Rima Staines - Reaching for the Otherworld
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Rima Staines is a painter / multi-disciplinary artist whose work has its roots in the invisible and oft-forgotten soul worlds that lie just behind or just inside this one.
In this conversation we talk about the longing for that otherworld, the difficulty of reaching for it within a technology/social media saturated world, and whole bunch of other stuff (see timestamps below).
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Timestamps
7:08 - Numinous, Longing for the Other World, Faerie, Folk Tale, Faerie Tale, Faery, Painting as Doorways to the Other World
11:02 - Rima's Experience with Epilepsy
15:07 - Multiple ways to truth, Iain McGilchrist, and being in Story
22:45 - What is myth? How does Rima relate to myths and work with them?
29:11 - Colour, beauty, courageous sensuality, and 'The Alchemist' painting
47:02 - Aesthetic insult, soul armour, and learning to see 'star blood'
52:36 - Left and Right Hemispheres, Iain McGilchrist
58:56 - Is animism more widespread than we think?
01:02:42 - Rima's background as a travelling artist
01:13:58 - Hedgespoken and the spirit of the hedge
01:21:10 - Social media and the commodification of magic
01:34:18 - Counter spells and protection magic
01:40:55 - Tension between homelife and 'the quest'
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Thank you Ben for this conversation with Rima an artist I have admired for many years - I resonate with all of your ideas and the longing for that soul world /otherworld which is within us and around us if we seek it. I was very interested in Rimas references to the Hedgespoken press and her ideas about the "hedge " as a place in between two worlds. She may not have heard that there is a history of Hedge Schools in Ireland. During the long history of Irelands colonisation by Britain, Penal laws were introduced in 18th century to ban people from education who were not Protestant- the Irish people’s response to this threat to their culture was to hold classes in hidden places- near hedges in some instances and became known as ‘Hedge schools’. Some were held near rivers, under overhanging rocks, in mud huts, in barns, in chapels, in the homes of people or, in some instances, in the teacher’s own house. A high standard of education was maintained - including Greek and Roman studies as well as Irish language literature etc. Anyway I didnt mean to go off on a tangent ! So many aspects of i your conversation touched on my ideas about the world we live in now - thank you for having this conversation and thank you Rima - I've been curious about you for years and it was lovely to hear you speak - so open and sharing - almost like being in the same room with you both . BTW - Rima - you should delve into Irish culture and our mythology - its full of otherworld references which I'm sure will resonate with you.
Super interesting Trudi. Thanks. Any sources for going deeper on the Irish history of Hedge Schools? I'm heading over there this Summer.
When she talked about the madder red I almost cried, I have the same colour palette as rima in all things, I can’t stand bright colours. I always thought it was an English thing privately, that mutedness, and have deep ancient ancestral history in England. So when they talked about it in terms of that mist I just about cried.
Oh my gosh do I feel at home in this conversation.
Yes, that!
at 39:29 I related to that due to being autistic. totally . Still listening, will carry on. at 40:00 you can almost hear the musicians playing.. amazing.
What a delightful find. I feel like I have come home.
@@Clare-l4s I know the feeling
So wonderful to be able to watch this conversation, I've loved Rima's work for years. Thank you!
Thank you, what a beautiful beautiful conversation ❤️
Such a vital, nourishing conversation. Grounded AND awash with star-blood (to use Rima's term). Thank you both.
Awesome. Thank you beautiful beings!
Great stuff, enjoyed the craic 🥰
Excellent. Thank you both. I feel refreshed. It's the mark of a great conversation when you have to pause twice - once for a poem and once for a sketch :).
I love that Lunar. Intrigued to see the sketch and poem.
Beautiful conversation, thank you both.
great interview! keep up the good work
so inspiring!
Cause we are not born blank slates , we have a long history behind us and when I make art , that history comes apparent to me. It’s not another world … it’s just what’s inside of you.
@@lisalovelylpa well said. Makes me think: where are the boundaries to a person's soul? The penial gland like Descartes thought? The body? The house? The world? Beyond?
@@fantasycreatesreality2526 I don’t know .. I just paint !