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berlin based
contemporary
artist
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karma 

who what  when where why how
now and then

karmasblog

1/27/2015

 


karmasblog

going underground

9/10/2014

 

what when then and now

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bad karma?
abandonment, renunciation, SHROUDING
self-portrait

TO LIVE IS TO SUFFER, TO SURVIVE IS, TO FIND SOME MEANING
IN THE SUFFERING.
Friedrich Nietzsche

THE JAM: GOING UNDERGROUND LYRICS:
Some people might say my life is in a rut,
But I'm quite happy with what I got
People might say that I should strive for more,
But I'm so happy I can't see the point.
Somethings happening here today
A show of strength with your boy's brigade and,
I'm so happy and you're so kind
You want more money - of course I don't mind
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes
And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society's got.

[Chorus]
I'm going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
Well let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow

Some people might get some pleasure out of hate
Me, I've enough already on my plate
People might need some tension to relax
[Me?] I'm too busy dodging between the flak
What you see is what you get
You've made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
And the public wants what the public gets
But I don't get what this society wants

[Chorus]

We talk and talk until my head explodes
I turn on the news and my body froze
The braying sheep on my TV screen
Make this boy shout, make this boy scream!
Going underground, I'm going underground!

Songwriters: WELLER, PAUL JOHN Going Underground lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Ancient accounts tell of an important figure whose birth would be heralded by a star in the heavens, a god who would later judge the dead. He would be murdered in a betrayal by one close to him, his body hidden away — though not for long, as he would return in a miraculous resurrection to begin an eternal reign in heaven.
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The figure, Osiris, was the supreme god in ancient Egypt, only one of many pagan gods worshipped thousands of years before the birth of Jesus. Indeed, though Jesus is currently the best-known example of a resurrected figure, he is far from the only one.
Is resurrection real?
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In mythology, the phoenix bird could live for a millennium before dying, whereupon it would burn brightly and arise, reborn from its own ashes. Though Islam largely rejects the idea of resurrection, like Christianity it promises an eternal afterlife.

in Eastern religions, the popular idea of karma is closely tied to resurrection and reincarnation.
The concept of karma varies somewhat among Buddhists, Hindus, and Jainists but the popular understanding is that karma assures that good things will happen to good people and bad things to bad people. Karma in Buddhism holds that the fate of the soul is determined by its karma, its actions. Every act—whether good or bad, no matter how insignificant—will eventually return to the person who does it.

BENJAMIN RADFORD


the outward journey to THE DARKness within

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DIE DUNKLE INNEREIEN
SELF-PORTRAIT

10/09/14-CONTD:

Renunciation does not mean turning our back on the world. It means turning our back on the conditions that cause suffering ...
-- Jakusho Kwong, No Beginning, No End

THE SMITHS
"I Know It's Over"

Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well, enough said
I know it's over still I cling
I don't know where else I can go, mother

Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me?

Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Handsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
Although she needs you more than she loves you

And I know it's over
Still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
It's over, it's over, it's over

I know it's over
And it never really began
But in my heart it was so real
And you even spoke to me and said:

"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very good looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight?
I know because tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they are in each other's arms"

It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
It's over, over, over

It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
It's over, over, over

Love is natural and real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight my love
Love is natural and real
But not for such as you and I, my love

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

MORRISEY

“Life begins on the other side of despair.”
  Jean-Paul Sartre

THERE CAME A POINT IN MY LIFE
WHERE THE BURDEN OF MY KARMA;
THE BURDEN OF MY SORROWS AND GRIEF WAS SO OVERWHELMING
THAT I KNEW THAT I NEEDED
TO GO AWAY FOR A WHILE
AND JUST BE.
IF I HAD HAD THE LUXURY,
I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BECOME A HERMIT AND GONE TO LIVE IN A CAVE.
THIS NOT  BEING A CHOICE THAT WAS REALISTIC/ FEASIBLE/ SOCIALLY ACCEPTED ...(keeping up appearances-and  all that, you know....), I OPTED FOR EXILE INSTEAD.
I MADE UP MY MIND, PACKED MY BAGS, SAID A FEW HEART WRENCHING GOODBYES AND SET OUT TO A NEW LAND.
I WAS LOOKING, LIKE SO MANY BEFORE ME, FOR PEACE, RECOVERY AND HEALING, for redemption.
I  DESPERATELY WANTED A VACATION FROM MY PREVIOUS TROUBLE AND STRIFE RIDDEN LIFE, AND ULTIMATELY TO ABANDON (MY BAD!) KARMA,
TO LITERALLY AND METAPHORICALLY LOOSE  MYSELF.

SADLY, (but really not suprisingly in retrospect) and ULTIMATELY, THIS FLIGHT FROM REALITY/FROM KARMA WAS NOT TO BE.
HAVING LANDED IN THE SALVATION DESTINATION OF MY CHOOSING,
I FOUND IN LIEU OF MY OPTIMISTIC EXPECTATIONS, ONLY MORE DIFFICULTIES PAIN AND SUFFERING.
WHAT MADE IT EVEN MORE OVERWHELMING WAS THAT NOW THE BAD KARMA WAS AMPLIFIED BY BEING COMBINED WITH THE ISOLATION OF BEING COMPLETELY ON MY OWN, WITHOUT FRIENDS,  WITH THE ADDED TORTURE OF WORKING LIKE A SLAVE UNDER LESS THAN HUMAN CONDITIONS.
THE PREVIOUSLY ENUMERATED DIFFICULTIES WERE  FURTHER ACCRUED AND MAGNIFIED BY MY BEING CONFRONTED WITH THE  CHALLENGES/DANGERS OF AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE LANGUAGE, CULTURE, MORALITY.... AND YES SOMETIMES...PEOPLE
(in other words)-MY OWN PERSONAL HEART OF DARKNESS YET:

“... it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.”
Joseph  Conrad

I BOWED MY HEAD DOWN, and SWAM INTO THE SAVAGE UNKNOWN..........
THE DARK JUNGLE SWALLOWED ME WHOLE....
KARMA


“It's these small differences in people's karma that determine if we get up or remain lying on the ground.”
Peter Hoeg


CAUSE EFFECT

PAUSE

REBOOT
RETURN

RISE
UP
AND
RENEW

KARMA





©KARMA 2014 www.karmakunst.weebly.com

in a world of pain

9/8/2014

 

who what then now why?

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UNDERGROUND
SELF-PORTRAIT

“We are our choices.”
― JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
QUOTES FROM JOB:
No ..no..not JOBS-as in Steve the computer mogul-
but yes, someone who spoke his mind-
yet was a little more able to kvetch...

''Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.''
JOB 7: 11'

''For he attacks me with a storm and repeatedly wounds me without cause.''
JOB: 9: 17

All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
JOB 16:12

''Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.''
JOB 16:14

AND SO IT WAS WITH ME-WITH MY LIFE- FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME
..and it so it continues...

"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
but heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
and heaven knows I'm miserable now

In my life
why do I give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or die

Two lovers entwined pass me by
and heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
and heaven knows I'm miserable now

In my life
why do I give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or die

What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
"You've been the house too long" she said
and I naturally fled

In my life
why do I smile
at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
but heaven knows I'm miserable now
"You've been the house too long" she said
and I naturally fled

In my life
why do I give valuable time
to people who don't care if I live or die....
MORISSEY
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''What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, whither today, tomorrow, hundreds years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever.
And so, it'S OUR OWN KARMA.
That is why that philosophy in every religion. ''

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
''Instant Karma"

Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead
What in the world you thinking of
Laughing in the face of love
What on earth you tryin' to do
It's up to you, yeah you

Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna look you right in the face
Better get yourself together darlin'
Join the human race
How in the world you gonna see
Laughin' at fools like me
Who in the hell d'you think you are
A super star
Well, right you are

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Ev'ryone come on

Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Ev'ryone you meet
Why in the world are we here
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on earth are you there
When you're ev'rywhere
Come and get your share

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Come on and on and on on on
Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
On and on and on on and on

Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Well we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun 


JOHN LENNON



Karma
"The Sanskrit word “karma” basically means “to do or act.”  In most basic terms, the law of karma states that one reaps what one sows.  The law of karma implies that every thought or deed, whether they are good or bad, will count in determining how an individual will be born in their next life on earth.  So an individual with bad karma could be born many different times into lower castes of humans or even into lower forms of animals.  In Hinduism, the person cannot be released until they are reborn into the Brahmin or priestly caste.  So this is how karma and reincarnation are intertwined.  So in reality individuals are in control of their salvation, which is their release from the cycle of birth and rebirth."
Karma and Sin
by Jeremy Butler

'I am good, but not an angel,
I do sin, but am not the devil.
I am just a small girl in a big world....''
Marilyn Monroe
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE I WONDER: WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS ?
THEN, I WENT THROUGH A PERIOD SO WROUGHT WITH MULTIPLE LIFE ALTERING TRAGEDIES, CHALLENGES, and LOSES
I COULD ONLY LIKEN IT TO JOB BEING TESTED AND QUESTION MY KARMIC BALANCE.   
IN THIS LIFE I HAD BEEN FAR FROM PERFECT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME  WAS ON SUCH AN  SPECTACULARLY EPICALLY SOUL CRUSHING SCALE THAT I COULD ONLY BE PAYING THE PRICE OF HORRENDOUS FORMER SINS.
'Am I being paid back for something I did? he asked himself. Something I don't know about or remember? But nobody pays back, he reflected. I learned that a long time ago: you're not paid back for the bad you do nor the good you do. It all comes out uneven at the end. Haven't I learned that by now, if I've learned anything?”

Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said


"LIKE ALL DREAMERS, I MISTOOK
DISENCHANTMENT FOR TRUTH."
SATRE

IN PAIN,SHOCK,(PERCEIVED) GUILT,  IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO RIGHT SOME INTANGIBLE | INVISIBLE WRONG-
I SACRIFICED THAT WHICH I LOVED THE MOST, (not my firstborn, but my first love) ART.
I STRUGGLED FOR SURVIVAL,
I WORKED ENDLESSLY, AND WAS ALWAYS TIRED FROM DOING MUCH TOO MUCH- AND YET- NOTHING.... THAT WAS OUTWARDLY CREATIVE....this was my sacrifice to those that I had lost, so would I atone, with my self-imposed penitence of art apathy....

“Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy”
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

DOES KARMA MEAN THAT WE PAY FOR OUR WRONG BEHAVIOUR?
IS KARMA INSTANT / IMMEDIATE OR
ACCRUED? 
IF PUNISHMENT FOR BAD BEHAVIOUR WAS INSTANT THEN WHAT WAS MY CRIME?

The Ten Commandments
3"You shall have no other gods before Me. 4"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.....etc.etc.
 A quote from ....umm  GOD?

I AM NOT A BELIEVER BUT...
IF THIS INFLUX OF TRIALS AND PROFUSION OF TRIBULATIONS WAS A FORM OF RETRIBUTION, THEN MY GREATEST SIN WAS IN THE MAKING OF IMAGES, THE FOLLOWING AND SERVING OF MY MUSE AND THE CONSEQUENTIAL WORSHIPPING AT THE ALTAR OF MY RELIGION..................................ART.


CAUSE   EFFECT

TRANSFORM
BAD
KARMA

INTO
GOOD


KARMA



©KARMA 2014 www.karmakunst.weebly.com

the angst of other

9/7/2014

 

who what where now and then

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monkey me
self-portrait

''I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in...but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted. ''
Jean Paul Satre: NAUSEA
'' I wish they would only take me as I am.''
Vincent Van Gogh
"Karma Chameleon"

Desert loving in your eyes all the way
If I listened to your lies would you say

I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

[Chorus:]
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green

Didn't hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say

That my love was an addiction
When we cling our love is strong
When you go you're gone forever
You string along
You string along

[Chorus]

Every day is like survival
You're my lover not my rival
Every day is like survival
You're my lover not my rival

I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go
[Chorus 3x]

BOY GEORGE

'' It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.''
William Shakespeare

Put simply: destiny is opportunity and fate is karma. We are in control of our destiny but have no control over our fate. Destiny cannot be forced on us; if we are forced then it is our fate. Destiny gives us an opportunity to turn a situation to our advantage and accomplish something great through our own efforts. It is designed to give us the best opportunities for the development of our consciousness, but it is only an outline – not an exact script. It doesn't detract from our free-will in any way, because we decide exactly how we want to act in any situation.
Lee Bladon
Was it the name that made me diffferent ,'OTHER' or was  I born that way -and the name chose me?
Was it destiny that made me an outsider, a stranger no matter where I am-or was it fate?


CAUSE         EFFECT

CONTROL YOUR DESTINY

ACT
DIFFERENTLY

BE
OTHER

KARMA



©KARMA 2014 www.karmakunst.weebly.com

september 06th, 2014

9/7/2014

 

THE NATURE OF EVIL

WHO WHAT WHY

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BLIND FACE
self-portrait

''HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE.''
William Shakespeare
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.''
Hannah Arendt

The word karma, like the word evil, is often used without understanding. Karma is not fate, nor is it some cosmic justice system. In Buddhism, there is no God to direct karma to reward some people and punish others. It is just cause and effect.
By Barbara O'Brien

WITH A NAME LIKE KARMA
YOU  TEND TO THINK  ABOUT AND CONSIDER THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY...



CAUSE
EFFECT
THINK
GOOD

ACT  



BETTER   

KARMA






©KARMA 2014   www.karmakunst.weebly.com
 

new art website

9/5/2014

 

WHO WHAT WHY

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         shadow           

          self-portrait

Juliet:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet." William Shakespeare
THE NAME ON MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS KARMA: DID I REALLY HAVE A CHANCE.....?

KARMA

transform your karma
KARMA.
Karma is a word meaning the result of a person's actions as well as the actions themselves. It is a term about the cycle of cause and effect. According to the theory of Karma, what happens to a person, happens because they caused it with their actions.
contact karma


 CAUSE        EFFECT

CONTEMPLATE
KARMA



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www.karmakunst.weebly.com


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