indigo boy | 25 sept 07 txt

Tuesday 25 September 2007

Rumi said:

"It is important to pay attention to the name the
Holy One has for things.

We name things according to the number of legs it has
But the Holy one names it according to what is inside.

Moses had a rod. He thought its name was "staff;
But inside its name was 'dragonish snake.'

We thought the name 'Omar' meant agitator against priests,
But in eternity his name was 'The One Who Believes'.

No one knows our name until our last breath goes out."

My work "Remembering New York" deals with this relentless search for the truth and answers in my personal life. I travel extensively to search for sparks and inspiration to feed my work. I want to make a difference in the world we live in; even if I touch only one person. My late mother always use to say: "as long as you worry you are fine, the day you stop worrying is the day when you surrender." I only understand the meaning of her wise words now. As long as we are trying to make our world a better place, I believe we have a more meaningful existence. There is unfortunately too little time. Hence the iconography of the human scull in the work.