Decay
Death of the Ferryman
The ferryman’s craft lies dead in the water. He
can no longer reach the ‘other’ shore. Unable to touch, he dies.
The sculpture represents the internal state of
the disconnected human. Because reality happens as after-affect of momentary contact,
loss of connectivity (i.e. of touch) brings with it not only decay of the sense
of realness (i.e. of being), but also of consciousness and of the happiness
derived from it.
Disconnection is inevitable because connection
is momentary, therefore not conserved. For a human to stay alive, i.e. to be
real, conscious and joyful (i.e. self-realized), she must continuously touch or
be touched. But only an ‘other’ can touch.
The individual who tries to remain still, who
cannot re-invent herself with significant difference, decays and dies.
The
ferryman’s craft lies dead in the water. He can no longer reach the ‘other’
shore. Unable to touch, he dies.
The
sculpture represents the internal state of the disconnected human. Because
reality happens as after-affect of momentary contact, loss of connectivity
(i.e. of touch) brings with it not only decay of the sense of realness (i.e. of
being), but also of consciousness (i.e. of relativity) and the joy derived from
it.
Disconnection
is inevitable because connection is momentary, therefore not conserved. For a
human to stay alive, i.e. to be real, conscious and joyful (i.e.
self-realized), she must continuously touch or be touched. Only an ‘other’ can
touch. he human who tries to stand
still, who tries to hold, decays and dies.