The Book of Questions

[avad]

The Book Of Questions
What is a Thought? What is a Word? What is a Memory? What Am I? What Is Human? What is Life? What is God? Where is God? Who is God? What is Time? What is Space? What is Reality? What is a Mind? What is a Brain? What is a Soul? What is Love? What is Need? What is Desire? What is the Largest thing? What is the Smallest Thing? What Size Am I? What is Fear? What is Happiness? What is Emotion? What is a Question? What is a Visible Object? Where is Art? - The Book Of Questions is a series of 9 paintings or 'pages' each containing three questions 'written' within a coded sequence of nails, within a center black square. Surrounding the squares are explorations of the images and colors that often arise in my mind during meditation and contemplation of the specific questions. - The pieces are also intended to encourage a similar exercise within the viewer, who may, (with eyes closed), let fingers 'read' the questions, and allow associated colors and images be born in their own mind's eye.

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[avad.livejournal.com]

9 has always been my special number...it just felt right. And when I thought up the idea of three questions to a 'page' it worked out as such. Of course there are infinite questions...but these were the major ones in my mind at the time. There are two pics on my website(on my user info page) of two of the individual pages if you'd like to see. And if there's a certain question/page you want to see other than those, let me know and I will try to post a pic.:)

[space-botz.livejournal.com]

nine is my number too. 9 members of the fellowship of the ring, 9 planets, 9 symphonies by beethoven... it's a cosmic number :)

the pics on your site are great. you've got a wikkid portfolio! i couldn't make out the questions on the book pieces... the nails write out the text?
really dig the question concept. it's been echoing through my mind all day :)

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[avad.livejournal.com]

yep. 3 questions written out in a sequence code of nails within those black squares. The questions are in the order listed so if you count off by threes you'll see which pieces correspond to which questions. :)