when ocean is land
and home
a floating
wooden stick
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
this house and the girl
I look up
the timber is wet
and the walls rotten
we have been away for too long
you all look at me for answers
and I look at you
priests walk in circles
and we make paintings on the wall
we are all ancient
the rat becomes the crow and she is at the window
clay figures give birth
and what we thought was a man
is now a woman
and what we thought was twins
is one copper and iron girl
house is old
priests walk in circles while we are all ancient
and the children make new paintings
on walls that glow
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the timber is wet
and the walls rotten
we have been away for too long
you all look at me for answers
and I look at you
priests walk in circles
and we make paintings on the wall
we are all ancient
the rat becomes the crow and she is at the window
clay figures give birth
and what we thought was a man
is now a woman
and what we thought was twins
is one copper and iron girl
house is old
priests walk in circles while we are all ancient
and the children make new paintings
on walls that glow
copyright
Monday, May 10, 2010
The Hermaphrodite
At first there were lust and temptation, she tasted the apple, and together they ate it all.
He spoke of four aspects of the female archetype, the Anima, that one would have to know and learn from.
These were the stories of Eve, from the genesis, Helen from Helen and troy, Mary, virgin Mary, and the fourth and last Sophia, goddess of Wisdom.
She is also related to as male- female, the Holy Spirit, the bride of Christ, and one of her many names and aspects is Lilith.
She allows people to be seen and related to as particular individuals who possesses both positive and negative aspects.
The legend about Sophia is found through the Hellenistic philosophy and religion, in Platonism, Gnosticism, Orthodox Christianity and Christian mysticism.
Plato depicts following his teacher Socrates, that leaders of the proposed Utopia are to be philosopher kings, rulers, who love Sophia, Wisdom.
He understood philosophy as phi lo Sophia, the love of Wisdom. In eastern orthodoxy holy wisdom is understood as the divine who became incarnated as Jesus Christ.
In eastern orthodoxy humility is the highest wisdom and is to be sought more than any virtue.
In gnostic tradition Sophia is a feminine figure, similar to a human soul, but simultaneously one of the feminine aspects of God
Sophia of the left and Christ on the right. Female and male, together
Eve and Adam took the choice of eating that apple, hand in hand, Adam and Eve went for the walk.
the walk that eventually would lead them, wise and humble, back into the garden of Eden
and the hermaphrodite smiles
because she knows them both
There were two energies making love, sexual atmosphere changed into merely loving play
Suddenly the masculine and the feminine were so
entwined that they could not clearly see the difference any more and together they felt free
I made a figurine sitting comfortable and relaxed. She was to be all in harmony with the male and female in her
What was most frightening and unfamiliar, the male, is now her own. She embraces him. In harmony with the male and female.
Adam and Eve with the apple. The princess about to kiss a frog, awaiting the prince to free her. Lust, temptation, wants and needs. From this to total freedom. The figurine, the inner goddess
There she was. Naked, careless, happily running around with Adam. Innocence, beauty, laughter and play. They were childlike together, Adam and Eve
entwined that they could not clearly see the difference any more and together they felt free
I made a figurine sitting comfortable and relaxed. She was to be all in harmony with the male and female in her
What was most frightening and unfamiliar, the male, is now her own. She embraces him. In harmony with the male and female.
Adam and Eve with the apple. The princess about to kiss a frog, awaiting the prince to free her. Lust, temptation, wants and needs. From this to total freedom. The figurine, the inner goddess
There she was. Naked, careless, happily running around with Adam. Innocence, beauty, laughter and play. They were childlike together, Adam and Eve
Why did Eve have to fall for the temptation of the serpent, why did she have to destroy the life they had in that garden
I feel ashamed and guilty, Eve how come you did this, you, goddess of life and a part of many of us.
Eve, Woman of Life, the one who leads us into sin. She who gave birth. Oh beware men of the female, she who leads men astray
The myths and legends are here to explain archetypes in us, the issues of everyday life and death, life after death
We are in our lives now. We can relate to these archetypes and myths to understand more of our self and our inner gods and goddesses.
Poor Eve, she was too curious and wanted to gain wisdom like the gods. She agreed to eat the apple to become like them
The figurine is still sitting there, an hermaphrodite, all in harmony
Adam was in some early works described as first being an hermaphrodite, before being parted into two.
Adam and Lilith
Lilith was Adam's other half, she was made out of the same clay, female and male.
I feel ashamed and guilty, Eve how come you did this, you, goddess of life and a part of many of us.
Eve, Woman of Life, the one who leads us into sin. She who gave birth. Oh beware men of the female, she who leads men astray
The myths and legends are here to explain archetypes in us, the issues of everyday life and death, life after death
We are in our lives now. We can relate to these archetypes and myths to understand more of our self and our inner gods and goddesses.
Poor Eve, she was too curious and wanted to gain wisdom like the gods. She agreed to eat the apple to become like them
The figurine is still sitting there, an hermaphrodite, all in harmony
Adam was in some early works described as first being an hermaphrodite, before being parted into two.
Adam and Lilith
Lilith was Adam's other half, she was made out of the same clay, female and male.
They made love and there was love, but to Lilith's disappointment she could not be on top of him when making love. Adam simply did not accept this, as he only wanted to lead and refused to let go.
Lilith left him heartbroken. She refused to come back. God punished her for not giving in. She became a villain, lost, misunderstood, judged and deemed. Oh poor Lilith
God then created Eve out of Adam's rib. She was more suppressive and would give him many children
Lilith is portrayed with varieties of feelings. She seems real. She had meanings, stood strong and she was not flawless. When reading about Lilith I can not avoid feeling upset. In most literature about her, she is described as dark and evil. A daemon of the dark
I peeked behind the curtain of that darkness and could only find more light
A trace. to recognise the pain of being misunderstood and rejected for being oneself and none other, even judged by yourself
Eve, the Mother of Life. She suddenly seemed like a scapegoat in recent history.
Lilith left him heartbroken. She refused to come back. God punished her for not giving in. She became a villain, lost, misunderstood, judged and deemed. Oh poor Lilith
God then created Eve out of Adam's rib. She was more suppressive and would give him many children
Lilith is portrayed with varieties of feelings. She seems real. She had meanings, stood strong and she was not flawless. When reading about Lilith I can not avoid feeling upset. In most literature about her, she is described as dark and evil. A daemon of the dark
I peeked behind the curtain of that darkness and could only find more light
A trace. to recognise the pain of being misunderstood and rejected for being oneself and none other, even judged by yourself
Eve, the Mother of Life. She suddenly seemed like a scapegoat in recent history.
The myths tell of Lilith being the serpent, that Eve and Lilith were friends and agreed about not staying in the garden, but rather to gain Knowledge, Wisdom and Humility
Carl Jung talked about the Anima and Animus. He claimed that women and men had an aspect of the opposite sex in them and when opening up for this aspect, without fear, men and women would be more internally aware of what he/ she believes and feels, and is more capable of expressing these beliefs and feelings. In confronting one's shadow self is a source of great creative ability
Carl Jung talked about the Anima and Animus. He claimed that women and men had an aspect of the opposite sex in them and when opening up for this aspect, without fear, men and women would be more internally aware of what he/ she believes and feels, and is more capable of expressing these beliefs and feelings. In confronting one's shadow self is a source of great creative ability
He spoke of four aspects of the female archetype, the Anima, that one would have to know and learn from.
These were the stories of Eve, from the genesis, Helen from Helen and troy, Mary, virgin Mary, and the fourth and last Sophia, goddess of Wisdom.
She is also related to as male- female, the Holy Spirit, the bride of Christ, and one of her many names and aspects is Lilith.
She allows people to be seen and related to as particular individuals who possesses both positive and negative aspects.
The legend about Sophia is found through the Hellenistic philosophy and religion, in Platonism, Gnosticism, Orthodox Christianity and Christian mysticism.
Plato depicts following his teacher Socrates, that leaders of the proposed Utopia are to be philosopher kings, rulers, who love Sophia, Wisdom.
He understood philosophy as phi lo Sophia, the love of Wisdom. In eastern orthodoxy holy wisdom is understood as the divine who became incarnated as Jesus Christ.
In eastern orthodoxy humility is the highest wisdom and is to be sought more than any virtue.
In gnostic tradition Sophia is a feminine figure, similar to a human soul, but simultaneously one of the feminine aspects of God
Sophia of the left and Christ on the right. Female and male, together
Eve and Adam took the choice of eating that apple, hand in hand, Adam and Eve went for the walk.
the walk that eventually would lead them, wise and humble, back into the garden of Eden
and the hermaphrodite smiles
because she knows them both
Thursday, January 21, 2010
my heart
there was my heart
tender and red
and you swallowed it
go on
have some more
of me
it feels good
my heart glows like gold
in you
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tender and red
and you swallowed it
go on
have some more
of me
it feels good
my heart glows like gold
in you
copyright
Friday, December 11, 2009
The village of Tlatilco ("where things are hidden")
I see a figurine from the village of Tlatilco. This village was settled in the central valley of Mexico around 1700 before Christ.
The figurine wears a pyrite pendant around her neck and it looks like a mirror.
Ancient Mexican art is recognisable with raw and straightforward descriptions of life. How body and pain is described as something earthly, whilst the soul is divided from this. Many of these expressions are still obtained in modern art.
Another figurine from Tlatilco shows half skeleton and half man.
Archaeologists have been able to reconstruct the life of this culture very well, due to the thousands of objects that have been found. Through the objects we may see life must have been quite peaceful, classless and possibly were men and women equalised. Here there are no figurines depicting rulers and slaves.
Many sculptures have two faces sharing a third eye. Others are half flesh and half bone, others again show loving relationships between nature and human. The figurines are always harmonious and aesthetically and naked. Animals were represented in a likewise manner.
In Tlatilco life was based upon fishermen, hunters, agricultural workers and artists.
The artists at this stage show through this duality how they observe human nature. How human was in tune with the nature of Earth at this time. To be able to create an observing distance and understand nature's way without fear, but rather create a perspective in understanding, also the difficult tasks.
The artist Frida Kahlo's work (1907- 1954) was very much influenced by her own Mexican heritage. Through her Tlatilco shines upon many of her works.
After a serious car accident in 1925, only 18 years old she started painting. She painted personal experiences. Many would say her pictures show agony from tough physical experiences. Also they may reflect upon the hard life that women had and have.
She was not only influenced by the Mexican culture, but also Catholicism, Symbolism and Realism. Many viewed her work as Surrealistic, she did not agree with this title herself. And with the female motifs and the honest form, she became an icon.
The painting "pensuando en la muerte" shows herself with a skeleton mirrored between her eyes. This picture could also have been a painting on her skin, or as the title of the painting says, a thought of death in her mind. Through physical and mental suffering, they portray the raw emotions of agony of being trapped in a malfunctioning body. The paintings are nevertheless extremely strong and expressive. She has made many paintings where she is part of a tree or the living Earth as a whole. Animals are almost always represented with her.
Kiki Smith (1054-) is a female artist based in New York. Through her career she has been dealing with the body, our mortality and vulnerability versus our spiritual mind. She is a feminist and much of her work represents the female body and its functions in contrast to the aesthetically and erotic. She uses media like print, screen print and sculptures
Her sculpture Maria Magdalene is a bronze figure of a woman representing Maria. She is naked and flesh on huge parts of her body is stripped.
The observer can see both bones and flesh underneath. She has a chain around her ankle. All the while she looks up to the sky, longing and with a question on her face. Seemingly asking why she has to be here on Earth in this wounded body of hers that she feels so trapped in.
Smith's work shows how our body is mortal, the duality of nature by making odd creatures who seemingly is a mixture of many, and also she in many works combine the living and the dead.
Maybe unknowingly these artists long for the ancient village of Tlatilco.
Seemingly where women and men were equalised and in tune with nature, no differences, classes or battlements
Where everyone was naked, stripped for layers, open to all aspects of living, the mortality of body and their self conscious ego perhaps was no terror in their mind.
The figurine wears a pyrite pendant around her neck and it looks like a mirror.
Ancient Mexican art is recognisable with raw and straightforward descriptions of life. How body and pain is described as something earthly, whilst the soul is divided from this. Many of these expressions are still obtained in modern art.
Another figurine from Tlatilco shows half skeleton and half man.
Archaeologists have been able to reconstruct the life of this culture very well, due to the thousands of objects that have been found. Through the objects we may see life must have been quite peaceful, classless and possibly were men and women equalised. Here there are no figurines depicting rulers and slaves.
Many sculptures have two faces sharing a third eye. Others are half flesh and half bone, others again show loving relationships between nature and human. The figurines are always harmonious and aesthetically and naked. Animals were represented in a likewise manner.
In Tlatilco life was based upon fishermen, hunters, agricultural workers and artists.
The artists at this stage show through this duality how they observe human nature. How human was in tune with the nature of Earth at this time. To be able to create an observing distance and understand nature's way without fear, but rather create a perspective in understanding, also the difficult tasks.
The artist Frida Kahlo's work (1907- 1954) was very much influenced by her own Mexican heritage. Through her Tlatilco shines upon many of her works.
After a serious car accident in 1925, only 18 years old she started painting. She painted personal experiences. Many would say her pictures show agony from tough physical experiences. Also they may reflect upon the hard life that women had and have.
She was not only influenced by the Mexican culture, but also Catholicism, Symbolism and Realism. Many viewed her work as Surrealistic, she did not agree with this title herself. And with the female motifs and the honest form, she became an icon.
The painting "pensuando en la muerte" shows herself with a skeleton mirrored between her eyes. This picture could also have been a painting on her skin, or as the title of the painting says, a thought of death in her mind. Through physical and mental suffering, they portray the raw emotions of agony of being trapped in a malfunctioning body. The paintings are nevertheless extremely strong and expressive. She has made many paintings where she is part of a tree or the living Earth as a whole. Animals are almost always represented with her.
Kiki Smith (1054-) is a female artist based in New York. Through her career she has been dealing with the body, our mortality and vulnerability versus our spiritual mind. She is a feminist and much of her work represents the female body and its functions in contrast to the aesthetically and erotic. She uses media like print, screen print and sculptures
Her sculpture Maria Magdalene is a bronze figure of a woman representing Maria. She is naked and flesh on huge parts of her body is stripped.
The observer can see both bones and flesh underneath. She has a chain around her ankle. All the while she looks up to the sky, longing and with a question on her face. Seemingly asking why she has to be here on Earth in this wounded body of hers that she feels so trapped in.
Smith's work shows how our body is mortal, the duality of nature by making odd creatures who seemingly is a mixture of many, and also she in many works combine the living and the dead.
Maybe unknowingly these artists long for the ancient village of Tlatilco.
Seemingly where women and men were equalised and in tune with nature, no differences, classes or battlements
Where everyone was naked, stripped for layers, open to all aspects of living, the mortality of body and their self conscious ego perhaps was no terror in their mind.
Monday, December 7, 2009
colours are true, to you
a sucker for love
I was a vampire until I bit myself
immerse yourself in colours
see where they take you
start to remember
and take a step further
trust, accept and be
your self
share your love
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