My name is Nélida (Neli) Saporiti and I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Music and singing are central parts of my life since my early childhood.
Artists
Dzogchen Artist Frederica Henrieta Hegedus
My name is Frederica Henrieta Hegedus and I paint and design jewelry. I come from the city of Košice in Slovakia, which is where I was born, however, I feel like a citizen of the Earth.
Artists in the Dzogchen Community – Oleg Troyanovsky
People often have a magical idea of how music is created. Music is remotely reminiscent of language. We pronounce words, express ourselves, we can speak quietly, loudly, softly, sharply. The same applies to music. When some language becomes native to you, it’s easy to compose a poem or begin to write a text, and in the same way you can sit and compose music.
Interview with Catherine Simmonds – Actress and Director
It’s now 25 years on and my work has helped to powerfully engage diverse communities in addressing some of the most pressing issues of our time, including; intercultural relationships, changing values across the generations, public and private violence, trafficked women, changing futures for indigenous people, mental health, addiction, the asylum seeker story and the potential of an intercultural world. One of my performances ‘Journey of Asylum – Waiting’ was published in an anthology of plays about asylum seekers.
Working with Circumstances and the Immediate Feeling for the Space
Artist Federico Herrero lives and practices with the Sangha in Costa Rica. He does paintings on canvas and murals with abstract and colorful landscapes
Communicating Through Emotions and Going Beyond
Norwegian artist Wilvin Pedersen, one of the earliest members of the Community, talks about her life as an artist and how she met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
Decorating Tibetan style
Migmar Tsering, Merigar’s resident Tibetan craftsman, talks about making the ornaments in Tibetan style for decorating the Museum of Asian Art and Culture in Arcidosso
Evolution Through Art and Being Connected
Ans Swart is a painter and long time practitioner in the Dzogchen Community. We talked with her about her thangka painting and also about how she met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and the Dzogchen Community
Everybody is an Artist – Everybody has Buddha Nature
Babeth M. VanLoo, filmmaker, artist, and former programming director of the first Buddhist television station in the western world, in Holland, talks about her life, her work, and her aspirations for the future.
Interview with Mariano Gil
How I Met Chögyal Namkhai Norbu & An Artist in the Dzogchen Community Feb 6, 2015 Mariano Gil was born in Buenos...
Music Without Limits
Roberto Cacciapaglia – We need a form of music that goes below the surface of sound
Liberation Through Seeing
An international team of experts has been painting a set of beautifully decorated tagdrol mandalas for the newly built cinerary at Merigar West