S Brian Adam's How Do How Do The Lovely Thing: a contemplative introduction by Stephen Gambello



When we close our eyes, inner darkness consumes our sight.  Our mind forms thoughts more vividly, as there are no external distractions.  As we open our eyes, but slowly, we see a gradual construction of color, light and form.  We could see the underlying structuring (for structuring is always an ongoing process) of things -- how form manifests and evolves visually as light becomes more apparent.



S Brian Adam's life work seems to embrace the imagery of the visible world, but holds to the underlying force and eternal base of the prevalent invisible world:  the domain as the existence of the darkness, accessed by closed eyes.



The eyes open, and then they close:  the experience of the transitioning of light and dark -- the process of slowly opening eyes.  We see a sliver of light emerge majestically from darkness, then a haze, then objects become more pronounced; slowly closing the eyes -- as we see things become dark, consolidated, the darkness consuming the objects, as reality becomes a sliver of light being ingested into darkness. 



Slowly, but surely, opening and closing the eyes:  this is what I see as I look at the life work of S Brian Adam.   S Brian Adam's offerings are the bridge between that which is seen and unseen.  If one takes time in fully experiencing the deeply profound, yet peaceful, tranquility of closing and opening eyes, slowly, gradually, naturally -- one understands the cycle of existence. 



The sunset is the closing of the eyes of the daytime.  The sunrise is the opening of the eyes of the daytime.  Nighttime is the time of sleep, of dreams, of direct connection to the unnameable, to the abstraction of nothingness, the realm of pre-birth and ultimately, pre-creation....



The cycle of birth (sunrise), life (daytime) and death (sunset), as well as the that which is mysterious otherness: unification of life (night-sleep):  this is what we experience as we close the eyes, open the eyes, remain with eyes closed... 



To accept this simple, yet enlightening action:  to revere, to acknowledge, to contemplate the open-closed eyes experience:  we learn the powerful process, the structuring of the life work known as  How Do How Do The Lovely Thing....



I close my eyes:  How  -- I open my eyes:  Do... I close my eyes: How  -- I open my eyes:  Do



 The Lovely  Thing:  that which is the result of the close/open eye reflection/veneration/contemplation... experience :  self ....

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