K'an (preliminary)Prevarication II: "Agitated Rest" (or "Doubt")
N.B. the red represents the opposite prevarication, Li "Hesitating Action",
with which this forms a natural pair -
- with Ch'ien there is always an option to remain dark (or move towards brightness)
- with K'un the option to remain bright (or move towards darkness)
- with Li and K'an the natural inclination is towards vacillation.
. . . and I am sure, even though it may not be our chosen state, that vacillation between hesitating action and agitated rest is something many people are familiar with!
I was very pleased that as K'un and Ch'ien were progressive graduations, making it easy to blend colors, Li and K'an tend to alternate between strongly contrasting colors - blending is no longer possible. The "opposition and reconciliation" exercises were a good preparation for this!
Sometimes it is appropriate to continue down a path of natural growth but on other occasions we have to jump, reverse, resist, change or switch.
This is a photo instead of a scan as the paint (mmm, M.Graham paints are bound with honey!) might never dry!!
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