De ziua lui Jean: Ingerii lui Bill Viola in dialog cu Rumi

Muhammad is said to have said, Whoever belongs to God, God belongs to Him.

La Multi Ani, Jeane, cu Sanatate, cu Bucurie, cu Noroc, cu Fericire,alaturi de toti cei ce iti sunt dragi.

Si pentru ca esti congener cu Profetii cei mai vechi si mai noi, iti voi oferi pe blog pe cei Cinci Ingeri Ai Mileniului, asa cum i-a vazut Bill Viola - am avut prilejul sa vad lucrarea lui, care este arta video, acum cativa ani la Whitney Museum of Art la New York.

Inchipuie-ti o sala uriasa in care este intuneric deplin - si deodata o lumina dintr-un video - este Ingerul Creatiei - apoi intuneric - apoi lumina din alt video - este Ingerul Nasterii - apoi intuneric - apoi lumina din alt video - este Ingerul Focului - apoi intuneric - apoi lumina din alt video - este Ingerul Plecarii - apoi intuneric - apoi lumina din alt video - este Ingerul Inaltarii.

Bill Viola este inspirat de spiritualitati cu care suntem mai putin obisnuiti: arta lui isi cauta izvoare de har in spiritualitatea sufita si in cea budista.

Si atunci m-am hotarat sa pun imaginile celor cinci ingeri inchipuiti de Bill Viola in dialog cu Rumi: cei chemati la Inaltare suntem noi, zice Rumi.

Angel of Creation
At every instant and from every side, resounds the call of Love: We are going to sky, who wants to come with us?
We have gone to heaven, we have been the friends of the angels,
And now we will go back there, for there is our country.


Angel of Birth
We are higher than heaven, more noble than the angels:
Why not go beyond them? Our goal is the Supreme Majesty.
What has the fine pearl to do with the world of dust?









Angel of Fire
Why have you come down here? Take your baggage back. What is this place?
Luck is with us, to us is the sacrifice!...
Like the birds of the sea, men come from the ocean--the ocean of the soul.



Angel Departing
How could this bird, born from that sea, make his dwelling here?
No, we are the pearls from the bosom of the sea, it is there that we dwell:
Otherwise how could the wave succeed to the wave that comes from the soul?




Angel Ascending
The wave named Am I not your Lord has come, it has broken the vessel of the body;
And when the vessel is broken, the vision comes back, and the union with Him.




(Sufi)

(Contemporary Art)