(H)EAR Painting

First in a series of paintings exploring the senses and sensory organs. This painting depicts an anatomical drawing of our outer and inner ear and its hearing organ. Reference is made to music and sound by the hummingbird and fibonacci spiral. Accompanied by this poetic text: I. Two Messengers The hummingbird, that flying jewel, the messenger who flies on wings of infinity. Greek god Hermes, known as Mercury to the Romans, the messenger whose namesakes are a silvery liquid, and the planet that rules communications. Quicksilver hummingbird perches outside my window singing me his message: the Music of the Spheres. II. Musica Humana When I am perfectly still, in silence, I hear my breath, pulse, the rush of blood through my head. A quiet so thick and deep that the line between my soul and body resonates, creating its own unique music. III. Musica Universalis Holding a seashell (Fibonacci’s Golden Spiral manifested) to my ear, do I hear the ocean or an echo of my body? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144… A mathematical relationship expressing tones and harmonies in numbers, angles, shapes and sounds. Pythagoras thought the Sun, Moon and planets each resonate with their own unique song as they orbit. He proposed that the quality of life on Earth reflects the tenor of celestial sounds, physically imperceptible to the human ear. IV. Shakespeare The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils, The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20 W x 16 H x 0.8 D in

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