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Archaic Moments - ink , 20x15cm , 2023 , (MAJ20240101001)
Archaic Moments
ink , 20x15cm , 2023 , (MAJ20240101001)
Dear Peter
In this Archaic Moment, it appears that the heavens are full of suspended creatures which have turned to flux. Everything appears to be in the act of passing by or floating away into the dark field universe you have created. A few figures seem capable of looking outward and even they appear with archetypical expressions. Peter, this capture feels like a frozen snapshot moment of the entire cast of characters and symbols arranged without crowding each other out, but they are not interacting with each other. The attention of the frontal figures is focused outward to the viewer. The hierarchy of figural forms is based on size and scale.
The figure forms might be considered classical and timeless. And they might appear like under the spell of an anesthetic . Such is the realm of the spirits. The moment is full of questions.
I see only one ray of hope here.
Are we looking at theatre? Plato's cave allegory ?
We don't understand reality
We cannot trust what we see with our own eyes. How do we know reality?
Thank you Peter and.. Plato
Please spend some time and read about the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave

John Reiff Williams