~THE PLUNGE INTO NARCISSISM~
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~THE PLUNGE INTO NARCISSISM~
Acrylic on canvas
185 x 160 cm
Year of completion: August 2021
EUR 2,200
DESCRIPTION/NOTES
Tether and skin gradually fuse together. They feed information into our very cells, calling for us to modify, convincing us that every fragment of our loveliness we sacrifice is for the ideal, which exists to us now as an apparition above questions, especially our own. Our faith thus shielded, we make ourselves appear more humane. We’ve tamed our wildness, put on an encouraging face, and we are ready for work under the auspices of our new mentor. We can see other waves and pity them now. We can see how they could be made better, by sharing our new enlightenment with them. In the periphery, we see the husk of a lion’s skull and skin becoming swallowed by the water. They were no longer necessary here. We are alone.
The Plunge into narcissism - The warmth of our secluded, untouched selves, insulated by the externalization of folly.
In 2021, I finally understood the folly of my actions, how misled I was in this artistic endeavor. My constant questions about “who is my real self in all these depictions” were voided following the realization that these were self portraits. There were some mistakes and lessons that I had been too oblivious to understand before; I finally caught up to them.
*Music - E lucevan le stelle
Aria by Giacomo Puccini.
Pride is revealed as a chimera, and we feel safe with our new tethers snugly around us for we know without knowing that they offer to justify everything. Unquestioned faiths are now our ideals, and they are beginning to be given form; we see our immortality as a glint of gold through clear yet treacherously deep waters.