Solutio



The Solutio

   This picture appeared out of some marks I'd painted on the page.  I imagined some swirling commotion inside a container, which then became a washing machine / alchemical vessel . 

   It reminds me of the psychological meaning  of the Solutio: a watery confusion of feelings.  The people  have lost themselves in something bigger than they are. Maybe there had been a tryst or a fight. The participation mystique in their joining, be it in love or hate, has already happened. There is a feeling of death and separation. 

Everyone is lost in their own thoughts, asleep to their surroundings while unseen forces are brewing inside the containment of the machine.


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