Quantum: An awareness that you are everything, anywhere, all at once.
In the early 1900’s, the discovery of Quantum Mechanics coincided with the advent of Cubism in art. Upon hearing of this new description of reality, Picasso said “everything you can imagine is real”. He was inspired to search for the expression of what he called the “fourth dimension” in his paintings for the rest of his work. This pursuit juxtaposed the classical Cartesian Grid and curvilinear forms with angularity and the incorporation of multiple perspectives that create a captivating, powerful picture.
Quantum reality is based on the unique perceptions of the individual “observer” in each present “moment”. It reveals that each of us is intricately connected with all that is.
The principle of Non-locality shows that Spacetime is an illusion and that everything anywhere is spontaneously available through the act of observation itself. This endlessly creative Quantum reality is timeless, where anything can happen at anytime, and something comes from nothing. Ultimately indescribable in words like the Tao, the arts can convey through its universal language it’s vitality, power and mystery to all of us, an understanding that you are everything, anywhere, all at once.
Interconnected
Max Ernst
Max Ernst resonates with me as he was a founding member of the Dada movement — group of artists that emphatically rejected the logic and aestheticism of society at the turn of the 20th century. The Dadaists railed against capitalist society while in their work they expressed an embrace of nonsense and irrationality.
It is quite meaningful to me that the Dada movement was founded at the same point in time that quantum physics was discovered.
E.O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson’s most personal book, Biophilia, expands on the term, biophilia hypothesis, introduced by Erich Fromm to describe our natural affinity for and attraction to life. In his writing, Wilson explores the connections that we humans are compelled to seek with all else that is alive. Wilson posits that this affinity is the very essence of our humanity.
In my work, I am trying to evoke the seeking of connection with nature and other forms of life.
Photo courtesy of New York Times
James Lovelock
James Lovelock, a chemist, developed the Gaia principle alongside microbiologist Lynn Margulis. Gaia purports that living organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on earth to create a synergistic and self-regulating system that maintains the conditions for survival. The principle points to such complex mechanisms as the regulation of the ocean temperature or the composition of the atmosphere.
It is fascinating to me that, at its core, the Gaia principle acknowledges that it is interconnectivity that assures mutual growth and survival.
