Richard Hubal Art Collections

Eye plus Pupil equals soul series

Leonard Shlain proposes that the visionary artist is the first member of a culture to see the world in a new way. Then, nearly simultaneously, a revolutionary physicist discovers a new way to think about the world. Escorting the reader through the classical, medieval, Renaissance and modern eras, Shlain shows how the artists' images when superimposed on the physicists' concepts create a compelling fit. Ether:the rarefied element formerly believed to fill the upper regions of space Time:the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues Deminsion: measure in one direction ; specifically : one of three coordinates determining a position in space or four coordinates determining a position in space and time Astral projection (or astral travel) refers to episodes of out-of-body experiences perceived as unfolding in environments other than the physical world, by an astral counterpart of the physical body that separates from it and travels to one or more astral plane. Einstein argued that light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles per second in all directions at all times and for all observers -- even if one observer is moving relative to another observer. That the speed of light does not vary defied the fundamental laws of physics passed down from Galileo and Newton. This and other assertions in the special theory of relativity completely changed the way scientists thought of time and space. Proverbs 7:2 says, “Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.” Today’s meaning of the phrase “apple of your eye” is precious or favorite. In the original language it literally means “deepest blackness” and refers to the pupil of your eye. The center of the eye, the pupil, considered to be the most important part of the eye, and the center of eyesight. Art and Religion Art and Religion Art and religion have gone hand-in-hand for thousands of years. Almost every religious sect makes use of it. It glorifies, protests, idealizes, and tells the stories of religion. During some periods of out history art existed for the sake of religion. Artists of our time are generally free to create and comment on whatever they choose. People, colors, nature, dreams or shopping carts might be just as interesting to an artist as the appearance of a crucifixion or an Indian fertility god. Religion dominated art--it commissioned it and used it as propaganda. Religion or its ideas were presented in paintings, drawings, sculpture, architecture-- you name it. Religion and art share common features: their origins are uncertain, and it is hard to define exactly their criteria. So much of religion and so much of art belong to the participants--the worshippers, collectors, patrons, and those whom religion and art have left confused. It seems that nearly all early art has its roots in religion. The Christians used it. The Taoists used it. The Buddhists, the Hindu, the Muslims, the Jewish-- all used decoration, painting, sculpture, or architecture to express their beliefs in a higher place or power. Art was a way of rearranging the mundane to make it seem celestial. Art applied human creativity and ability to the ordinary to make it extraordinary. It pointed to another place, where everything was ready-made perfect. Art was a reminder of good, evil, life and death. Can art and religion ever truly be separate? Can one exist without another? Can we truly produce a piece that depicts anything of this world without showing our belief or disbelief in the process? So much of art's history was dominated by religion, it is hard to imagine art ever functioning without it. That question will only be answered through the passage of time. (Erwin O. Christensen Primitive Art New York: 1955) Did art begin as a religious practice? Were ancient artists offering their talents and works when they painted the cave walls at Lascaux, France? One hundred thousand years ago, "give or take a few millenniums...the Neanderthals were burying their dead, placing tools in the graves and perhaps chunks of meat as if for use in an afterlife or spirit world."(John E . Pfeiffer, The Creative Explosion 1985) Did humans always have this suspicion of another world? Is this when religion and art began to have its huge impact on our world, during the period known as the Upper Paleolithic, about thirty thousand years ago? What seems like an almost immeasurable period of time to us is the blink of an eye in the grand scheme of things. Those distant occurrences--burial of the dead, decoration of cave walls, and other evidence of rituals are what distinguish early humans from other primates and what link our ancestors to ourselves. So there it is, interesting . Now I had a revelation the other day and I would like to share that with you what it's about.Lately, when you look at the moon when it's full, it's round and the darkness surrounds it. It reminded me of Dr. Melvin Mores's book where he did an interview of 800 children going through Near death experiance. The tunnel and coming towards the "light".Amazing stuff. I know 8 people who have gone through this experiance alive to share it. So the moon is round, the sun is round, the blood cells are round , the woman's egg is round, everything we take for granted is round, especially... our eyes iris. Our eyes. When you, as an artist look at another human being and see their eyes, just their eyes-their iris, you'll understand their soul.The eye never ages. Talking with hospice care faculty, nurses, doctors in the past decade, what's interesting is when they witness a person dying, it's the victims eyes iris. Either their pupil will turn black showing no color at all, or a cloudy vale covers the once alive eye iris. Science explanations and theory by man is expected, but I have another theory. The eye's iris is part of the soul and the soul leaves the dying body to the next demension. Everyone has a different theory of where that soul may go (some belive there isn't a soul). I see it as when you close your eyes while awake you can see your soul. When you die, and as you go to the next deminsion, your body is irrelvant. So it would be very interesting for the world to see, everyone show your interpretation of this theory, because you know what? We're all gonna die. God speed!