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...
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