Paz Arés Osset, the Artist

Flight of Poetry

Eternal Echoes: Where Celestial Meets Terrestrial in the Dance of Poetry.
Amazing
  • Technique: Collage with wooden pieces and oil on acrylic.
  • Size: Diameter 111 cm
  • Creation Place: Fine Arts School of Madrid
  • Current Location: Private Collection Madrid

Description


You ask me if I love you

What can I answer?


Ask the moon

that illuminates the vastness.


Ask the oak

that stands alone in the field.


To the hidden grove

or to the river in its course.


Why do words matter

when you are certain?


No one has loved you like this

and no one ever will!


From the first glance at "Flight of Poetry," one is instantly captivated, taken on a journey that crosses the borders between the earthly and the divine. María Paz Arés Osset, with her inclination toward circular forms, envelops us in an ethereal embrace and whispers secrets of the cosmos.

The choice of the circle, a shape with no beginning or end, is not random; it is a clear symbol of perpetuity and the continuous flow of the universe. María Paz demonstrates with it a keen affinity and understanding of Eastern conceptions of the universe and life.

Imagine standing in front of a clean, warm, and welcoming wooden circle. In its center, thin logs rise like towers of an ancient city, and on them, with the delicacy and depth of ink, a poetry shines. "You ask me if I love you, What can I answer?". Each verse of this poetry, which glides down the wood, is like a river of emotions that overflows, and you find yourself swimming in its deep waters, seeking answers in the moon, in the oak, and in the hidden grove.

The wooden base, sturdy and earthly, serves as a canvas where the amorous poetry stands as the soul of the work. This collage of thin logs in the center becomes a sort of pulpit from which poetry declares its essence. The choice of ink adds depth, an evocation of ancient traditions and the permanence of writing through the centuries.

The game of photocopies of woods is clever and brilliant. Ah! That illusion, where for an instant it deceives us, making us believe that what we see is what really is. But María Paz challenges us, tells us to look closer, to question our perception.

But wait! There's more. A mirror writing unfolds whimsically over the logs. "Ask the moon that illuminates the vastness." Is that not what Alice found in Wonderland? An inverted reality that required a mirror to be understood. And here, in this act, María Paz invites us to be like Alice, to look through the mirror and discover the magic that hides in reflection. This play of perceptions, where the real and the illusory get confused, is a challenge to the viewer to question their own reality and the limits of their perception.

The incorporation of mirror writing is, in my opinion, the masterful touch of this work. It is a clear nod to "Alice in Wonderland," inviting us to go beyond the limits of our reality, to see beyond the obvious, and to discover the hidden universe behind reflections. This choice also suggests that love, like poetry, has multiple faces and perspectives, and that only those willing to look beyond will capture its true essence.

And just when you think you have understood the work, the gold envelops you. That bright and radiant gold, reminiscent of the glorious Byzantine churches, like a halo that surrounds the entire work. Ah, poetry! As María Paz rightly identifies, "No one has loved you like this and no one ever will," it is that divine glow that, like gold, connects us with the eternal.

"Flight of Poetry" is not merely a work of art; it's an experience, a chant of eternal love, a door to another dimension where the earthly meets the divine. It is a testimony that poetry, and the love it embodies, knows no finitude. And as long as we are willing to look beyond, we will always find poetry in the eternal flight of the universe.