מרחב פנימי של שקט - גילוף בעץ

2013-2015

"The real music is in between the sounds. The sound molds the silence. In meditative music the sound is the gate to silence, and the silence is the gate to sound" (Shir Sofer, musician).

Sometimes, in a state of relaxation, when the consciousness quiens down for a few moments, I dive beyond the flow of thoughts into the plains of silence, and rediscover the sweet taste of deep peace.

This experience has awakened a desire to make the diving process into  internal listening tangible via sculpting.

I noticed that when I concentrate on the spaces forming between the shapes, instead of on the shapes themselves, a new world emerges, as if apparent a-priori, but not in a conscious way.

My observation of this as though hidden world, never fails to create a feeling of surprising revelation, silencing for a moment the everyday thought.

Thus came the idea to convey this experience through creation of spaces between shapes.

Creation of internal pace by spaces.

One might say that the shapes and the spaces stand shoulder to shoulder, having a dialogue between them:

The silent voices of the spaces reverberate against the shape.

Since I choose harmonic shapes, I feel that there is a harmonic influence in the emerging reverberation, able to relax the thought waves.

When the thought waves are relaxed it is possible to open up and experience the presence of a space of peace, residing somewhere masked by the constant noise.