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„Art doesn't reproduce what is visible. It creates visible what is not always evident.“ This line from Paul Klee encapsulates part of his poetry and is translated visually to the technique of graffiti that the artist uses in the painting „Fish Magic“ of 1925.

The canvas is dark and a formless backdrop; like prior to the birth and explosion of life that was the Big Bang. In the beginning was darkness. This darkness is the stuff that is the subconscious, which lies behind the appearance of things, and of us that is difficult to discern and comprehend, which appears to be a real mystery. Being aware of our unconscious, just like the mysteries of life is a challenging, but not impossible feat and a gruelling task that not all of us are willing to take on. Mirror or mirror on the wall, what are the pieces of my whole?

In the darkness, the light shines Klee's magic fish cannot claim to be true, but only light that illuminates darkness. They live in the dark, and are creatures of the unconscious. The artist works on his or her way across the subconscious as well as the canvas, beneath which there are hidden and vivid figures, plants, colours and shapes. The significance of this procedure is vital and salvific by revealing how, within the depths of the sea and the darkness of insanity, there are tiny sparkling creatures that stir the water to follow along with the flow of currents. Fish are desires, stories and tales, flashes of ideas and visions, dreams that come out of the night. from the dark night. They are games that slumber in the midst of life, they are colourful childhood fantasies, impulsive thoughts that consciously or unconsciously guide people's dreams and actions.

Rare and valuable fish Are these fishes true or not? In these exotic and esoteric life forms?

The essence of these signs is that fish do not care to be believed; their existence is not

is influenced by external acceptance. We believe that we know and have control over every aspect of our lives, and that we have the complete image of everything but in the depths of the ocean, in the unconscious , and the past decades of our lives, are the essences and the random events that we are in the dark: fish that are not seen as well as rare and precious creatures. You believe you know every inch of who you are, but forget that in the most hidden and inseparable part within you, an snail fish with a tail that wags and, even though it is kept into a place that is not accessible to the intellect, it releases visceral thoughts and jelly. Then, you forget that dream that was a distant memory, that was childhood and locked within a bubble. It was nothing more than a aquarium of the fish and the dream lies there, a viper of a fish that turns and spins in the sphere and now it reveals its teeth; you perceive only its glistening, unformed form because you have pulled down the shutter and darkness has filled the room.

Afquainting to the senses In the still and quiet but it's easier to perceive light, see movement, hear rustling noises; you just have to adapt your senses to being in darkness. It takes time and can be a bit annoying at first because you have the impression that you're blind; but when you get comfortable with it, you can really get through the darkness, you can even feed off it. The scales shimmer, bubbles pop transparently, nothing is really transparent, but it all seems complete: an accurate picture that you could scratch a little more, still as long as we are alive and choose to know ourselves a little more.

Watching them as they swim What to do with these fish? Should we fish them and bring them to the surface or https://www.openlearning.com/u/ebbesenward-room08/blog/WelcomeToABrandNewLookOfFishMagic leave them at sea? It is surely crucial to preserve their wildness and strangeness rather than forcing them into sunlit aquariums by the sun or serve them as the principal course during the lunch of logic. Because in their very nature, irrational, ugly and abnormal nature lies their strength and the way we can utilize them to understand our own nature. The fish should be watched by allowing ourselves to be hypnotised by their regular and constant swimming. It's a meditation, a continuous repetition that allows one to discover something more about them every moment. It is important to be aware of the flashes that flash before us and then fade away since they are light sources that flash intermittently that momentarily illuminate the dark parts of us. They allow us to see into the darkest corners of being.

Ocean Currents The fish aren't immobile and move between me and you and vice versa. They have discovered a collective stream that roughly runs us all through and connects our common ideas and beliefs. The fish know you but do not consider you a threat and do not want limits to define them. They are at home in darkness, although they don't mind occasionally being fished out and having their essence shine through like a bolt of lightning, or eureka or ray of energy that flows up the spine before exploding into the brain, like the electric current that flows across the wires of light. The fish are like that, swimming, bobbing and bouncing in their flow The vast ocean is their sanctuary and they don't fear the lack of walls or borders. On the contrary, it can be in the vastness the world that they can feel the freedom of being there today and not tomorrow, of being able to roam forever, knowing of the fact that in all times, they'll be able to return as in the oceans of the unconscious the path is circular.