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asage — 'Fragile Existence'
Published: 2006-01-24 20:26:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 3860; Favourites: 74; Downloads: 228
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Acrylic on 144 pieces of Wood, all together making the size 120x120cn. I painted this in the week before X-mas... in a a few mad days and nights- exploding onto the surface.... felt good after completing 'Ascension', which was tedious...after completion, it was photographed and taken apart like a puzzle... each piece like a tarot card... with it's own message... they are still in the process of being distributed around the globe....
has been an awesome project so far... the original does not exist anymore, it exists though, originaly, 144 times..........
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A beautiful and fascinating image. Loves this one.
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This is an absolutely stunning image!
The idea behind it reminds me somewhat of an artist I read about, though I can't for the life of me remember his name. Not the image, he is not surrealist, nor does he creat his own images, but rather creats massive reproductions of photos and paintings, but he paints them on small canvas boards, then puts in together to make the painting. So it seems that the creation is different, but you reminded me of that in a way. A good way. And I like yours better btw.
I rather like the idea of fragmenting the one artwork, and then sharing it around. Creating something out of a larger thing, or making art more accessable to all.
That and it looks neat.
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thank you 
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Yeah, it could be fun. There's so many possibilities for fragmented arts, your could have fun for ages!
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A person could look at this forever! The colours are beautiful.
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That's an amazing work. Great use of colors and shapes and most importantly a vivid and compelling atmosphere. I think I could get lost in there. I wish I could have got a slice!
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ah thank you
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This is a wonderful concept. Truly beautiful piece of work too.
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what a fantastic idea. i love the the completed piece but what you did with it is even better. do you have any left-overs? 
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This is SO beautiful. I am speechless.
Very very VERY lovely.
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thats the greatset thing ive heard.
this makes me afraid of the world.
i was lookign for a job the other day. and i totally freaked out.
i plunged inte a verry deep cavern of depresiion, i had suicide thoughts that night.
sorry for telling this to you, but this gives me that feeling
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what about it makes you feel fear? -we tend to be the most dangerous things to ourselves... because we create our fears, our pain, our void... i think you need a good dose of reassurance, that as absolutely MAD as everything seems, as hopeless and meaningless the hours seem to tick by... it is all in your own head
easier said then done... i too often catch myself walking around with a fishbowl on my head groveling about this and that... helps me to take a moment and observe someone else/ people watching/ or something... (real people, not TV, or maybe?)... and see that they are mostly doing the same thing (fishbowls)- but then one can lift from the inside fishbowl, to outside the fishbowl, and then keep lifting till our petty problems become the problems of the world - (one should keep lifting though- not get caught in the 'bigger' problems) - cause then eventually when far enough away one can see how relative it all is... and how every single being totally unique and beautiful is in their own way - and how the beauty of Existence becomes almost unbearable.....
well anyway, i kinda went off on a tangent here - if you feel like writing and expressing some more thoughts, please do! it's good to look for support when one feels a little off the track - all the best - a.sage
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this is true. i think, now that you say it, that i have been through all these stages in my thinking. but the problem is that i go through it over and over and over again. and yesterday when i was in a fragile state, i was obsessed by needing money. and i went on a search for a job. i saw all the different stuff you could do, and i suddenly feelt this emptyness in me. like if someone opened a trapdoor in my soul, and it all just got flushed away, all my life force. i have never feelt that depreseed like that before.
but now, when i come to think of why i accually started on that track of depression, it all seems kinda silly. it started out with something that has driven ppl crazy over thousands of years, money. and i think that my depression started to feed it self with all kinds of stuff, big or small. until i just couldent take it anymore. its crazy how blind one can get of his own thinking. i know in my heart that money is not an issue. its nothing im working my ass of to get, i mean to get rich as hell. i believe strongly that i only need enough money so that i can live in a standard that is what i need and nothing more. the problem is just, to get something that you really want to do and make a living of it. this is though verry hard in our world, sadly.
i dont mind if you give me replies like this. i love to have discussions like this. its truely apreciated
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I love art that "becomes itself" through the imagination of the artist. I can see how this piece grew, each stroke leading to another, and a new discovery!. Like the unveiling of a world, one of the infinite possibilities that exist in your imagination.
And then to take it apart and mail it around the planet ... I don't know what to think about that. Will it ever come together again? Is there any chance of that?
Ulta-BRAVO! 
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well...no i don't think it will ever come together again... but why should it? is it not somehow greater by exisiting so many more times? but that brings up the question of superiority - and we don't want to get into that... would be cool to do a requim piece, and that everyone brings them back together at my funeral and throws them in the grave... or burns them together, or just puts them back together ... just for fun---------- but with the technology of the photograph, one can make reproductions that look very much like the original... so the image is never gone if there is a photo of it....
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WHat an original idea. So well executed. A piece of art, that's for sure.
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did you come up with the distribution concept? rather unique of an idea.
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Unique, vivid, and stunning; a liquid and fascinating meditation...
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somehow the water -cleansing, .......afterwards....
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this is pretty much awesome and striking. I enjoy it. nice job dude.
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Wow it is/was an increabible work. The distribution of all the pieces is brillient, it's like having something that is part of a whole that is completely unique, it will be cool to try and get the pieces back together in 30 years or something to see what happened to them and were they have been.
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What an incredible idea and vision....This is truly an amazing piece of work. To distribute this around the world, to know that you have touched so many with your talent....with your mind, in essense,....must be an incredible thing. i am so inspired by this piece of work and by the overwhelming detail that i simply must fave it....
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Very impressive! I really like the feel of this peice, or uh peices
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THAT is awsome! Great idea, even though it's like ... oh ... too bad it doesn't "exist" anymore because it's pretty :\ I can hardly tell that it's not just one big piece. Anyway, the detail, colour and surrealism in this piece are so beautiful. I could get lost in it for a little while. Or a long while...
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stunning.
sad the picture isn't bigger i'd love to see more of the detail.
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wow, it sounds like a lot of time, love and energy went into this piece . . and it shows
it looks awesome
rock on.
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I realy like it...the colours are wonderful.....
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The title fits well with the work. It's beautiful!
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WOW! such work and to have it spread quantum like through-out the world! Awesome concept!
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far out, I mean the painting and the worldwide dissemination thing
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this is the reason why i add people to my devwatch. this is a piece of art that i am jealous of- i wish i could have designed it. the top half is so relaxed, smooth and careless whereas the second half is the best new art ive seen in the last 4/5 months. im going to have to add this to my favourites.. something i havent done for half a year or so...keep this stuff up!!
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wow thanks... this piece is in a way starting a new era for me... explore..explore
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im not going to add this to my favs but im going to stare at it for ages instead. its scary how similar it is to my new piece. i want to make love to this art but kissing it would be too sleazy and cuming on it would be too sick so im just going to stare. i reckon we may have some influences in common for sure. my msn is danpurcell@hotmail.com ill add u to my contact list at some point so we can share tips . i dont get to the computer often but when i do ill try to share some ideas! catch u later...daniel
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wonderful generous idea! and it is beautiful!
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