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experiment.4.c.9.3
"sprig of life"
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size: 21" x 16"
The Worst Thing
The worst thing we ever did
was put God in the sky
out of reach
pulling the divinity
from the leaf,
sifting out the holy from our bones,
insisting God isn’t bursting dazzlement
through everything we’ve made
a hard commitment to see as ordinary,
stripping the sacred from everywhere
to put in a cloud man elsewhere,
prying closeness from your heart.
The worst thing we ever did
was take the dance and the song
out of prayer
made it sit up straight
and cross its legs
removed it of rejoicing
wiped clean its hip sway,
its questions,
its ecstatic yowl,
its tears.
The worst thing we ever did is pretend
God isn’t the easiest thing
in this Universe
available to every soul
in every breath.
Chelan Harkin
"Sprig of Life" is representative of creation or the creative process. Growth and expansion. It is about the positive aspects of love, life and creation. It is symbolic of loving creation.
From a compositional standpoint, it is about the contrasts between organic form and geometric form, between linear elements and form. The color is about regeneration, the passion of love and the creative force of light.
Organic forms are characterized by naturally growing curves and biomorphic contours (such as the twisting of vines, the texture of leaves), embodying the fluidity and randomness of life; geometric forms, through abstract configurations like squares, circles, and triangles, reflect the ordered sense of artificial rationality. The juxtaposition of the two creates a dialogue between "natural vital force" and "human constructive logic"—as seen in Henry Moore's sculptures, where the interplay of pebble-like forms and cubes constructs dynamic equilibrium amid chaos and conflict that can serve as catalysts for change and renewal.
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