EACH LINE ONE BREATH - PAPER SERIES - N°26 Drawing

Making of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cL_f5QR29E EACH LINE ONE BREATH is a limited edition of 50 free-hand drawings which are inspired by the artist´s understanding of the genesis of life and death. These drawings offer a unique interplay between the different elements entailed in the ongoing expression of life. The Line, as the initiation of each drawing, demands the most fundamental act of life: The Breath. Through conscious in- and exhalation, the drawing is gradually perfected. The English word ‘inspiration’ comes from the Late Latin inspirationem and the verb inspirare which means ‘to breathe’. Thus our every inhalation triggers inspiration.  Starting with a single straight line, each subsequent line seeks to imitate its predecessor. The eventual pattern that evolves is unique to each piece as each breath, and therefore each line, will vary slightly. Concentration and the repetitive act of inhaling and exhaling between each line allows the whole to evolve into logarithmic-like patterns and layers. Dependent on the artist’s constitution, each work contains an individual motion and is therefore rendered distinctive. The inexhaustible possibilities to see lines assembling into different patterns reflect the manifestation of matter and energy in the larger world. Lines are an omnipresent element, even in intangible realms. As such they exist in waves of sound and light, bodies of water, and dunes of sand. Lines imprint the trunks of trees and record elemental growth and fluctuation; rain falls and grass moves in the wind in these familiar patterns. The resulting artworks are reminiscent of varying types of lines that are constantly transporting energy across space and time. The minimalist pattern of sequential, but subtly variable, lines provide an allegory for continuity, repetition, and immortality. These sentiments are recurrent in the course of life and the artist´s representations here are meant to awaken the observer’s awareness to the deeply meditative practice of breath.  This idea was formed in strong contrast to the brevity and transience of mundane experience. Time has been considered cyclical (and not linear) by most advanced cultures before Western civilization, and these pieces attempt to mimic both the variance and constancy of existence as imagined by the ancients.   Composed of continuous lines, formulated in single breaths, these drawings seek to attain the vibrancy of pure motion. While drawing, the artist seizes upon a profound feeling of everlasting energy which is, in turn, connected to the unity of the cosmos. He isolates himself from all surrounding influences of the daily world in order to focus and enhance the seemingly incongruous feelings of void and connectivity of himself with every living being, the earth, and the universe.  Although the impetus for this series began as a reduction on abstractness and the basic, it is ultimately in pursuit of genuine truth.