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1st Place winner
SWADISTHANA
Simeon Van Der Hoeven, Belgium
SWADISTHANA
DESCRIPTION
Inspiration behind Swadisthana -

The creation of Swadisthana was born from Sacred Geometry and the Yogic culture. The image was created by arranging 25 people into a shape that symbolizes the "Crescent Moon", which has been used in many traditions to depict the Sacral center or Chakra, the origin of life, creativity and sexuality.

The colors in the artwork are an effect of the different mineral deposits in the clay soil and the shapes that the water has made in its erosion process. A piece created straight with nature, combining a human, psychological and spiritual aspect.

About the Swadisthana project -

A sense of self is the beginning of pleasure and creativity. Creation, a place where time and space seem to stand still and energy starts to flow into total bliss and creative trance. Many who experienced this state are familiar with this as "being in the zone": a place where we can accept the process and embrace change instead of clinging to our notions of what the past or future should look like. A place where we can momentarily shut off our worrying minds and connect with our deeper selves and the process, create from the place we were once created.

This trance is something very precious for me and has been essential since I was a kid. It doesn't only provide a place to escape my own thoughts but also a safe space to explore and process my emotions, which tend to disappear and disconnect when I don't actively search for them.
AUTHOR
Simeon is a healing and visionary artist known for mass nude projects in nature, in which participants are guided into geometrical shapes inspired by spirituality, mathematics and science. His combination of art and a wide background in various healing practices offers a transformative experience for those that participate in these projects. He is the driving force behind the Enrootment Method, a multidimensional therapeutic approach that combines verbal techniques with energetic bodywork from a trauma-informed perspective. He is a group facilitator, assisting in a wide range of different sessions, from integrative group therapy to guided journey.


In his visual work, Simeon focuses the lens on healing individually experienced abuse and exploring humankind’s trauma across psychological, physiological, socio-economical, cultural and spiritual planes. He creates a unity with Self, surrendering to the process and helping participants expose themselves and experience this merging with the larger Source and consciousness. In this way, this work becomes more than a personal endeavour, and creates a community and larger purpose for this Earth.

The images submitted are taken from Simeon's latest body of work titled “Origins of Creation – Healing Human Roots“. It is a multidimensional story about the origins of creation itself and the Source where all existence arises from. It is a collection of works exploring consciousness and healing through several different series including “Naked Nature” and “Healing”. It explores the relationship between the decline in mental health and the current spiritual crisis that can be observed in the Western world, whilst offering guidance in how we can reclaim connection to the powerful Source of creation.
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