“THE LABYRINTH”
120 x 95 cm.
Acrylics, Oriental paper and gold leaf
on Belgian linen.
For this painting inspiration was drawn from Greek and Indian mythology. Labyrinths were often used as places of initiation. After encountering a symbolic death inside the labyrinth, the initiate returned back to the world, reborn (parts of the painting resemble a womb).
He had conquered his deepest fears. He had transformed his inner destructive forces, hiding in the subconscious (represented by Yama or the Minotaurus in Indian and Greek mythology).
From now on, the initiate had access to an unequaled strength and vitality as his roots reached into the deepest energy layers. His being could get all nourishment to fully flower.
The Tibetan text at the bottom of the painting has been taken from the Dhammapada, an important collection of Buddha's words.
