I SEE MY BROKENNESS (TO BE WHOLE) - ALSO KNOWN AS ‘THE BEAST INSIDE NEEDS ITS SPACE’ - A psychological piece about Introspection, the (Im)Perfect Self and Healing.
Glass mirror with black engraved fault line and stainless steel back frame. Height 315 cm x width 250 cm x depth 6 mm glass with 3 cm back frame. Weight in total ca. 100 kg.
The perfectly imperfect, capricious work I SEE MY BROKENNESS (TO BE WHOLE) - ALSO KNOWN AS ‘THE BEAST INSIDE NEEDS ITS SPACE’ wants to entice the viewer to reflect (on) one’s Inner Self, literally and metaphorically.
This intimidating yet sophistically confronting work invites the spectator to face and recognise the imperfection within. It lets the inner undesirable aspects of oneself, hidden deep down, to consciously come to the surface. And tests to what extent the spectator feels in ease or uncomfortable when facing the inner imperfection. This in all transparent honesty.
Is one ready to see oneself completely - by looking yourself directly in the eyes - and recognise the inner self in this intimidating, imperfect and self-reflective piece? The full you, including the unwanted parts.
It is not without reason, that this huge whimsically shaped mirror evokes associations of an abstract animal head or skull.
The work I SEE MY BROKENNESS (TO BE WHOLE) - ALSO KNOWN AS ‘THE BEAST INSIDE NEEDS ITS SPACE’ is intentionally extremely large and - preferable - positioned relatively high on the wall to come across as increasingly frightful to the viewer.
At the same time the work I SEE MY BROKENNESS (TO BE WHOLE) - ALSO KNOWN AS ‘THE BEAST INSIDE NEEDS ITS SPACE’ breathes out a kind of sophisticated, aesthetic coolness that works like a fascinating and appealing magnet. Its stylish execution is like a Siren seducing the spectator to come closer and fall into one’s inner well.
The mirror becomes a kind of portal - literally in the room - opening up the way to the viewer’s inner depths.
It turns out people find the work quite appealing and impressive, but sometimes someone gets strongly touched and drawn (in)to it with the result of fierce confrontation and even crying - like an intense therapy session. It is for this that Carl Jung once said, ‘The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.’
Ultimately, the message of the piece is not intended to be negative, but positively-inviting for seeing the truth, and bringing self-acceptance, healing and spriritual growth. Becoming whole by allowing the hided and unconscious inner self - the inner beast - to come to the surface and communicate transparently with it. The work resonates with people ready for this process of Introspection.
Genuinely experiencing this work can be a first or next step in making the unconscious conscious and wholly accept oneself. Regardless of the fear. It is an all times shared psychological and philosophical believe that this is the only way to create inner peace and reach oneness.
Notice that the viewer’s flaws - the inner undesired imperfection - is not only expressed by the erratic shape of the work - but is further emphasised by the addition of the irregular engraved and hand coloured black fault line and the symbolically broken fragment separately placed at the upper left side, like a loose irregular shard or disfigured abstract animal ear.
The greatest care has been given to consciously arrange all specific angles of the mirror’s contour and its crack point by point to compose a perfectly imperfect symphony.
The aim was to create exactly the right energy flow between luxury and rawness, between smoothness and sharpness, predictability and unpredictability.
It lets the viewer - consciously or unconsciously - experience the fascinating and thrilling harmony caused by uniting opposites - resulting into this interesting and vibrant pulsing holistic oneness.
The same holistic Oneness that can be reached when a human is capable of uniting all opposites in oneself and become a so called Anthropos.
