The point of this piece is to get people to think about dividing spaces/concepts. Its amazing when you think of it:- an atom, was once thought to be indivisible… but now we know about protons and neutrons. Then we thought they were indivisible… until we found out about quarks… (not to mentions the bosons and fermions and all the other fancy members of the sub-atomic particle soup).
But is there really anything that is truly empty? In my earlier post (The Move) I described the fact that yeah … whatever space there is … there is something that fills it. But to advance a slightly different concept … if we can see the "divide" as that which makes us different… then peer just a little further.. we could see that’s what’s special.
Imagine a world populated by your clones… and getting up everyday talking, working, and playing only with you.
Imagine a room with stark white walls, no furniture and no human contact. It would drive you insane.
What would happen if everyone in the world decided they wanted to become a football player… or be a lawyer… or an entertainer? Who would they play to, defend in court or entertain?
In that moment of looking at this painting and saying … ahhh pretty (I hope)… also think… maybe it’s some of those things that separate us (and makes us different)
THAT MAKES LIFE SO BEAUTIFUL,
AND SO FULL!!
But is there really anything that is truly empty? In my earlier post (The Move) I described the fact that yeah … whatever space there is … there is something that fills it. But to advance a slightly different concept … if we can see the "divide" as that which makes us different… then peer just a little further.. we could see that’s what’s special.
Imagine a world populated by your clones… and getting up everyday talking, working, and playing only with you.
Imagine a room with stark white walls, no furniture and no human contact. It would drive you insane.
What would happen if everyone in the world decided they wanted to become a football player… or be a lawyer… or an entertainer? Who would they play to, defend in court or entertain?
In that moment of looking at this painting and saying … ahhh pretty (I hope)… also think… maybe it’s some of those things that separate us (and makes us different)
THAT MAKES LIFE SO BEAUTIFUL,
AND SO FULL!!
Title: "The Space between the Divide"
Date of completion: 2009
Materials: Acrylic and Jamaican South Coast Black Sand on Canvas
Dimensions : approx. 5' by 6'
Photo credits: B. Bandy
Photo location: Ritz Carlton, Montego Bay, Jamaica (Oct, 2009)
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