Because my life has been compared to that of a mystic I can only describe this journey in a rather indefinable way!

For years I arose pre-dawn and traipsed through nature amongst the flower friends. Sometimes I would lie in beds of calla lilies as the dawn's first rays hit the centre of the orange stamens. It was all about light and colour. My lens  sought to capture each tiny shift of light… the fragmentary impressions created by the Sun moving through the translucent leaves and petals….fascinated by the sun as it stamped its fragmentary impression endlessly as the light changed in each moment..

Thus the flowers which I ended up photographing over and over often had translucent petals or large pads (the lotus).

Creative Process

Sometimes I would purchase varieties of peonies, calla lilies  or brugmansia and simply immerse them in bowls of water allowing the water and light to do their magic. One becomes a co-creator with the flower as it shifted and flowed.

From thousands of photographs the images were culled down to a select few.

The next stage of the creative process would then commence.  Through creating collages of different images I would “marry” them together to enhance their unique individual expression of beauty.  While in a partial meditative state I worked individually with each image, enhancing and flowing, until its essence began to emerge.

It is difficult to encapsulate what is occurring here. Perhaps this process could be defined as "immersing oneself in the Divine Source of Creation" then allowing my "individual expression of Divine Source to co-create with the original pure creative expression." 

The end result is an expression of Creation through my individual Spiritual lens.

My heartfelt desire is that these images hang in hospitals, hospices, homes for the elderly, rehabilitation centers and healing facilities so that those who are in pain or suffering in any manner can receive solace and be Divinely inspired.

Eliza

"What an outstanding imagist, poet and mystic you are!

Your fascinating images show the last veils of maya world,

You visualize the membrane between physical and spiritual world,

You illustrate the interchange between matter and spirit

You're an admirable and experienced explorer of 'twilight zone',

Your amazing meditation paintings open the gates of paradise!"

Armin Baumgartner

Author and Photographer

Germany