Guardians Of The Sacred Fire, 2023

The enlightened ones are the guardians of the Sacred Fire - 
the divine spark that ignites their souls and guides their actions,
the source of their wisdom and compassion,
the flame that burns away their ignorance,
the light that illuminates their path to liberation.
 
"The paintings that make up the project "Continuum" express my fascination with the subject of consciousness and the symbolic, psychological aspect of alchemy in human transformation.
     Due to my current obsession with the circles, they appear on my paintings - as a symbol of the cycle of psychic deaths and rebirths, the striving for growth, expanding consciousness, and oneness with the cosmic energy.
J. Bohme wrote in 1612:
     "The essence of God is like a wheel(...), the more one looks at the wheel, the more one learns about its shape, and the more one learns, the greater pleasure one has in the wheel(…)."
     The characters go through the archetypal cycle of death and rebirth, in which the "false self" is surrendered, and the "true self" emerges. They are the entangled souls who are highly responsive to their shared energy. In their intensive, deep connection, they are catalysts for each other's consciousness awakening and spiritual transformation. The process of coming to self-realization is painful and demands their efforts to maintain balance despite the emotional rollercoaster they experience."