"Art does not reproduce what is visible. It creates visible what is not always evident."
This phrase by Paul Klee encapsulates part of his poetry and is translated visually to the technique of graffiti the artist employs in the painting "Fish Magic" of 1925.
The canvas is dark, a formless background, as it was prior to the birth and explosion of life, which was the big bang: in the beginning was darkness. This darkness is the stuff from the unconscious. It is hidden beneath the facade of things and even of ourselves which is hard to see and comprehend, and appears to be a real mystery. Understanding our unconscious, as well as the mysteries of our existence is a difficult, but not impossible job and a gruelling task that not all of us are prepared to undertake. Mirror or mirror on the wall What are the parts of my life?
fish magic of the moon shines in the darkness
Klee's magic fish cannot claim to be truth but only light that illuminates the darkness. They are inhabitants of the dark, creatures of the unconscious. The artist scratches into the surface of unconscious and the canvas, underneath which are hidden, but vibrant images, characters, colours, plants forms and images. The meaning of this technical process is vital and healing, showing how, in the abyss of the ocean and in the dark insanity, there are tiny sparkling creatures that stir the waters to follow along with the flow of currents. Fish are dreams, stories and stories flashes of ideas, visions, dreams that come out of the night. from the darkness. They are games that wallow in the midst of life, they are colourful childhood fantasies, impulsive thoughts that, whether consciously or not, guide the actions and hopes of people.
Rare and precious fish
Are these fishes true or not? Are they esoteric and exotic life forms?
The crux of these manifestations is that fish do not want to be believed. their existence is not
is determined by external acceptance. We believe that we see and control all things, that we are in control of the whole view of the world, but deep within the ocean, in the subconscious and the previous decades of our lives, are in the midst of the complexities and connections that we are in the dark: fish that are not seen as well as rare and precious creatures. You think you know every inch of who you are, but you don't realize that in the most obscure and inseparable parts of you, a snail fish with a tail that wags and, despite the fact that it is relegated down into a place that is not accessible to the intellect, it releases visceral thoughts and jelly. It is then easy to forget that distant dream, remained the child's innocence and was locked away within a bubble. It was nothing more than a aquarium of the fish. it is there, a fish viper that turns and turns in the sphere, and then and then shows its teeth. However, you can see the gleams of its formless reflections since you've pulled away the shutter, and the it is dark in the space.
Afquainting the senses
In the dark and silent but it's easier to detect light, sense movement, hear rustling noises; you just have to adapt your senses to being in darkness. It takes a while and it can be frustrating initially because you get the impression of being blind; but when you get comfortable with it, you can really overcome the darkness, you can even feed off the darkness. The scales shimmer, bubbles pop in transparent ways, but nothing really is crystal clear, but the whole appears to be a complete image that you can scratch just a bit more so long as you're alive and want to get to know ourselves a bit more.
Watching them swim
What to do with the fish? Do we need to fish them and bring them up to the surface or keep them at sea? Surely it is essential to protect their wildness and uniqueness, not to force them into sunlit aquariums under the sun or use them as the primary course during the lunch of logic. Precisely in their nature absurd, ugly, and bizarre nature lies their power , and the key we can use to understand our own essence. The fish must be watched and let ourselves be drawn into their routine and endless swimming. This is A meditation, a continuous repetition that allows one to learn more about them in every moment. We have to observe the flashes that flash before us and quickly disappear because they are intermittent lights that momentarily illuminate the darkness of our being. They allow us to see into the darkest corners of our existence.
Ocean Currents
The fish are not immobile and move from you to me and vice versa. They have discovered a collective current, which roughly passes us all through and connects us all with common opinions and ideas. Fish know who you are, but do not evaluate you, and thus do not want limits to define them. The dark is their home but they're not afraid of sometimes being snagged and having their energy shine through like a bolt of lightning, similar to an eureka, like a ray of energy that travels along the spine before exploding into the brain, similar to the electric flow of the current that runs along the cables of light. Fish are just like that, swimming, bobbing, dancing in their flow, the immense ocean is their sanctuary and they don't fear the absence of walls and limits. In fact, it can be in the vastness of the globe that they will enjoy the feeling of being able to be there today and not tomorrow, of being able to travel forever, conscious that they will always find their way back as in the oceans of the unconscious, the voyage is circular.