ARTS: 2021 February Painting & Drawing Theme: Sustenance

[Nengei]

gassho1

Greetings, Sangha members, and welcome to this frigid (in the northern hemisphere) or warm (in the southern hemisphere) February and our painting and drawing theme of the month: sustenance. What is sustenance in our life-practice? I invite you to express sustenance in a drawing or in a painting, simple or complex, quick or time-consuming, and to post a photo of your creative output here in this thread.

In commenting on others' posts, I remind you to be positive in what you say; to avoid criticism or unrequested advice/instruction. Let's enjoy the creative force alive in our Sangha.

Gassho
Nengei [coffee]
Sat today. LAH.

[GrasshopperMan17]

7015 this is me sitting zazen. zazen is my sustenance. it is my training ground for equanimity in the rest of my life doings. it is essential to my well-being, therefor i take sustenance from it.

Gassho, John
ST/LAH

[Nengei]

Beautiful, John. Zazen is indeed sustenance. Thank you for sharing your drawing!

[krissydear]

John, I love how easily you conveyed the emotion and intention of zazen with your figure and facial expression. I agree that zazen is a type of sustenance.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210215/d004dfde04773e98a1d776716b2cd70d.jpg

We all need water and human connection....

Gassho
krissy
sat


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[GrasshopperMan17]

beautiful, krissy!

gassho, john
st/lah

[Nengei]

We all need water and human connection....

Beautiful, Krissy! Thank you for sharing your drawing with us. Water is the blood of the earth.

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

[Nengei]

This painting expressing sustenance, just finished a few days ago, is a little more direct; attractive food as sustenance.

7016

[krissydear]

This painting expressing sustenance, just finished a few days ago, is a little more direct; attractive food as sustenance.

7016

Wonderful!

Gassho
krissy
sat

[Bokugan]

This painting expressing sustenance, just finished a few days ago, is a little more direct; attractive food as sustenance.

7016Amazing work!

Gassho,

Ryan
SatToday

[Bokugan]

John, I love how easily you conveyed the emotion and intention of zazen with your figure and facial expression. I agree that zazen is a type of sustenance.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210215/d004dfde04773e98a1d776716b2cd70d.jpg

We all need water and human connection....

Gassho
krissy
sat


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThis is an excellent take on the prompt, Krissy. I see the human connection factor in this, but also self care -- a major part of sustenance that some of us forget to tend to from time to time.

Gassho,

Ryan
SatToday

[Bokugan]

7015 this is me sitting zazen. zazen is my sustenance. it is my training ground for equanimity in the rest of my life doings. it is essential to my well-being, therefor i take sustenance from it.

Gassho, John
ST/LAH

I like that you chose this for sustenance. Just today, I missed my morning sit due to a hectic day (first time in a long while). On a day like this, your sentiment here really resonates with me -- zazen is sustaining in many ways.

Gassho,

Ryan
SatToday

[Franz]

My quick, lighthearted painting with a frog patiently waiting for her sustenance [emoji4]
https://photos.app.goo.gl/df6Jo8x6muUic44W8
Inspiration taken from https://oi-yee-tai.pixels.com
SatLah
PS I have absolutely no clue if the kanji is right and if it is written properly [emoji85][emoji56]

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[Nengei]

Nice work, Franz! I know nothing of kanji other than my own name, but this looks beautiful. Maybe Jundo or one of the others who are fluent will comment. I love the expectant look the frog has, and the way that the insect is suggested by the lines. Thank you for sharing this with us!

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

[GrasshopperMan17]

Are we going to do a March drawing prompt? I rather enjoyed doing these.

Gassho, John
ST/LAH

[Nengei]

Are we going to do a March drawing prompt? I rather enjoyed doing these.

Gassho, John
ST/LAH

My apologies... somehow I got way behind.

Okay, not really somehow. I know how. But... here it comes.

Gassho
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.