Process as Art, Living in the Flow

[Yvette Dubel]

Earlier today I recalled a story my Grandfather had told me about his childhood. The gist of the story was that during the Depression there was a season where they had to wear shoes with the soles worn away to the point that they hardly qualified as such. "So what did you do, Grandpa?" I asked. "I went on to school and all else I was s'pose to do." he answered in a tone that suggested I mind my common sense. He went on to tell of going to church with his Mom in those piece of shoes.

Recalling that story today I was impressed with what I feel it ultimately taught me. You don't let what you don't have stop you from doing what you need to do. This is a core lesson that moved me to see the value the SoulFood model
There are many ways of approaching any situation, and some of them lead to overcoming the odds.

In Conceptual Process Installation art the process is part of the art, this is especially true in the Source Artist Process where the results are anchored in growth. There is a significance to the time and levels at which people become engaged. Even from this I am learning about how to distinguish quality of Attention, and gain insight into ways of being/thinking that limit the same.

Originally, I had planned to only share these videos internally with the core team I have been working with, but I changed my mind. One of the reasons I decided to share them although it doesn't perfectly reflect my vision is that this series is largely inspired by my own issues with perfectionism....breaking an old pattern to learn about self-acceptance. This is major issue in creating peace, as the lack of it in the world is a reflection of the same lack in each of us as individuals. See lessons from Project:what is peace?

If we can not accept ourselves then we can accept someone else and this leads to the need to be judgmental, blame, and even punish others.

The opportunity to be loss makes it worth the risk for my ego to share this imperfect video and I see that if I didn't I would miss the chance to be the first or one of the first to chart this new territory.

In addition, this is how space is made for other people to join in. This There has to be room for others to join and express the best of themselves and that means they need to see the change their contribution makes in really clear ways. If I waited until I covered all the pieces myself or just hired professional firms then the chance to engage people at the grassroots level in the most meaningful ways would be loss.

Creatively Social Level

That is fundamental to the concept, expressed ideally in "stone soup" story.

In this case, I show up with an idea and a pot--- Ron was the first to pay attention, which led to everyone else that followed having something to pay attention or contribute to - intangible assets (knowledge, talent, etc.) or physical resources (money, technology, etc.) expressed in the SoulFood model as the vegetables, meat, spices and that is how the meals (aka projects) come to be....we then can document with these videos and artworks that Cultural Fusion process and see how it take shape in a way that to me seems more honest than if it was just written as an article, paper, etc in retrospect.

As this was conceived as an alternative to Protest Art and I have been from the start interested in solutions and models that support transparency each part of the process is a revelation in how these intentions can be realized.

I find that sharing these projects that result from my journey of processing the experiences, dialogues, inspirations and ideas....each one is part of "story boarding" this series but doing so without the traditional trappings of project planning or management. Why?

They stop flow indicated by the fact that synchronicity stops, inspiration from the Source levels slows, and stress creeps in....if I don't get back into flow then more hiccups and problems show up.

The lesson I have learned is that as artist I can only be inspired to move these ideas forward to the degree that I pay attention to my own process in contrast to the way others say things should be done....

Each of these videos, photographs, paintings, installations, is another step in the journey rather than being seen as a finished piece they have represented the path from idea ignited in a dialogue that grows into a hope and then becomes reality.
My mission is to create art that results in systems automating global social responsibility.

When we let the fear of judgment from others stop us from moving our ideas forward ---- that to me is the essence of failure. The only way to fail is if you give up for as Edison said when asked about failing 1000 times to create the light bulb...he replied that he had not failed 1000 times, the invention of the light bulb had 1001 steps.

Instead of competing for market share, create a new market to address an existing need that is based on something you already want to do. The eye towards growth is based on not so much seeing the emerging need but having a relationship that positions you to be the "go to person" for that area.

Here my interest is intangible assets-- Source:Love, Attention, Breath as currency, Source:Vision, etc
Prior to the situation we now see with the U.S. stock market/economy the whole thing may have seemed for far fetched. Now however, more people are considering how do we fix this and is there a solution that can patch this up or must we rebuild?

Case in point, Sweden Seeks to Tax Virtual Economies open currencies are being seen as competition --- Korea and China have also taken similar action based on what seems to be the same fear.

This is a strong indicator of new economies taking hold and growing without engagement of traditional institutions. I propose this is also an expression of social capital deficits.

Many challenges are created by organizations and institutions resisting change, there seems a tendency to deny we have entered the unknown, nothing in history really speaks to the situation we are facing today but it does give hints about some part of it.

In addition, avenues for funding likewise do not reflect an understanding of the shift away from traditional organization and towards the radically inclusive and creative. This has led to innovation being pursued and advanced without the support of institutions using peer to peer system models.

However, that will only serve to sharpen and widen the divides....I have proposed that art can act as this bridge, but not art as it has been known. Art like all else is having to find ways to redefine and recreate itself for a new ecosystem if it is to remain a viable environment for growth....and to fulfill its place in society.

[Ronald Wopereis]

hi Yvette, thanks much for your posting.
i came to the conclusion that the current financial situation is related to (as in: child-parent relationship) the current governmental situation.
i believe the shift away from hierarchy and into the peer to peer (come fusion) relationship can not yet be understood ... only felt
best regards, Ron