The Shell of the Dove, 2023

/ With the stipulation that creation is a sacrament - both creation and perception - there is no edification but pluralism.../ ‘The Shell of the Dove’ touches on the theme of war absurdity. Something like a mantra for peace and reason, like milita...

/ With the stipulation that creation is a sacrament - both creation and perception - there is no edification but pluralism.../ ‘The Shell of the Dove’ touches on the theme of war absurdity. Something like a mantra for peace and reason, like militant pacifism, like the addresses of the unambiguous symbol of the dove. The bird soars high, the string of the rope is taut to a deep anchor. I correlate the symbols of the dove, the shell and the abandoned helmet. The shell as a Vanitas symbol, a reminder that we are all mortal, passing through a common portal. This perspective reinforces the absurdity of a broken peace. In the composition, the two dwellings of the dove are the shell and the discarded helmet with the nest inside. The shell moves along the bottom of the ocean of world memory with a ‘gear‘, constructed from points of views of real and written history. The interrupted flight of peace sends the dove into the blue depths so that it could fly again. The composition is on paper, acrylic technique and pastel in the aesthetics of the "Sediment Process" on which I have been working for several years. It is a concept for visual language, based on mathematical logic and linear perspectives. The expressive units are multiple sections, which mark the horizon in the object itself and the point of view. It focuses on the artistic gesture and the idea of the Aesthetics of Slow Motion – an ethical opportunity to observe the deviation phase and more generally... for understanding and tolerance beyond the ego. Part of Vertex project. The Vertex is a Top, a turning Point. It could be: another point of view, the inspiration to inspire, the joy of being aware of the present moment, an aspiration without pathos, the desire to rise on your toes, the courage to reach out for what you like… the right moment, the perfect timing, the absence of discouragement, regardless of the circumstances inflating the balloon, raising the tent... The duality of the world and the synthesis of