A Journey into The Sacred
Below is an acrylic-based painting I created recently entitled, The Tree of Light. This painting was inspired by the many emotions of the world around me, my own internal joy and grief of expansion, and a blessing of getting to experience the sacred Roman-Catholic Basilica, La Sagrada Família recently. This awe-inspiring structure was designed by Antoni Gaudí starting in the late 1800s in Barcelona, Spain. It has been under-construction to bring Gaudí immense vision to reality for over one hundred years. La Sagrada Família will be completed this year. Experiencing this amazing artistry, intentionality, and devotion to one’s spiritual path greatly inspire the art below.
The Tree of Light
The Tree of Light by Erica Cooley-Faulk
A collection of Colors,
swirling and whirling into One.
The Ingress and Outgress of Energy,
pulsing through every stroke.
Magnificent how one melts into the other,
despite difference in spectrum.
Connection is found in the variance of shade.
Hope ignited in the nuance of a maleable landscape.
There is great joy and sorrow here;
a Grief of Contemplation on trying times.
How can we open up while simultaneously closing off?
A destiny to self-destruction looms,
a fight for light persists.
Carrying the heavy burden of integrity to truth and presence,
Where will I find you?
In these pages, pressed between the body of the Earth, I return.
The interplay of light, color, natural spaces and materials present in intricate architectural feet of La Sagrada Família.
Again and again, hearing the call of the Light.
Whispered on tender lips of technicolor rays,
I find her.
One after another, falling away and then feeling my way back.
She branches a loving embrace that I never really left.
Is this time any different than the last?
Absolutely, each hue slightly brighter.
Every stroke exceedingly effervescent.
Spinning, we arrive.
Here and Now.
In the stillness of an untouched moment,
opening to the vast possibilities of a limitless experience.
Who will we be beyond strokes on a page?
One softening seamlessly into the next,
Impossibly clear —
Inherently fraught.
To see the reaching branches of the Tree of Light,
feeling her rays smile down on me.
It is a Divine Gift —
An intense heartbreak,
All in one.
Releasing certainty allows for the full spectrum of possibilities.
All rivers flow to One. Body.
A collision of ever-evolving expansion of this experience and the next.
My intention is to share my creativity in words and painting in hope of encouraging others to share their own unique and powerful gifts in a time of collective strife. This is the ethos of the Summit of Wellness Collective. We are grateful your are here. With love, Erica