Heaven and Earth
What lies in the physical warmth of the kingdom (M) is the plane of the Earth. Rather than the actual planet, the space represents our earthly existence. We reside in a terrain that we mutated, almost like a city where different parts reach for the sky through us, while others stay near the ground. Our residing physical realm is above the lower shell (Q), we are inevitably attached to its darkness. The colors of our earthly presence are dark, but not covered in complete shadow. The reddish brown is our flesh and the ground that we walk on, attached to this place for now.
What is being shown above must be kept in abstraction. There are different ways for us to traverse into higher realms when we abandon the earthly kingdom, those ways are depicted.
They are all in the space above us yet still separate from Heaven (K), or the divine everythingness. It is your choice which path to take once you leave, if you do.
The highest plane (K), represented as the white sun, holds its position on the top of the painting.
Yet the most important part of this work is what lies on the outside of those realms, a connecting line. This line is fragmented, symbolizing temporality itself. It goes not just above “K” but also below “Q”. Functioning as the most primitive attempt to break our view of the linear understanding of Heaven and Earth. This line is the infinite arm of God, always holding us within, no matter the realm we reside in.
Heaven and Earth
oil on canvas
Exhibited as part of my Diploma show “Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth” (2025)