Deep Waters © 2007 Aida Toure
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(private collection ) (16″ x 20″ acrylic on canvas panel)
Description: The creation of “Deep Waters” was triggered by my sister, she suggested the title and the painting evolved from there; it seemed to come in many languages, it spoke a whole lot so I painted it with a sense of urgency! Here, water symbolises the soul’s luxurious universes, their interactions and movements in praise of The Beloved. The atmospheres of the painting find their source in verses of the Holy Qur’an which teaches scientific facts about water as well as the ocean and its invisible separations and such similar signs. “He has let free the two seas meeting together. There is a barrier between them. They do not transgress.” (~Quran, 55:19-20)
“Deep Waters” the poem may be read here. Year of Creation: 2005
~ Deep Waters ~
Sometimes my paint brushes
play hide and seek as if stars,
they vanish and reappear!
“It can’t get better than this”
I smile at the playful moves
because I often get lost too!
A revolving canvas, beads on
the floor, senses crazed, tides
animate our inner undulating seas.
Sometimes I no longer know
where is center, left nor right,
what is black or white
no more notion of peace or war,
just us learning how to swim
the deep waters of Longing.
copyrights 2006 Aida Toure
