"The Garden Sees"
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History:
This (unfinished) painting was done during a phase in life when I was reading, enjoying and contemplating the works of Odysseas Elytis (Greek poet; Nobel prize for literature 1979). This painting was mainly inspired by a certain poem by Elytis titled "The Gardern Sees", where he wished to remind readers that physical presence of human beings in Nature is a two-way process. This painting was also inspired by George Spencer-Brown's book "Only two can play this game", a companion to his other great book: "Laws of Form", which he wrote as "James Keys" (his favourite alias). In fact, I was also studying Formal Logic Systems, at the time; George Spencer-Brown's being the centre of my attention, leading to a new "extended and enhanced version" of his calculus, later on: "Multiple Form Logic". |
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Semantics: This painting depicts "The Garden of Eden", which I had imagined as totally different from the biblical story about "The Fall from Paradise". Instead, I strongly prefer the version of the story depicted by Odysseas Elytis in "The Primal Paradise" (a poem which I also translated into English). The painting includes female and male figures, who are "almost meeting"; "almost becoming aware" of a deeper communion but also forced to flee from the place of meeting... for a reason unclear to me, at the time: Probably because of jealousy, on the part of spiritual forces who were envious of their meeting (I don't know)! Another explanation, is the bad tendency of... Greek culture and music to be full of sadness and pessimism about Love. And -despite the fact I always criticised this tendency- it must have influenced... me, as well, at some point! ;) As regards the all-seeing apple in the middle, with Yin and Yang male / female symbols, it is the Union of Opposites; an eternal goal of Love. |
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| Acrylic painting on canvas, 35x45 cm | ||||||
| This painting is still owned by the artist |
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