Earth Star

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Earth Star

38” x 38”

Monastery 22K gold leaf, 12 K white goldleaf, oil paint on canvas

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The shape of the center star is a stellated dodecahedron. The stellation of the dodecahedron turns each of the 12 faces of the dodecahedron into a pentagonal pyramid. The Earth Star is set in a cube within a cube. The cube within a cube is an allusion to the tesseract - the geometric shape that demonstrates the non linear time of the 4th dimension. In the tesseract the corners of the inner cube would attach to the corners of the outer cube and the motion is a self-engulfing undulation; the inner cube engulfs the outer, outer becomes inner, and so on. In the 4th dimension time is malleable and can be seen moving forward and backward, outward and inward, expanding and contracting. In the painting I chose not to attach the cubes by the corners because I thought it was more beautiful not to. In the non-linear time of the 4th dimension all moments are connected - as if time is a substance. May we shake the Earth with the awareness of our multidimensional existence and learn to be present with Understanding and Love.

This painting is for John Eustor’s sound healing studio, Sapphire, in Bradley Beach NJ.