Ghoul & Yule

H 11 x W 4 x D 3

Ghoul & Yule - Definitions

• Ghoul - robs graves and feeds on corpses
• Yule - a feast of nativity

Ghoul & Yule

Most of life involves the dynamic of avoiding that which is unpleasant while seeking out that which is pleasant. Perhaps this highly refined human dynamic is deceptively biased.

We've come to realize that opposites are two sides of the same coin. Neither can exist without, nor annihilate the other. There is no pleasant without unpleasant, light without darkness, space without matter, virtue without vice, god without devil--ghoul without yule. Indeed, polar opposites enable us to recognize and appreciate the spectrum of diversity between the two poles. Polar opposites are complementary aspects of the same thing.

Ghoul & Yule dances with this dynamic and is replete with images. Its component-remnants include horse hair, chicken back and a partial neck vertebra, poke root, gall remnant, and hors d’oeurve skewers. On the flip side of the coin, its composition is intricate, flowing, balanced, and pleasant.

         ---hhw2013

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The Mantle Piece

H 14 x W 18 x D 8

This piece--The Mantle Piece--has a pun in its name. Not only is it to be placed at mantel-height (just below eye level), it also represents the culmination of the Come Together Series.

The Come Together Series includes pieces of piqued intricacy. They came together organically--with no envisioned design beforehand. They developed intricately--at a level unnoticed in photos. To perceive the level of detail portrayed--my brushstoke--they're best viewed from a distance of about 2-3 feet.

The Mantle Piece is the preeminent piece of the series. It has the "idyllic duality" of The Golden Mean And Artifice. It's "in the arms of our Mother" like Archetype. It's got the "soul of existence" as does Entanglement. It "brings together all shared by and common to man" like Unity Sampler. And, it has varying perspectives approaching that of 360° Perspective.

Unlike all these pieces, The Mantle Piece is not suspended--it's grounded on earth. Just as all my work comes together one remnant at a time, this series came together one piece at a time--enveloped by The Mantle Piece.

See Relevant Quote for The Mantle Piece--and the other pieces in the Come Together Series

Valentine’s Day & Love

Perhaps love is singular. Humanity claims many varieties of love--however, I’ve come to believe that love is regarding others as we regard ourselves--the foundational premise of all religions.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:8, NIV)

Happy Valentine’s Day! I love you.