Secrets in the Fields - Art inspired by the Crop Circles

Last summer, my friend Gloria and I went to England to visit crop circles, the mysterious occurrence of archetypal designs in the fields. They often appear close to the ancient stones of Avebury and Stonehenge, the white horses, and over chalk deposits. We were not disappointed - I saw 9 from above in a light plane and experienced 4 or 5 on ground level. Not only are the formations created with incredible geometric precision, they are usually so large - some as large as 2 football fields - the pattern can only be seen from above.

I have been keeping an eye on the designs from afar for years - always inspiring in their intricacy and variations on ancient symbols. In Freddy Silva's book, Secrets in the Fields, he talks about their possible meaning, "....since the ultimate effect of a symbol is to awaken the senses, the language of crop circles ultimately speaks to the heart."

Janet Ossebard, a Dutch crop researcher whom I met in Wiltshire last summer, reports on the latest circles of the season. http://www.circularsite.com/nieuw-eng.htm

Lucy Pringle is a photographer and pilot who has been documenting the circles in England for years. Beautiful aerial photographs and commentary on her site
http://www.lucypringle.co.uk/

After I returned, someone recommended that I read Daniel Pinchbeck's 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. On his spiritual/metaphysical quest, he pursues everything from shamanism to quantum theory and talks about many heart-opening experiences - one of which is the crop circles in England. His contention is that 2012 in the Mayan calendar portends a global shift in consciousness. Approaching the circles with suspicion, he left convinced that the circles were not made by human hands.

In an effort to debunk the circles, the media has inundated the world with the hoaxes, usually badly formed with damaged crops. But this is a phenomena that continues to amaze - that won't go away. The now famous Doug and Dave who claimed responsibility for most of them in the 80's and 90's retired years ago - and they are still happening - overnight in the fields.

I am not so interested in how or why but am drawn to their incredible beauty and constantly changing display. By far, this is the most incredible earthwork art happening in the moment.

The paintings that I have done since that trip were inspired by the spirit, the energy that I felt being in the circles rather than specific formations.