Art | Poetic Mind - Gil and Natalie Dekel

Lines of the Self: artistic choices while creating art works.

In this paper I will reflect on the connection between lines in art works, the artist’s personality and the choices they make in the creative process. I will offer examples from my work as a painter/animator and a researcher.

The Silence of the Paper: Embodiment of ‘Artistic Personality’ in the Process of Art-making.

by Natalie Dekel. How artists embody their distinct personality, emotions and experiences, in the process of making an art work? The literature in art does not sufficiently discuss this point, where the literature often refers to the final product from which views...

“Waterised Words”: Exhibition exploring self-knowledge through art practice.

By Gil Dekel, University of Portsmouth. First published in Consciousness, Literature and the Arts. ISSN 1470-5648. Volume 9 Number 1, April 2008. Plato’s suggestion ‘know yourself’ raises the question: How can one know oneself? What are the tools available for...

Who 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...

Illuminating 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...

Wordless 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...

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...

How 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...

The process of drawing past-lives and guided portraits

By Natalie Dekel. Psychic portraits can help people see their past-lives, their loved ones and their Spiritual Guides. I would like to share with you the process of inspiration behind the psychic paintings that I produce. I have been painting from a very young age,...

Spirit Guides and Psychic Readings, with Natalie Dekel (MPhil)

Are you looking for Intuitive Counselling, Psychic Guidance, or Chakra Reading? “There is nothing in the world that you cannot ask. Ask, and listen to the guidance that we bring you, as it will help you see the truth in you, and learn how to deal with your...

The Discovery of an Esoteric Message in Pascal’s Triangle.

By Paul Hartal. (לגרסה העברית Hebrew version) I began to experiment with Kabala inspired paintings in the 1990s. To my utter astonishment these experiments led to a totally unexpected and most exciting discovery of a transcendent communication. In the Hebrew alphabet...

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice (PhD Research review).

By Dr. Gil Dekel. During my PhD research at the University of Portsmouth I have noted that not only artists and art ‎students can be creative and innovative, but that every single person has the potential to ‘tap’ into ‎creativity. Creativity and inspiration unfold in...

Finding 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...

The Energy Behind the Sound.

Spiritual chanting artist, Russell Jenkins, interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: How did you develop your chanting abilities? [1] Russell Jenkins: I have a hearing of an Aum. It is like you look at it and you think, ‘Oh, it’s a star that I can pluck out of the sky.’...

Finding a Voice.

Short interview with academic and painter Barbara Howey. Natalie Dekel: I know from reading your PhD thesis that your mother’s passing led you to start painting. Do you still feel that painful moments from the past lead you to create your current works? [1]...

The Search for Explicit Self.

Dr. Iain Biggs interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: I get the feeling that your paintings suggest a sense of environment, a sense of “earthiness”… Is this correct? [1] Iain Biggs: “Earthiness” means such different things to different people… but I can say...

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...

Where 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...

Suddenly Awakened.

Author Colin Wilson interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: How would you define your sense of artistry? Would you consider yourself a writer, philosopher, mystic, or perhaps a critic? [1] Colin Wilson: Well, as an artist/philosopher, I would say. You see, when I was in...

When The Impossible Is Realized.

Interview with Alan Steinfeld, author and founder of NewRealities.com. Gil Dekel: You are writing about the artist’s role in creating new realities. Do you think there is a unique or specific way that artists see or experience reality? Alan Steinfeld: The artist...

The Image of Ourselves.

Performance artist Roi Vaara interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: Would it be correct to say that you are a ‘performance artist’? [1] Roi Vaara: I am known for my performances, so yes, it is correct to say I am performance artist. But when I am asked what I do, I...

Emotional Slices of Light.

Photographic installation artist Katayoun Dowlatshahi interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: You are tracing light onto glass using a method called Carbon Photography. How did you develop the idea of ‘light drawings’? [1] Katayoun Dowlatshahi: In 1998 I spent a year as...