'Spirit Of Peace' by David Eppstein
September 17th 2007 21:56
(Courtesy of www.ics.uci.edu)
IT IS THE VIVID COLOURS THAT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THIS PEICE AS DOES THE TITLE ITSELF -- AN INTRIQUING USE OF COLLAGE-TYPE TEXTURING WITH MAYBE A DIGITALISED UNDERTONES MAKING IT EVEN MORE APPEALING TO THE VIEWER -- THE CONTRAST BETWEEEN THE BRIGHT BLUE AND ORANGE COMBINED WITH THE WHITE AND YELLOW GIVE IT THAT SOOTHING EFFECT -- THE FIGURE ITS CENTREPIEICE WITH ITS FACE THAT IS MEANT TO EMBODY THE 'SPIRIT OF PEACE' -- ITS EYES THE MAIN CENTRE OF FOCUS FOR THE VIEWER IS FORCED TO IMMEDIATELY CONFRONT OR AT LEAST STAR INTO THEM, HOWEVER WITH THAT CALM BLUE APPLIED IT HAS IT IMMEDIATE COMFORTING EFFECT -- IN ADDITION TO A NON-ULTRA FEMININIE PRESENCE OF A NUN-LIKE LOOKING BEING WITH A NEUTRAL INNOCENCE WHICH HAS THAT SAFE AND NURTURING NON-JUDGEMENTAL QUALITY ABOUT IT -- THAT JUST BY LOOKING AT IT YOU FEEL THIS SENTIMENT MAYBE THATS THE MOTIVE BEHIND THIS PEICE TO MAKE THE VIEWER EXPERIENCE A TYPE OF SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE THROUGH THE FIGURE AS PRESENTED IN ITS PEACEFUL MANNER -- IN ADDITION TO PEACEFUL SOLITUDE AND SOLACE
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