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Statements by
Rassouli
Creation
is the product of synchronizing our energy with the universe. Once we
experience the whole and
recognize it, we become aware that we are
nothing but the Divine Creative Force.
 I do
not start a painting with sketches, I do not paint on location and I do
not work from photos. Instead, many mornings, before the dawn, I climb
a mountain to its peak. There , sitting in solitude, I observe rising
of the sun. I
watch plants open their leaves, buds tear up their dresses and the
birds sing to the arrival of their creator. There is an interconnected
serenity that allows all creatures to experience the divine unity.
Having
felt that creative energy, I rush to my studio, dip my brush into
paint, and let it move freely
on canvas.
My
paintings are inspirational for they allow the observer to experience
infinite viewpoints and perceptions. They are not abstract for they
represent what is actually more real than what our eyes are able to
see. They allow the
viewers to be inspired by taking their own
perception beyond their senses and their surroundings.
"Relationship"
is the most important aspect of my work. I believe that dream and
reality coexist in this world.
Light and shadow, nature and concepts,
technology and feeling, the actual and the imaginary exist together.
My
art expands on the metaphysical and expressive ideas that I have drawn
from Near Eastern mysticism:
investigation of the nexus of internal and
external universes.
All
things are connected in a cosmic web. To me, the interrelations and
interactions between the parts of the whole are more important
than the
parts themselves. That is why I like to paint motion with no objects to
move, action without players, and dance without dancers.
I
work intuitively. When I paint, I am mindless, yet I am conscious. I
feel that my timeless inner presence is a medium that carries that
which I am not aware.
I
like to share my feeling of joy and exuberance with others. I like to
show devotion and love and all other pleasures of the world in their
most sensual grace and timelessness.
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