The Cloud of Unknowing

Painting
Written By Mel Day

Cloud of Unknowing (New Icon Series), watercolor, graphite on arches paper, 14 x 11 in., 2016

Cloud of Unknowing Series

A durational work started during a Residency in Sedona, Arizona in 2016. I painted a series of covers of an influential, anonymous 14th century monastic text, Cloud of Unknowing, while also practicing the meditation instructions, to the best of my ability. The project was meant to be repeated every year but after several years, eventually developed into a related video project, Painting Cathedral Rock. 

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