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Keep your balance

27/8/2017

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Continuing on the theme of David and Goliath, despite the differences in stature, or rather due to the them, David fought Goliath on his own terms: he did what he could do the best, in terms of physically fighting an enemy, namely he used his deadly stone sling. 
​He did not go into close combat with Goliath. He attacked from a distance, a necessity for his strength, namely his ability to use the sling. Physically this meant having the necessary fitness, balance and aim. 
​To achieve anything in life, one needs to keep sight of one's goals and one's balance.
​Today I present to you my sketch of the Giant's foot.
​Much light!


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Fighting the giants

20/8/2017

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Today I present to you the sketch I made of the hand that held the stone from Michaelangelo's "David".
To me it brought back memories of a childhood biblical story of David and Goliath. This story functions on many levels and I choose to look at the personal level. In our everyday lives many of us feel helpless and overwhelmed in several situations. To draw a parallel to the outcome in the story, each of us should be ready to fight the "Giant" that overwhelms us: it could be a tyrannical system, boss or one of those personal vices or issues. The first step is always the readiness to combat the "foe".
The second step of course is to use expertise: For without this, the readiness to fight would be foolhardiness. Know your enemy, know yourself!
I am thankful and happy to be back in Berlin after a whirlwind time in Tuscany. I enjoyed every moment of it!
Much light!
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    Aruna Samivelu

    I am an artist. I live and work in Berlin.
    I started to paint colour fields (very much inspired by Mark Rothko and other American Abstract Expressionists) and now have evolved into an admirer of the Bauhaus Movement. I am still  a seeker: minimalist concrete art finds resonance in me, while the rich colours and traditional art forms of my home country that flow in me and breathe in me, also find expression in my work.
    My work, I believe is a synthesis of all these influences and seeming contradictions. I am now knocking a dent into concrete art, non objectively so to speak! I work serially and can endlessly look for emerging patterns in my work.
    This has been a wonderful journey, and as they say: the path is the destination.
    ​In my blog posts, I am letting you have a peek over my shoulder, into my sketch books and small works, which will someday flow into my big canvases and other works; works that I will actually display or exhibit (or may be not).
    My blog posts are more about my process and what motivates me to paint and create. 

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