Zuzana HUDACKOVA
‘And then a woman spoke, saying, Tell us of Pain.’ posted on March 3rd, 2010
From Kahlil Gibran’s THE PROPHET - ‘On Pain.’
“And he said:
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life,
your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;
And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.
And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.
(photo by: zuzana hudackova / in this image: agi gutkowska)
‘Much of your pain is self-chosen.
It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility:
(photo by: zuzana hudackova / in this image: agi gutkowska)
‘For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen,
And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay
which the Potter has moistened with his owns sacred tears.”
From Kahlil Gibran’s THE PROPHET - On Pain.
Finding without within posted on April 27th, 2009
TRUTH and real BEAUTY rest within the deep cracks of our inner and outer environments, in between the lines of our words, far behind our rational thoughts — dozing off in our unconsciousness — until we turn our inner spot light on them, inadvertently looking at ourselves. That is one of my greatest obstacles and simultaneously the most wonderful challenge in being an artist: to continue to find dimensions in my work that know no boundaries, that are brave to continually explore the ever-changing abyss (those deep cracks), constantly searching for new truth and raw & poetic beauty that rests within everything around and inside us.
Brooklyn - Shadow & Light study II. (Photo by Zuzana)
CONVERSATION in my mind … little battles of creative juices and logical meat — shedding concepts of what my mind thinks works, letting the intuition take over and be the queen of creation.
Melting City (Photo by Zuzana)