We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
– T.S.Eliot
Hi and welcome to the Quantum! It’s a place I’ve begun exploring, where anything and everything is possible. How is your 2021 going so far? Have you noticed any shifts?
What is the Quantum?
One of my teacher says “What is, is, all else is quantum”. It’s taken a bit for me to get my head around this, but essentially, the Quantum is everything that doesn’t ‘exist’ (in 3D) right now but exists in the infinite possibilities. Just because something exists in our experienced reality doesn’t negate everything else. It could all be happening side by side. As I see it, stepping in the Quantum is stepping out of limited thinking and into the realms of infinite possibility. In the past this would have felt daunting to me, but right now it’s beginning to feel expansive and exciting.
We shall not cease from exploration
With curiosity as one of my top three values, exploration is an essential part of my existence. And perhaps for that reason, I have tended to be drawn to things I didn’t understand. Confusion was also a natural state for me. But happy to say I am finally shifting from confusion to clarity in multiple areas of my life and, rather than spinning my wheels, I’m finally making progress.
The end of all our exploring
I see life as a spiral process of evolution, where we return to the same lessons but each time with a new level of understanding. In this way the process becomes meaningful and purposeful. Perhaps its that flash of deeper insight that feels so nourishing and makes the travails seem worth it.
Three weeks ago I had a profound experience of this, when I attended a ‘Mould Making and Casting’ workshop as part of Bellingen Shire’s Arts Week.
To arrive where we started
Over the years I have done a lot of ‘model-making’ in all sorts of materials and sizes. But apart from (and perhaps due to) an unsatisfying experience in year 12, I have not used rubber moulds. Now, looking back, it’s like I went ‘off track’ at that point in year 12. I remember the moment .. standing outside my art room at high school and a friend mentioning she had put down architecture as her top preference. I’d never even thought of architecture but it struck me as fascinating. It was the mysterious and esoteric quality of it that drew me in. That was 33 years ago.
At the time I was creating a sculpture out of clay for my HSC art project. I couldn’t fire it because of the wire armature, so I had to create a rubber mould and plaster sleeve in order to cast it in resin. I remember ringing around Sydney to find the ingredients, muddling my way through the process, with little guidance, and ending up with a disappointing result. The sculpture was of a naked female rising in ecstasy and representing the state of enlightenment. I saw it as a maquette for a larger than life size piece. That was my vision.
And know the place for the first time
And so, three weeks ago, in the midst of a lot happening and very little forethought, I went along to the workshop with artist Jim Hood. Jim created a sculpture I fell in love with and purchased three months ago, and it turns out he lives in the same street as me but I’d never met him. I was so blown away by the techniques he shared and the possibilities I could see that my journey suddenly started to make sense. And the workshop space I’d created under my house before I moved up to Fernmount, with my vision of working from home creating sculptures, suddenly started to feel like a possibility.
The end of all our exploring
And so it is that tomorrow I begin a new journey as I start the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) program and begin to put together a business plan for this new iteration of my business.
My plan is to create moulds and replicas of my sculpture pieces, and to offer this as a service to others. And I’ll continue to work towards the first (and subsequent) Cloudscape sculptures.
The peace of clarity
Searching for work I could do that felt inspiring and aligned and that I could do until I die has been a mission of mine for most of my life. And I feel like I have found it. The peace that comes from this ‘no longer searching’ is huge. Finally, the energy I’ve spent searching can be put into creation. I feel as though I can finally relax – and this makes possible so much else in my life. Thank you Universe!!
Magical journeys
There’s more I could share about various other journeys I’ve been on lately including Quantum Magic, Money Manifestation Magic, and Lifebook – all three of which have been powerful, mind-blowing and inspiring. But this ‘arrival’ of sorts in terms of my career is the biggest breakthrough by far, so I will leave it at that for now.
How about you? Have you had any big shifts? Is there anything you like to share? I’d love to hear from you.
Thanks for being here.
Love,
Orly