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“The desire to see one’s own reflection – more conveniently than kneeling at the waters’ edge on a sunny day – appears universal." The art and neuroscience of mirrors
Broken Mirror House in Austria
The mirror is a powerful creative means of expression which invites us to explore the "double", the "other", because the other image helps explain a concealed meaning. Mirror reflection is exciting, delightful, and it instantly unleashes our desire to play. Mirrors are so common in every day life that their captivating and enchanting expressive qualities are sometimes paradoxically unseen. They take us away from the every day, the known, the ordinary, the expected, and in the hands of artists, into an topsy-turvy, distorted, other world. Creativity is unleashed. Wonders abound.
Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoorn Chicago
Leandro Elrich installation London
Yayoi Kusama - Infinity mirrors
Expanded Fear - Ryan Everson
Catoptrophobia is the fear or mirrors. Some people are afraid of their own reflection, others of reflected words, and still others of the mirror's potential link with the supernatural. I don't think that Ryan Everson is one of those people. Or maybe he meets his fear boldly.
Nude Descending Staircase - Marcel Duchamp Daniel Rosen Broken Red Mirror
How often do you get the opportunity to become a reflection of a Duchamp masterpiece? But the following article, by artist Lawrence Lek, asks if using mirrors is "cheating"?
In an EPPH article, Art's Masterpieces Explained, we see how important mirrors are in the world of art. Symbolism of mirrors in literature is a whole other avenue we go down. Go ask Alice and Sylvia Plath.
Want to know how to create a mirror? It's easy. Reflect on it.
Hasta luego amigos,
Val
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