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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
soul release..
finally, after a few weeks of hard work, i managed to come up with this painting entitled "soul release," which was inspired by salvador dali.
basically, the painting is about letting go of someone whom you love, be it through death or an unfortunate incident in which two people could not be together anymore due to unforeseen circumstances.
in this painting, you can see that a girl is releasing a butterfly into the air.
salvador dali uses animals to symbolize emotions, for example he views eggs as a symbol of love.
he connects the egg to the prenatal and intrauterine, thus using it to symbolize hope and love
for me however, i view butterflies as a symbol of a person who yearns to break free from something in their lives.
i connect the butterfly to their wings, because they are always flying off and not really settling down in one place. till their heart has rested and at peace, only then will they lay down to rest.
in my painting however, i modified the butterfly by personalizing the wings to make them look like a human face from the side view. i also added eyes on the other two wings to make them look largely interesting and more visually attractive.
the balls also signify memories. i was inspired by the gypsy's fortune telling ball in which one can see the future from looking into the ball. however in my painting, the balls signify memories and emotions that are deeply embedded the girl's heart.
i did not really put much detail into the balls and made them out to be rather sketchy and vague, so that the viewer can come up with their own interpretations of what they think is inside the balls.
the first ball from the left which shows a girl crying bloody tears speaks everything for itself.
the second ball shows two people revelling in the warmth of the sunset, but if you take a closer look, you will notice that the ball is emblazoned in flames. it signifies a memory which is burning away slowly, perhaps fading away very slowly into non-existence.
the third ball depicts two silhoulettes walking on a path hand-in-hand. it is my intention to make them look unclear and vague because when you make something out to be unclear and vague, the emotions that are displayed in the painting are also unclear and vague, thus giving the viewer a list of open possibilites of the emotions that was once felt in the past.
lastly, in the fourth ball, it shows a man kissing the girl's forehead. you might notice that the colours that i used are highly contrasting to the rest of the dark, sombre colours that was used in the rest of the painting. it is pink in colour with white details to further accentuate the prominence of the ball. it is my intention to make it evergreen, radiant and lighthearted, because that memory is something which the girl will always treasure.
the circles in the background and the swirls add to the confusion, hurt and solemness of the painting. however, my first intention was to make it look cheery and graceful. however, with further developements, i realized that there was no point trying to live a lie. letting go is a painful release, no matter what the reasons might be.
thus, this is the rationale for my painting which is entitled "soul release," :)
love
-eNigMa-
;)
eNigMa posted at 6:08 PM
finally, after a few weeks of hard work, i managed to come up with this painting entitled "soul release," which was inspired by salvador dali.basically, the painting is about letting go of someone whom you love, be it through death or an unfortunate incident in which two people could not be together anymore due to unforeseen circumstances.in this painting, you can see that a girl is releasing a butterfly into the air.
salvador dali uses animals to symbolize emotions, for example he views eggs as a symbol of love.
he connects the egg to the prenatal and intrauterine, thus using it to symbolize hope and love
for me however, i view butterflies as a symbol of a person who yearns to break free from something in their lives.
i connect the butterfly to their wings, because they are always flying off and not really settling down in one place. till their heart has rested and at peace, only then will they lay down to rest.
in my painting however, i modified the butterfly by personalizing the wings to make them look like a human face from the side view. i also added eyes on the other two wings to make them look largely interesting and more visually attractive.
the balls also signify memories. i was inspired by the gypsy's fortune telling ball in which one can see the future from looking into the ball. however in my painting, the balls signify memories and emotions that are deeply embedded the girl's heart.
i did not really put much detail into the balls and made them out to be rather sketchy and vague, so that the viewer can come up with their own interpretations of what they think is inside the balls.
the first ball from the left which shows a girl crying bloody tears speaks everything for itself.
the second ball shows two people revelling in the warmth of the sunset, but if you take a closer look, you will notice that the ball is emblazoned in flames. it signifies a memory which is burning away slowly, perhaps fading away very slowly into non-existence.
the third ball depicts two silhoulettes walking on a path hand-in-hand. it is my intention to make them look unclear and vague because when you make something out to be unclear and vague, the emotions that are displayed in the painting are also unclear and vague, thus giving the viewer a list of open possibilites of the emotions that was once felt in the past.
lastly, in the fourth ball, it shows a man kissing the girl's forehead. you might notice that the colours that i used are highly contrasting to the rest of the dark, sombre colours that was used in the rest of the painting. it is pink in colour with white details to further accentuate the prominence of the ball. it is my intention to make it evergreen, radiant and lighthearted, because that memory is something which the girl will always treasure.
the circles in the background and the swirls add to the confusion, hurt and solemness of the painting. however, my first intention was to make it look cheery and graceful. however, with further developements, i realized that there was no point trying to live a lie. letting go is a painful release, no matter what the reasons might be.
thus, this is the rationale for my painting which is entitled "soul release," :)
love
-eNigMa-
;)
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i don't believe in fairytales anymore.
i don't believe in my prince coming on his white horse
to bring me to the land where joy and laughter is in abundance.
because.. fairytales simply don't exist in the reality world.
fairytales are just groundless dreams, an escape from the everyday of reality's cruel clutches.
and for how long will i escape this misery?
perhaps not forever..
and not for long.
reality, welcome me back.
for i do not believe in my dreams anymore.
my dreams are just a silly fantasy.
never to be realised.
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