Rivers and Tides

 

Art is never finished, only abandoned.
― Leonardo da Vinci

Hello Friends,  

Warmly welcome to my blog. This post is based on the documentary "Rivers and Tides". To read the various imagery as well as the representation of the spirituality. 

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The documentary Andy Goldsworthy’s Rivers and Tides is a vision of the natural world which describes all the wonders as great  creation always should be done by nature and natural elements. In that he uses the various nature components like driftwood, ice, mud, leaves, and stones, and modified with human hands. 

A spectacular visual gallery of Goldsworthy’s relationship with nature, this artist painstakingly makes ephemeral sculptures built out of bits of ice in the trees or loose rock, which may be overgrown by plants or swallowed by high tides. His work melts, disintegrates, drifts away due to exposure of the elements of which they are composed. Goldsworthy’s creations are intentionally mutable works, their temporary nature a part of the work. Filmmaker Thomas Reidelsheimer goes to great lengths to demonstrate Goldsworthy’s ideas about the forgotten relationships between light, color, movement, balance, and fluidity of form in nature, creating a surprising and enjoyable journey through art of the natural world.

“It has been a kind of privilege to see the world through this man’s eyes.” 

- Kenneth Turan

What is Art?🎨🎭🖋

If we elaborate it into simple words then it can be the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

The leaf Horn 

The "horn" is often used metaphorically to signify strength and honor, They are also the power and dignity of the divinity, and horned gods usually represent warriors and lords of ANIMALS because horns are the chief weapons and ornaments of the animals which possess them; hence they are also used as a type of victory. Which connected with salvation and immortality as well, as the horn is extremely durable. It is utilizing the inner self for its own benefit. It is going to bring out the uniqueness in you for others to benefit and Never ignore the inner instinct that is playing mind games with you. Although stop being an introvert and be open to life.

The stone wall 

"A man without self control is like a city broken into and left without walls."

This particular wall is not one of brick and stone, but a spiritual wall , designed to keep spiritual problems out. Distraction of walls also symbolizes that lack of spirituality of human beings.

Satan hates walls. "Let's all be one happy family," he whispers in our ears. "Walls are for the immature. You're spiritually mature now, so you can handle immorality without a problem." Do not fall for this line. God Himself teaches us to be against Satan. He placed flaming swords at the entrance to the Garden of Eden to guard and even New Jerusalem will have towering walls and gates. In type, the church is to be a wall within which peace dwells and righteousness flourishes.

Stones indicate hardness and strength, therefore the walls of stones represent the power and control of politics, they are always talking about the security but on another hand they try to control over the people. 

Wooden Igloo 

He creates an igloo out of driftwood collected from the beach. When the tide comes in, the wooden structure begins to float and then drift to the sea in a slow swirl. But Goldsworthy is not attached to his art:

 "It feels as if it's been taken off into another plane, another world . . . It doesn't feel at all like destruction."

The artist also doesn't think in terms of success or failure. After he has spent many hours constructing an intricate mobile of twigs and thorns, the wind shifts and the piece collapses. Goldsworthy surveys the wreckage and practices equanimity. He seems to know that sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn't.

Thank you.......😊