PAINTING
GEWAHRSEIN
be aware _ feel the presence _ practice contemplation _ see with the eyes of a awaken soul _ let it go _ trust in life _ trust in yourself
accept the unacceptable _ find peace _ evolution is unstoppable _ pain is part of transformation _ suffering is the first grace _ go beyond
become one _ be one _ be yourself
GEWAHRSEIN painted 02007
Gewahrsein is a German word, the direct translation is awareness. The word Gewahrsein has a wider meaning. “Gewahr” we can actually translate as “aware”, but also as “Wahr” which means “true” and “sein” means “to be” or “being”. I use the word Gewahrsein in the way; to be aware of the true being. True being in the sense of being totally present and not in the sense of right or wrong. Even when its impossible to say when a artwork begins, I see this serie as my first work of Conscious Art. My previous works had still a personal background and the “personal I” was still the centre of my work.
It is impossible to say what is the meaning or intention of these paintings, they arises from a space beyond myself. It is not an abstraction of something, it is pure “ frozen” Gewahrsein. Creating this work happens out of emptiness, out of nothing than I had known. My being had merge totally in the process and finally in the painting. In some mysterious way we can say it is the inpersonal Self that became visible. There is no need to interpret these paintings, just contemplate then. The mind looks “automatically” for reference points, but they exist only in the mind of the observer, they are not part of the painting, in the whole process of the creation, the “reference pattern” was inactive.
There was no judgement, only non-doing [effortless action]
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Thomas Merton
