Culture,” and 5 is “Power.” So the number 14 would be “Knowledge Culture.” Since 1+4=5, you could talk about how having Knowledge of your Culture brings you Power. That’s a real simplebreakdown, but some of these Gods who have spent years building with the Supreme Mathematics give the system an incredible depth. The Supreme Alphabets do the same thing with letters. If my name is Mike and M=Master, then I might take Master for my righteous name and build on the meaning of that in my own life and personality.

Giving numbers and letters these meanings also has an influence on language within the Five Percenter community; 7 = God, so if you’re on 7th Avenue you might call it “God Avenue,” and then you’re actually living in a culture of initiation because not everybody gets that. To use the terms in such a way completely reimagines the landscape and your place in it. Warith Deen Mohammed said that Master Fard used “shock language” to stimulate people’s brains, and I think the Five Percenters have really mastered that art. At first it just sounds like gibberish, but shock language jars your consciousness into activity, and you start diving into what these words mean and it becomes genuinely transformative."

World Premiere of Bloodline the Movie in NYC

noreply@blogger.com (MobileEndUser) — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:26:00 +0000

I attended the premiere of the movie 'Bloodline' in Manhattan yesterday at the movie theatre at 12th St and 2nd Ave.

I met the Director Bruce Burgess outside the theater as I was negotiating parking meters vs garages and dealing with the aftermath of a livery cabby who though he was at the front of the street and had 20 clear feet in front of him, decided to park his worn lincoln towncar's rear bumper on top of the front end of my shiny sports sedan. Then came Robert Morton, a publisher from New York City having just come from a book fair in Harlem & Jason Sheridan (Secretary of St Johns Lodge) on his way over from Deutsche Bank. There had been a projector problem for the Matinee at noon, so we walked to 9th Street to venture into a local spiritual supply store. It seemed like the ideal way to kill time anyway.

I also met with René Barnett, the film's producer. She was a lovely lady who graciously invited us all to an invitational breakfast where researchers from the movie & various members of the press were in attendance and on hand to answer questions and engage in dialogue before heading up to the Met for a close up look at the Arcadian Art exhibit focusing on Nicholas Poussin.

One controversial character who was noticeably missing from the scene though prominent in the movie, was Gino Sandri.

One noted scholar on esotericism and Freemasonry was in attendance, Piers A. Vaughan, who is the President of the Rose Circle Research Society. Here are some shots from his i-phone as I didn't think to take photos at the time for some reason or another. Take a look at the annointment vessel supposedly from Mary Magdalene.