Joaquín Jara (Edition 1/15) Photograph

Portrait of sculptor Joaquín Jara Konvent Zero - Cal Rosal - 2018 High-resolution image on top-quality paper covered by a 3 mm methacrylate sheet with a dibond back frame, ready to hang. Each copy is numbered and signed on the back by hand. Certificate of authenticity included. Joaquín Jara is a Spanish sculptor specialized in portraits, but he believes that classical portraiture can’t really represent a person, because a portrait is just a moment in time, a frozen image of someone that doesn’t change; and this doesn’t reflect reality, as we are constantly changing. So, in order to break this limitation and represent the true nature of reality in a portrait, he creates ephemeral sculptures that are merged with nature over time. He installs his works in natural spaces and documents the process of integration in the environment taking photos of them over time until they are totally absorbed by nature. With Mr Thoms we learned about the First Universal Law of the Kybalion, the Law of Mentalism: everything starts in the mind. While this portrait represents the constant change that defines the world according to the Third Universal Law, the Law of Vibration: nothing rests, everything vibrates, nothing is truly solid or constant, everything moves (Three Initiates, 1908, p.11). Matter is formed by wave-like particles that are constantly flowing, energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. Change is represented by the plant that is magically growing out of his heart symbolizing his soul coming out of his body at the end of physical existence. Which is by far the biggest change we experience in life. So big that we don’t see it as a change but as the end, because we are so attached to our physical self that we believe it is the only self that exists, we are so tied to the character we are interpreting in life that we can’t conceive reality without it. We have forgotten who we truly are, as we don’t understand where we come from, why we are here and where we are going, the only way we have of dealing with this reality is to create this character. That’s why it is so important to take the second part of the journey we described in Pantone’s symbiosis, to walk the way back to our true essence. Otherwise, when this moment arrives, we believe it is the end of it all, because it is actually the end of the reality we have always lived in, the world we have built from our ego, and that is all we know. But, as we learned with Smithe, there is more to life than the physical world. Think about it, physically, you have nothing to do with the way you were when you were born. Moreover, all the cells in your body have regenerated since then, not even one of them is the same. So, if you analyze yourself from a physical perspective, you are not the same person. But you know you are, there is something inside you that tells you you are the same, something that is not physical; and it is not your personality either, as it has also evolved and changed over time. It is something else, something that has always been there and will always be, because it’s not material or psychological. That timeless “something” is who you truly are, your “consciousness.” Have you ever thought about the expression “to lose one’s consciousness”? We use it when someone passes out to express that they are not inside their body for a short time. Have you ever seen a dead body in a funeral? When you see an “empty” body you immediately become aware of the amazing power of consciousness, that is what we really are, our strength, our illusions, our capacity for overcoming difficulties, our determination, all of that comes from our consciousness, which is not something physical. When we die, our ego dissolves, as a sculpture left alone in the woods for a long time engulfed by nature. The character we have created to go through life disappears, our personality vanishes, all our traumas and fears finally go away, the things we regret, those that make us feel guilty, the weight of life we carry on our backs, all that is finally gone. But why do we wait so long? Why do we take our deepest wounds to the grave? Why don’t we heal along the way? We are constantly procrastinating, always worried about the smallest of details without addressing those things we truly care about. Feeling guilty for things that happened in our past and getting worried about things that may happen in our future without living the present moment, which is the only one that truly and constantly exists. We hide our feelings, swallow our emotions and bury our traumas under deep layers of shields, so deep inside our soul that we forget they are there. Not even understanding why we treat others the way we do, why our relationships change and deteriorate. What we call “growing up” is actually a process of traumatization. But we shouldn’t wait so long to heal, we don’t need to be so hard on ourselves and so harsh on others. The process of transmutation that takes place at the end of life is so hard and creates such a feeling of deep fear on us precisely because we haven’t been able to deal with these feelings throughout our lives. We are deeply traumatized kids that call themselves adults but who haven’t received a proper education, who have never learned how to express their feelings, to let go, to ask for forgiveness when we hurt, to forgive when we are hurt, and to love. If you have something important to say to someone, don’t wait until it’s too late. Because when you say things you are making life easier, you are taking weight out of your back so you will reach the end of the journey feeling lighter. Ancient Egyptians believed that when the final judgement arrived, our heart was weighed on a scale against a feather. For them, the heart, rather than the brain, was the source of wisdom and the center of emotion and memory. The weight of the heart should not tilt the scale to prove the person was balanced and righteous. We go deeper into this concept in the symbiosis of elDimitry. So we should reach the end of the journey having healed our wounds and feeling light-hearted to transcend into the afterlife, because there is life after life, what we call death is just a change of dimension, a disruption of time. We are used to perceiving time as a linear continuum, so used that it is hard for us to imagine it in any other way, because linear time is what defines our reality. But there is another reality outside of this time. When we die here, all we do is go back outside linear time, to the place we came from. We exist inside time and outside time.

Photography:Digital on Other

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:15

Size:29.5 W x 22 H x 0.4 D in

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