Sowiak, ChristineDowney, William2014-09-292014-11-172014-09-292014Downey, W. (2014). Becoming the Atma (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25101http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1831Yoga is union. Sometimes defined in contemporary culture as a union between mind and body, it is in fact the union between our selves and the hidden sources of phenomenal reality. One of the primary features of a state of Yoga is a silent mind: meditation. My practice uses meditation as a creative instrument to generate forms and images that reflect or transmit an inner life and evolution. In particular, plastic elements like line, rhythm, colour and space can express a subtle knowledge, an "inner" knowledge which is spiritual, or non-phenomenal in nature. A key function of mental silence in the studio is to enable a state I call “vibrant flow” in which limiting ideas and conditionings are restricted in their ability to interfere with intuition’s hints from beyond the rational, time bound mind.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Fine Artspaintingmaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/25101