forever separated and together

I think that the mystery of being is in accepting and enjoying the subtle

dance of dualities. We are all the same, (come all from a tiny atom size

place before the big bang and will return to this tiny speck one day

maybe), so we are physically one and the same if time collapses, well

in theory at least. Being cannot be without us being separated and

fighting for survival in our own flesh, being can't be without duality and

the sense of self yet our goal is often to erase that difference and melt

with others and the universe, that's why it's a play of analysis vs.

synthesis, like a wave form swinging from our will to exist, separate

ourselves and our will to integrate, be like others, understand other. This

situation you see abovee somehow triggered this realisation when I saw

it inside a French church by the ocean (Varengeville) because they face

away from each other yet are forever very close to each other. I know

some couples just like that (alive people) and there is nothing that can

be done to fix the situation except the realization of our paradigm

entrapment. This is what Buddhist monk are capable of seeing while

most of us spend our life blind. Inside a church sometimes, the divine

comes down and gives us a glimpse of reality as it really is...it's

humbling and exhilarating...that's what art tries to emulate with varying

degrees of success. By no way do I pretend to have achieved that...I am

way too inexperienced to be able to create those feelings...you have to

be there to get it but I can still talk about it and dream to one day to be

able to do it. If you have suggestions to modify the above analysis or

picture, your comments are very welcome. Thank you for being here.

It's a great image, very nicely expressed by you photographically. It does suggest a duality and is fascinating for that. There are opposing lighting situations which set up opposing energies, the left more peaceful and relaxed, the right more tense and active. Obviously the subject matters of each part have their own very different connotations.

I disagree that Buddhist Monks or people of religion see or experience anything that the rest of us don't, though they and some others might think they do. I think what art and religion may have in common is a transcendent character, though I don't think transcendence has to be "spiritual" and certainly not religious.