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From a young age I've been observing nature, and I've always felt an irresistible attraction for the nautilus and the spiral as forms. They never stopped moving me, and I've always wanted to learn more about them and their symbolism. The chambered nautilus is a powerful metaphor for one's spiritual evolution. From the moment when we are born and begin to crawl, we continuously discover, learn, and leave our previous thoughts and worldview behind. Learning and growing requires our thinking in a new or different way, namely, thinking outside the box. Οnce we've expanded our minds beyond the old box, we simply find ourselves in a new, bigger box, in which we continue to learn and grow. We also find that once we have mentally moved into this new box, we can never go back to the smaller ones; we simply no longer fit in there. The nautilus can never stay in the same chamber because it goes on getting bigger. Ιt has to build ever-larger chambers until the end of its life. The spiral suggests that it can grow forever - there is never a design for a final chamber. Similarly, we should never stop growing, learning, and broadening our horizons, for staying at the same place would lead to a kind of spiritual death. I decided to create 13 chambers because the number 13 symbolises Death and Resurrection. It's well known as the number of bad luck or death and, indeed, it signifies death but not in the common sense. 13 is the number of rebirth. This is because rebirth comes after death. If there is no death there will be no rebirth. Finally, I decided to add the third eye chakra, the ajna chakra. White marble from Turkey.
From a young age I've been observing nature, and I've always felt an irresistible attraction for the nautilus and the spiral as forms. They never stopped moving me, and I've always wanted to learn more about them and their symbolism. The chambered nautilus is a powerful metaphor for one's spiritual evolution. From the moment when we are born and begin to crawl, we continuously discover, learn, and leave our previous thoughts and worldview behind. Learning and growing requires our thinking in a new or different way, namely, thinking outside the box. Οnce we've expanded our minds beyond the old box, we simply find ourselves in a new, bigger box, in which we continue to learn and grow. We also find that once we have mentally moved into this new box, we can never go back to the smaller ones; we simply no longer fit in there. The nautilus can never stay in the same chamber because it goes on getting bigger. Ιt has to build ever-larger chambers until the end of its life. The spiral suggests that it can grow forever - there is never a design for a final chamber. Similarly, we should never stop growing, learning, and broadening our horizons, for staying at the same place would lead to a kind of spiritual death. I decided to create 13 chambers because the number 13 symbolises Death and Resurrection. It's well known as the number of bad luck or death and, indeed, it signifies death but not in the common sense. 13 is the number of rebirth. This is because rebirth comes after death. If there is no death there will be no rebirth. Finally, I decided to add the third eye chakra, the ajna chakra. White marble from Turkey.
From a young age I've been observing nature, and I've always felt an irresistible attraction for the nautilus and the spiral as forms. They never stopped moving me, and I've always wanted to learn more about them and their symbolism. The chambered nautilus is a powerful metaphor for one's spiritual evolution. From the moment when we are born and begin to crawl, we continuously discover, learn, and leave our previous thoughts and worldview behind. Learning and growing requires our thinking in a new or different way, namely, thinking outside the box. Οnce we've expanded our minds beyond the old box, we simply find ourselves in a new, bigger box, in which we continue to learn and grow. We also find that once we have mentally moved into this new box, we can never go back to the smaller ones; we simply no longer fit in there. The nautilus can never stay in the same chamber because it goes on getting bigger. Ιt has to build ever-larger chambers until the end of its life. The spiral suggests that it can grow forever - there is never a design for a final chamber. Similarly, we should never stop growing, learning, and broadening our horizons, for staying at the same place would lead to a kind of spiritual death. I decided to create 13 chambers because the number 13 symbolises Death and Resurrection. It's well known as the number of bad luck or death and, indeed, it signifies death but not in the common sense. 13 is the number of rebirth. This is because rebirth comes after death. If there is no death there will be no rebirth. Finally, I decided to add the third eye chakra, the ajna chakra. White marble from Turkey.
From a young age I've been observing nature, and I've always felt an irresistible attraction for the nautilus and the spiral as forms. They never stopped moving me, and I've always wanted to learn more about them and their symbolism. The chambered nautilus is a powerful metaphor for one's spiritual evolution. From the moment when we are born and begin to crawl, we continuously discover, learn, and leave our previous thoughts and worldview behind. Learning and growing requires our thinking in a new or different way, namely, thinking outside the box. Οnce we've expanded our minds beyond the old box, we simply find ourselves in a new, bigger box, in which we continue to learn and grow. We also find that once we have mentally moved into this new box, we can never go back to the smaller ones; we simply no longer fit in there. The nautilus can never stay in the same chamber because it goes on getting bigger. Ιt has to build ever-larger chambers until the end of its life. The spiral suggests that it can grow forever - there is never a design for a final chamber. Similarly, we should never stop growing, learning, and broadening our horizons, for staying at the same place would lead to a kind of spiritual death. I decided to create 13 chambers because the number 13 symbolises Death and Resurrection. It's well known as the number of bad luck or death and, indeed, it signifies death but not in the common sense. 13 is the number of rebirth. This is because rebirth comes after death. If there is no death there will be no rebirth. Finally, I decided to add the third eye chakra, the ajna chakra. White marble from Turkey.

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Nautilus Sculpture

Giorgos Papasotiriou

Greece

Sculpture, Marble on Marble

Size: 5.9 W x 5.9 H x 2.8 D in

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From a young age I've been observing nature, and I've always felt an irresistible attraction for the nautilus and the spiral as forms. They never stopped moving me, and I've always wanted to learn more about them and their symbolism. The chambered nautilus is a powerful metaphor for one's spiritual evolution. From the moment when we are born and begin to crawl, we continuously discover, learn, and leave our previous thoughts and worldview behind. Learning and growing requires our thinking in a new or different way, namely, thinking outside the box. Οnce we've expanded our minds beyond the old box, we simply find ourselves in a new, bigger box, in which we continue to learn and grow. We also find that once we have mentally moved into this new box, we can never go back to the smaller ones; we simply no longer fit in there. The nautilus can never stay in the same chamber because it goes on getting bigger. Ιt has to build ever-larger chambers until the end of its life. The spiral suggests that it can grow forever - there is never a design for a final chamber. Similarly, we should never stop growing, learning, and broadening our horizons, for staying at the same place would lead to a kind of spiritual death. I decided to create 13 chambers because the number 13 symbolises Death and Resurrection. It's well known as the number of bad luck or death and, indeed, it signifies death but not in the common sense. 13 is the number of rebirth. This is because rebirth comes after death. If there is no death there will be no rebirth. Finally, I decided to add the third eye chakra, the ajna chakra. White marble from Turkey.

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I am inspired by the beauty and mystery of the natural world. My sculptures celebrate form and texture and hover in the relationship between light, shadow and atmosphere. I am concerned with the search for inner truth and the purpose of existence. The journey we have taken, a journey inward to retrieve memories that exist hidden within us, poses questions both to me as I create and to the viewer. Who he is, what he is, where he comes from, what he carries, what he wants to tell us now, what he is doing in this world, what his purpose is, where he lived, how he breathed, how he moved. These are the questions that arise every time I hold a new piece of stone or a new idea in my hands. In many of my sculptures I bring the material to such a stage that the viewer often questions the material himself. I enjoy and always encourage viewers to touch my sculptures, because I believe that through touch they can feel the sculpture as a new being, since touch is a sense of contact with other bodies. I am constantly experimenting with different marbles and techniques to express new life forms and personalities, creating an eclectic body of work. I complete the intuitive process of form making with great attention to harmony and detail. I want the end result to look natural and not stylized. Most of my sculptures are textured, a skin, in an attempt to reflect the diversity in both human existence and a general level of variation. Light is part of the sculpture and an integral part of the creative process, not only because marble is the material of light, but mainly because it is through it that the character of each work emerges best.

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