THE FOREST OF HANDS/ A Pictogaphic Evocation of Nature/ Abstract Art/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

     

"Plants are feeling beings."           

                                    

    Forest of Hands

    1978

    by Eric Whollem

    mixed media on paper

    7 3/8" x 9 5/8"

    Collection of the artist

                                                 Copyright by the artist.

THE HANDS OF NATURE

This painting is a fine example of what some might call

anthropomorphic projection, which is to say the application

of human traits to objects or beings in the world.

As to whether this is "just" a projection is a matter of opinion.

Some people might take phylogenetic studies of the progession

of the embryo in the womb as an example of how animal species

are all interrelated with common evolutionary ancestors. This is

a scientific example of how some species bear traits that are

attributed to other species.

One philosopher stated that the stars are in our brains. And the

poet said that none of us are islands and that all of us are "part

of the main."

Emoto, the Zen Buddhist author of Messages in Water, developed
the idea that water takes on the thoughts and feelings of people.
He did photographic studies of ice crystals demonstrating how
blessing energy, harmonious music, and good thoughts can influence
the shapes of frozen water crystals.

There have been studies of plant life, showing that plants respond

to human emotion, music and other sounds.

All beings are interrelated. Everything feels.

This painting depicts how plants are feeling beings.