Healing Words: Short-Verse Poetry by Gil Dekel
by Gil Dekel, PhD (visionary poet and Reiki teacher.) The task of the poet is to see into the experiences we undergo every moment, and attach words to emotions. Like patchwork, these wordly emotions come together to form images through which we can see the light of people. Following the teachings of the great poets Rumi and William Blake, I observe reality around and inside, and put feelings...
Read MoreVisions of Peace
Artist Katherine Josten (founder/director of The Global Art Project for Peace) interviewed by Gil Dekel, PhD. Gil Dekel: You have inspired more than 100,000 participants to take part in your project since 1994; how did you do that?… Katherine Josten: I believe that everything takes place first on an inner level and then it manifests on an outer physical level – so I began by...
Read MoreLessons from Eckhart Tolle’s ‘The power of Now’ – part 3 of 3, (summary review by Gil Dekel, PhD.)
by Gil Dekel. page 138 Most men are captured in the thinking-mind, and most women are captured in the pain-body. In both cases it is a grip of the mind. 140 The present is more powerful than the past. The past (and what other people did to you in the past) cannot control your true-self. When you know the present, you realize that you are responsible for your inner space now, nobody else does....
Read MoreLessons from Eckhart Tolle’s ‘The power of Now’ – part 2 of 3 (summary review by Gil Dekel, PhD.)
by Gil Dekel. page 97 Listen with your whole body. If you read a book, then read it with your whole body. Always be connected to your inner body, no matter what shape you see in the outer world. Experience the outer world with your inner world. Keep your attention on the outer world, but combine it with the inside world. 98 When you are stuck in traffic light, or when waiting in a long queue,...
Read MoreLessons from Eckhart Tolle’s ‘The power of Now’ – part 1 of 3 (summary review by Gil Dekel, PhD.)
by Gil Dekel. page 9 Beggars are those who do not find truth and joy inside; they may be rich financially yet beggars for emotions. Those who look outside for ‘scraps’ of pleasure, do not realise it lay in their heart. page 10 The concept of ‘Being’ can be felt as a real experience, not just understood as a theory or idea in the mind. page 12 We are not our thoughts; our thoughts are...
Read MoreGil Dekel – Discover your Creative Potential – Counselling and learning days
Dr. Dekel provides professional learning courses that bring together art, spirituality and science. In his workshops he teaches methods that help people discover a creative potential and expand their talents and understanding on a personal level as well as group level. Dr. Dekel also offers intuitive counselling that help people connect their belief systems with their gifts and abilities. Dr....
Read MoreLessons from Deepak Chopra’s DVD film ‘How To Know God’ (summary by Gil Dekel, PhD)
A short overview of lessons learned from Chopra’s DVD film (directed by Ron Frank, 2006; published by Anchor Bay Entertainment, UK, 2008): Are we here by accident, or perhaps there is a divine creator? Today we are living in an age of doubts where scepticism rejects a God – a God that we cannot see with our eyes, the invisible God. Yet God is not data, and technology cannot help us in...
Read MoreFelice Varini Year-By-Year
Chronology of Felice Varini’s works (most works are shown here from the vantage point, as well as from outside the vantage point). To learn from Felice why and how he creates these paintings, click here for an interview with Felice. » Interview with Felice… » Conceptual Graphic Design… 2 Sep...
Read MoreWho is the Author of my Poems?: Art Practice Based PhD Exploring Knowledge Gained in the Process of Creativity.
by Gil Dekel. It is a prevailing assumption that poetry is closely linked to the times in which it is created, and that the poet is influenced by his/her surroundings. For example, the English Romantic poetry is seen as a direct result of the French and American revolutions (Ackroyd, 2006). However, this assumption does not explain the observation that poetry was written in ancient times and is...
Read MoreIlluminating the Word: Visualisation of Poetic Experiences Through Filmmaking.
by Gil Dekel. Freud acknowledged that poets have explored the unconscious much before he himself developed it into his psychological theories (Jay, 1984: 23). Visionary poets such as Blake and William Wordsworth suggested the psychoanalytic process much before Freud himself practised it (see also Shengold, 2004: 28). In my research I propose to direct this psychoanalytic inquiry, which I suggest...
Read MoreWordless Silence of Poetic Mind: Outlining and Visualising Poetic Experiences through Artmaking.
by Gil Dekel. This paper approaches visionary poetry from the point of view of an experiential observer. The paper explores the “poetic silence” that occurs in the moments before the poem is written, attempting to capture the moments in which a thought of poetry is formulated. This silence is defined by RILKE (1950, p.20) as “nameless”, thus may pose...
Read MoreWorking with Encaustic wax paintings: I See What I Believe.
By Natalie Dekel. The following paintings were created using coloured-wax applied with heated iron onto glossy cards. This technique is called encaustic wax. The technique involves the application of coloured wax onto a heated iron, which causes the wax to melt. When it starts running on the surface of the iron it is applied to the card to create patterns. Working with this particular method...
Read MoreHow Do I Close My Eyes To See?
By Natalie Dekel. There are so many things in life we need to achieve and so many thoughts we ought to think, that we do not have time to stop and observe what is happening inside us. It takes courage, I found, to look within. It takes practice to look into the dark closets of our minds, and most importantly – it takes adjustment, just like our eyes need to adjust when seeing in the...
Read MoreInspiration: a functional approach to creative practice (PhD Research).
By Gil Dekel. I have been conducting a practice based PhD research (University of Portsmouth) into the subject of creativity and inspiration in art, studying techniques of accessing one’s talents and opening a door to innovation. These techniques were tested with artists and non-artists alike, and proved beneficial to anyone who is willing to ask: “who am I, and how can...
Read MoreFinding My Voice.
Singer Tony Kaldas interviewed by Natalie Dekel. ‘What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.’ The Buddha. Natalie Dekel: Do you feel your work with music as part of yourself or is it more like a ‘work’? Tony Kaldas: Music is an expression to the outer world as well as a part of...
Read MoreCreating the Right Conditions for Music to Come.
Yoram Markreich (musician, lyricist and author) in an interview with Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: They say that there were so many wild stories around the expressionist painter Kirchner (born 1880) that it is hard to know what is true and what is fiction… How much of what was written about you and your band is true? [1] Yoram Markreich: About half of what is written about us is false…...
Read MoreWhere the Unthinkable can be Expressed.
Short interview with Patricia Bickers, art historian, editor and critic. Gil Dekel: What motivates you to speak about art and explore it? In what way art touches you? [1] Patricia Bickers: I like the fact that while you may learn a great deal about art through experience as well as research, you can never, in the true sense, be an expert because the field is so subjective and ill-defined....
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