The Moon Resonates– At West End Gallery
The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?
–Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
Running very late this morning. Overslept for the first time in ages. Still thinking about a name for the TreeGnome that now lives in the studio. For the moment, I just yell “Hey, you!!” when he’s making too much noise on his shelf and I need to have some quiet.
I thought I would share the quote above from Oscar Wilde to accompany this painting from my solo show, Persistent Rhythm, now hanging at the West End Gallery. The painting is titled The Moon Resonates and is 30″ by 15″ on canvas. It’s a piece that deserves much more written about it, but I think Wilde’s words very much describe what I am seeing in it.
And maybe this depicts that moment of reflection and self-recognition that precedes one’s barbaric yawp.
Let’s throw in some music to go along with this. This is a section of De Profundis from composer Arvo Part. At the talk the other day, I spoke of finding myself always writing about wide open spaces as a young man. When I later began translating that feeling into visual forms, it was Part’s Tabula Rasa that greatly inspired me. This is a choral piece that has the depth I feel in this painting.
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