I was looking for inspiration....and then I saw a paper crane that I had made a while ago on my desk. So I thought...why not start with the things I see around me. I always loved origami and especially loved folding paper cranes. It always calms me for some reason. I remembered reading the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes with one of my classes in middle school. A story about a little girl with cancer who was determined to fold 1000 paper cranes, for according to legend if you fold 1000 paper cranes you will be granted a wish. Maybe this is where my fascination for them started. Cranes in many cultures are symbols of luck and longevity. And cranes actually mate for life as well. I always wondered if it was true. If folding 1000 would grant me a wish and if so what would I wish for: peace on earth, all the money in the world, for my grandma to get better, or would you wish for someone you love to love you back? Or maybe, you could wish for more wishes? Amazing how just one object or word could just trigger so many things, so many thoughts, emotions, etc.Sunday, January 21, 2007
the crane on my desk
I was looking for inspiration....and then I saw a paper crane that I had made a while ago on my desk. So I thought...why not start with the things I see around me. I always loved origami and especially loved folding paper cranes. It always calms me for some reason. I remembered reading the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes with one of my classes in middle school. A story about a little girl with cancer who was determined to fold 1000 paper cranes, for according to legend if you fold 1000 paper cranes you will be granted a wish. Maybe this is where my fascination for them started. Cranes in many cultures are symbols of luck and longevity. And cranes actually mate for life as well. I always wondered if it was true. If folding 1000 would grant me a wish and if so what would I wish for: peace on earth, all the money in the world, for my grandma to get better, or would you wish for someone you love to love you back? Or maybe, you could wish for more wishes? Amazing how just one object or word could just trigger so many things, so many thoughts, emotions, etc.
The Meditative Rose
The Meditative Rose was created in 1958 by one of my favorite artists, surrealist Salvadore Dali. This is a far cry from his usual works of post war angst depicting agony, pain, and hopelessness. Two lone figures in the distance while a gigantic rose hovers over them and the town below. I love all of Dali's work but this one in particular blows me away. It's so normal in comparison to his other works but then again it's not. I mean why is that rose hovering in the sky anyway? Maybe this poem by Mihaela Ulieru can explain it all. But if not just take it from the artist himself: "...just because I don't know the meaning of my art, does not mean it has no meaning..." S.D.
Meditative Rose
Mihaela Ulieru
Raising above the human limitations
The Universal Love reigns over us
In giving up the struggle we surrender
To Higher Power, Faith, Rebirth and Grace
Giving meaning to the sterile blue sky
A Tear from this cloud refreshes Thee
Like lessons fertilizing each life’s deserted Path
To bring Sense and fulfillment in ‘To Be’
Peace – above all! – and Being is The Key
And humble we rejoice in its Eternity
While mirroring each-other’s beauty in Serenity
Sharing a resonant Path with Ecstasy
Perfection of this Rose reflects The Path
And cries its tear of Pure Love on us...
Yay!
Ok, so I created this blog hoping to get my creative juices going and rid myself of this artist's block. I want to be able to express myself freely and completely, and somewhere along the mess and confusion find myself. Ideally, I'd like to add something everyday, but I'm taking it slow and shooting for something more achievable like once or a couple of times a week. All in all, I just want to have fun with it.
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