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Healing Words: Short-Verse Poetry by Gil Dekel

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...

Unweave A Rainbow

Unweave A Rainbow

Visionary painter Brigid Marlin interviewed by Natalie Dekel. Natalie Dekel: I understand that life has not been easy for you. Perhaps your painting has been akin to personal salvation or healing. Is that how you see it? Brigid: No. The situation is that the spiritual journey comes first. Suffering causes one to search for a deeper meaning in life, when this is found and one sets out on a...

The Departure from the Moment of Now, and the Creation of Time

The Departure from the Moment of Now, and the Creation of Time

by Gil Dekel, PhD. The stillness of the soul is the only place where the human mind resides. This stillness can be defined as a timeless point, a point where there is only a Moment of Now. As this Moment is so ephemeral, it is extremely difficult for us to understand and feel it, and so we have been given an alternative system of perception designed to help us remember this Moment. That system we...

Representation and Narrative in Popular Two-Dimensional Animation: A Critical and Practical Investigation.

by Natalie Dekel. Can self-observation of an artist/researcher on her work stand as an academic tool of investigation? I would argue that the process of moving from theoretical analysis to practical exploration of one’s own art work can challenge and enriche any academic research, and can establish better notion of authorship. I have conducted a research where the topic of hand-drawn...

Engaged practice and authorship: Inquiry into the process of animation filmmaking as a practitioner and critical researcher.

by Natalie Dekel. I would argue that artistic ‘information’ is rushing through one’s body and mind, driving one to express in animated language of symbols and images what is ultimately a personal interpretation of subjective authorial nature. My research aims to explore this sense of authorship through my own artistic practice, by observing my experience as an animator in the...

‘Stepping into Oneself’ – Guided visualisation, with Gil Dekel.

To help you draw inwardly, and meet your own special guide who will come with a message for you… A guided visualisation with Reiki Master and visionary artist Gil Dekel,...

‘Please Tell Me’ – Guided Meditation to meet your own guides, with Natalie Dekel.

What lies inside our imagination?… healing forces that can help you meet your own spiritual...

Re-Birth Meditation – with Natalie Dekel.

Parts 1 and 2: Re-Birth Meditation to remove the external layers and see what lies within ...

Tree Meditation – with Natalie Dekel.

Parts 1 and 2: Connecting the sky and the earth with the tree of life (which is you)… Tree guided meditation, with Natalie Dekel,...

Seas of Consciousness – Guided meditation for relaxation, with Natalie Dekel.

Transcript: As you sit down and relax, you take a deep breath. Feel with every breath you take your body starting to relax and it becomes heavier and heavier… Imagine with every breath you take as if we are strolling on the beach, deciding to walk slowly into the water of relaxation. It’s the seas of consciousness, the seas of self-awareness… And as we step, with every...

The Bubble Meditation – with Natalie Dekel.

Follow this soothing voice in a guided meditation into endless bubbles of relaxation. The Bubble Meditation with Reiki Master and visionary artist, Natalie Dekel,...

‘A Touch of Heaven’ – Guided mediation for relaxation, with Natalie Dekel.

Why meditation? Every day I wake up with the question: what awaits me today? and is it all worth it? To find an answer I look up to nature: I notice the birds singing in the morning, the trees dancing in the wind, and the first daffodils coming out. Perhaps the answer is just to live every moment fully as if it is the only moment that ever exists? But how can we live ‘every moment...

Working with Encaustic wax paintings: I See What I Believe.

Working 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...

Listening to Yourself.

Dr. Amikam Marbach interviewed by Gil Dekel (discussing how to structure a PhD thesis). Gil Dekel: You have developed a method that employs words to help people become aware of their prior knowledge, or inner insights. With your method people can articulate these insights in a way that can help to express them, to make a good use of them, rather than keeping them locked inside. [1] Dr....

Turning On the Light Without Choosing Which Way It Will Spread.

Turning On the Light Without Choosing Which Way It Will Spread.

The authorial-Self, a ‘Muse’ of poetry, is interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: I am very happy to be able to interview my own ‘Muse’, my own creative self, and ask him about processes of inspiration in writing poetry. [1] I would like to thank you, the authorial-Self, for ‘descending’ from the so-called ‘collective unconsciousness, the spirit world’, and coming over here,...