Suara AlaM's
Whispers of God
Sound Artist
Stillness in Motion
Stillness in Motion
“Just for a moment,
let yourself be here.
Let yourself stop becoming more,
or better, or different.
The more in harmony you are
with the flow of your existence,
the more magical life becomes”
- Adyashanti -
My inspiration came besides the quote from Adyashanti from the following words:
“Everything in the universe - including the universe itself - is in a continuous dance of expansion, contraction and rotation. This is true from the smallest system, to fundamental particles, to stars and galaxies, and right up to the universe itself. Depending on our perspective, the different systems will appear as coherent systems within systems or as areas of apparent randomness. So, although the universe is expanding, it could appear to be accelerating or decelerating depending on the scale of the observation and the vantage point of the observer.”
- Dr. Amira Val Baker - Resonance Science Foundation Astrophysicist -
I created this sculpture in clay, then I made a mold of plaster and filled it with alumina cement. After I removed the mold, I sanded it making some places more smooth and shiny than others, to create a textured surface. The sculpture has variable dimensions, but is highest 32 cm tall and broadest 10 cm wide.
I wanted to make a sculpture that holds different opposites in itself, but where everything still belongs to each other as a whole.
Something that has rotation, contraction and expansion, but in such a way that it can be different for each person and is also dependent on the observer's point of view and his or her state of being at a certain moment in time.
A sculpture that on one hand evokes silentness and contains stillness, but on the other hand is made out of forms that flow into each other and sets something in motion by the person who looks at it.
Compact and solid, but also thin and open where through energy can go. It can rotate up, or down; stand up or down, motion up, down or spiralling.
I also wanted to bring in something meditative from one perspective: taking a moment for reflection, maybe even taking a step back and taking a moment on standby, listening in silence, being in complete peace with ourselves, breathing with eyes closed accompanied by our thoughts and feelings only sitting in a prayer position with bent knees.
From the other perspective I wanted to show connection and growth: connection with our higher self and our inner wisdom that help us to become the best version of ourselves.
Thirdly I wanted to give it something humble, reverent, calm and holy: connection to heaven and earth; with respect for everything that life brings - with death, sorrow, suffering and despair included -, knowing we have very little control over its way; but with hope and trust that everything happens for a reason and we are watched over by the universe that has the best intentions. Humbleness and transcendence at the same time.
The look of the sculpture is on one hand very “earthy”: the brownish color of the alumina cement makes it look like it just rose up out of the dirt. But the texture has a very moon-like surface. This resembles the connection with our life here on earth and the connection with the spirits in Heaven.
Keywords: Solitude, Connection, Serenity, Protection, Divine
Technique and used material
clay sculpting; plaster molding; alumina cement pouring; sanding