The The Mystic Muse
2009
by Eric Whollem
mixed media digital art
Copyright by the artist.
The Muse, the Personification of
Imagination, Form, Color, and Beauty
The Muse is the Psyche of the artist. For the male artist it is often the female
form of his Other Half. The Muse is his Twin, his ultimate Soul Mate, his
flame from the diamond mirror of origins. His penultimate allegory.
Jung described the search for the Anima and the Animus. This terminology
describes the artist's obsession with his Muse. But one should not resort
to clinical orthodoxy in the pursuit of the truth about the dynamics of the
artist's soul. The search for the Anima is not necessarily one of turmoil,
and transmutations, but may travel into the langorous valleys of Imagination.
The term Anima literally means soul in Latin.
Heaven is meant for artists, as what is divinely imagined is eternal.
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Flora's Twin
2009
by Eric Whollem
mixed media digital art
Copyright by the artist.
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