{"id":321,"date":"2010-07-27T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T19:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/?p=321"},"modified":"2011-04-06T07:51:33","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T13:51:33","slug":"artist-in-residence-at-the-miraval-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/news\/artist-in-residence-at-the-miraval-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"artist-in-residence at the Miraval Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month I had the honor to be one of the first artist-in-residence at the prestigious Miraval Arizona Resort in Tucson. My art has been displayed at the Resort for a couple of years, and they just launched this program to let their guests get a deeper understanding of the artwork they display.  I was honored to be a part of it.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"756\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v\/537654603740\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v\/537654603740\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"756\" height=\"480\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I have always felt that my work has a strong affinity to resorts and spas, especially ones like Miraval that place so much focus on your emotional well-being. To my surprise, Miraval shared an even deeper connection to how I create my art. Everything at Miraval revolves around the idea of being &#8220;mindful&#8221;. Every class and activity is designed to help you become fully aware, fully present in the moment. And as I worked on my art each morning, I realized that &#8220;mindfulness&#8221; is also the foundation for my own artistic process.<\/p>\n<p>Each work of art I make, whether I am in the desert or my studio at home, starts with me being mindful of the natural world and my relationship to it. I disconnect the analytical side of my brain, and quiet the chatter in my head. I try to calm the brain&#8217;s reflexive need to process and categorize, and just allow myself to absorb what my senses perceive, unfiltered. Even when I am out gathering subjects to photograph, I cannot worry about the past or plan for the future: I have to just be aware of the present, and experience my environment as openly and simply as possible. Only then do the ideas and images come to me. In a way, my art has become my own form of meditation or prayer, helping me be more mindful, more present, more centered.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit my blog to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.danielsroka.com\/tag\/miraval\">read some more about my experiences at Miraval<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. If I look tired in the video, it&#8217;s because I just came in from a 2-hour mountain bike ride in the 95 degree heat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month I had the honor to be one of the first artist-in-residence at the prestigious Miraval Arizona Resort in Tucson. My art has been displayed at the Resort for&#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/news\/artist-in-residence-at-the-miraval-resort\/\">read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,20],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-business","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions\/377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernketubah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}