Week 16: "Duality"
This weeks piece was inspired by two different sources. The first being that the day I painted it was Earth Day, and second was a thought that has been running through my head.
There is black and white, right and wrong, light and dark. It all comes down to what helps and what hinders us. The flower that inspired me was the Belladonna. For those who may not know, the belladonna has medicinal properties for those who can't sleep, but taking just a little too much can cause death.
It is said that there is always two sides to the story. It is my belief that we all have these two sides in our lives. We can either be the healer or the heretic. That we as humans can create and destroy, always dancing on that fine line between the two. I have found we do this with our Earth and more importantly we do this to our fellow humans. Today in the world there are too many of us that walk that fine line between beauty and destruction.
I have learned that life is delicate like a belladonna. The beauty of this flower, just like life itself, is in it's duality.
My dear David....a heretic is NOT death....heresy simply means choice. THIS is what I take this piece to mean. A healer is one who presents a single path; a heretic is one who simply presents another option; an equally valid choice of LIFE.
ReplyDeletei am a PROUD heretic. Heresy is not wrong...heresy is a duality of consciousness. Another way of experiencing that which unites ALL but is not accepted by those who have a vested interest in preserving their status quo.
I believe your description of this piece hinges on this word. To be TRULY healed, one accepts one internal heresies as expressions of our humanity and presents it to the Divine in our own way.
Jonathan Larson said, "the opposite of war isn't peace. it's creation." THIS heretical view is our humanity laid bare, like that of the Belladonna. we are alive yet we embrace our death, which is in essence our humanity. Our dual nature of life and death is WHAT make us human and not divine.
Blessings to you my Beautiful Friend,
BRIAN