Am I light?

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Last comment I received from Anonymous, made me think... Am I light?

I think that for a painter, Painting is a way of self knowledge as Science and Meditation might be for others. Through Art I try to know myself. It has happened to me... I thought I knew many subjects, but I realize that only when I paint those subjects I discover things in them, I would never thought of.... Painting makes me reach another kind of consciousness.
Maybe we are now speaking of mysticism. But it happens... through Art we may "understand", in the only possible way as mystic ecstasy does... although I must mention that this does not happen to me very often, I guess it is rare when a painter succeeds that, but then.... what he or she has achieved is reflected in the painting, and that's why some paintings overwhelm us and others from the same artist don't.

Life is magic and Art is the confirmation of this magic state :)

Comments

Anonymous said…
I agree with you, Odette. By the way, it's been quite a long time since I last visited your blog (and hope to be forgiven) and the paintings I found are so beautiful! Brava! :)
08 March, 2007 18:36
odette farrell said…
Silvia!

Sono molto contenta che una artista italiana cosí brava mi scriva qui. Grazie tante
Questo blog é nuovo. Sull'altro solo ci sono informazione e foto delle mie mostre:

http://odettefarrell.blogspot.com/

Sai? La mia prossima mostra sará a Cina ;)
08 March, 2007 21:56
Unknown said…
Se per alcuni solo la filosofia è vera amica della conoscenza, e per altri solo la religione conduce ad un sapere che non sia dell'uomo, io concordo con te: l'arte può, anzi deve, dare risposte al nostro bisogno fondamentale. Sennò a che serve? Ad arredare le case della buona borghesia? E anche se non si raggiunge il samadhi, è sempre bello godersi il panorama :)
(d'un tratto, mi viene in mente Klee, secondo cui l'uomo vive in una valle tra due sommità, sulla cima delle quali stanno, da una parte, gli animali, che non sanno di non sapere, e dall'altra gli dèi, che sanno di sapere; a noi toccherebbe la sapienza dell'ignorante. Ma perché adattarsi?)
13 March, 2007 16:44
Unknown said…
Qué te puedo decir Odette, te conozco desde niña y se lo mucho que iluminas a tu alrededor... Eres luz que brilla a través de tu pintura. Para muestra me basta entrar a mi casa... Me siento muy orgullosa de ser tu amiga, desde niñas y por siempre.
Te mando besos
Monica
15 March, 2007 22:10
odette farrell said…
Fausto:

Ringrazio tanto il tuo commento. É molto bello lo scritto da Klee. E credo che alcuni umani hanno giá raggiunto il samadhi, vero? Credo che Paul Klee é uno di questi umani, ... cosa ne pensi?

Sai? Io non ho letto niente da Klee, ma ni hanno raccomendato un livro: "The thinking eye", l'ho giá cercato ma é difficile di trovare....ma sento che poi d'avere letto questo livro, la mia maniera di vedere l'arte avrá una trasformazione di 180 gradi!

Mónica:

Gracias por escribir aquí, qué lindo que nos conozcamos desde niñas...pero como te dije en mi mail, yo recuerdo que en la prepa la que iluminaba eras tu :)
17 March, 2007 18:05
Unknown said…
Non sono in grado di dire se Klee avesse o no conseguito il samadhi, però credo che il 'suo' Atman avesse avvertito il profumo inconfondibile del Brahman :-)
22 March, 2007 02:47
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