Additional photos
Idea, 2025
akrüül lõuendil
“Just as people search for answers to their dreams in a “Dream Interpreter,” I seek answers to what’s happening in my subconscious through my paintings. Beneath this painting actually lies a half-finished work from over a year ago, which I recently picked up again to complete. A sad, angst-filled self-portrait of myself crying titled “This Is Not Fair” has now transmuted into a painting of a white-flowered orchid called “Idea”, and peace arrived in my soul. The former purple background became bronze-gold instead — just like in my thesis paintings. Since my thesis focused on alchemical symbolism, I turned there once again to seek answers. I discovered that orchids symbolize the soul’s journey toward enlightenment. White orchids in particular are associated with purity, faith, and new beginnings. Because I painted the orchid freehand, the number of blossoms is “random” (subconscious). In alchemy, the number 5 represents the quintessence — the fifth element, the unifying force that binds the other four (earth, air, fire, and water) — the integration of opposites that leads to a higher state of being. Pearls appeared in the hearts of the orchids completely by chance — so much so that I initially even resisted them: “they shouldn’t be here.” But then I compared these pearls to the birth of new ideas. A pearl forms slowly in nature, layer by layer — much like the individuation process in humans. In Carl Jung’s psychology (which drew heavily from alchemy), individuation refers to the integration of conscious and unconscious aspects of the self to achieve psychological wholeness. Reaching the pearl requires effort — it’s like the reward waiting at the end of the journey. “From grit to grace”. Once created, it can withstand almost anything and never loses its value. Seems like I might be on the right path.”
More art by this artist
You may also like these
