How does one make the unknown known and the
unseen seen?
The Islamic poet Rumi posited that we have two sets
of eyes. Ones eyes of flesh perceive the world of
mankind as dense material. In such eyes life is a
losing struggle for permanence. Although
sometimes full of
beauty it is transient.
We also possess eyes of fire; these eyes perceive
each object as the outer sign of an inner thing, or
the local
sign of a distant power. For such eyes nothing is
(lonely) matter: all things are caught up in a
mysterious,
ultimately divine whole that challenges our
understanding over a lifetime. When looking at art
we need to
strike a balance between these two polarities of
material and cosmic-spiritual.
In my work there is no single interpretation although
during its genesis it is informed and affected by
certain
concepts and imagery (on a macro and microcosmic
scale). Each individual will bring their own ideas and
imagination to bear according to their own
sensibilities and experiences.
