The River Flows In You
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Why am I constantly thinking about whirlpools and vortexes? I long to be near flowing water—a river that spirals endlessly, a bursting gully, a wishing well where gold and silver coins spin into the depths, granting secret impossible wishes.
Whirlpools and vortexes pull you in. There’s a primal instinct, a magnetic force that defies explanation.
I don’t live near water, but I take what I can get. After work, I jog around a pond near my job. On weekends, I’ll drive out to New Braunfels, TX, just to get in a turquoise stream and feel it moving. Water takes you out of the humdrum, and transports you into another universe where time is distorted. This feeling is such a stark contrast of the capitalistic reality we are used to. Things are being shoved in your face. You look at your phone and there’s a million messages, a to do list 10 pages long, and at the end of the day it does not feel like enough. It can feel like everything is falling apart around us, especially now. This is how I escape that feeling. Just for a day or a minute…
Flowing water makes me reflect on what it means to be conscious.
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At the end of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, the river symbolizes enlightenment. Siddhartha endures suffering, dissatisfaction, and a relentless search for meaning throughout his many lifetimes. But the river teaches him stillness. It becomes an allegory for contentment—for surrendering to the natural flow of time.
Maybe that’s why I’m so drawn to watercolor as a material. Watching pigment bloom and spread across the page feels like a meditation—like I’m trying to mimic the river’s rhythm in visual form.
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But water isn’t just serene. When it’s black, it becomes something else entirely—sublime, terrifying, and unknowable. It shifts into a symbol of death, infinity, and of everything we fear.
This duality fascinates me. Every time I am with water, whether I’m watching it move, utilizing it as a medium, or floating down a river, I feel like I’m touching both life and death. That’s what the endlessness of time feels like.
Hymns From Bladee… River Flows In You
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Watercolor: Painting Dreamscapes
4/20/2025
1-3 pm
2313 Beatrice St. #100 Dallas, TX 75208
Discover the unique beauty of granulating watercolors in this immersive class, where students will learn specialized techniques to create rich, textured washes and dreamlike effects. Using Gansai Tambi’s granulating watercolors, we will explore blooming techniques to bring depth and texture to our paintings. Students will be guided through the process of creating an ethereal, fantasy-inspired dreamscapes, embracing the unpredictable and organic nature of watercolor
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