“Art doesn’t reproduce what is visible, it creates visible what is not always visible.”
This line from Paul Klee encapsulates part of his poetics and translates aesthetically into the graffiti technique that the artist uses in the painting “Fish Magic” from 1925.
paul klee is dark, a formless backdrop; like before the explosion and creation of life which was the Big Bang: at the beginning, there was darkness. The darkness is the product of the unconscious, hidden behind the appearance of things, and even of ourselves that is difficult to discern and comprehend, which appears to be a mystery. Understanding our unconscious, as well as the mysteries of life, is an arduous if not impossible feat, a heroic challenge that many of us are not willing to take on. Mirror or mirror on the wall, what are the pieces of my entire?
The light of the moon shines in the darkness
Klee’s magic fish do not claim to be real, they are only light that illuminates the darkness. They live in the dark, creatures of the subconscious. The artist works on into the surface of unconscious and the canvas, underneath which there are hidden and vivid characters, plants, colours and shapes. The significance of this procedure is vital and salvific by revealing how, in the abyss of the sea and dark darkness, there are tiny sparkling creatures that stir the water as they follow currents. Fish are desires, stories and stories, flashes of ideas and dreams that emerge from the darkness. These are games that drown in the midst of life, they are colourful childhood fantasies, impulsive thoughts that subconsciously or consciously steer people’s hopes and actions.
Rare and valuable fish
Are these fishes to be believed or not? To these exotic and esoteric life forms?
The crux of these manifestations is that fish do not believe in their existence; Their existence isn’t
is determined by external acceptance. We believe that we see and control every aspect of our lives, and that we have the complete view of the world, but deep within the sea, the unconscious , and the past centuries of life, lie the essences and the connections of which we are unaware: unseen fish that are rare and valuable animals. You believe that you are aware of everything about who you are but you forget that there is, in the most obscure and inseparable part of you, a fish that is wags its tail and, despite the fact that it is kept into a place that is not accessible to the intellect the fish releases the sensation of jelly and thoughts that are visceral. You forget, then, that distant dream, remained childhood and locked in a bubble, which was nothing but the aquarium of the fish and the dream lies there, a fish viper that turns and spins in the sphere and now it shows its teeth. However, you can see the gleams of its formless reflections because you’ve slid down the shutter and it is dark in the space.
Accustoming to the senses
Just when everything is still and quiet However, it’s easier to detect light, sense movement, hear rustling noises It’s just a matter of having to adjust your perception to being in darkness. It takes a while and it can be frustrating at first because you have the impression that you’re blind, but once you get used to it, you’ll be able to get through the darkness and even feed on the darkness. Bubbles glisten, scales sparkle through the air, and nothing is crystal clear, but the whole seems to be complete, a precise image that you can scratch slightly more as long as we are alive and decide we want to get to know ourselves a bit more.
Watching them swim
What should we do with these fish? Should we take them to the fishery and bring them to the surface, or let them remain at sea? Surely it is essential to protect their wildness and strangeness rather than forcing them into sunlit aquariums by the sun or use them as the primary course in the lunch of logic. In their bizarre, ugly and irrational nature lies their power and the key we can use to understand our own essence. The fish must be watched and let ourselves be seduced by their frequent and constant swimming. It’s a meditation, a continuous repetition that allows you to find out more about them in every moment. We have to observe the flashes that flash before us and then fade away because they are intermittent lights that momentarily illuminate our darkest parts. They can be used to look into the dark corners of our existence.
Currents in the ocean
The fish are not immobile and can swim from me to you and vice versa. They have even found a collective stream that roughly runs all of us and connects our common ideas and beliefs. The fish know you but they don’t consider you a threat and don’t 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 out like a flash of lightning, like a eureka like a ray energy that travels up the spine before exploding into the brain. It’s like the electrical flow of current that flows across the wires of light. The fish are similar to that, bobbing, swimming with their rhythm, the immense ocean is their sanctuary and they don’t fear the absence of walls and limits. In fact, it happens in the space the world that they can enjoy the feeling of being able to be there today and not tomorrow, of being able to travel forever, conscious that they will always return since in the oceans of the unconscious, the voyage is circular.