Most of us have experienced this! Troubled times of severe gloom and despondency!
These are the times that are designed to make us stronger!
Today I will introduce you to the artist Brandon Borgelt who created this masterpiece.
Apart from nature, I also love art and it is always so fitting when a sculpture or a painting speaks to me.
Not physically of course, but I call it soul talk.
I would say that most of us were in the same situation at some time or another, or even right now.
Let's see what the artist has to say about this!
This sculpture is called "Fallen" and as I saw it I was reminded about my own dark times!
"I always prefer to leave interpretation open to the viewer but this piece conjures up images and emotions of someone going through immense emotional or spiritual pain and anxiety. For this reason, I have left his eyes hollow since they are traditionally the windows of the soul which he may or may not have at this point. 2018 and 2019 were particularly challenging for me and this piece took on a far greater meaning for me as it came to represent my own “Dark Night of the Soul” as did my follow up Angel, “Redemption”.
"It occurred to me that they had both been almost premonitions of a deep spiritual upgrade that was still to happen and only after sculpting them did they take on their full meaning and symbolism. The feedback that I have had reinforces the idea that almost everyone at some point in their life has been challenged to their limit and have felt utterly drained and devastated but have finally emerged stronger and better off for the experience".
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday." Pablo Picasso
I am afraid that I am currently in two of these situations, not of my own doing, , but very dark and troubling.
Our world as I know it is slowly falling down around my ears.
The first problem that creates the sad bereavement within in me is the stripping of the wildlife from the African continent. Take a look at this!
"60% of primate species are now threatened with extinction!
The average value of the market for African live apes is between $2.1 million and $8.8 million each year!
Approximately 8000 chimpanzees , gorillas and bonobos are killed each year for food!
Primates are slow breeders and their populations do not recover quickly"!
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The second issue is a fight here on steemit between persons, for some reasons, with the result that all innocent parties are now included in this fight. I have a list of 40 names that have downvoted our charity thus far and there might even be more that I have missed. In yesterday's post one downvoter succeeded in taking $0.07 from our post and where is all of this going? As a charity we need every cent and I think that we have to contend with some very dark souls here.
To all of those that downvote a charity, I don't want to be in your shoes when your turn comes.
Taking food from a poor child's mouth is a terrible thing to do!
And finally that's my beef my friends, but as Brandon the artist stated above, we will overcome and we will emerge even stronger!
Note: All photos are my own, unedited and only cropped for uploading purposes.
All sections with inverted commas ("") were duly cited.
My camera is a Canon Powershot SX60 HD.
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