Black and white line drawing complete. Tattoo sleeve commission for my friend Eric Rice. Copyright Charles Vinson - CHUKART - 2013
Anatomy Occultus - the structure of Adam Kadmon
(1) a primal nothing/being or “Absolute” (Ayin/Ein-sof) (2) initiates a contraction or self-negation (tzimtzum), which gives rise to (3) an imagined and alienated realm (ha-olamot) (4) within which a created, personal subject arises (Adam Kadmon). (5) This subject embodies the fundamental structures, ideas and values of both God and the human world (Sefirot), However, (6) these Sefirot are inherently unstable and deconstruct (shevirat ha-kelim), leading to (7) a further alienation of the primal energy from its source (kellipot, Sitra Achra) and (8) a rending apart of opposites, resulting in the intellectual, spiritual, and moral antinomies and perplexities of our world. As a result of (9) a spiritual, intellectual, and psychological process (birur), (10) the ideas and values of the world are restored in a manner that enables them to structure and contain the primal energy of the Absolute, and complete both God and the world (tikkun ha-Olam). -The Lurianic Metaphors, Creativity and the Structure of Language
Through The Veil - 18x24 - Mixed Media: Digital print on cotton rag, concrete, epoxy, found objects
Adam Kadmon. Again. …am I getting it, or just losing it…
The battle rages. Diagram of Adam Kadmon in the struggling throes of early gestation.
Through The Veil - mixed media - digital print/concrete/acrylics/found objects.
Through The Veil
Kali 2.0
Spirit of a Dead God
